I find Abhimanyu toxic and Armaan wrong. Toxic doesn't necessarily means bad, it depicts some of the characteristics that are consistently harmful.
But I find Armaan's situation more realistic than Abhimanyu's situation. In real life, any son would save his mother even if she committed a crime and vice versa. Since he was flipping between Ruhi and Abhira, I mostly doubt his love for Abhira. So it is obvious that divorce will happen. Meanwhile, in Abhimanyu's case, he loved Akshara so much. When the tragedy occurs, Abhimanyu was grieving loss and Akshara was guilt-tripped by Abhimanyu and toxic family. Even the fandom never missed any chance to call Akshara a manhoos. But the divorce papers coming out from the cupboard on the same day and never trying to contact her after the disappearance for any number of years, cannot help me understand and justify Abhimanyu's behavior. He is like a jerk.


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