The disconnect folks have with Tara's character re loving Dhruv, I'd say is because
Dhruv has actively gone against his family for Tara a few times. Tara hasn't. He didn't even tell his mother he was time travelling when he went to cure her brother, and there was a genuine possibility in that case that he would never see her again. (if TT failed)
Dhruv hasn't rebuked Tara or said anything against her in public- ever. Tara has- think the scene with Samrat where she tells Dhruv not to interfere as this is a conversation between to-be husband and wife, or the one with Dhruv where she tells him to go away if he wants her to stay alive, the one when he takes the mashaal and talks back to her father, and a couple of others.
The memories of those scenes for the audience probably reduce the impact of the ones where Tara seems to show that she loves Dhruv.
She willingly took an arrow for him.
The tan-man se hum Chikitsak Dhruv ke hain, as you said
That angsty farewell in the peti when she was forcibly packing him off to Vallabhgarh (I'm not really a fan of angst, but I thought Riya did that scene well)
The part where she says I've already accepted you as my husband in front of Bhaiji.
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You are absolutely right and that’s why I said her characterisation is inconsistent. She loves him she just has to be consistent in showing that. Dhruv was attracted to her from day one where he commented such a pretty face but sadly her mental health is deteriorating. Then searching for her at the temple, and many more. Even in this crappy century he has actively shown he loves her.
Hers is very subtle:
- the comment to herself that for senapati it may be a bad luck but for mine and Dhruvs love it’s good luck
- that angst where she wanted to experience what senapati had in terms of Dhruvs ghost
- That willingness to marry to Samrat to save Dhruvs dad and complete his family
- That fear that he will be killed by her dad so to actively pursue his return
She does love him and Riya does those scenes very well but her character needs to be consistent. That’s why I want her rebellion where she says no and stands by Dhruv as he has many times. I guess her love is like a still water whereas Dhruvs is raging volcano and most of us connect with that. To her she thinks of DT as one unit and assumes that’s it whereas Dhruv vocalises his feelings.
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