Originally posted by: BoxedIn
@Genie: Hehehe. You do know me well. 😆
I was just thinking of this whole problem of 'choice' for Manik. I mean, I loved how he was completely honest with her about his choice to always protect his friends, but I'm still wondering, so where does that leave Nandini? What did this whole fiasco achieve? Is she now supposed to be secure enough to let him go when he needs to, because she knows he'll come back to her eventually? Is that where this whole 'trust' question is leading to? Which is why the whole concept of Manik being like flowing water kept bugging me. He cannot be ruled, unless he's willing to be ruled. But, in terms of an actual relationship, how far is something like this plausible?
I think Nandini took it as a sign that they are not toxic , she brings some value, some meaning to his life and hearing him say that she protects him, kind of gave her enough strength to stand next to him and fight for whatever they have. So for her this was enough, some sense in his chaos.
I think the whole fiasco taught them the value of each other and the vitality of their existence in another's life. So that the next moment when Manik or Nandini are confronted with a problem , it will be very difficult , next to impossible for them to bait each other like this again, because now they have realized and worded it the need .Also lead up to the realization of love and once that is done , Manik won't be hard-pressed with this question, he will embrace her as his absolute.
Trust too- but they have build this extremely sensitive foundation for it,right now it's absolute , stronger than ever , somewhere the fall in trust was never too deep for them, they managed to have some sense of trust even when they were walking away- I think trust seems to be the binding glue. So I don't think trust is the issue as such for them. They give that to each other , explicitly.
Now that I recall Dhruv's words seem a bit superficial- Manik is very still, stagnate for the people he cares or feels the need to protect- especially fab5. This also worked for his relationship with Alya- he refuses to grow in those relationships, which is why to him they will always need protection, he will have difficulties conveying emotions . But with Nandini , he flows- he lets it out, she challenges and constantly pushes him to evolve, grow and just let it out. He is never holding back from her, emotionally, that is the reason he needs her. Because she sets the direction for him to flow. Like his North Star.
Rulesvs Rrebellion- more like the second phase f their ideological differences-not that major, but Manik has a very different take to music and art, while for Nandini discipline shapes art. The tussle will be fun and somewhere they both will find the middle-ground. Yet the dynamics is not stagnate ,she is not holding him but he clashes with her waves and somehow they manage to calm inbetween and find their rhythm , just like when he sings, she improvises and vice-versa.
