I really appreciate you for this post. 👍🏼
But for the record, Dhruv is NOT Maanik's puppet!
Here, I'm not trying to justify their bullying, all I'm trying to say is that I'm sure Dhruv would have done the same thing had he been asked to do so by a certain Cabir. Or lets just say Mukti would have done the same thing had she been asked by Maanik or Aalya or anyone from the group.
Maanik's revelation only made sense of Dhruv's presence at the terrace and garbage and his lines to Nandini- it was all planned by the writers before we knew!
Once again, no comments on how Dhruv's character is gonna shape up in the future- that's for the writers to decide. That being said, I already see him opening up bit by bit in front of Aalya. And except Navya, growth has been shown in EVERY character. Harshad has been unpredictable from day one, so I'm more interested in his back story than the growth.
That's all I had to say. 😊