Hello JWB, how are you? I'm new to Ipkknd and just wanted to share something.
I've read so many posts about how much people hate the Sheetal track (complete valid btw I feel the same).
I think you don't like looking into actors' lives but it's funny how so many those fans who hate it and write long comments on Insta about how disrespectful it was, go on to make romantic reels about "sarun" and how in another life they're soulmates, should be married etc.
If they understand how shitty it was, Arnav-Sheetal having a "moment", they should also understand how shitty those type of another-life-soulmate comments are to their actual spouses, but it seems like the understanding is limited...
On that note, it was a similar situation of Arnav-Khushi having "moments" while he was still with Lavanya. But the quality of the script in those situations was way different.
Thank you for reading, have a nice day!
Hi Anon!
Thanks for choosing to share your feels here! Ah... there are some parts of fandom - and not just this show's but just of fandom culture in general - that go completely beyond me.
I understand why people build parasocial relationships.... but God at times the lines of awareness really blur. It's a delululand at times.
Coming to the Arnav-La-Khushi dynamic... Khushi was the other woman. Not in the obvious sense but she was the third person in Arnav and La's relationship.
It was, at that time for the medium and genre of stuff that it was, written very compellingly. The grey lines were left to be grey, the hurt was etched out where needed, and the emotions were really put in place.
I loved Arnav having the 'what am I even doing with Lavanya... and I probably have never done the right thing with her' - and it's not about their physical relationship, but rather what their commitments were to each other.
I loved the unease Khushi felt whenever La told about her and Arnav to Khushi - there was no moral sense of rightness in Khushi's developing feelings for Arnav. She's "not" more right. Khushi feels the mix of sting, and joy for La. And while we don't see much of the time period where La understood Arnav - but each of those scenes gave her a certain sense of dignity and respect.
And none of these wonderful complexities ever existed with the Arnav-Sheetal track.
Thank you, once again, for sharing your thoughts!
Cheers,
Jalebi
