Hey. I was reading your answer to my recent ask and found your opinions on Gunjan very relatable. It always irked me that after the leap they never even tried to make her apologise.
Gunjan was always a more logical and of the values type character. And they made her do some very illogical things. The Gunjan of the beginning episodes won't blame Samrat for an accident. She might find it difficult to be with him as it'd remind of the good times and Nupur's death,and just leave for her own sanity. But the vitriol and blaming was very illogical and out of character . Specially when Mayank also encouraged samrat to driver fast ,and Gunjan didn't hate Mayank after the accident.
One of my pet peeves was also with how the writers stopped the college oriented tracks after Adhiraj Suhani. The baby track was hey baby knock off and kinda too unbelievable. Then the Neil track too.
Which tracks do you think they could've written to extend the show for the couples instead of these tracks and the leap?
So the Gunjan and Samrat-Gunjan dynamic that I liked was pretty much until the confession episode. Because there seemed to be a lot of rewriting and changing of the character (Gunjan) and the relationship. Gunjan went from putting Samrat on a pedestal and dying to have a relationship with him to suddenly finding Samrat as someone who is immature and needs a lot of fixing and just becoming incredibly hesitant?
I mean I'm sure there could be a believable reason for it but it makes everything feel like they were far better off as friends as opposed to lovers?
The wholesomeness took a deep hit that never recovered and the not so great parts only got more heightened.
Like I totally get Gunjan not forgiving Samrat - that is SO understandable. She lost her own sister. But the vitriol she spews towards Samrat feels very... very not her.
Her breaking things with Samrat, yes. Her thinking of Samrat as someone who would intentionally do this, no. Like she knows him enough to know he wouldn't intentionally hurt Nupur. But after having lost her sister it makes all sense that his intentions don't matter - she lost her sister, that's it.
Like remember how Gunjan broke off her friendship on learning Samrat was dared to be her friend. I loved how her anger and sensitivity was written - as well as her apology. Gunjan has never been the one who found it difficult to apologize. Again, it's very easy to understand that she grew into a different person upon adulting as we all do but I just really miss some of her core characteristics.
If she become a different person, sure why not. But there's a moment where Samrat calls her as the same, innocent, confused Gunjan and I fail to see any of that?
I actually liked the Neil track a LOT (agree on the baby track but like they've already had exams, talent contest, group projects, what else could they do without risking repetition?) because it got everyone to focus on careers and on what life is after college. It wasn't handled as well as it could have. Also, lowkey, I think they were hinting for an emotional affair between Gunjan-Neil. She was attracted to his mature, calm self and started finding more flaws in Samrat.
A lot of her and Neil's relationship was mirroring the earlier days of Samrat-Gunjan.
Tbh I'm not sure about the tracks I'd include... I have more thoughts on Season 2 for tracks as opposed to Season 1.
