Originally posted by: theromanticcrap
Karma isnāt some instant reaction buttonāitās not like pressing a switch and getting results immediately. It plays the long game. Itās 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? Thatās karma. A direct cause-and-effect. But blaming Armaan for that? Now thatās just stretching logic to fit an agenda.
Armaan didnāt wake up one day and decide, āOh, let me deceive Ruhi for fun.ā 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 itānot 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, didnāt just come out of nowhere or happen decades later as some delayed karmic punishmentāit unfolded in the present, shaped by her own choices. Letās not pretend Ruhi was some innocent victim in all of this. She wished ill for Abhiraās unborn baby, barely cared for her own child while pregnant, and was more concerned about having a son than embracing motherhood itself. Thatās hardly the profile of a blameless, wronged woman. Actions have consequences, and Ruhi wasnāt just a casualty of fateāshe played an active role in shaping her own downfall. Again, that doesnāt mean Iām excusing Armaan or Rohitās actions. Ruhi should never have been separated from her childāespecially considering the impact on her baby.
Thirty years is a long timeālong 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 wasnāt 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 donāt like Armaan doesnāt mean heās 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 itās a buzzword, at least understand what it actually means.
And letās 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 doesāgood, bad, or terribleāis just because sheās āweakly written.ā Funny how that works. Is Abhira not a weakly written character too? And if weāre 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 storytellingāit'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 youāre biased and move on.
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