Of nostalgia, homecoming, and parallels...

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Posted: 9 years ago
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I'd promised myself that if MaNan managed to make me smile for real this week, then I'd definitely the words to write about it.. and so here I am..😳
I cannot describe what these two episodes have been like.. if any of the old fans who were here during the merger days are still around, perhaps they can empathize.. at the time, the darkness was just a couple days long and yet it felt like forever.. this time toh it seemed like MaNan were lost for hamesha; and yet, ironic as it is, "hope" triumphed.. guess Nandu's brand of nave optimism isn't as unrealistic as people claimed.. "Miracles do happen" indeed! 😆
Personally, I had no expectations of the reunion.. so I cannot say that Manik's OTT speech fazed me.. it was typical him.. dramatic, impulsive boy.. lol..
but the editors chopping up Nandu's welcome hug into tiny bits.. ohh now that was annoying!😡
In real life, we underrate normalcy too much I think.. while I understand that many people may have anticipated a dramatic and emotionally charged patch up for MaNan, for me it was their quiet understanding that did the trick.. it was the realism of it all that won me over.. it was how her words have always had the power the to make him listen.. her little hands with the power to make him feel.. her soulful eyes with the power to melt his heart.. not once.. not sometimes.. but always.. hamesha..
Too many parallels it felt like to me.. A scene under the stars was once written to salvage a disaster.. this scene in the garden felt the same.. they.. being themselves.. he coming home to her.. she catching him up on events.. he reaffirming his place with her.. their mutual smiles of relief and contentment.. like water flowing down a hill.. pure, perfect, natural, meant to be..😉
As for MaNan parallels.. well there are the rose petals... which once she used to mock him.. and now he uses to serenade her..
and then there are the words of love themselves.. how easily he says them now.. this boy who once stubbornly insisted ki "yeh pyar nahi hain"
This has always been the essence of MaNan to me.. their growth.. their learning.. their constant progress.. time has taught them the importance of trust, of listening, of understanding, of believing, of dreaming and most of all, of hoping..
Set aside the externals like the story or the situation or the people and that is what remains as their foundation..
No wonder Nandu can so confidently state that MaNan is hamesha.. and yet she missed an important point.. it is not the stars and fireflies that keep them together.. it is their ability to shine and glow for each other..
His star. Her firefly. Our MaNan.
P.S: Special love to all the people I've ever interacted with before.. if you're around and you happen to see this, consider this a greeting and a hug from a Wish😳😛
EDIT:
Okay. WOW. What the eff happened here?😲
Definitely not the reaction I was expecting to my random ramble..😆
Anyway, I am touched and humbled..
And it also helped me realize something..
MaNan is the ultimate unifying force.. whether it's the offscreen drama or the SNSs or the forum, MaNan helps us all bridge the gap and find that common ground to co-exist..
So in the interest of keeping up that spirit and turning this into a discussion that we can all participate in, I will be posting individual responses to all your comments on the MaNan AT.. please free to respond to anything that interests you, regardless of who I'm addressing at the time...
Let's head home folks.. see you at the AT!
Cheers,
Wish😳
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gauriangel thumbnail
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Posted: 9 years ago
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I dint watch a single episode of season 2..
With the hype parth is back..I too returned to the forum in the hope we will get our Manan back..Just to follow wat is exactly going on..
finally Monday 's written update said Manik is back...but I didn't watch the epi since Manan were yet to come back..

I saw yesterday ' s only Manan bit..n aaj ka full episode..
And like u said..These two episodes made me smile too...

Set apart the externals ..We are getting our Manan back..and I was hoping someone from Manan AT would turn up and confirm this for me.

And my Wish has been granted..

P.s. I used to stalk the AT..
and just loved u guys..genie,anu, adhi, vishu,and many more.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wish... Its great to see u back. I use to stalk manan AT. I love u and genie cribbing and fangirling. I did see yesterday's epi. I felt it was gud their own world and thats how it has been always. I only had one problem and those were dialogues. They had no depth. Waiting to see manan, yesterday it was the first epi ever I saw of season 2.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: gauriangel

I dint watch a single episode of season 2..

With the hype parth is back..I too returned to the forum in the hope we will get our Manan back..Just to follow wat is exactly going on..
finally Monday 's written update said Manik is back...but I didn't watch the epi since Manan were yet to come back..

I saw yesterday ' s only Manan bit..n aaj ka full episode..
And like u said..These two episodes made me smile too...

Set apart the externals ..We are getting our Manan back..and I was hoping someone from Manan AT would turn up and confirm this for me.

And my Wish has been granted..

P.s. I used to stalk the AT..
and just loved u guys..genie,anu, adhi, vishu,and many more.

TBH, I hadn't kept up with the show either but how to give up on MaNan completely? I don't think any of us fans could've truly managed that.. 😆
I watched some of the dream sequences but they were too mehh to inspire any words..😛
Anyway, looks like a bigger wish of yours has been granted cuz I just saw the entire AT itself resurrected on the forum.. so enjoy!😉
P.S: instead of stalking, why don't you just join in this time? might turn out to be so much more fun😉😛
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: divansree

Wish... Its great to see u back. I use to stalk manan AT. I love u and genie cribbing and fangirling. I did see yesterday's epi. I felt it was gud their own world and thats how it has been always. I only had one problem and those were dialogues. They had no depth. Waiting to see manan, yesterday it was the first epi ever I saw of season 2.

Hmmm I guess we'll have to disagree a bit there cuz I actually liked the dialogues.. they felt impromptu and natural, kinda impulsive, which always works for me.. but that's a personal preference..
As far as depth is concerned, tbh since I don't really care about the overall storyline all that much, it didn't bother me much..
It was the other things that had my attention.. like how, no matter how angry he was, the moment she started to talk, he couldn't help but listen.. how the break in her voice just melted him.. how she somehow, some way just found a way to get through to him..
^This is MaNan to me.. as long as that base is intact, I can live with pretty much all the other crap that surrounds them..😉😳
P.S: I'd suggest having no expectations for the future though.. somehow that always makes us open to evaluating every scene on it's own merit😛
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Posted: 9 years ago
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The "old MaNan" as people here call them are long gone! I've made peace with it. In my mind I got my happy ending in season 1 itself! S2 is like this extended epilogue 😆 I cannot make head or tail out of it! But, MaNan. They're my babies, they're on my tv screen so of-course I'm gonna sit through it! I'm hopeless when it comes to them. But the last two episodes did make me smile and left me as a happy fan!😳
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Posted: 9 years ago
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RES😎
Coz it's Wish.
Let me finish my exams and I will come back to this.🤔
Maybe😆

And it's not everyday that Wish gives a hug😃
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wish...How I love your words...honestly kisiko kuch bhi lage mujhe toh last two episodes acha
lage...editing, screenplay, photography , cheesy dialogues kuch bhi complaints ho...
I just loved Manan...

y did nandu casually go and hug Manik...my answer..because she was sure that Manik was alive :)

they are Manan and we adore them bas...

And Wish keep writing...there is a teeny weeny wish in my heart that u remember me...I know we havent interacted much...but I love your and genie 's conversations😳-An old stalker and new member of MaNan AT
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wish 🤗 Welcome back!! *Sigh* Your words and thoughts were truly missed. It feels amazing to read your words!!

In terms of MaNan, the last two episodes were quite good. Their subtle teasing, those words of reassurance, their understanding, the renewed vows of Humeshas ❤️ As you said, sometimes Normalcy is good. In fact, it is this sense Normalcy and subtlety that sets MaNan apart.

They were seeing each other after a gap of 4 months and they both needed to hear those words, feel those touches, reassure themselves that the person who means the most to them is right in front of them.. that their heart was right as always. Even when they were apart, she was present in his memories, helping him heal... just the way he was there with her, helping her go through her day. Their love stood the test of time, distance and came out stronger. To me, this was a high point in itself.

I do hope he talks to her about Cabir's death sometime soon though.

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wish!! 🤗
Good to see you after so long. 😳

And Yeah.
RES because I don't know what to say and ILU. ❤️ 😳

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