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Beautifully written👏 You said it all that I wanted to say..but in better words & to the point..Originally posted by: charminggenie
I pretty much started on a neutral front but as of now I have a certain understanding about these characters and the supposed love triangle.
The basic premise for each of these character on surface sounds very done to death - yes including Dhruv. He is suppose to be the quintessential good boy who pines, Manik is read as the same bad boy and Nandini the hapless clueless girl stuck in between? But think again , is this what that is happening?Lets start with Dhruv- He is a passive character yet with a moral fiber which for some reason he has always shied away from expressing freely. You do seem him get perturbed by the bullying his friends do but he never bothered to use his influence to let them see the light because clearly not just Manik , others look for him as their voice of reason. Perhaps he understands that his friends think that by being all powerful and bullying they would cover their own insecurities and demons, so he lets them be while being the silent viewer. The problem is inspite of having such a good grasp of his friends' emotions , he does nothing . He fades into the background too much unless you put him with Nandini or Manik.Manik - This character is such a revelation , on first face value we would dismiss him as another ASR,ASAD ( never liked them much) but then you notice how very different and real he is. He is not a jerk or an arse just for the sake of it or for his own reasons but he has to be that person because he is the guy who is protective about this bunch of lost kids who strut around as Fab5 . He has no choice but to pretend as a bad boy because he cannot be weak or else his friends like Dhruv, Alya and Mukti would just fade. He holds on to the fab5 like a little kid who is afraid to part with his beloved toy. Fab5 is his family and he is their protector of sorts. For long he has lived under the pretense of being the bad boy but with Nandini he is forced to retrospect himself and his actions. She is making him look through the pretense and for the first time he is realizing that he has lost the game by being the "bad boy". His dilemma is not about Nandini as much but making a choice about being his real-self yet protecting fab5. So , i respectfully object when you say he is the run-off the mill , anti-hero, who is done to death. No , this guy is real, has depth and he knows that how he behaves is not right but his battle is of totally different kind.triangle - it's a wonder how we want fresh , newer characters yet we interpret love triangles in the most common manner. Why cannot Nandini share two fabulous equations with both these men. They don't need to compete for her attention but both can develop bonds with her of different kind. In any case the serial started off with the fireflies which spelled it out where they were going. Yet why should we demand or want the same cliched triangle battles when this serial is showing something more meaningful and deeper.DhruNi - These two are adorable , probably very very similar which stems from their own sense of morality. Nandini recognized it and was attracted to this moral connect with Dhruv. She is like a firefly , letting Dhruv open up and making him comfortable outside his secured Fab5 boundaries. He feels that ease with her. But there is sympathy , empathy and curiosity from Nandu . They are so similar that they don't have anything to discover in each other , yet theirs is a friendship and bond which is unconditional. They would always have that. And Nandu's biggest giveaway to Dhruv is letting him feel easy and free.MaNan- These two make sense because well they understand each other and not just the moral niceties but vulnerabilities, fears and they seem to bring out that passion in each other which is changing both of them. Manik has added fire to Nandini , the girl was afraid and timid ,now after somewhat conquering him , she is confident and not afraid. He listens to whatever she says, however minuscule it is . While she has managed to shake him up and forced him to feel himself again. That accident made Manik hate dark and made him pretend bad while she took to being that firefly who would fight the darkness with her light. This is what they both are teaching each other. They are letting go of pretenses when they are together.Unlike other couple, these two are not forcing their versions on each other rather they are just viewing the real them , now. Somewhere they are content with it, Nandu knows the vulnerable him while he understands her sentiments. There is respect and acceptance. This is not your cliched opposites attract story ,it is coming of age for these two characters.I for one would be happy if we don't get the cliched love triangle where the female is passed around as a volleyball. Nandu can have separate bonds with both of these amazing guys . It's not a race where one bond would trump another . I feel the friendship these three share is refreshing and which makes this triangle talk all the more contriving.
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