Nitpicking the StarMBH-1
If there’s anyone here who actually paid attention watching StarMBH, this is meant for that person’s entertainment.
As an Arjun fan (I’m sure that’s common knowledge by now), I finally watched the Draupadi Swayamvara episodes. And I am seriously bowled over. How the hell did anyone except Karna not notice that Arjun is Arjun?
I mean, his brothers are literally calling him Arjun all the time. ALL. THE. DAMN. TIME. So, obviously, he’s Arjun! How could that entire arc of Draupad not knowing who the Pandavas are even happen? Just how? The Pandavas call him Arjun, Duryodhana and Karna call him Arjun, is Draupad deaf here? Also, why the hell is Arjun trying to pretend he isn’t himself in front of Draupadi...? She’d obviously have heard all those people call him Arjun. Not one time. More than that.
Another nitpicky detail: I really hate the show whitewashing Karna this much. It’s KARNA who tells Duryodhan not to fight Arjun? I vastly prefer book canon here, where Karna tells the Brahmin Arjun that only Indra, Shiva and Arjun himself can defeat him. (Seriously. Put yourself in Arjun’s shoes for that scene. Ah, the joy of silent triumphant laughter...)
But, I liked the comedy scenes with the disabled Brahmin. Seriously, Arjun is pathetic at lying in this adaptation. Ah, well, even he can’t be perfect.