Originally posted by: hypnotoad
 
I am still reeling.
My brain says of course MR happened.
The visuals do not match the monologues at all.
Merub's body language, expressions, the devastation, the anguish is so obviously coded as SA. 
MK's guilt - the punching of the mirror - is commensurate with a great and unforgiveable sin
None of these xtreme reactions line up with regret or guilt after consensual sex (CS).
At the very least, they should have edited out scenes of MK thod phod and Merub walking on the streets. The way MK and Merub looked in those scenes - mera dil dehal gaya - and it becomes impossible to entertain any other explanation.
If the intent was to set up a MR vs CS suspense, drag this mystery for 2-3 weeks, and finally reveal it was CS after all, then the acting and direction is a total FAIL. The reactions needed to have been much more ambiguous and toned down for this fookin disgusting mystery set up to be viable. Even if you are to show me FB of scenes leading up to CS and why both characters end up looking so devastated post-consummation, I still won't be able to decipher those visuals you gave us as anything but SA. 
I still can't fookin believe this is the contract breach we had been anticipating for 40+ episodes. The mazedaar scene NM promised us 🤢
I still can't fookin process why the actors and the makers would lie to us so blatantly and egregiously - MK is the only non-grey character, he logical, he is not toxic, he is the best, Wahaj is just like MK, this is a light drama, etc. 
I still can't fookin understand why would you develop a character like MK this way for 45 episodes only to have him rape his wife. i have not seen all tenets of story telling and writing so violently butchered and sh*t on like this show. There is subverting genre expectations and then there is genre ki g***d phadna. NM needs to be banned from writing ever again 😡
I feel i have been punk'd. I thought I was watching romance but it was a fookin crime horror. Where the cute charming guy on campus was Ted Bundy, or the friendly man who entertained young children and dressed up as Pogo the Clown at parties was John Wayne Gacy. 
I still can't fathom why actors who would not do thappad scenes will do this - even going so far as to add a slap and spit scene to justify MR (as this was not in the original script). Since the slap and spit were added in filming, clearly, the actors and makers discussed how do we make it look that Merub deserves to be raped. Like what even. Who the eff has this conversation and not once say that this is a fookin terrible idea. And for actors who talk about responsible capitalism and back projects like DNUTN and DSJHS, to not shut this line of discussion is beyond disappointing. I am fookin incensed.
Sorry for the rant but I will just shut up now.
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