Originally posted by: Minionite
See I think this show can end it one of two ways.
First, Maya kills MJ, but is severely injured herself and dies. Whether this is in Rudra's arms or not, I don't know, but she will die and he will live.
Second, MJ tries to kill Maya, but Rudra gets killed and then Maya also dies from her injuries. This leads MJ to go mad because he killed his son with his own hands.
I understand your point and asking why should Rudra die, but Rudra's death would be necessary in one ending because the whole point is to punish MJ and for Maya killing MJ either literally or symbolically is important. If MJ were to kill his own son, then that would be a symbolic death because the very person that MJ was trying to protect died by his own hands.
My whole thinking revolves around the perspective that there is no happy ending for Maya either. Whatever her reasons for revenge, killing an innocent boy is not forgivable and I don't think CVs want to pass along the message that Maya lived happily ever after and murder is okay during revenge.
There is, however, a third possibility that I've been exploring. That is that Maya dies by Rudra's hand accidentally in a fight, Rudra realizes what he's done and what MJ has done and kills MJ, and then he goes off into parts unknown to live out the rest of his life.
My problem is that no matter which of these routes CVs take, Rudra is worse off. Whether it's that he dies or whether it's that he becomes a walking dead body, Rudra symbolically dies in either case.