✅ AbhiRa - The Rant

13. DISSAPOINTING PROMO

I keep saying bye and promise to not see even one snippet of the show for my own mental peace and was doing quite a good job with it, but suddenly star plus threw a promo at my youtube feed, and what should I say, I am so disappointed with it.

But what forced me to rant again was discovering something even more awful, the comments on the promo. I hate the way DKP has put forth such a narrative around the Sharma family and has completely made Abhimanyu into a villain while Abhinav a superhero.

Mostly the comments go like - how Akshu is doing the right thing by hiding the truth, the show normalizing the fact that leads do not need to be the endgame, being just a sperm donor doesn't mean you are the real father or how perfect Abhinav is, how good a father he is.

I don't even know how after watching the show, and the characters for about 1 and a half years, people could still not see the depth. 

Abhimanyu is a character for whom his mother was everything. He has seen her being abused physically and verbally. Which has also traumatized him, so to cope up with it he made anger his shield. He has no clue but through his actions, we could tell that he also has a fear of being left out more precisely not being anyone's first priority. His mother always prioritized his father then and now she prioritizes Ruhi and Arohi. Similarly, Akshara never prioritized him before her family though that was until they got married but still he was constantly in that fear and we saw him accepting it during their reunion.

Also, Abhimanyu and Akshara had never fallen in love before or gotten such love and have their own traumas, so it's understandable that the feeling was quite new and they didn't know how to pull it off and they never got the chance as they were busy taming their families. In a relationship they just discovered how to love but what about the other essentials? They weren't even married for 2 months properly before they got separated for the 2nd time. So even if I am very disappointed with Abhimanyu for choosing his pathetic mother, pitiful for him I could give him the benefit of the doubt. Especially since he has realized his blunders and accepts that he did wrong to Akshu and deserves punishment, not knowing that he is already being punished by not knowing that one of his kids is not dead, for whom he has been mourning for the past 6 years.

On that black day, you wanna agree or not your choice, but Akshara did mess up. If after reaching the spot she had not insisted on going to fight the goons forgetting her twins, Neil would not have opted to do it himself. I totally agree that They both were adults and were capable enough to make their own decisions, but without thinking of the consequences is plain stupid. When they had called the police, they should have waited or just quietly followed the goons and in real time kept informing the location to police, that would have also solved the case.

So Abhimanyu's Anger was understandable, why the hell she never listened to him or act more smartly in crucial cases? The bomb of anger was not just the result of this, it had been building up since before. During the picnic also, she acted foolishly and most importantly she never thought about changing her ways till the time the kids were born, especially knowing that it was already a risky pregnancy. 

I know that She had finally found her person, for whom she was his first priority but that doesn't mean that she would fully depend on him and stop taking care of herself. She eventually did take care of herself after the black day, but if she had done it before then black day won't have even happened.

I am not in the slightest justifying that what Abhi did was ok. Divorcing her in that state and throwing such venom-filled words boosting her trauma even more or even not picking up her calls was downright regressive and disgusting. But we cannot forget the fact that a person had died, who was his brother, his comrade, the person for whom Abhimanyu was his first priority though it was till he got married to jharu, but still, they had that deep connection and the fact that this could have been avoided was a painful truth.

I am just saying that can't we give him a chance because if he is at fault, Akshara is too and we are not measuring who is more at fault, both were in the wrong and one chance should be given to them both to rectify the mistakes.

So people commenting things like,  just giving sperm would not make you the father and real is when you love the kid like Abhinav does is not fair at all. Arrey, he freaking doesn't even know that Abhir is his son and still he is attached to him, he feels a connection with him. He felt something was wrong with his junior when Abhir was hospitalized. How can people deny this and say Akshara is doing right or Abhinav is the real dad?

People are saying that he didn't listen when she first called so now he doesn't need to know, Arrey did you even see the condition he was in? The turmoil he was in and what do you expect, won't even you blast off. Here, some stranger picks up the phone and talks about some random rubbish stuff while not letting him talk to Akshara, and then out of nowhere brings up his babies who died just a day ago. Then the stranger doesn't tell that they are alive, just asks a hypothetical question of what will you do if they are alive, like seriously. Then how can we even blame him for getting angry like that?

All in all, Abhimanyu and Akshara were flawed characters from the start, and we all knew about it as well and loved them regardless. But because DKP likes taking unnecessary leaps instead of solving and healing the flawed nature, they just ruined the characters and the show and made Abhinav look like the best person ever to grace the world.

I won't be surprised if they later reveal that Abhinav is actually lord Krishna who came to rescue his believers and show them the right path.

I am an Abhira stan, I like them both when they are together while individually they are both flawed and are fools on top of that. So I am not ranting because I just like Abhimanyu or Harshad but because His character is not as bad as DKP is portraying and creating this negative image of him in the audience's heart.

I sympathize with both Akshara and Abhimanyu and I believe that divorce is never just one person's fault, especially in their case. So they deserve a real chance to understand their relationship and move forward together while creating a healthy journey.

And it's ok if Akshara feels that she has a more healthy relationship with Abhinav as DKP is just showing that having no family, and no mother-in-law can make your life easy. As That is how Akshara has been living, without interference from family. And till now she had not given Abhinav the right to be her husband so why would they have any conflict or argument between them? So ya, if this is the definition of a healthy relationship then cool.

I feel like Abhinav is such an ideal person that he comes straight out of a crime patrol episode. How can there be such a perfect side character, while even the leads are so flawed? I just don't understand the writers and the people watching the show and saying the Sharma family is best. In real life would you ever believe a stranger who is so friendly, and helpful, and has no one who could vouch for their identity?

Forget it, there is no point in even justifying things now, they have reached a point of no return as even if Abhira does get back together they won't be the same, too much damage has been done. If the writers can't justify the black day, things will never get normal. The audience remembers everything, we still remember Jharu's criminal acts, doesn't matter how much DKP tries to whitewash them.

I even heard that they have started shooting Abhi and Jharu's wedding ceremonies, so that means that Jharu is not gonna tell the truth, and if so then why the hell did you take the leap and whitewash her character?

I will just enjoy Harshali content till Abhira gets back together, though it looks like something that might happen till next year, with the pace the show is going so far.

Love Harshad and Pranali for still being sane while acting out this insane track. 🌻💕