Originally posted by: Prettywitty
That's the thing - there is such startling and rigid divergence among the folks on this board in how they react to his behavior. You and I have obviously had some personal experiences that color our reaction. What I can't decide is if the ones who are NOT disturbed by his behavior are blessed in their ignorance or if they are made vulnerable by it in their own lives. Not my business either way but I'm just curious. Because this type of overt toxic masculinity is killing my enjoyment of this show and my shameless ogling of HC.
That's the thing, I have experienced men not taking rejection normally. You are either forced to explain why you are rejecting. And I am not owed anyone an answer. And even when I give a reason, I have been accused of lying. Why would I lie for saying no? Now, you can see why I find the whole Abhi-Akshu thing extremely problematic. Men will stalk you online and offline and justify it with their broken heart and you end up being tortured and portrayed as rude for rejecting such true love. š
It's horrible to go through that.
And I liked the Abhimanyu in the beginning. Attentive and caring and doting over Akshara. I have someone like that in my life. But the difference is he will never knowingly hurt me. He has seen me closed off and not responding but he has always respected my space and pushed me when required. When you have such stark different experiences of 'love', it's kind of difficult to accept Abhimanyu's actions.
And for why I am watching this show. Because I have grown to like Pranali. And I liked the whole vibe at least. And I totally dislike the argument that stop watching if you don't like. That's an excuse even people like Manu Joseph does when he keeps filling the world with more of his crap writing. But, no, I am gonna engage with it. Because we kind of have to break this cycle of romantcising toxicity. And I know as a teenager, I also romantcised pain and hurt but I know now, it's not good.
And don't take it so personally. I have seen people criticizing Akshara, I myself have done it. I mean I have criticised everyone except Neil. But I have only witnessed such backlash from Abhimanyu fans. Even hard-core Akshara fans are a bit more chill. Let's all be chill and respectfully put our points across.š„°š„°š„°
Edited by Ekahriz - 3 years ago
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