Originally posted by: OnTheBlock
I am absolutely stumped today.
Abhimanyu Birla : How do I have the lowest of expectations from you and you still fail.
He didn't utter a single word against his mother's extremely shameless diatribe.
I really thought.. This must be THE SCENE where he can redeem himself.
One of the points of redemption for him has always been speaking up against Manjiri. To finally take a stand against his manipulative shameless POS of a mother who has nothing to do in life than meddling in his personal life and messing with his head.
Manjiri is the reason Abhimanyu is where he is in life. How unhappy he is and as much as he tries to fix it himself.. With time and effort and understanding.. She undoes all his hardwork. Every. Single. Time.
It's hard to root for a ML like this who never speaks up against his mother. He's a 40 year old grown a-- man, ffs. If not now, then when? His mother is screeching her plans outloud which involve him being an active participant in breaking a marriage and a family.. And he didn't utter a word except whining for a second.
Some might say he did the same thing. He propositioned a married woman to leave her husband and son and come back to him. He even had the shamelessness of asking Abhinav to give his cheez 'Akshu' back. But haven't we come far from that version of Abhimanyu? I feel like it's been months of progress. Redemption or not, his track/arc had been going well. This was the perfect opportunity to show THAT progress. That he knew what he did was wrong and now is telling his mother so, that too publicly.
Regardless of what happens in the future, whether the Abhira reunion is on the cards or not.. Just for the character of Abhimanyu to have the integrity he lost on white day.. He must go through a redemptive period and take steps to fix his character arc.
The number one on that list should have been : Removing himself from the clutches of his vile mother.Moving away from Manjiri's shadow, one step at a time. He can never have peace and quiet in life with that woman around. That woman makes him behave like a spineless man and as long as she's around and never talked back to, never corrected... He's never gonna get his integrity back.
And it has to be done publicly. Not privately. Because this woman humiliates him publicly.. all the damn time.
Urgh. How do I have the lowest of expectations from Abhimanyu and yet.. When will you speak up? Will you ever speak up? So disappointing. I was really rooting for him to speak up. Maybe it will happen when she is against his decision of giving Abhir back to Akshnav but man, he should have said something today.
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