The Beauty and the Beast Trope and All That Jazz! - Page 2

Originally posted by: AnomanderRake

Genie had mentioned the classic The Beauty and the Beast trope in the AT.

So I went back and read the story and tried to collect my thoughts.

Nandini is the Belle, the classic beauty who is looking for her handsome prince that she dreams about(Dhruv) that she cant see that the Beast(Manik) in front of her is the actual prince. The one who has always been there for her.Then there's the spoiler of Manik saving her from Harshad, this time around Nandini will actually see that her prince/saviour has always been Manik.

I've never actually thought of it that way - that Dhruv is the idealised prince that Nandini used to dream about. I guess I would say that Dhruv (minus his shortcomings as in the attacks etc) is the idealised guy, but it's Manik who is like you said the 'beast' - he's the beast in that he's not perfect. But what I love about Manik is that like the beast he doesn't hide his imperfections but rather embraces and understands what his shortcomings are. I guess with Dhruv, he's not sure on the right and wrong and looks up to Manik to guide him. I honestly cannot wait for Manik and Nandini to get together again, but then again I didn't mind this seperation either! =)

Manik and Nandini deleting their messages, kind of had the clean slate feel to it when I saw it, as in they are wiping the slate clean and are going to start from the beginning again connecting to the whole going back to the beginning and rediscovering each other in this circular journey. When Nandini first came to SPACE, it was Cabir that she first met, and from indications, it might be Cabir that she will be friends with first in Fab5 (leaving Manik and Dhruv out here, because they have romantic inclinations)

Oh, I haven't watched this episode yet! Okay, I like the clean slate feel with their messages, because they've only ever interacted alone or on their mobiles - I love how deleting their messages means when they get together again, they'll be together IN public :D I cannot wait for the Nandini-Cabir friendship! ^_^

Musicana I had always believed would start the second half of the story and in the 1st half,Harshad got to play hero and Fab5 the villain, but this time around, the roles have been reversed, its Harshad who is the villain and Fab5 the hero.Navya who see Harshad as her knight in shining armour will now see him as the coarse metal with no shine, no lustre, brittle and hard, it is just rust...pure rust.

EEEKS! Ive always had mixed concerns about Harshad because he was such a confusing character and so abrupt like I don't know how i'm meant to act towards his decisions. I do like what you said about in part 1 Fab5 were the villain and now it's the other side. I guess it's such a subtle message that you shouldn't blindly trust someone nor completely ignore the chance to trust someone - I hope that makes sense? Navya soo needs to see Harshad without the shine and I honestly do not blame her - heck if someone I knew helped my friend's brother and helped against the bullies, I'd like them too! (though I wouldn't be obsessed with them lol)

Hope I made some sense😆