Best thing I’ve seen in an ITV show off late?
Is someone calling out a female lead’s sacrifice. YES! I mean ofc Abhi is a bit of an ass as the way he went about it but FINALLY it felt nice to watch someone going:
“WHAT IS THE USE OF YOUR SACRIFICE AND THIS INTERNAL NEED OF BEING GREAT WHEN THIS SACRIFICE HAS RUINED EVERYTHING!”
And the reason why I love it because I am exhausted of watching female leads being lauded for having “kept quiet” about a secret that ideally should’ve been revealed or “making sacrifices” with everyone cheering them on when that sacrifice actually ruins lives for a lot of people.
No. Keeping quiet and sacrifices are far too romanticized. They are NOT worth it. The consequence of the actions determine the worth of the sacrifice!
And ofc, while making the decision to keep quiet or sacrifice you aren’t aware of how this works out - but what matters is when you’ve seen the ultimate result of your actions - YOU NEED TO REFLECT.
Lol I know I’m expecting a LOT from Indian television (like the show doesn’t even put the blame on Akshara but paint that Aarohi and Abhi are being numbskulls for asking why she went on sacrificing) - but hey, when Abhi went that he hated Akshara sacrificing her love because her sister also loved the same guy (and her sacrificing it by denying that she ever loved him), that made sense.
Sigh, I know the show is still making Akashara “amazing” for having sacrificed - but I got my two minutes joy when Abhi and Aarohi went “wtf why would you do this that effectively destroyed two families?”