Parvati was
so cute as a village girl, and watching her play with her new friends was really endearing. It was just sad to see her lonely in between; she couldn't really enjoy her time there because fighting with Shiv was making her so unhappy. (Probably another lesson in that: "Fighting with your husband is really depressing." Which is true, haha!)
Shiv finding "another wife," I stopped watching the series after that episode, that's how mad it made me! You're right - Parvati didn't go off with the first cute Shakta that came along, so what the heck?? And yeah, I HATED that "I've lived without you before" part. I was all, "Yeah, you did, and you were really, really upset, remember? Oh, wait, no, you don't remember because Samar did that part. Then you're just going to have to trust me here - you did this 'no wife' thing before, and it sucked, k?"
I haven't seen Yashodhan dressed as a woman yet - I didn't get that far - dang it, now I'm going to have to start watching it again, because I've got to see that! Hahaha....
Parvat. Oh. Goodness. You mentioned Parvat. :takes a deep breath:
OMG THAT GUY IS SO ANNOYING.
He's SO. DUMB. WOW. My IQ drops every time he says something. And frankly, Narada's Narayan, Narayan! is lovely by that point in the series - he gives it as much expression as a Shakespearian "O!" - but combine it with Parvat's Jai Jai, Brahmadev! and suddenly it becomes this Chorus of Irritation. I was watching, really hoping they weren't about to bring in a Shiv devotee sage who would fly with them chanting Om Namah Shivay or something....
Back to Parvat. WHY IS HIS HAIR A Q-TIP? WHO THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA? He looks like a complete imbecile! Every time I see his wig, I want to flip him upside down and use him to clean something!
I get that he's deliberately ridiculous. I get that there are lots of people who romanticize devotion and think "I has robes and hair I R SAGE NAO" and that Parvat is kind of like all of those people rolled into one. He's still bloody annoying to watch. The duet that he and Narada do in the palace is lovely (and Narada totally wins that musical duel). And that's about it. I'm hoping he goes away soon.
Yes, the Lakshmi-whining through ONS unfortunately only seems to get more frequent as the series continues. It's like, honey, you're wealthy and beautiful and everyone loves you. And to the actress, you're filming in a realm of endless dry ice and sparkle, your costume is gorgeous, and you get to do most of your scenes while looking at Amit Pachori. What the hell do you have to whine about?!?!
Ok, the Shree Ganesh scene, let me think...in the previous scene, demon Kandukasur wants to attack/kill Kartikeya, so he's roaming through the sky announcing this intention like the genius he is. Narada suggests to him that he shouldn't approach his enemy openly, but since kanduk means "ball," he should disguise himself as a ball and sneak into Kailash that way. So he does, and Ganesh finds him, and Ganesh and Kartikeya have a field day playing with the "ball," i.e. beating him up.
So, at this point, go to "Shree Ganesh 8.6" on YouTube and start at 4:20.
The demon-ball is begging to be freed and finally blurts out, "That fellow who says 'Narayan, Narayan' is the one who told me to come here like this!"
And Parvati flips out, accuses Narada of being an enemy of the Devas and betraying them, and then says, "You put my children in danger, Narada, and I will never forgive you for that!" Then DUDE SHE'S GOT A TRIDENT WHAT.
So, Ganesh cuts in and explains that it wasn't Devarishi's fault, because he inspired Narada to say that, so that the demon would come to Kailash as a ball and he could have some fun playing.
See, this is the very definition of Leela Fail. If nothing else, maybe a "oops, sorry I almost murdered you" might have been in order there? (But no, because this is Shree Ganesh, and Parvati spends most of the series hating on Narada.)
So, yeah, serial leela, I don't understand it. It always seems to consist of getting other people in trouble, or involving other people in conflicts that aren't their own! And I'm going, uh....why? What am I supposed to learn from this?
I'm still hung up on Parvat's Q-tip head. Maybe the point at the top is a radio transmitter? Maybe he's emulating Mount Kailash itself? Maybe there's, like, a horn under there? Of course, I still wonder why Narada's wig has a TV antenna-looking pipe cleaner on top of it. ARGH why are the wig people for these shows weird?? :P
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