That is why I said it's a recurring theme in this show that Ani khud apni conclusions se palat jaata hai. Kabhi he was clear on Jhanak being maasoom and selfless but he still jumped to believing that she could burn someone simply cuz Jhanak was being mean to him?
.....Kabhi he is clear on what Srishti/Arshi are and kabhi he is again shown brushing that aside and normalizing with them....lol
Makers will keep repeating this for drama from time to time no matter what level of realization Ani reaches....lol cuz they don't have any story other than forced flips.
Basically with this twist, they are proving Ani's family right ki woh bas aevein bol raha tha woh sab about not wanting to stay with Arshi cuz he was "beemaar" and out of his mind over losing Jhanak....now he is back to groveling in front of Arshi, toh this is "normal" Ani as per his family
Once he sees Jhanak is alive, he will flip again and his family will mock him again ki tum galat kar rahe ho, Jhanak ne vash mein kar liya hai blah blah.....lol
What I feel stupid about is thisโฆ
I fell for this tale cos I saw an attempt to move from the trope of a ritual binding two individuals.. I know people tune into serials with different sensibilities but I genuinely detected an attempt by the writer initially to veer away from the forced union to lay emphasis on the bond that developed thereafter ( irrespective of the harking back to the ritual marriage) So for me, those episodes where the two fought the attraction, tried and failed were glorious chapters of a moving love tale and while I knew the tale will hit a roadblock due to peculiar traits of the ML, ambiguity of FLโs posturing on the morality angle, still I felt with all the roadblocks and some stupid tracks they had got to a stage where the resolution for the tale was in view.
Girte padteโฆ they were almost thereโฆ Ani had achieved clarity about Jโs position in his life and more importantly he had rejected the influence of Arshi in his lifeโฆ it was categorical not expedientโฆ when he rejected his familyโs premise. Yes, Jhanak was in a state of denial but still even thenโฆ I would have assumed that the next track was to focus on her arc to bring her some clarity.. while doing that, if they want to regress one character is really stupid and simply shows the writers donโt have any integrity towards their craft and it is pure commerce that is dictating the way.
Againโฆ what is stupid is I so wish they hadnโt taken pains to serve a different fare in the start. There are umpteen serials with stupid themes but even they have some integrity towards the love storyโฆ here they have zero integrity towards the core part of their story!!
.....Kabhi he is clear on what Srishti/Arshi are and kabhi he is again shown brushing that aside and normalizing with them....lol

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