#i love how every time i make a new darr ship

[maester-of-spreadsheets]

Aka; an Armand playlist that only has songs from Shah Rukh Khan movies

Season 1 Episode 1: Aaya Tere Dar Par // Veer-Zaara I have broken all bonds with the world For you have come, leaving the world behind On your doorstep, your lover has come He has come, your lover has come

[Sorry for qawwali rocking. It will happen again.]

Season 1 Episode 2: Aa Tayar Hoja // Asoka Once on board the evening ship, get yourself settled in Come on, let's go! The evening shall be ecstasy The lips shall be mine but the thoughts shall be yours

[Needed at least one item number because Rashid!Armand basically served the same function as "I'm not sure what's happening here but I think I like it!"]

Season 1 Episode 3: Jaadu Teri Nazar // Darr Whether you say yes or no Whether you say yes or no Kiran, you're mine Kiran, you're mine

[Might as well throw this banger at the episode where Armand doesn't do anything but get accused of lingering.]

Season 1 Episode 4: Chaiyya Chaiyya // Dil Se Those who’ve been blessed with The shadow of love over their head, Will have heaven under their feet one day

[This claim is a little less impressive when you can float and you're immune to mediocre stars.]

Season 1 Episode 5: Chalak Chalak // Devdas This wine, this wine, yes, this wine, this wine This wine brings with itself The rain of memories It splashes and overflows This wine all around the heart

[Just here because of how often wine and blood are used as metaphors for one another and this episode has really comedically sezualized blood drinking DON'T THINK TOO HARD ABOUT HOW THE END OF THE SONG SIGNALS DOOM...]

Season 1 Episode 6: Baazigar O Baazigar // Baazigar My heart was alone You played such a game I stay up all night in your memories

[And that's a threat by the way.]

Season 1 Episode 7: Aaj Ki Raat // Don

The crazy ones are still unaware of What's going to happen tonight, What will be gained, what will be lost

[Not only is it difficult to know what Armand is doing, it's-]

Season 2 Episode 1: Tumse Milke Dil Ka // Main Hoon Na Check that! Wiiiiicked

[Or, if you prefer: "You don't know what is inside of my heart/You will remember my story."]

Season 2 Episode 2: Where's the Party Tonight // Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna The pleasant songs are playing All lovers are misled So dance all night Where's the party tonight?

[Somewhere down the road!!!... at the combination mansion and vampire all you can eat place.]

Season 2 Episode 3: Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte // Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi I wish someone would love me, even if it’s a lie Even if it’s a lie, yes even if it’s a lie In every lifetime, the colors will change We blossom behind the curtains of dreamland We are travelers on the path of love, We’ll meet again as time goes by

[There are so many bollywood songs that make me feel like I've lived through several lifetimes, especially this one.]

Season 2 Episode 4: Ishq Kameena // Shakti Love is rotten, it has broken every heart Every lover has lost out to love, love has struck me down I find no peace, love is horrible, it makes life miserable

[Good song for an episode with everyone trying and failing to be romantic.]

Season 2 Episode 5: Dard-E-Disco // Om Shanti Om Then the fountain of grief started flowing As the balloon of my dreams burst That's why I now wander London, Paris, New York, L.A. or San Fransisco In my heart is the pain of disco

[... /Mic drop]

Season 2 Episode 6: Marjaani // Billu In the presence of God, I've also made promises I've acted according to the customs of the world Still if the world doesn't understand, then punish it If it agrees with you, then reward it If this crazy world doesn't agree to it then Let the world go to hell and die

[When you are about to be unable to prevent it :(]

Season 2 Episode 7: Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om // Om Shanti The story goes that the one who recognizes the murderer, That lad has come back. It’s life’s way of telling the murderer That the shadow of death has surrounded him

[Just play this one in reverse because instead of using the trappings of theater to reveal the truth about an ingenue who was burned to death, we are using theater to conceal the truth about an ingenue who was burned to death.]

Season 2 Episode 8: Let's Break Up // Dear Zindagi Let’s break up, oh my love Agree to this We’ll never be able to make it work so let it go Let's break up!

[Yes, let's.]

[certified-anakinfucker]

II: 13, 15 and III: 1, 6 for DarrVector :3

HI KEM :D (ship questions redux - theyre still open, im just dying of school rn)

GENERAL 13. Which one thinks they aren't good enough for the other, if at all? Darrash thinks he is absolute DOGSHIT. He doesn't think he deserves Vector's patience, love, or general care whatsoever. For a long time after Eradication Day he wasn't sure why Vector was even still on his team, considering he betrayed Intelligence to Jadus "shamelessly" and let him carpetbomb the Empire at will.

It takes a while for Darrash to understand that Vector does love him, in spite of his.. apparently really rough week that led to him not only killing his own father in front of his brother but then taking like, a fraction of the Empire out alongside him.

15. What is their most common argument about? Typically Darrash refusing to take care of himself in any sort of sane manner. He makes an argument out of it because most of the time, he genuinely refuses to realize he requires rest at regular intervals; ESPECIALLY after the blip with Jadus.

Dude will go around awake for over 50 standard hours running on nothing but spit and spite, and wonders why when he sits down for two minutes consecutively he just immediately crashes. Vector usually gets help from Lokin in backing Darrash into self-care but even then, Darr barks back about it.

(Vector always wins.)

LOVE 1. Who said "I love you" first, and what was the situation? Lucky for you, I completely forgot about these asks and somehow got to this answer in your DMs! And to anyone else looking for Darrash lore. Um. Big sorry about this one. It'll make some sense within the next decade.

It was Darrash, right after he woke up from The Jadus Death. Still jammed tight to Vector's chest, not fully conscious yet but able to listen and sorta understand that Vector was saying he wasn't sure what he'd do without Darrash with him. And Darrash, in typical ressurected fashion, simply responded with "oh.. 'love you too" before falling asleep.

6. What are their favorite things to do together? Stargazing, naptime, snuggling for any other fathomable reason, going over any artifact they run across together. They like to wander cities and go looking for anything and nothing, when they get the chance; trying foods, listening to languages, watching the crowds of people pass by. Learning new things together. At one point they start trying to dance together, but Darrash gets so giggly about it it's impossible to focus.

And a bonus because you made the popular pitfall of suggesting it, DOMESTIC LIFE 8. Who kills the bugs in the house? The bugs, fortunately, have their own designated wing in their Alderaani estate. And actually all of the outside area. Why they want to come in the house is between them and their Dawn Herald; Darrash doesn't ask questions, nor does he mind.

Ironically this does extend to all little bugs. Darrash is the type to scoop them up into a little container to show Vector, then go outside to release them.

[tellywoodtrash]

sanjivani 14.10.19 lb

pft. false alarm.

also ishani ran up there and sid didn't? unrealistic. blocked.

ALSO, ouff ishani, you're a doctor; stop getting into a panic and yelling OMG GET UPPPPPP like the rest of us plebs.

juhiiiiiiiiiii i love you, you are bestttttt.

oh boy, what news? aaj kal "news" word se darr lagta hai, coz there's literally nothing good on the fucking news.

AWWWWWWWWWW YISSSSSSSSSSSSSS JESSI GOT INTO THE CLINICAL TRIAL IN HOUSTON!

jess ne toh 7 janmon ki bucket list bana di, and wants to fulfill it all now now now.

of course. financial issues.

sid is like “paiso ka jugaad kar lenge....”, and instantly vardhan is like biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch; coz he knows sid's about to start frauding some rich peeps around here, lol.

juhi seems to have a pretty hard to believe solution but ok. i don't wanna dwell on this reality waala problem in my fantasy feel-good show.

where dr. shashank and his tumour headache disappear off to btw? anjali, maybe you should check on him.

vardhan is such a grinch, lord. man, can you just die?

and rishabh's nice mood was too good to last as well. he's back to hatin' on sid. (for what reason????? he didn’t even do anything to you today!!!?!!?)

stop bitching about my boy like this, fuckers. keedein padein tumhare mooh mein.

NO. STOP OGLING ANJALI LIKE THIS. I HATE YOU.

ohhhhhhhhh no. ohhhhhhhh sid.

BTW WHO IS THIS GIRL WHO'S GETTING TO DANCE WITH ALL THE HOTTIES, HEIN????? FIRST RAHIL AND NOW THIS ONE ALSO???? TELL US YOUR SECRETS, SIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

fucking dumbass. wipe that grin off your face before i get into the screen and do it for ya.

lol what even is going on, literally no one else is dancing, is this whole event just an excuse for sid to get all up on all the girls around here??

rishabh is about to do mauke pe chauka, and y'know what, i'm not so mad, lol. in your face, sid.

oh ho, compliment AND apology for posters. fake as fuck, but appreciated for the moment.

lmao the fuck is this idiot even doing???? i can't watch!!!!!!

oh damn, rishabh got moves.

ghungroo nahi, tera mooh todna hai, sid. idiot fellow.

OH. DON'T LIKE A TASTE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE HUH??? FUCKING DUMBASS. PLAY STUPID GAMES, WIN STUPID PRIZES.

LMAO I LOVE HOW BOTH ISHANI AND RISHABH ARE JUST FOCUSED ON MAKING SID AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION IS SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT, I CAN’T WITH Y’ALL.

oh ho. OHHHHHHHHHHHH HO.

also aye chal na, take this neanderthal act somewhere else.

tere mooh pe na maar de yeh taali, sid?

OH HO ISHANI YOU'RE SO EASILY PLACATED. EITHER HAVE THIS AIR OF NONCHALANCE AT ALL TIMES, OR HOLD ON TO THAT ANGER.

"mera naam bade bade akshar mein likhna, sabko pata chalna chahiye ki jessi sirf jignesh ki hai!"

"tum kaho toh main tumhara naam apne maathe pe likhwaaloon?"

LOL MAN, I LOVE JESSI THE MOST.

oh boy why he sending everyone away?

ohhhhhhhhh jessi, false alarm nahi thaaaaaa. also ouff, this siddhu is worming his way back into my heart.

"jab kissi se itna pyaar ho jaaye na, toh unki koi bhi baat, chaahe woh kitni bhi badi ho, chupaani padd jaaye toh chupa lenge. unki khushi ke liye, khud taqleef seh lenge."

HEY SIDDHANT, WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK KINDA BITCHASS SACRIFICIAL BULLSHIT ARE YOU IMPLYING YOU'RE GONNA PULL?????????

fuckkkkkkkkkk, stupid boy is back in my heart even though i don't want him there, coz i know he’s about to do some real dumb shit.

"yeh kaisa function hai, itna rukha sukha, kuch karo, naach gaana vaghera..."

"vardhan sir mera mood nahi hai." lol understandable; sid ne patta jo kaat diya tera.

"tumhara mood nahi hai? tumhe anarkali banke logon ka mann behlaane ke liye nahi keh raha hoon!" ok i legit lold.

oh boy is he implying what i thought he was implying??? aur rishabh ghadde ko samajh aayi bhi ki nahi?????

SO SUBTLE. FUCKING N0OBS.

"chhe baje."

"kya?"

"jisse tu dhoond rahi hai, woh chhe baje khada hai." [ecstatic tone] "CHHE BAJE!"

lmaoooooooooooooo asha the real G. (but her accent is gone???? they should just have had chandni play a new character instead of asha. coz i like chandni, she just doesn’t fit asha’s character.)

aklsjflskjflkslkj rahil.

ohhhhhhhhhhh boy. asha wrote sid's name in her mehendi, didn't she??

mamu's here with...... mehendi for sid?

lol ofc rahil has to pour not only ghee, but also petrol, kerosene, and all other available flammable substances on this fire and uksaaofy mamu.

hein yeh kaunsa katti hai? humaare yahaan toh katti pinky finger dikha ke hota hai????

pls to leave your local katti conventions in the comments, for anthropological research purposes.

they have successfully hounded himmmmmmmm into it. sakjfkjfsljflk this ought to be goooooood.

asha toh up to bhaaaaaari kaand.

what nonsense, who gets something written on them and doesn't look???

"yeh bataa tere dil mein poori ki poori kaun hai?"

"maamu uska naam I se... I.... I... I.... I don't know maamu... kaun hai?????" pfffffffffffffft this shadyass fuck i love him more than anyone else in this showwwwwwww

lol rishabh finally figured out which salim-anarkali vardhan was talking about.

waah rishabh quite good at the emotional blackmail. yaar iss bande ko negative kyun banaya, itna masoom sa face hai iska, dil maanta nahi isko hate karne ko!

anjali rushing here and forbidding out of what looks to be genuine worry for dad's health.

MAN SHASHANK ALWAYS HAS THE CUTEST LITTLE IN-JOKES WITH ANJALI; HOW CAN SHE THINK SHE'S SECOND TO ANYONE WITH HIM??????

wow anjali is getting really hyper.

shashank, honestly, is this a good idea? you were clutching at your head/neck like..... minutes ago.

shady fucks, shady fucks, shaaaaaaaaaady fucks.

oh anjali.

"aap toh jaanti hai humein nachna nahi aata. humaari izzat aapke hawaale."

oh ho you didn't have to make it all sultry like that. Y'ALL NEED TO FIGURE THIS SHIT OUT BETWEEN YOURSELVES AND SOON.

does aman levy a high 5 tax as dj? har koi usko dance karne se pehle high 5 diye jaa hai.

me at all social events, wishing i was back home chilling with my cat, blissfully braless.

eventually working up to being this mad when the people i’m with just don’t take the hint that i was ready to leave 2 hours ago.

fwding the naach gaana.

but lord, juhi is so damn beautiful. if this was a different show in a different land, i'd be shipping juhi/anjali coz honestly........... fuck, the hotness.

tell me this doesn’t exactly mirror sid/ishani watching the other dance with someone else.

vardhan, burn in hell, fucker. honestly.

yup, asha wrote sid's name in ishani's mehendi.

wooooooooooooooop.

oh boy, guddu mama. THAT'S NOT THE COUPLE YOU SHOULD BE MAKING AWKWARDDDDDDDDD. FOCUS ON SIDDHU!

goood lordddddddddddd juhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. ek conversation, ek din mein kitniiiiiiiiiii baaaaaaaar dohraogi????? matbal..... upar tak lift jaa nahi raha kya????? problem kya hai? nahi batao mujhe. does he have to draw it out for you, pictionary style??? mime it charades style??? what????????

also, appropriate placement of the song's "ae le!" lmaooooooo

oh shit. grabbing.

well. guess we got a definitive answer to that one. 

welp. it's been a good 3, 4-ish weeks knowing you as a good, sorted dude with minimal mental complexes, siddhant. bade hi dukh ke saath, we'll be reverting to our regularly scheduled programming of thinking men are fucking dipshits even if (probably???) well-intentioned. 🙄🙄🙄

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Oh boy where to start-- 100% feel free to contest me on any of this stuff/add on/throw in your ideas!

This is obviously not a very healthy ship, with their main clash of interest being the twins along with personal goals. In another reality where the twins were never an issues, it’s hard to say they would ever be friends in the traditional sense-- but I feel as though they could have a very strong interest in one another on various levels. But this is not that reality. 

TL;DR: What i feel makes this ship work is mutual begrudging respect, the opportunity of an interesting challenge, and frustration with reflections of each other's worst traits worked out through physical attraction and the thrill of mutual manipulation 

Personality wise, I feel like they’re ironically very similar despite having incredibly different roles/connotations in their character design

Durbe at the surface is everything good and respectable: loyal to a fault, holding genuine kindness for others, with obvious holy/saintly connotations in his deck and mannerisms. But he also has a very bad case of tunnel vision when it comes to emotional situations, has no issue doing whatever it takes to achieve his ends (even if he recognizes that it’s wrong and feels bad about doing it, he still decides that the goals of the ‘overall good’ matters far more than personal morals), will manipulate and lie to the ones he holds dear for what he thinks is their best interest, and following that same line of thought, will ignore the wishes of the ones he loves if he thinks it’s not the best course of action. He also holds unity very dearly, which caused like half of the Barians issues. If only he had listened to Misael and kept Vector on a shorter leash. 

Vector shares the mindset of justifying the ends, only he doesn’t even try to bother justifications or regrets so long as he gets what he wants. Ironically I feel like he can also share Durbe’s trait of undying loyalty-- tho he absolutely HATES IT-- how dare Yuma make him want to throw everything he’s dreamed of away for an attempt at bettering himself, how darre he feel such strong connections to his fellow lords who he would just as quickly kill for as he would kill them himself. In Durbe he might see his life before this curse of madness set in-- the possibility of a benevolent and fair leader he might of been and could possibly be-- and hates every second of it. Better do his best to break Durbe to get rid of those negative feelings. 

In every life I feel like Vector finds a particular joy in amplifying Durbe’s bad traits and watching as Durbe feels miserable about his willing path into the darkest parts of himself-- Durbe sticking around because of self hatred and loneliness along with the ability to express his worst traits to open arms-- traits he’d rather hide from the ones who look up to him but still needs to get out.  

Past life: Oh boooooooy I have a whole thing on Durbes life before becoming a knight and how it affects his relationships up to his death but that's a whole other topic. The most damaging dynamic of the three lives, Vector sees Durbe as a useful and pretty little plaything who won’t stop getting in his way, while Durbe see’s Vector as an enigma he’d like to dissect but should probably focus more on eradicating (that changes to straight up ‘I’m gonna kill a bitch’ after Merag’s sacrifice). In the AU where Durbe is taken as a hostage, I prefer that Vector plays a game of mind tricks before he jumps straight to torture because Durbe can hold his interest in a conversation far longer than the others under his command-- why not own his loyalty completely, no matter what it takes. 

In their Barian life, I really enjoy the sort of clash of power they have going on-- Vector does seem to have some sort of grudging respect for Durbe’s role as leader (or at least fear of his abilities? I still wanna know what exactly Durbe has done that makes the others jump to attention every time he does the eye-flash-- it’s not like he's physically imposing compared to literally everyone else. Such a soft boy) But he’s certainly going to have fun antagonizing him to try to find each and every weakness and take advantage of it. Durbe also has obvious need and want for Vectors presence-- he’s not pleasant but he’s powerful, effective and creative in his methods. They 100% are in a constant powers struggle-- even though the other lords would much rather follow Durbe before ever listening complacently to Vector, it’s pretty clear Durbe is not the one who’s spearheading the war efforts (being generally more occupied trying to hold the world together). I particularly looove the idea of Durbe turning/succumbing to Vector for carnal comforts along with advice when Nasch disappears, and absolutely shattering once he figures out what really happened that night, knowing that he’s been literally sleeping with the enemy. ALSO the whole issue that brings up between Shark and Durbe when Shark finds out. The Drama. The Betrayal👌🏼 Mizael quipping ‘I told you so’ when it comes back to bite Durbe in the ass

Rebirth: Durbe would be among one of the last to forgive Vector simply because he does not want to forgive until Rio and Shark speak with him about where they stand. After that, tho, Durbe would be incredibly involved and supportive of his recovery.  

This is the only life where I can see any potential for a healthy romance between these two-- but it would take a looot of time and a lot of work. Vector is def going to have a lot of issues transitioning into a life where he does not hold much power, and most of all, has the capacity to feel legitimate guilt. Durbe has already established himself a pillar of support, emotionally and logically (albeit a lil awkward at it in this new environment), and unlike the others who might be willing to help him, there is no real expectation for him to necessarily better himself immediately. They’ve both seen each other at their worst, there’s not much that can be hidden any more, nothing that can really be judged. Most importantly, Durbe does not pity Vector the way the others do. He expects him to do something with himself, preferably for the better, but if he needs to be controlled it’s not like Durbe hasn’t done it before. Shark probably hates it but Durbe lets Vector cuddle with him to destress or to fight off panic attacks. In public. That Traitor. 

Romantic feelings might be able to develop once Vector has found stable ground to walk on and Durbe has come clean with the entirety of his past. Not clean slates, but ones that are not quite as chipped. Even then I’m not sure I can see it as a monogamous relationship-- Vector doesn’t really have the full capacity for softer emotions that Durbe needs, and Durbe is still much to moral (or anal) to let Vector get away with what he’d like to. It’d still be very rocky, as they both have graves of dirt to hold over one another

I just really like Durbe being able to get Vector to calm down and attempt at bettering himself + Vector getting Durbe to loosen up a little and free himself from his own emotional defenses plus drawing out more of his sarcastic asshole side.