Adultery Knowing My Wife, Knowing Me As Well - part III

[RCF]

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While erotica often follows this pattern, the problem is not just about Desai being “good in bed” but rather how the author uses it to repeatedly justify his actions and glorify his character. There’s a fine line between using a trope and excessively indulging in it to the point of unrealistic hero-worship.

Yes, glorifying his prowess in bed is necessary to make Krish see it and imagine Desai and his wife, that’s the plot. If you go back to earlier chapters, The whole point of Desai seducing Ananya and Maithrei is to show to Krish how well he can use them on bed and satisfy them to prove it to him that he has done similar things to his wife in the past and Meera was lying to him when she said she did not enjoy it and there by planting a seed of ecstasy in his mind who is already addicted to fantasies. Glorifying Desai is important for this story esp. when it comes to what he can offer on bed because Meera is not new to affairs, so why would she cross emotional barrier with Desai? Obviously, Desai needs to be above all men that she had affairs previously. For me I see the author’s intent here and there is nothing wrong with how he arced Desai. I only have problems with his character’s dynamic change as a good person which should never change. If once a cuck always is a cuck then once a manipulative, shrewd, unfaithful person will always be same. Maybe it will be revealed in the last chapter.

Love without loyalty or respect is meaningless. If Meera truly values Krish, why has she been so easily manipulated by Desai multiple times? If Meera is mature, she should have seen through Desai’s manipulations earlier, not just now.

Do not talk about loyalty in this story only for Meera. Krish is far worse than Meera in this respect. He is the one responsible for their lives in a major portion. He was neither loyal nor man enough to question his insecurities. Think about the time when Desai was even trying to get to talk to Meera and using Krish to get his way, knowing about Desai, what he had done to Ananya, Maithrei, he couldn’t keep Desai away from his own wife and fell for his fantasies and it became an obsession and he succumbed to Desai’s will and brought him into their life. If knowing so much back then, Krish thought Desai changed, does that mean Krish doesn’t love his wife?  So, how can readers question now Meera’s love because she could not see Desai’s manipulations?

 That’s a fair point, but transformation is a process. The fact that Krish is now heartbroken instead of aroused by the situation shows a shift in his mindset. The final chapter should confirm whether this change is permanent.

Of course he would be heart broken, if Meera was plain fucking with Desai and no bond, Krish would have taken his dick out underneath the bed in Alpine heights. So, his shift in his mindset is not because of his change in cuck nature but seeing her bond with Desai made him heartbroken so he couldn’t enjoy it. Like I said earlier, Krish needs to hate himself for losing Meera, for him being a cuck all these months, that realization is not yet shown or written. His consciousness needs to acknowledge and should hate his cuckold nature. He is still thinking if not Desai, someone else but he did not acknowledge a change in himself. That realization is important for him if he needs to reunite with Meera.

That’s understandable, but the signs are already clear. Desai’s manipulations, Meera’s naivety, and Krish’s suffering have been ongoing themes. The resolution should bring justice to these characters rather than another forced plot twist to redeem Desai.
There won’t be redemption for Desai, he will suffer the loss of Meera, plain and clear. If the author chooses to give Meera to Desai, then it would be solely for Meera to choose to be with him to let go of Krish, so he gets a better life devoid of fantasies.

I appreciate your perspective, and I agree that erotica often follows certain storytelling tropes. However, my critique isn’t about whether Desai needs to be portrayed as sexually dominant - it’s about how that dominance is used to justify or excuse his repeated manipulations, which is where I think the story risks glorifying the wrong character. Yes, erotic stories often feature a powerful third party, but good storytelling should still make sense within the plot.

Other than Nidhi part which I have mentioned already that is a manipulation, I did not see Desai sexual prowess being used to wipe his crimes. If you are purely talking about Meera and Desai’s sexual encounters and the bond that was forged by Desai’s manipulating Meera, then I gave my thoughts in earlier para. If this was only the first part or only story in the series then you are 100% right but this is a series with lot of past for Meera with various men, and she was always portrayed as faithful to Krish and her love for him, if the plot was to make Meera go beyond an affair and get emotionally involved then Desai needed to be the person who not only brings best in bed but also give her things that she was missing in her life with Krish...that she has not encountered ever in her life.

Meera might claim to love Krish, but love is more than words - it’s choices. If she truly valued him, she would not have been so easily swayed by Desai repeatedly. At some point, emotional maturity must override desire and manipulation.

There is a whole part written for this conclusion, Desai worked hard to be here and it took whole part, the careful planning, the involvement of Krish and his weakness, His careful reminders to Meera, Acknowledging her love for Krish and maintaining that he is only here for fun, then the reveal of photo there by slowly injecting that his love is a secret that he never wanted to share, then his promises that he wouldn’t seek her for his love but only be her lover, and at last breaking Krish, so tell me you think then was she easily swayed or was it easy for Desai? Her swaying part was only written in chapter 48 onwards…This is pure mastery in storytelling. Do not think it is easy to write such a way and his writing on Desai is top notch, no other story here has such a dominating character who can bring a couple like Meera and Krish to their knees with logic, planning and carefully planned shrewd subtlety.

~RCF