Originally posted by: unicornhugs
MJ definitely has done some shady, immoral things but that’s how she was shown as from the beginning. I was hoping that she went through some growth and it would be about how she broke her Mein. I honestly thought it was going that direction. Her attitude change seemed fake at the beginning but it started looking more and more authentic as time passed by. I feel like I they kind of threw her under the bus these last few episodes. She showed no remorse or empathy for Ayra which I felt she would have. She was still never as evil as Asif I felt and there was growth in her character unlike Asif.
I agree that Ayra has never been corrupt like Asif and MJ but I can’t say she’s innocent. She said that she was only brought into that house just for the sole purpose of getting rid of her. Agreed, that was their plan. What was Ayra’s motivation though? Did she not want to get rid of MJ too? She couldn’t stand the thought of Zaid talking to MJ. She first demanded the money and wouldn’t go with Zaid until she got it. She started making demands like the room as soon as she moved in. Arguing about whether it was trauma or she needed to secure her bhabi’s financial situation is beside the point because now her motivations are being portrayed as something different. The bhabi said that she only married Zaid because she loved him conveniently forgetting the money she made out of this deal. I’m not saying that she didn’t deserve it after what she had been through but Ayra wasn’t just driven by love.
Zaid said that he needs to fulfill the right of the trust that Ayra placed on him when she decided to live in a place where everyone hates her. It makes it sound like she made that sacrifice so he can be with his family. He left his home for a reason - they don’t like her. If she wanted to marry him just for love like the bhabi said then why insist on his father’s approval and say she doesn’t care if he divorces MJ. She even asked MJ if she’s okay with someone else also calling her husband theirs. Where’s the girl that sacrificed everything for love. That’s not Ayra so why try to portray her that way now? I’m not saying she’s evil but she also not how they are describing her at the moment. She didn’t walk into that house peacefully. She went in with guns blazing as well.
Ayra ain’t a docile girl who would bend over backwards to please people who hate her. She knew she was going into a hostile environment so her stance to maintain some amount of power makes sense. These are the same people who harassed her and make her family suffer. Why should she trust them right. The only person she trusted support from is Zaid and even he said that her bitterness and stance is justified because of her trauma. This was a reactionary Ayra. It’s not in her nature not to fight back. In retrospect, of course she made a mistake of going there but maybe she thought Zaid and his support would be enough. Clearly it wasn’t.
As for the monetary compensation she did that for her bhabhi. Not herself. It’s not based on greed but based on justice for what was done to her family. Blood money is a common thing so that’s the way she closed that chapter of what happened to her brother. We all thought she was going for revenge but she really did just get her bhabhi the money and tried to move on in that house as best as she could or her personality would allow.
Bitterness pettiness and insecurities can’t be labelled as criminal acts. Sure you might not like her but she’s living in a house surrounded by people who hate her and want her out - I was glad zaid and bhabhi both pointed that out. Ayra is strong but no matter how strong you are, your trauma catches up to you especially if you face so many roadblocks. The only thing I really fault her in is the wife scam, which an episode later basically became so lame that it was a joke and only served to set the events in motion that eventually happened there. The writer , even when she made Ayra scheme, made it look so amateurish - how someone who doesn’t know how to scheme would scheme lol. She was not in her element at all. Only took asif one day to bring her down lol
So compared to everyone else Ayra isn’t bad. She just went through a lot and her and Zaid weren’t on the same page on how they could move on from her past. He thought it was best to fit into the family but she knew it would never be possible because they were out to get her. He didn’t see through them but she did. Plus she hadn’t even healed and she moved in with them all. So it was all doomed to begin with. But yeah she definitely didn’t make things easy but given her trauma and mutual hate with Asif, I don’t blame her either.
Given their history she needed a stronger protector than Zaid, who had authority in the house but Zaid isn’t that person. That’s why she ended up taking a lot of things on her own. She couldn’t rely on Zaid who himself relied on MJ and Asif lol. She didn’t want herself to be reliant on them like he was. She’s a much stronger and independent character than Zaid is.
some might take her actions in a bad light but for me it was either her trauma talking or just a reaction from a person who has to look out for herself because her husband is too weak / dependent on others she can’t trust.
Edited by tgota92 - 1 years ago
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