Originally posted by: CaptainSpark
But the link you posted does mention Bheem being furious at every stale comment being made at Draupadi at court. I just referred to the link you quoted, and he clearly is enraged at Draupadi's humiliation while I don't see Arjun showing the same amount of rage and being equally bothered about it. I am not saying Arjun was happy about it, of course he was not. But you said Bheem never spoke up.. But, he was the one who took the oath of killing the Kauravas.
And having spoken thus unto the son of Kunti, Duryodhana. desirous of encouraging the son of Radha and insulting Bhima, quickly uncovered his left thigh that was like unto the stem of a plantain tree or the trunk of an elephant and which was graced with every auspicious sign and endued with the strength of thunder, and showed it to Draupadi in her very sight. And beholding this, Bhimasena expanding his red eyes, said unto Duryodhana in the midst of all those kings and as if piercing them (with his dart-like words),--'Let not Vrikodara attain to the regions, obtained by his ancestors, if he doth not break that thigh of thine in the great conflict. And sparkles of fire began to be emitted from every organ of sense of Bhima filled with wrath, like those that come out of every crack and orifice in the body of a blazing tree.
Does this not count as protest?
In a way, yes. But Bheema protested Kaurava criminality. He never said Yudhishtira had no right to do it to begin with. In fact, Bheema states (prior pages to the link I shared, I think) that Yudhishtira had every right to stake Panchali. He also laments somewhere later about not acknowledging Panchali's children or something (I read it long time ago, so not sure of exact wording).
As for Arjuna himself not showing rage... well... in the man's own words when Panchali accuses him of being unfeeling to her: "Thou dost not, O girl, understand this. I have lived with thee, and thou, too hast lived with us. When, therefore, thou art afflicted with misery, who is it that will not, O thou of beautiful hips, feel it? But no one can completely read another's heart. Therefore it is, O amiable one, that thou knowest not my heart!'
https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m04/m04024.htm
P.S. Not a shipper. Just objecting to the portrayal of Arjuna (not by you) as an uncaring jerk.
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