Originally posted by: an12345678
I was exploring an often stated argument in this forum: It's fiction and not real life so chill. Just penned down something as a result of that.
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Stretchable Boundaries of Fiction
Yes, imagination takes you far and wide and fiction often explores the territories that we in real will seldom visit or dread to visit, or pray that we never ever confront the same demons that exist in the fictional world.
There is often an argument in this forum, it's a fiction tale so take it like that and chill. I guess, the majority did not start watching the show thinking it's a real life documentary of erstwhile actress Madhubala. We did not switch on the National Geographic or History Channel. Colors is not known for its documentary style programming. We all know we are watching a show and not a live event.
The boundaries of fiction are quite stretchable and it often crosses the line of our so called right and wrong. The most wanted Don can exist wearing a cloak of the righteous and with all the refined qualities. I am not sure if that can be the case in the real world but in the fictitious world, they can be presented as perfect gentleman and have a perfect love story.
Likewise, the man wearing the hat of the society's blue-eyed boy can turn around and show you the middle finger, breaking the image of a man of substance. Everything is possible in the world of fiction and that is why there is no dearth of writers and always new ideas to explore.
But, readers or viewers don't possess that same flexibility and we all have our boundaries and baggage of perception. It's not that we don't understand the difference between real and fiction but we have our unique way to process things and based on that we can like and dislike what is being shown.
The show has every right to show humiliation, abuse, sadism in the garb of romance but then meaning of what is being shown cannot change because it's part of so called romance. They all will be interpreted based on what we know in real life. The boundaries of fiction are stretchable for the writers but not for the viewer.
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Nicely written, An...but I'm not sure what the point of this post is...a reply to the ppl saying it's just fiction? An argument to shoot down those claims that it's just fiction?
Ofcourse individuals will view things differently based on their own perceptions, interpretations...I thought that was a given...I'm not sure what else can be elaborated on that😕😕
I do disagree with the line in bold...to me that is the only reason I'm still hanging on to this show...they have NOT tried to sell abuse and humiliation in the garb of "romance" as you are terming it...they clearly show the protagonist's disgust each time...so I fail to see why that argument is thrown out time and again. They push the boundaries in such a way that even RK fans are disturbed...and even then ppl claim that everything is forgiven in the name of "romance"? If it was being forgiven, why would ppl even be unsettled at all?
I can list UMPTEEN examples of ACTUAL abuse disguised as romance scenes from Star One shows including DD's previous show...IPK for which the current writer Mr. Hegde wrote...where romance equaled Mr. Arnav cornering his lady lowe and manhandling her roughly and her INSTANTLY melting and crying...or Mr. Asad from the show Qubool Hai who SLAPPED his lady lowe but that was conveniently brushed under the carpet and the love story continued regardless.
Compared to all these shows where the issue of ABUSE was NEVER addressed, we have a character like RK who never shies from admitting his kameenapanti...his twistedness is NOT glorified even if he's UNAPOLOGETIC about it...there's a difference...it's called characterization...not glorification.
They push the line from time to time, agreed...but I honestly don't see where his "abuse" is romanticized😕
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