Originally posted by: hypnotoad
An over-thought philosophical answer is that her response could differ depending on where she is on her sexual awakening journey.
Stages of Merub's sexual awakening:
1. Resistance
Until E20, Merub would get flustered but come back with a tart repartee. Examples include kaan main kyun ghuss rahe ho scene, kaha bhi nahi jaata aur saha bhi nahi jaata scene, baal ko haath kyu lagaya scene.
2. Shy acceptance
E21-E23 really exemplify this. In the lawn date, choori and gajra scenes, she accepts Murtasim's touch, looks shy and gives a coy smile.
3. Exploring power dynamics
E29-E30. Merub gets affected when Murtasim looks at her with his intense bedroom eyes. In E30 after the Rumi-Qalandar-Mansoor line, Murtu looks at her intensely. She is affected - e.g. check the gulps. But in this stage, her response to being affected by Murtu is different - instead of a tart repartee or getting shy, she engages in a game of one-upmanship. She teases him and lays it on really thick in order to Murtasim worked up instead.
Aage ke stages to future episodes dekh kar hi deduce hongi.
A more facetious explanation of why Meeru was flirty/seductive and not sweet/shy:
After 30 episodes, maybe Merub main bhi full aag lagi hui hai [i mean just effin' look at Murtasim bandi kab tak bardasht kare] but Meeru has too much ego to be the one who concedes [remember Murtasim's line keh yaa main jeet jaonga ya woh haar jayegi]. Maybe her plan now is to work up Murtu so damn much keh woh banda khud hi meeru ko bole ke mujhe maaro ya contract phaaro 🤣
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I would give good money to watch that.
and yes I love love your explanations!!

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