Originally posted by: mistofshadows
Now the famous Shiv-Shakti scene is related to this. Just before that track of Ruhi coming to the resort and taking him away was that accidental kiss he had with Abhira. That rattled him. All that deeply repressed attraction and want roared up in him & he kept on repeating that what was happening to him. He brought denial to the forefront of his mind to avoid thinking about it. Then of course came his sense of suppressed guilt when he saw Ruhi next day because he believes he forced the woman who loved him to a sad life while he is feeling content and attraction to his contractual wife. She brings divorce papers which is a jarring reality that he hides, deeply apprehensive that Abhira should see it and distance herself. His guilt, fear, insecurity and of course overall escapism pushes him to agree to Ruhi. Even there is mind is with Abhira. Logically Abhira will leave him and Ruhi-Armaan are perfect since Rohit is gone. He knows he can propose the entire matter in a way to keep his perfect Mask on and still get to marry Ruhi without much drama. And so what if he does that ritual. Abhira is his contractual wife; not real is what he tells himself.
But something in him revolts.
That revolt is portrayed through his hesitation and repetitive asking to God for hints. The colour falls and Ruhi goes to get another. Immediately he reads it as a hint (because that's what he wants) to not proceed and then he sees Abhira and we all know what happened.
Seventh, Armaan is coward coded. He doesn't want to make a hullabaloo of anything. His very introduction was like that; someone with a calm head in distress. He likes clean breaks not messy affairs. So it is obvious that he seeks to manage Ruhi's distress and of course potentially messy outbreak by being her close companion. Of course he is feeding into her delusions but that is not his concern. He is trying short term management here; not even bothering to see long term consequences.
Eighth, Armaan's guilt and Paranoia. Interestingly he appears emotionally involved with Ruhi. He should feel guilty with Abhira. But he doesn't. Instead it is the reverse. He feels guilty with Ruhi. The reason is actually very simple. He is leading Ruhi in with no end at sight and even he knows that. He cannot in reality envision her as his partner anymore; no matter how fitting it might be at some moment. Deep inside he has started to feel for Abhira which in a way amounts to cheating the promise he gave Ruhi to always prioritise Abhira. When both were kidnapped, he took a deep breath; analysed his thoughts and tried to run to Abhira. He has already subconsciously made his choice. Only Abhira made him return to Ruhi first. So there is no wonder that he suffers from guilt and this guilt also births paranoia because what is there to stop Ruhi from blurting the truth of she suspects his new emotions. As a result he does what he does best - suppress and pretend it is not there.
Abhira being possessive about being his wife actually shielded him from many things. This divorce not only takes away all his excuses but also that fragile balance he has maintained with Ruhi. He is grateful to her but he is also trying to hint by calling her his best friend.
He thinks thay may be he will be able to balance but we all know what best friendship did to Virat's life. So yeah.... poor Armaan. He has made a mess of his life and we are going to watch it happen. And I don't dislike him as much as I hated Virat because this guy has been emotionally abused to become what he is.
If he heals it will be a wonderful track and character arc.
If not, we will see a Virat that is worse, forgets his own actions and confuses the hell out of all audience.
So yeah.... that's what I think.
I hope that answers your question @Pinecone.
Also I may be wrong. This is just me analysing the narrative.
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