Originally posted by: MaybeSomeday...
I personally do not believe that Manik inflicts pain upon himself because he's self destructive with his own choice. Ever went to a dentist? or when they inject you? or anytime when you know it's going to be hurt? What do we do? we take our nails and press them really hard in the palm of her hand as the pain is injected to our bodies. Why? Because for us, it somehow, lessens the effect of the pain we're receiving. It diverts our mind, it pains more so we focus on it but somehow it still doesn't pain because we're secure in the knowledge that we ourselves are inflicting it upon ourselves!
Manik does that to him. The autofunctioning Alpha inside him who hardly shares things with people does that inside him. When he receives pain he inflicts more upon himself to numb the one he's receiving from the outside. He uses pain to deal with pain. Because even when in pain, he wants to be the one to reign it, to use it, to control it. Everything about this man is so intense and then when he's nandini he bares it all to her, with so so much subtlety...
like i can't even.