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So all day yesterday I kept posting here that I wanted to see some heart to heart conversation between them, some flirtation but Shaurya realising how Mehak feels and stopping, his acknowledging that he has always felt attracted to her and taking back some of the nasty things he said to her about her physicality and so on.
Obviously nothing like that happened 😆 And as Tibs said in another post, I'll also chadhao prasad if they ever show any in-depth conversation happening between them!
Having said that, I also realised (through different conversations on this forum!) that a conversation between them is my expectation, and my idea of romance. I've usually always given movies, tv shows and books the leeway that I watch or read the story the maker wants to tell, rather than the story I want them to tell. And I'm going to give this show the same leeway.
In spite of all my dashed expectations, I still liked yesterday's episode. And here's why. No, its not because of the kisses or the raging hormones. I'm not that young 😆 It is because they were both perfectly in character yesterday.
Shaurya has always been someone who is unapologetic about chasing what he wants, and one of the things I love about his character is his disdain of social norms. One of my favourite episodes in the show was the scene at the Pooja when he says that even if he and Mehak had had a physical relationship as consenting adults it was not anyone else's business. He is affectionate with the people he loves (Mom and Nani to be precise) and it is not at all surprising that now that he has accepted to himself that he loves Mehak, he wants to be with her in all ways possible as soon as possible. In fact, anything else would have been out of character for him.
To me the most interesting part of yesterday's episode was when Mehak pushes him away for the nth time and says no firmly. He actually looked disappointed and hurt and asked her 'par kyun?' and that 'but why' encapsulates exactly how he is feeling. If they both love each other and want to be married then why would she stop him? And she tells him "hamare yaha yeh sab shaadi ke baad'.
I smiled at the face he made when she said this. I could almost hear Shaurya thinking "kya bakwaas". Mehak herself has never played the wedding card earlier. She has initiated kisses herself many times recently and also kissed him at their first sangeet. As any normal person would kiss their partner in a loving relationship. Not just that, both Nehal and Sonal have not had similar hangups about physical relationships and the show has never judged them for these attitudes.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying Mehak was wrong in stopping him. She was perfectly in character too. This time round, she wants everything to go right and will probably relax only after they are actually married. In fact, when she realised he was upset she tried to explain her perspective to him - I don't want things to go wrong, I don't want us to be liable for any kind of wrongdoing. And that made him relax and her puppy dog face made him let the entire issue go.
Again, to just make this very clear, I'm not saying he should have gone on or that her no was yes or any thing like that. When she said no firmly he stopped and that is what I expect from the heroes that I like. But expressing frustration at having to stop is not the same as not stopping, and to me it made perfect sense that he expressed that frustration.
All morning today I've read interpretations that either think that he is going too fast or up to something wrong and so on. I feel differently about this. I think I can see both their perspectives, and to my mind each one makes perfect sense considering where they are coming from and the sort of people they are.
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