After reading this, all I want is that this becomes canon. I love the title - Ishita is indeed a scorned woman and Raman better watch his step - because unlike Shagun's revenge, Ishita's 'revenge' on him, though more benign outwardly, will hurt him a great deal.
The main thing that I really enjoyed is how the tables have turned on Raman. We've seen him doing his jasoosi and "heroic" acts by planning dramas over dramas throughout the course of the show... Marrying Ishita for Ruhi's custody was the biggest drama he'd pulled off - and then with Ishita, we have the Parmeet incident, Mihir-Mihika engagement, the accidental Salsa with Shagun, etc...
It's always Raman who outwardly plans something horrible but uses it as a disguise to reach the truth and fix things up. In the course of his 'heroism', however, Ishita is the one who always gets hurt. In this case, too, if he really has some grand master plan behind taking this to court and lying with Shagun just to entrap her or what have you, well, Ishita's trust/blooms of love have been broken in him.
Sometimes, the ends don't justify the means - something RKB has *not* learned.
So to see that Ishita has used his same tried and tested strategy against him, leaving him, the great planner RKB flustered and bewildered is delightful. She definitely shows him that she is on his level, so to speak. At the same time, she's inherently saying that "Even though you couldn't trust me enough to tell me this truth Raman, I still cared about you enough to help you and bring your son..." - which of course is a major guilt trip to Raman.
I definitely hope that this is how its going to be (whether through Mihika's surprise trip to Pathak's house or Adi's blurting of the truth to Ruhi...) because I'm sick and tired of Raman playing around with everyone (esp Ishita's) feelings while trying to find the truth and fix things up. I want him to be at the receiving end of his own strategy, his own medicine. And the way you've portrayed it is like a dream come true.
I admire Toshiji's explanation to Raman: "Raman as your mother, I could have blindly supported you for doing these things, but I stood against you, even slapped you. Does it make you think I love you any less? Tell me." - this is exactly what Raman needs to learn; disciplining your child does not mean that you are a bad parent or *want* to hurt them, rather you care about their future actions and are being proactive.
Adi was so in character - there have been alot of other OSs on the forum which - though completely delightful to read - portray Adi as having a complete 180 degree about face and simply loving his new Ishimaa or at the very least, being nice to her... But even if Adi does find out about Shagun being manipulative, he's not going to change his views towards Ishita in one day, in my opinion. He'd probably do exactly what you showed him doing - start off being extremely rude as a vent for his anger at being separated from his mother (or because of his anger at his mother); then, after someone (Ishita or Raman) shuts him up, he would probably be silently angry/sullen until he realizes how much the Bhallas+Iyers love him.
A child with that much pain and bitterness in him isn't going to turn sweet in one day (I mean, he is RKB's son afterall ;) ).
Ashok+Ishita mini scene - LOL ASHOK - for talking so civilly with Ishita, Shagun is surely going to yell at you later on.
Ishita's punishments to both Shagun and Raman are really befitting her personality. She isn't the type of person to send someone to jail or have a criminal consequence put on them. As a woman who can't conceive and doesn't have children of her own, its like she's using her own experiences and feelings to 'punish' Shagun/Raman. Amazing how a woman who can't become a biological mother is a much better and more understanding parent than either of these two biological parents.
Looking back, especially with yesterday's episode in mind, Trisha being a role in helping uncover the truth (whether actively or just because Mihika had to go to Pathak's house to return her clothes) was an extremely extremely well estimated prediction. *fingers crossed*
Edited by gems4sana - 11 years ago
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