Originally posted by: -Anku-
Coming to the most talked about scene today, which I haven't mentioned in my post. At the risk of sounding biased which I totally am not. I didn't think or FEEL that Raman got close to Ishita only to distract her. Because if it's just about the papers he would take them anyway when she was asleep. What he did.. seemed more like an act of holding on to what is still with him before his actions destroy it all. He isn't justified in his decisions, as I've written above. When he can so easily just talk this out with Ishita. Hasn't he already learnt a lesson? I think its going to take a situation worst than worst to shake the man up.[/DIV]
Hey Anku! I liked your write up in the LU thread because you are right about the human characteristics of Raman, but I think what's this track so hard to adjust to for his character is the recent track record of mistakes being made with little actual growth. Ignoring all semblance of logic in this track, it still has been shown that Raman takes advantage of Ishita's kindness, yells at her for things unrelated to her, and makes mistakes...but none of them have had truly proper closure ...hence viewer burnout.
In terms of "the scene" in today's episode...I had the same thought watching it. Whether I agree with it's inclusion or not is a different story, but I think his need for intimacy stems from the statement he made on Holi that they would take their relationship to the next level after Adi's tension is gone. But now he knows even if Adi's tension may be gone a worse black cloud is coming into their relationship, keeping them from being one.
Does this justify it? Idk...if I were Ishita, when I realized what happened the night before...I would question my husband's intentions. The knee jerk interpretation would be that he used intimacy as a tool, belittling their relationship. But we can try to understand Raman's POV for the action, but in the grand scheme of things...it's messy!
Thanks for your positivity, Anku! 🤗