As I mentioned yesterday, I was disappointed @ Adishakti spoiling the fun π Anyway, when Shiva was growing and squelching the twisters by stamping on them, why didn't he grow even larger and just pinch the earth within his fingers to put off those nukes? Actually, watching him do all this barefoot was painful - I hope one day, Mahadev makes himself a good pair of crocs, or whatever footwear he likes π
Anyway, back to this - I'm not getting why Shukracharya chose to protect Bhudevi. Usually, he was fully aligned w/ whichever demons he was serving @ any time. They're trying to vilify Tarakasura even more by showing Shukracharya as being opposed to him, when there is no evidence that that was the case.
Mahadev having that missile entering his body - looked almost like that's where he got his powers π But that makes me wonder - couldn't Narayan have done it as well? This serial makes Narayan look about as impotent as the devas, even while embellishing his plight @ the hands of Veerbhadra.
On Himavan - when was he a ruler, or a kshatriya? I thought that he was fixed in the Himalayas. Also, when was he a Vishnu devotee either? This serial has made both Himavan and Daksha Vishnu devotees. And having Markandeya asking him to protect the shakti peeth - Himavan was a very pacifist god - if one recalls, in the Ramayan, he was the second stop for Dundoobhi, b4 he sent the latter to Vali when Dundoobhi wanted to duel him. This was a strange way to introduce him into the story.
Also, in the precap, showing Ganga w/ Shiva was weird - when Bhagiratha got her down, her initial plans were to sweep Shiva down w/ her fall, and Shiva, divining her intent, intercepted her in her jata, and only let her go on the pleas of Bhagirath. So the idea that Shiva would give her a heads up on what would happen at least a yuga later made no sense whatsoever.