Hey PS, I am a hardcore fan of IPK and do whatever I can to keep me connected to it though I have been a silent reader and watcher. Anyway now coming to the point even though I like to read FFs which keep everything in the canon as it is like yours (by the way the recent charade update was awesomesauce), recently I read few FFs in which everything is same except that Khushi is more modern, extremely educated and sometime having a good profession before she meets Arnav. (Esha 1)
(Esha 2)And it got me thinking what actually would have happened if that was the case and who better than encyclopedia of IPK (It's not flattering because according to me you are). So PS what do you think the changes would be there if that was the case will they be the same despite the fact that she is not middleclass (This was the reason for Arnav's trust issues initially) or they would have been the same. Please reply. P. S. Yep, I asked about 22 yards yesterday but accidentally pressed Anon
Hello Esha!
Thank you very much for the compliment :) I hope youāre doing well!
A modern, extremely educated, Khushi with an established profession is (1) older than the girl we saw in the serial and (2) on more equal footing to him. Which I understand is the intent behind the AU scenario. I guess then it depends on how the author characterises Khushi -- does her ego still match his, is she still judgemental about his atheism? Plus other things like how they each dealt with the deaths of their parents.
Iāve always thought the cause of his distrust was the manner of their meeting, not the fact that she was middle-class. He initially thought she was a corporate spy who intentionally ruined the fashion show that symbolised his victory over a childhood trauma. The entire tirade aboutĀ āgirls like youā was about girls who used the facade of innocence to make their way in the world. It took him a long time to accept that her innocence was real, and then the terrace thing happened.
ETA: Arnav reacted badly to what looked like manipulation: Khushi ruined his show in Lucknow, then she was in Delhi scratching his car, then she was in his office as an employee, and then it came to light that sheād already been inside his home to deliver saris. Like. It looked as though she had a motive.Ā
If it really was about her being middle-class, then he wouldnāt have argued to Nani that all that matters in Mama and Mamiās relationship is that theyāre happy. He wouldnāt have put Shyam on a pedestal as a father-figure. He wouldnāt have supported Aakash's interest in Payal.
So, if the goal is to equalise the dynamic between them, then I posit that itās not about giving Khushi an education or profession, or making her more modern. Itās about changing the circumstances in which they met, which is what I tried to do with RISHTAA. I still made her a little older and in college because I wanted her to be less judgemental about Arnavās life and lifestyle, so in the end itās all the same :)
