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@Jyo: One thing I have always loved about this show is how prominent a role the kids play, and how well-defined their characters are. If AarYa are in this relationship, trying to figure out what it means on a daily basis, then so are the kids. It makes them feel safe and happy to see their parents together because both have seen their parents struggling alone. When they see them together, it lets the kids take back their childhood because they no longer feel like they have to protect their parents. They can see that Aarti and Yash will protect each other.
@Veena: When the kids orchestrated that AarYa moment yesterday, I couldn't stop thinking about Ansh's speech, "jab mamma aur papa saath mein hote hain to bahut achha lagta hain." This kid, like you said, saw a happy couple in his grandparents and all the parents of his friends and wanted the same for him and his mother. For the girls it was a little more complicated because they had a figure in the place of 'mother,' so, especially for Palak, it was difficult to have any one else take that place in her perfect family picture. But once she realised that she didn't have to make any replacements, and that her Aarti-mummy could help her father the same way she helped her, Palak gave her whole heart to the idea of this new family, where even the present she asked for from her dad was to make this family feel as real to her as the first one.
@Sadie: I loved every bit of that fantastic write up, and was laughing through most of it! But one thing, please stop apologising so much! We LOVE you over here, even if you don't love AarYa. You make a far more interesting naysayer than that one dimensional Bua. And you just about killed me with that collection of pictures. Too. much. manly. beauty...except maybe when he was soaking in the suds.
@Saf: I hope your grandmother gets better soon. Lovely mini-analysis!
@Zetter: Yep, it took the girls a little longer to buy into this image of their family with Aarti and Ansh in it, but they have accepted it whole heartedly now and are doing all they can in their innocence and honesty to make this a reality. I love that.
@Indu: I loved your whole take, as always but I was completely blown away by how you interpreted the kids leaving as empty nest! How ingenious! Yes, the PV was initially for the kids, and they needed it, but after a point the kids are going to become self sufficient and need AarYa's pushing less and less. At that point, they are going to want to see their parents taken care of, by each other. Yesterday they did see a tableau of that and it sure did make them happy!
@Kirthi: Ah! I always miss you in the mornings but nonetheless, I love that we used the same word for that moment when Yash was kicking the ball around by himself. Heart-wrenching. I am still not able to really pin point why it has such a pathos-filled pull but I sort of get a lump in my throat every time I even think about it. He is so lost and lonely, waiting for someone to take his hand and show him the light, but too proud to ask. Ah...it killed me.
@Veena: When the kids orchestrated that AarYa moment yesterday, I couldn't stop thinking about Ansh's speech, "jab mamma aur papa saath mein hote hain to bahut achha lagta hain." This kid, like you said, saw a happy couple in his grandparents and all the parents of his friends and wanted the same for him and his mother. For the girls it was a little more complicated because they had a figure in the place of 'mother,' so, especially for Palak, it was difficult to have any one else take that place in her perfect family picture. But once she realised that she didn't have to make any replacements, and that her Aarti-mummy could help her father the same way she helped her, Palak gave her whole heart to the idea of this new family, where even the present she asked for from her dad was to make this family feel as real to her as the first one.
@Sadie: I loved every bit of that fantastic write up, and was laughing through most of it! But one thing, please stop apologising so much! We LOVE you over here, even if you don't love AarYa. You make a far more interesting naysayer than that one dimensional Bua. And you just about killed me with that collection of pictures. Too. much. manly. beauty...except maybe when he was soaking in the suds.
@Saf: I hope your grandmother gets better soon. Lovely mini-analysis!
@Zetter: Yep, it took the girls a little longer to buy into this image of their family with Aarti and Ansh in it, but they have accepted it whole heartedly now and are doing all they can in their innocence and honesty to make this a reality. I love that.
@Indu: I loved your whole take, as always but I was completely blown away by how you interpreted the kids leaving as empty nest! How ingenious! Yes, the PV was initially for the kids, and they needed it, but after a point the kids are going to become self sufficient and need AarYa's pushing less and less. At that point, they are going to want to see their parents taken care of, by each other. Yesterday they did see a tableau of that and it sure did make them happy!
@Kirthi: Ah! I always miss you in the mornings but nonetheless, I love that we used the same word for that moment when Yash was kicking the ball around by himself. Heart-wrenching. I am still not able to really pin point why it has such a pathos-filled pull but I sort of get a lump in my throat every time I even think about it. He is so lost and lonely, waiting for someone to take his hand and show him the light, but too proud to ask. Ah...it killed me.
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