Originally posted by: The_Best
We can’t have one rule for Karan and then different rules for others. We have been following S1 story for every character until makers say otherwise. They have only removed Bhoomi just as they have removed many other characters and instead introduced new characters this season who didn’t exist previous season. But what we know is Tanya exists this season too and Karan has a child with her. Makers have also not said Ansh raped Nandini or that he was Nandini’s husband this season yet, but we believe he was Nandini’s husband and raped her because of S1. Makers have also not said Teesha was Gautam’s lover or she was his wife later, but we believe that all happened because of S1 and because this season they haven’t denied it yet. Same for countless other stories which makers haven’t changed yet. So we are going by same rule and following S1 story for Karan Tanya’s story too until they say something else
Apologies for stepping into this discussion but I think we cannot selectively ignore what the show itself is choosing to acknowledge.
The makers may not have explicitly used certain terms for Ansh’s actions in S2, but in todays episode Tulsi’s recollection clearly reinforces what had happened in S1 and why she killed Ansh. In today’s episode, she recalls killing Ansh specifically because of the way he treated Nandini. That context is important. And in yesterday’s episode, when Tulsi says to Nandini “tum keh rahi ho ki main apne bete ka saath dungi… tum?”, it directly reflects her stance on that incident where she killed her own son to save Nandini. So it’s not really practical to completely dismiss or dilute that part of S1 which is still being acknowledged through her perspective.
Now coming to another major inconsistency - Bhumi. In S1 Bhumi was a central reason behind Karan marrying Tanya. That track narratively tied to her existence. But in S2 Bhumi does not exist at all. So how are we supposed to justify that marriage now? If the very foundation of that relationship is removed then logically the entire context around Karan Tanya also changes.
This is where the larger issue comes in S2 is not consistently following S1 continuity.
Because if we are choosing to go strictly by S2 then we need to apply that approach across all characters, not selectively. For example, Gautam’s storyline has been simplified. His past with Teesha, his multiple children, he basically had 3 kids in S1 but here in S2 Gautam has just Nakul. I still will consider Gautam was married to Teesha even in S2 coz Tulsi recalls Mandira hugging Mihir from S1 when Noyan claims that she and Mihir had ONS. Tulsi saw this when she went to Australia to speak to Teesha and convince her to marry Gautam. With this recalling episode of Mandira Mihir hugging from S1 its also established that Mihir emotionally cheated Tusli while S2 established he physically got involved with Mandira while he had lost his memory. So in S2 Mihir is an emotional cheater but not a physical cheater. And coming back to Gautam - we need to accept the S2 version of Gautam as it is where he is just married to Teesha then Damini and had Nakul with without constantly pulling in S1 details to question it until and unless makers chose to bring Damini's first love Karan's angle into their relationship.
The same logic should apply to Karan as well.
As of now, in S2, it has not been established anywhere that - Nandini giving birth to bhumi and slipping into coma, The exact circumstances under which he married Tanya, Nandini going to Jail, Nandini giving birth to Parth in Jail and Tanya giving birth to Manthan. Basically bhumi is not part of S2 at all... if bhumi herself is not in S2 Nandini would never go into coma because she slipped into coma right after delivering the baby. So if this itself is not established how can we even consider Karan Tanya got married while Nandini was in coma?
All we know is that Tanya exists in his life. That is the only confirmed fact.
On top of that Parths presence itself creates timeline inconsistencies. In S1 - Parth was Karan and Nandini’s son, but in S2 his character does not align with the earlier events. That clearly indicates that the makers have altered or restructured parts of the story.
Given all this, building a cheating narrative purely on assumptions does not feel justified.
Its just mentioned Parth is Tanya's Son. Say lets agree Karan had Parth with Tanya while married to Nandini in S2...It is no where established that Karan had EMA with Tanya in S2. Also, from a character perspective, it does not align. If bhumi doesn't exist in S2, nandini never slipped into coma...and he should have had EMA with Tanya. If he had cheated her ...she would not be with him but here in S2 Nandini is still with Karan. She would have called out cheating when she was accusing him in yesterday's episode while Karan acknowledged that he never cheated on her in front of everyone.... And Tulsi, who has always taken a very strong moral stand against wrongdoing (even against her own family) has not shown any indication of condemning Karan in that way. Say if he had cheated...will he be even comfortable to speak to Tulsi abt Tanya?..in an epi when Tulsi and Karan were discussing abt Parth - Karan mentions Tanya. How would he be comfortable to speak abt her when he cheated his legally married wife Nandini. If something as serious as cheating had actually been part of his story in this version, it is very unlikely that both these characters would react the way they are.
So either we fully accept S1 continuity and start questioning all these gaps and inconsistencies or just accept that S2 is a modified narrative and judge characters only based on what is explicitly shown now. But mixing both selectively holding onto certain S1 elements while ignoring others is not really consistent. At this point the most reasonable approach is to wait for the makers to clearly establish Tanya’s backstory. Until then assigning definitive labels based on incomplete or altered information feels not right.
Edited by Me_Harini - 3 hours ago
that’s when we know for sure who is this generation’s Karan and who is Ansh between Karan’s 2 sons! 
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