As I expected, Agni didn't dare show up 😲 I guess Prithvi substituted Sharavana. But Mahadev didn't mention what Prithvi's son's name was?
I didn't get why anyone would be sad @ the kids being distributed the way they were. The Krittikas could have had 1, Ganga 1, Prithvi 1, and Shiva & Parvati the remaining 3. Actually, had Agni & Vayu shown up as in the original, they too could have had 1 each.
The story I read was that the moment Parvati stepped in front of the kids, they merged into 1. And then the quarrels started b/w the claimants. Here, they seemed to be trying to make it like Solomon's judgement, w/o doing it, since there were 6 babies to be distributed, not 1.
Another thing - the boon Taki had was that he'd be killed by a son of Shiva. So it could be anybody - even if these became 6 different kids w/ 6 names, say Mahasena, Gangeya, Sharavana, Kartikeya, Skanda & Guha, then it would have been Guha who would have slain Tarakasura, not any of the others. So why merge these 6 at all - each of them could have been given a baby each (the Krittikas sharing theirs) and they'd have had their hands full. Agni & Vayu would have had to figure out how to share Mahasena
If Parvati was so moved by what Ganga & Prithvi did, why didn't she revoke her curse? Or maybe she will tomorrow?
So as per the precap, Mahadev will tell Parvati to leave Kartikeya w/ the Krittikas? But if they do that, what was the point of claiming him? Or will Parvati accept what Mahadev asks, and then out of sheer spite, go on to create Vinayak? W/ the Triangular Films Puranas, one never knows.