Warning: Super long post ahead. I would love to hear an intelligent argument in response, but kindly talk only about Vivaan as it's his character that's being discussed here. I don't see the point of criticizing one character to defend another. It's high time the forum became a little more active and not every God damn post (pardon my language) needs to become a Vivaan v/s Suraj war-zone.
Hello, Katori!
You make some good points. I agree that Chakor's meddling is extremely annoying and the current track is unimaginative, repetitive and quite frustrating. If SuKor is end-game, they had plenty of options to get them together without dragging ImVaan in the middle.
The thing that bugs me about Vivaan is the fact that he shifts loyalties at the drop of a hat. I understand he has trust issues thanks to Ranjana and Tejaswini, but that's no excuse for being so quick to distrust Chakor, the woman he claims to be deeply in love with. And he never even had good reason to doubt her in the first place.
He hated Suraj, yet took his word when he blamed Chakor for swapping brides. Now Vivaan kept changing his mind about whether she was guilty or not. He lashed out at her immediately post-wedding. I'll give him the benefit of doubt here. It came as a shock to him and believing he was deceived was natural to him considering his past experiences. Then we saw him doubting his initial judgement and attempting to give Chakor a chance to explain, when Suraj staged the scene to make it look as though they had done the deed the previous night. Again, Vivaan believed Chakor was responsible.
Up till this point, his anger and paranoia can be justified. But then we see them around two weeks later, when Chakor has somehow miraculously managed to convince them she had nothing to do with it. So we assume Vivaan has had time to ponder the fact that there was no reason Chakor would even want to marry Suraj. Vivaan is in charge of all the property, so allegations against her for being a gold-digger are pretty much null and void. She most certainly was never attracted to Suraj. So she couldn't possibly have masterminded the swap. He's ready to reconcile with her at this point, when the whole divorce issue comes up and lo and behold we have him doubting her again.
It didn't take many grey cells to guess Suraj was probably blackmailing her (well, Imli figured it out) and we had Vivaan claiming he trusted Chakor, no matter what, for all of five minutes. It didn't take much to have him turn against her, yet again. And then of course with the paalna incident. Trust issues can explain one being paranoid their lover will cheat on them. You simply cannot attribute the fact that he believed Chakor would actually be capable of committing an act so heartless and petty, to his mommy issues.
As for his feelings towards Imli. The fact that he was willing to accept another man's child and had truly begun to think of it as his own makes him a far better man than Suraj ever was (till that point). But I feel he did have feelings for Imli or at least led her to believe her love was reciprocated. The whole "we would've ended up together even if circumstances were different" exchange, asking her to let her hair down, wiping the cream off her face were not platonic moments.
How he went from "humein aur humaari Imli ko alag mat karo" to casually asking Chakor what her future plans were, that too overnight, is beyond me. I feel he should've sorted out things with Imli first before trying to actively pursue Chakor again. Things between him and Imli are extremely awkward because he hasn't cleared the air yet. I understand he needs to figure things out, but he can take his time instead of going about asking Chakor to meet up at their former "lover's spot".
I guess the miscarriage will be the deciding point. If for some reason, he again believes Chakor is somehow responsible, there will be no justifying his actions.
Edited by Aradh_27 - 9 years ago
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