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Originally posted by: JalebiJane

Yes---The time to have the 'funds reveal' is now while she is still the daughter of the Deshmukhs. When she becomes the wife of Raghav Rao, the impact will be lessened.

The 'funds reveal' track would kill two birds with one stone. It would estrange her from the family and lead us nicely into the hate-marriage track:

The family is on the brink of discovering that the shop is going under. Pallavi fears this will kill Baba. Raghav steps in with money to save the shop. He does this with an agenda. Amma has told him that until he mends his ways she will not have anything to do with him. So garnering for himself a wife like Pallavi (whom Amma already adores) is a step in the right direction. If she marries him, he will make it so that the Deshmukhs never discover how close they came to losing everything. Done.

I like this idea and agree it should happen before the marriage, ideally at the hands of Raghav. He did allude to their coffers running dry in yesterday's episode but no one picked up on it. If Rambo has a heart attack then Pallavi can blame Raghav for it and voila we have the basis for the 'hate-marriage'. Way better than this pregnancy, abortion nonsense.

I do not have much idea of technicalities and how the TRP thing works for daily soaps. So my understanding based on experience of watching daily soaps for years now tell me that :

1. Drama which must include family which most of us online audiences dont like watching much, is an integral part of our daily soaps regardless of the genre because of the target audience that watches daily soaps, infamously called the TRP aunties.

2. Characters are rarely consistent. There is a graph broadly speaking, that characters follow but every now and then they are tampered with to suit the storyline at that particular point.. Sometimes its the male lead like I remember how the entire forum was unified almost in bashing Raghav when he abducted Pallavi and almost ran her down with a speeding truck.. then how he misunderstood her with the whole MMS scandal.. forgot about the blood donation thing..etc... Now the wrath has shifted to Pallavi and yes I agree she has been inexplicably acting out of character.. some of which like running away from Sangeet, going to Raghav's house to get her work done.. all that was odd.. maybe last minute script adjustments due to the covid thing.

But what I feel is that the broader picture is that Raghav Pallavi hate/revenge marriage was always part of the oroginal story and for that to happen, these MU's, and seemingly unnecessary clashes where one will seem right compared to the other, is going to happen. If one plans to continue watching the show, then one has take all this with a pinch of salt.. that's it.

Originally posted by: JalebiJane

I agree, Sister.

I think you make a really good point. The almost random introduction of Pallavi as sexually promiscuous didn't work. And then accuse the only other eligible man in the room. Nah!

If the writers' intention was to create an estrangement between Pallavi and the people she loves, a better vehicle would have been to accuse her of mishandling shop funds. The writers' told us in the early episodes that Pallavi was hiding DSE's financial struggles. That would have been more credible.

I think the reason for that is because if they had used the shop accounts issue then it wouldn't have involved Raghav. The focus would have been on Pallavi's lies, trust issues etc.. Pallavi's sudden attraction towards Raghav, her comfort around him, spending time with him for one reason or the other, was all to build thr ground so Sulo could back her false claims of Pallavi being pregnant and all with proofs about how she spends time with him.. goes to his house, spends night with him.. The goal was not just to create a rift between Pallavi n her family, because that alone cannot lead to hate marriage. The idea was to blame her of adultery, illicit relationship with Raghav, which will lead to their forced hate marriage.

Originally posted by: inlieu

I like this idea and agree it should happen before the marriage, ideally at the hands of Raghav. He did allude to their coffers running dry in yesterday's episode but no one picked up on it. If Rambo has a heart attack then Pallavi can blame Raghav for it and voila we have the basis for the 'hate-marriage'. Way better than this pregnancy, abortion nonsense.

If Rambo has an ingrown toenail, Pallavi will blame Raghav :-)

Poor man---he can't catch a break these days.

I find it interesting that the tropes generally reserved for the Heroine in ITV are applied to the Hero in MHRW. I'm thinking of the trope where the Heroine's good acts backfire and she is seen as being at fault. Or the Heroine is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Raghav's actions are misunderstood more often than Gopi Bahu's:

He was handing money to Dr Kanika and Pallavi read it in the wrong way.

He send Amma & Kirti to a safehouse to protect them and they resented it.

He brings an old lady to the hospital and the Deshmukhs attack him.

etc.

He turns up with evidence to resolve their family drama and nobody wants to hear it. To wit, they brand him as a sexual predator.

Originally posted by: MistyDawn

Characters are rarely consistent. There is a graph broadly speaking, that characters follow but every now and then they are tampered with to suit the storyline at that particular point.. Sometimes its the male lead like I remember how the entire forum was unified almost in bashing Raghav when he abducted Pallavi and almost ran her down with a speeding truck.. then how he misunderstood her with the whole MMS scandal.. forgot about the blood donation thing..etc... Now the wrath has shifted to Pallavi and yes I agree she has been inexplicably acting out of character.. some of which like running away from Sangeet, going to Raghav's house to get her work done.. all that was odd.. maybe last minute script adjustments due to the covid thing.

But what I feel is that the broader picture is that Raghav Pallavi hate/revenge marriage was always part of the oroginal story and for that to happen, these MU's, and seemingly unnecessary clashes where one will seem right compared to the other, is going to happen. If one plans to continue watching the show, then one has take all this with a pinch of salt.. that's it.

I think you have misunderstood my intention with this topic. I'm not being critical of any track. On the contrary, I'm making the observation that each track---popular or unpopular---is intentional because it sets up what is to come. And I enjoy studying what those intentions are.

Originally posted by: MistyDawn

I think the reason for that is because if they had used the shop accounts issue then it wouldn't have involved Raghav. The focus would have been on Pallavi's lies, trust issues etc.. Pallavi's sudden attraction towards Raghav, her comfort around him, spending time with him for one reason or the other, was all to build thr ground so Sulo could back her false claims of Pallavi being pregnant and all with proofs about how she spends time with him.. goes to his house, spends night with him.. The goal was not just to create a rift between Pallavi n her family, because that alone cannot lead to hate marriage. The idea was to blame her of adultery, illicit relationship with Raghav, which will lead to their forced hate marriage.

Yes, that is a good point.

One of the things that this track has accomplished effectively in my view is to balance the hate quotient between the leads. After what has happened in the past few episodes, they each believe they have been wronged by the other---and that will make the marriage bed uncomfortable. I find the hate marriage trope where the hate is mostly one-sided becomes a more like victimization and that is no fun as a viewer.

Originally posted by: JalebiJane

I think you have misunderstood my intention with this topic. I'm not being critical of any track. On the contrary, I'm making the observation that each track---popular or unpopular---is intentional because it sets up what is to come. And I enjoy studying what those intentions are.

Oops!! Im sorry if my post made you feel like I was disagreeing with your views or not understanding why you made this post. Infact, I was gonna say that this is the kind of topic and discussions that I enjoy. I just read your original post in one go and quickly felt like replying without much thought so maybe it came out wrong.Also that time I didnt know which scenes you are picking to discuss or analyze. Just to be clear, I agree with your views on most topics and enjoy reading your take.

Originally posted by: JalebiJane

I find it interesting that the tropes generally reserved for the Heroine in ITV are applied to the Hero in MHRW. I'm thinking of the trope where the Heroine's good acts backfire and she is seen as being at fault. Or the Heroine is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Raghav's actions are misunderstood more often than Gopi Bahu's:

He was handing money to Dr Kanika and Pallavi read it in the wrong way.

He send Amma & Kirti to a safehouse to protect them and they resented it.

He brings an old lady to the hospital and the Deshmukhs attack him.

etc.

He turns up with evidence to resolve their family drama and nobody wants to hear it. To wit, they brand him as a sexual predator.

I think this role reversal makes it more interesting and gives us something different to watch for a change. Doesn't mean I like these kinds of tracks, though, especially so early on in the show. I am glad he doesn't act all mahaan and doesn't waste time clearing the air.

I loved reading through the discussion on this thread though I felt most members are expected too much from a tv show in a world where a "dedicated, dumb in family matters" FL is the only way to garner eyeballs.

FLs are generally stupid when it comes to her family and get more ridiculous and stupider as the arc progresses and it becomes about her husband's family. Most TV tropes fit within the confines of the overarching arc.

About this particular track - The OTT hate and angry dialogues between Raghav and Pallavi don't make sense. I feel the reason the whole drama felt more ridiculous than usual because of the lion track. While we know it was a filler, it did show Pallavi and Raghav develop an understanding. After the track was over, they jumped back to the original track. Everything looks out of place. If you can ignore the lion track, the story flows much better. Pallavi and Raghav are still at loggerheads and then get accused.

This is show is going up again Simar 2 in a couple of weeks. Expect more regressiveness and FL dumbness and family drama. Raghav is soon going to have a mansion full of family for Pallavi (just mom and sister are not enough) to save and cry over.