After the leap, I was really full-on set to hate Abhi. I was like; they are going to show him to be a terrible person post doing that to Ak. But at every step, they showed a more evolved and stable Abhi. I really really wanted Abhi to become evil and Ak to be the righteous FL who tells him off, and then he comes to his senses and gets a redemption arc......but.....nope.
The first thing itself, Abhi didn't abandon his family or get into any bad habits. Infact, after the first leap he was doing lonely camping trips and now toh not even that. The only thing was really sad comedy stuff, which I am glad he stopped doing immediately cause that was cringe. But then he saw Ak and her family.....and he was not even the tiniest bit jealous? Okie, he said that one thing while drunk, but apart from that he was just crying and trying to come to terms with reality. Then he had a weird realization during the second udaipur track, which came out of nowhere, that he still loves Ak and can't stop loving her. Like, didn't he already know that from the beginning?
I loved the temple confrontation, even if Ak went too far. I liked Abhi getting to know what he really did and how much he lost that day. But that is where the story became all fuddled up. I know they changed tracks then, but they just managed to make Ak the worst FL ever.
Dispropotional hate just doesn't work. They could have shown Abhi to be a terrible person post-leap who was constantly sabotaging Ak's perfect life out of jealousy and anger. That would have worked! The narrative that he was an abuser would also likely stick somewhat esp if people forgot everything before the leap. But nope, they kept Abhi sane, and after the temple confrontation even showed him have his realization and try to change and be a better person, etc.
But Ak has remained steadfast in her hate of him. At every confrontation, she remains the same. It just makes no sense any more, and more and more, she is looking like the villain. The writing is also so bad that everything just looks funny now.
In any case, this is just a what-if scenario that would have made more sense to me as a viewer. I have no issues with Ak moving on or anything. They can still handle things like mature adults and not go into these spirals of accusations.
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