Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum. Previously I may have posted once or twice here but I'm usually not active.....
Full disclosure - I haven't watched for one week now, earlier I used to at least catch a couple of episodes in a week but I've only read updates this whole week. To me everything is freaking awful right now.... both sides are messed up and are only compounding the mistakes. My views on the 3 main characters, Abhi, Ak and Nav..... Arohi is a constant fixture and headache, though she has been quiet for the last 3 months. She is usually the go-to plot device in this season to get the ball rolling for any major course-changing event... like her hurried wedding and pregnancy pre-leap. Then she is kept quiet until the next time.
To me all characters are changed to accommodate the leap.... and after 6+ years if we compare their actions of today to something they did 6 years prior we are fools.... and in reality also people learn (or unlearn) and change in that span of time so that comparison is a waste. The whole Navra puja and re-marriage were totally expected by me. Simply because this is ITV and no FL is shown in a live-in situation for 6 long years, sharing a room and an almost bed. They were shown doing pujas together at the wedding and also the initial pre-wedding pujas for Ab-Ar. What they showed was only a clarification since SM was not willing to recognize it for what it was..... a true marriage of convenience, and a convenient plat device too since now without a DNA test (need Ak's permission) no one can prove Ab is the real father. Legally and for all practical purposes it is Nav..... we may see more of this hurdle later....
Abhi..... More than Ak, Ab's uncomfortable acceptance haunts me, so I don't like to watch. Further, the complete lack of sensitivity of that whole family astounds me... like just looking at him how can they collectively be so blind as to assume he is happy.... how is it that there is not a single person to back him and stop this soul carnage..... his reluctance shines like from a mile away..... and actually his quiet, stoic agreement to everything is because of his family...... yes, he did a huge blunder, in anger and extreme grief, he was unable to control his impulsive reactions and decisions, but his suffering for the past 6+ years has also been huge and the toll it has taken on his personal health is terrible. He definitely needs to get a breather, but alas! The only thing I can say in his favor is he acted without thinking and under extreme mental duress. Being an anxiety patient even back then, his emotions got the better of his sane self. He didn't set out to brutally hurt her, but ended up doing it anyway..... his questions on that day regarding her negligence to their unborn babies and putting herself in the line of danger, were not wrong but his actions following them (divorce and ignoring of calls) was very wrong. I feel he has suffered mental agony and the reason everyone keeps stressing about his lack of/ control of anger in these 6 years is one of the signs of his repentance. Though he is still unaware of the extent of the damage (abhir), he is fully aware that it was his anger and impatience that destroyed everything..... Life and misfortune handed him shit during those few days and he faltered big time, he took a morally wrong decision (divorce) and ultimately let go of the one person who loved him selflessly...... but again, the biggest thing in his favor is that it was all unplanned and impulsive.
Akshara...... I could back her up and understand her until the point she chose to stay quiet when she came to know of Ab-Ar intent to marry. BP asked her 2 times and both times she gave her consent, even did the initial pujas as if she did not share a whole ass kid with Ab..... Hiding her lie has taken the top-most priority for her and she is willing to bend over backward to keep Nav happy now so that her facade is maintained She admitted her intent to Nav right after Ab left Kasauli when she told him that since A didn't want to listen before she would not say anything now.... this time it is her anger (and some vengeance too) that is driving her to make irrational choices, just like the choices Ab made in anger 6 years back. Given a choice, she would like to keep her status quo the same with Nav(as best friends) but ever since she read his letter, she thinks the only way to keep him on her side is to dangle the carrot of having a proper marriage..... very sad state of affairs on her end too. She seems like a bird stuck in a cage that she both likes and despises.... likes it because the door is open and she has the freedom to fly in and out as she pleases..... dislikes it because she is now having to assure Nav that she will not fly away, so she is forcing herself to stay in the cage more. But her actions regarding Ab are morally and ethically wrong, more so from the point of when the Ab-Ar marriage announcement was made. She wants no fly in the ointment of her life but to willingly allow the father of her son to become his uncle is ethically wrong. And to let Ab continue to mourn for his unborn babies, when one of them is alive and well is morally wrong. Until she didn't know these 2 facts about him, her stand to hide Abhir made some sense.... but now all she cares about is protecting the lie she is living. She wants to just keep running away from facing the consequences of her own decisions (fighting the goons, putting her life at risk when she was going through a complicated pregnancy knowing fully well the risk she was taking that were avoidable, and then pushing everyone away when she found out she was pregnant with one child)....... she is still running from that and now she is also running from Abhir's truth. Both these are inter-connected and she is not willing to face them. .... unlike Ab, all her actions now are well thought out and her intentions are not pure anymore.
Nav..... As far as Ak is concerned he has been good and kind to her and respected her and her choices (all the boundaries she had placed in their marriage). But to overly hail him is incorrect. If he was truly that great and a very good friend, he would've convinced Ak to go back or take her back himself. A true friend will always stop you from making huge blunders, not join in it. So he does have shades too, and not all of them are white! We have seen a few spurts of anger from him as well. Again, when Ab left, for a brief second he asked Ak to reveal the truth but got easily convinced when she refused, or maybe he wanted her to confess that she preferred to stay with him..... his insecurity came out slightly over there. Then in UD, when Ak ran to Ab after the accident, his insecurity peaked, so much that instead of talking to Ak, he could not restrain himself from walking into the ICU room of an injured/ sleeping Ab and taunting him. But when Ab got up and retaliated, he could not take it..... one minor wrinkle and he has been acting up in front of Ak ever since.... forcing her to pacify and cajole him, even go through this whole puja. Why is all this needed? If he was with her for 6 years and knew her well, where was his trust in her? Is it so shaky? Now that he is all convinced, he is fine once more! Ever since Ab left, he has witnessed Ak's turmoil and discomfort, yet is he subtly forcing her to take the next steps in their marriage at this time? Why didn't he press for this before Ab came into their lives? As for his unfailing support to Ak, well, she is the only person in his life, so there is as such no competition for him to prioritize anyone else..... but ever since UD there has been a slight shift where Abhir used to be his first priority, now its Ak!
Anyways, not sure where all the characters are leading, but we will have a big climax next week with Abhir's illness..... will Ak/ Nav find the courage to reveal the truth atleast now, or will they continue to build on their house of lies? What is Nav's real stand.... what is his character, it cannot be so one dimensional? So are we going to see more reveals in that as well? And are Ab-Ar married by then, though that leads to a huge moral dilemma of an ignorant father becoming an uncle to his own son.... will ITV go so low?
Sorry for the long post, and thanks to all those who read till the end...... Ciao!
Edited by aardhan - 2 years ago
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