Originally posted by: theromanticcrap
Karma isnât some instant reaction buttonâitâs not like pressing a switch and getting results immediately. It plays the long game. Itâs about actions and consequences that unfold over time, often in ways no one expects.
Now, if we talk about Vidya, she separated a mother from her child, and lo and behold, years later, she finds herself in a situation where her son and daughter-in-law are separated from their child. That? Thatâs karma. A direct cause-and-effect. But blaming Armaan for that? Now thatâs just stretching logic to fit an agenda.
Armaan didnât wake up one day and decide, âOh, let me deceive Ruhi for fun.â He did what he did out of love for Abhira, out of fear, and because his ever-persistent brother kept pushing him into the situation. Once the lie was out there, he held onto itânot because he enjoyed it, but because he knew the truth would shatter Abhira, and possibly, their entire relationship. Fear makes people do desperate things, and Armaan was no exception.
What happened to Ruhi, unfortunate as it was, didnât just come out of nowhere or happen decades later as some delayed karmic punishmentâit unfolded in the present, shaped by her own choices. Letâs not pretend Ruhi was some innocent victim in all of this. She wished ill for Abhiraâs unborn baby, barely cared for her own child while pregnant, and was more concerned about having a son than embracing motherhood itself. Thatâs hardly the profile of a blameless, wronged woman. Actions have consequences, and Ruhi wasnât just a casualty of fateâshe played an active role in shaping her own downfall. Again, that doesnât mean Iâm excusing Armaan or Rohitâs actions. Ruhi should never have been separated from her childâespecially considering the impact on her baby.
Thirty years is a long timeâlong enough that trying to pin it on Armaan's karma is like blaming the weather today on what you ate for breakfast a month ago. The truth had to come out, and it did. It wasnât karma coming for Armaan; it was simply the weight of long-buried lies finally collapsing in on themselves. If anything, Armaan and Rohit unknowingly set the final gears in motion to expose the decades of deception spun by Vidya and Kaveri.
So no, just because you donât like Armaan doesnât mean heâs responsible for every bad thing happening in the universe. If the stock market crashes tomorrow, are you going to blame Armaan for that too? Before flinging the word "karma" around like itâs a buzzword, at least understand what it actually means.
And letâs not even start on the hypocrisy in the fandom. People drag characters through the mud, talk endless crap about them, and then conveniently twist their arguments when it comes to defending their favorites. Suddenly, their faves being "weakly written" is an excuse for every questionable action, but when it comes to characters they dislike, it's all about "accountability" and "writing flaws."
Abhira is called out for not doing X or Y, but Ruhi? Oh no, everything she doesâgood, bad, or terribleâis just because sheâs âweakly written.â Funny how that works. Is Abhira not a weakly written character too? And if weâre going there, so are Armaan and Rohit. Every character in this generation has been inconsistently written, but the mental gymnastics some fans do to defend one while crucifying the other is truly next-level.
At this point, it's not even about storytellingâit's about selective outrage. The double standards are ridiculous. If you want to criticize, do it fairly. If you want to defend, at least be consistent. Otherwise, just admit youâre biased and move on.
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