|FirefliesHavenMaNanAT#77|'I Like Playing It Dirty' - Page 16

Originally posted by: nneeiill

going out of town ...

Originally posted by: nneeiill

@red : literally...😆

i miss nazar laaye na btw

and yes i will miss u too ..but will be back soon 😛

Originally posted by: nneeiill

navshad did it😳

dhrulya did it😳

but lead couple ...naaah...never

is it coz they are our sanskaari couple..🤔

Originally posted by: 13thwish

Why joo people be dissing KY2? N that too just when I got my feels back after weeks of detachment n indifference.. 😒

And what's all this talk about Baba being dumb, patronizing, losing credibility etc etc..

Arre kyun bhai? This is Manik we're talking about.. he's a born manipulator.. probably learnt about give n take before he even learnt to speak.. just think for a second.. in the spot days when he bullied her, how was he able to accomplish it.. by threatening her with that stupid contract.. but what about now? What is his leverage with her NOW? He has absolutely nothing to hold her.. even the guilt thing is over n done with.. so how is he certain that he can get away with all these shenanigans.

^^ why use them?


. because he is smart and he does know exactly what weighs with her.. he even used it during the Vinegar drinking dare.. the key words.. "FOR ME".. he knows the value of these words and he knows the power they hold on her.. that she will go above n beyond just on the strength of these words alone.. NOW tell me, if that's not absolute trust, then what is?

^^^ Wish your words alone are saying its more misusing trust. I think vinegar was not about trust. Vinegar was Manik using his oldest tricks to fight and battle. By using his monstrous side to make her back off because right there he was too overwhelmed by his feelings for her and he needed an out. Because he couldn't do it on his own, he wanted her to back off and that's why he used the whole 'Dhruv I'm a Monster' facade again. But Nandini knows him and sees through easily thus his reaction when she took the second glass too.

Whom do we throw tantrums, display our moodswings and act pricey with? Only our closest loved ones with whom there is an absolute guarantee that they will indulge us and not abandon us at our lowest.. If he did not have have this surety, this instinctive complete faith that he act his childish and temperamental worst with her and she will love him anyway, he would not dare to do it.. never has in all these years.. this is his greatest gamble.. showing all his insecurities and fears and confusion openly.. the only thing is, he hasn't consciously realized it yet.. but he will.. that's the whole point of this track..

I won't have minded this one if it wasn't so imbalanced. With Nandini being the one who has to go through all the trust tests here whereas Manik could've done some of his own pondering, and not make it all about him, but that's okay, i'm hoping to see that in the future.😆


for him to see how much he already has let her see of his true self.. n how she is not running away no matter what.. this is not him trying to 'test' her love or him presiding in judgment over whether they can be 'together'.. no, in so many ways this is his version of the 'trustfall'.. him learning how to surrender himself to her.. n just live in 'hope'.. the reason he keeps emphasizing them 'surviving' each other till fusion concert is because he want to know for sure whether she would really still want him after she sees his dark side.. he doesn't use the IHUs and make-you-suffers for the meaning they convey, their purpose is to see literal-minded Nandu's reaction to them n how she perceives those words... right now his monster act is deliberate, controlled and he can stop before he crosses a line.. but there will be occasions in the future, when that won't be the case.. he might be too lost in his head to realize what he is doing.. will Nandu run away or be scared of him then? Or will she stay and see through him? He needs to know these answers before he can really commit himself once again to their 'hameshas'..


^^ Nandini has seen him at his worst, and not at his worst but at his worst toward her. In fact way before it came to be - pre musicana, episode 60. and since then. And there's a misconception here too. It's about will she able to be tolerate all of it, whereas, for me, it would've been so so beautiful had it been 'Will I be able to make her stay? Do I deserve her? Can I really be the man she wants me to be and give her the humesha she so badly deserves?'

As for Nandu, my biggest problem with this track is that I felt she was enabling his crazy and indulging his whims when she should be simply giving him a reality check instead.. but now I feel that wouldn't work, because he is too afraid to listen right now.. he will only lash out worse if she tries it.. also, Nandu enjoys his crazy.. in fact it prompts her to bring out some of her own (guitar-strap cutting, fake catch-falls).. she is okay with his barbs n silly dares as long as he is NOT drinking the vinegar himself (literally n metaphorically) or harming his music.. but luckily he still internalizes these concerns of hers.. so he will make a genuine effort with his music, maybe even try to curb the self-destruction but doesn't mean he'll give up the games in the meantime..😆

The question that really bothered me for a while is whether this was all extremely unfair to Nandu.. was he taking advantage of her 'too responsible' nature again and was she letting him? I'm still undecided on this one n it's not because of him but rather her choices.. if she enables his DQness then he enables her escapist tendencies without even realizing it.. n in as much as I'm not a fan of this attitude of hers, fact of the matter is she signed up for his brand of insanity.. she is the one who insists on wanting to be him come what may, is determined to consider it a challenge and overcome regardless of his own cynicism over their ability to align their clashing personalities.. so if that's her stance, all I can is say is so be it.. "Hope" FTW I suppose..😉😛

Originally posted by: Flame.Of.Rose

I told you to die right? WHY DIDN'T YOU? Huh! Such disrespect for my words? I won't tolerate it.

Originally posted by: 13thwish

@Anu: I won't argue about execution.. but with the constraints they have, I really don't know how they would show all this subtly unless they just made the characters spout all this verbatim, no interpretation required😆

Was it optimistic? This was really the way I saw it.. Manik has too much respect for Nandu to ever be condescending with her.. I will never buy that argument... this boy has so many self-worth issues and has always considered her so much above him, how could he possibly be patronizing with her, even unintentionally? Totally OOC that would be.. also, he is no chauvinist.. if the tables were turned and she were having a breakdown, he would do the same for her in a heartbeat.. In fact, I would love if they ever show this, maybe when her past/parents death is brought up (high hopes😛)

Originally posted by: 13thwish

@Anu: I won't argue about execution.. but with the constraints they have, I really don't know how they would show all this subtly unless they just made the characters spout all this verbatim, no interpretation required😆

Was it optimistic? This was really the way I saw it.. Manik has too much respect for Nandu to ever be condescending with her.. I will never buy that argument... this boy has so many self-worth issues and has always considered her so much above him, how could he possibly be patronizing with her, even unintentionally? Totally OOC that would be.. also, he is no chauvinist.. if the tables were turned and she were having a breakdown, he would do the same for her in a heartbeat.. In fact, I would love if they ever show this, maybe when her past/parents death is brought up (high hopes😛)

@BI: Only when the feels are upon me.. I'm moody like that😳

@Mais: Your words n mine.. there is simply no comparison.. mine are just letters strung together interspersed with punctuation, yours on the other hand are pure bliss and magic combined..

@Genie: Just☺️