Originally posted by: Phir_Mohabbat
If tulsi wanted she would have killed ansh in Switzerland itself after she saw nandini in that state
But she took a calm decision of filing divorce and DV/marital rape even when such law didn't exist. Still don't do sadly. Realized KN relationship and supported N against her family.
But it's like fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on you. Ansh tried the second time and tulsi was like fck this. But it wasn't shown villain getting killed. It was shown at mother's plight for killing son. Even their hospital scenes were so sad.
Exactly...I completely agree with you on this. If we really look at S1 objectively, none of the protagonists were “doodh ka dhula.” Not even Tulsi. That is what made the storytelling so layered. Let’s start with Tulsi.
There was absolutely no reason for her to give away Gautam to Kiran and Aarti when Mihir himself wasnt on board. That “mahaan” decision had consequences, and Gautam turning out the way he did somewhere traces back to that choice. Then comes Ansh she practically became Gandhari to his actions. She overlooked his behavior for far too long and instead kept blaming Karan for everything. The same Tulsi who once said “Karan is my son” went on to say “you are ruining my son’s life” when it came to Ansh. Even in the Karan Tanya Nandini track, her decisions were questionable. She was the one who pushed Karan into marrying Tanya, encouraged that marriage to move forward and even went to the extent of convincing Nandini that Bhumi had accepted Tanya as her mother. This is the same Tulsi who wanted Ansh to accept her as a mother yet here she was asking Nandini to step back from her own daughter. She essentially disrupted their lives and then chose to walk away just before last leao. Despite all this her goodness intent and moral core were so strong that they overshadowed her flaws. That is why the audience still rooted for her.
Now coming to Mihir He was flawed on multiple levels...A physical and emotional cheater, took advantage of someone he believed to be mentally unstable, doubted Tulsi despite her constant insistence on her integrity when Harshs DNA test results were negative....never acknowledged Karan as his son until tulsi bridged that gap, turned blind (almost Dhritarashtra like) when it came to Ansh. His one consistent trait was that he claimed to love his family and Tulsi but his actions often contradicted that as he emotionally cheated tulsi for 20 yrs and conciously physically cheated tulsi once.
Karan is another complex case - Yes he loved Nandini deeply but he also made several questionable choices:
He lied to Nandini about not loving her just to be Tulsi’s “ideal son”, agreed to marry Tanya when he could have refused, consummated that marriage just coz tulsi asked to...Tulsi wasn't there to monitor anything...rather he could have said he cannot move fwd with tanya but he did bcoz he promised Tulsi and did deed willingly and consciously regretted it later which was unfair to Tanya. Later when Nandini returned he emotionally drifted between both which can be seen as emotional infidelity. He even consummated his marriage with Nandini without telling her the truth about Tanya that’s undeniably wrong. Though he had plans to confess doctors mentoned Nandini is emotionally vulnerable...so it basically looked like he took advantage of an emotionally vulnerable woman...he consumated without confessing which is cheating.
And post leap while he claimed to love Nandini, he ended up using Tanya more as a support system for the children while failing as a parent himself. So yes he loved Nandini, but he was far from perfect.
Now Nandini - She is often seen as a victim but even she had questionable decisions. She knew what Ansh was capable of, yet agreed to marry him. Who in their sane mind will marry a molester...no one forced her to marry Ansh but she did...she could have refused but she didn't. Even after deciding she wouldnt continue that marriage she went along with him to Switzerland instead of taking a firm stand. Her choices added to the chaos even if she suffered the most later.
So clearly all protagonists had flaws.
Now looking at the antagonists:
Mandira started off as a strong independent woman ....a doctor from a good background. Falling for Mihir during his memory loss wasn’t wrong in itself. But once she knew the truth, she chose obsession over dignity and turned destructive going to the extent of using her own child for revenge.
Ansh....less said the better. He was written as outright evil from the beginning and his end was a direct consequence of his own actions.
Tanya is interesting because she is more of a low key antagonist. She was evil when was introduced but turned good later but she entered a marriage knowing Karan didn’t love her, ignored her own self respect even after he made his feelings clear. After Nandini returned, instead of stepping back she constantly inserted herself emotionally. Tried to claim space in Bhumi’s life, even though Bhumi was Nandini’s daughter and later began portraying Nandini as the one who came between her, Karan and bhumi. And after last leap tanya literally lacked dignity. Despite knowing Karan loved Nandini, she continued to hold onto a relationship where she wasn’t truly respected. Over time that insecurity turned into bitterness, making her a grey to negative character.
So in the end what made Kyunki stand out was this:
Protagonists were flawed but redeemable their goodness outweighed their mistakes however I think Mihir cannot be redeemed as per S1...I never liked Mihir of S1 who did so many kaands but other protagonists were redeemable somewhat.
Antagonists on the other hand let their darkness completely define them and that balance is what made the narrative so compelling.
Edited by Me_Harini - 8 hours ago
Ansh and Karan are elder than Mihir and Gautam in real life 
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