R n' R

Followups are the things where most drama screw up the most. Glad to see that wasn't the case here today.

8 bloody hours which weren't so bloody in Dhruv's POV. At least Manik isn't being all negative about Nandini now. Trust Manik to always become visibly awkward when it comes to showing care for anyone who is not from Fab5 namely Nandini cuz no one else has affected him the way she has. Plus, Nandini wasn't being all sweet for Manik either. What she has understood about him, she kept it a secret. And her goodwill for him only came from the fact that even after 8 hours, she was still standing on her feet all well and good. Thank GOD they didn't imply that Nandini has forgiven and forgotten all that Manik has done to her. That would be horrible and lazy story telling. Manik needs sooo many more locked rooms to erase all his monstrosity.

My heart broke a little when Manik said, "I'm bad." Parth! You be so awesome when you put such life in moments like these. His smile was so fake and shallow. He was trying to put as much indifference to this statement, stating it like it was a fact that he wholly agreed upon. But it wasn't. In those seconds you could see just how much it bothered him when he was always and constantly called as a villain, without ever hearing his side of the story. Well, more often than not he is the villain but not in the drastic things. Misunderstood guy but he has kinda brought in upon himself.

But, mercifully and thankfully, at least Manik asked Dhruv to ask Nandini to be careful around Harshad. It was such a treat to watch Manik care for Nandini albeit with an air of indifference (which really didn't fool anyone) and ask Dhruv to do that care. Like he can't trust himself around Nandini. He knows that those 8 hours aren't enough for him to say stuff like this to Nandini, to openly show concern or heck, to talk to her in a social manner. The line is very much drawn between them and while the locked room may have caused them to tread dangerously close to it, the door has opened and the world has re-entered their zone. Still not there yet.

Aaahh...they didn't forget! <3 The moment they saw each other the next day, all the flashes of their moments from the locked room came in their mind. As Manik called them, "eventful" moments they were. But when they opened their mouths, they were still the same people they were day before the locked room. Being rude and bickering. Why wasn't I surprised when Manik told Nandini to throw the jacket away? 😆 Khair, Nandini retaliated by complaining to her Ayiappa that khadoos Manik has unlimited supply of anger so all's well in that land.

Dhruv and Nandini's convo - urgh! So awkward! I loved it how Dhruv first said that he was sick of speaking about the previous night and then he complained that they have nothing to talk about other than weather. Seriously Nandu, weather?! That's like the go-to most awkward conversation starter ever! You go Dhruv for being sassy! But it was a lovely comparison between the two angles of the triangle. Whereas for MaNan you can see the ease with which they convey their emotions, be it hatred or compassion, there's this heavy air of awkwardness in DhruNi. DhruNi know that they want to be more informal and easy going with each other but they can't go in that zone comfortably. Something pulls them back. Not just verbally but physically as well. Dhruv took forever to check her eye which was hurt by his guitar...I was half expecting him to pull back and stand through while she nurses it on her own. Thankfully he didn't do that! Topi Boy, you be cute when you do that but na kar! Aise ladki nahin pattegi despite all her soft corners for you 😆

Cut to Raghav Sir being awesome and sending them to jungle. Their hell, his picnic. Mukti put it aptly, "I think Raghav Sir is into BDSM." WRITERS!! You be effin' epic!! 🤣 Such a breath of fresh air to hear such terms which have commonplace in real life be used in telly fiction. Gimme more of this! 👏

Nandini and Navya shared a moment of BFFness and Navya got her dream of being alone in jungle with Harshad. Fab5 going on their own ways. AIssh..won't be easy for them. One unit being separated into 5, on their own free will...that's bound to be trouble. For some, not for me. Cuz first it was the locked room and now the green jungle. MaNan be face to face and that music <3 Aaah..bliss.

Thoughts on precap reserved till tomorrow.

Rose is a blondie and I LURVE HER!!!! She and Raghav Sir were my absolute favs today! (hence the title be dedicated to them) Raghav Sir with his "Mozart and fresh air" and Rose for her blondness. Fab5's reaction at her blunders were effin' hilarious! 🤣🤣 Actually, that whole scene in the recreation room was my most fav scene from the episode 😆

Have missed tonight's episode so got nothing to say.. Lovely write up. Thanks. Got a good glimpse of the episode.

But I didn't quite agree to your "comparisons to two angels" . I don't find dhruni awkward AT ALL. They're lovely. Nandini looks her cute-most when with Dhruv. The happy girl In front of someone whom she wants as a friend.. 😊

I have seen episode, but your way of analysis 👏, awesome.
Especially nandini's feelings about manik in first half accurate.
Cvs are doing great job.

Your posts are so fabulous. I've no idea how you manage to write so well and analyze everything so wonderfully.

I too love the fact that Manik is not declaring his love for Nandini after being locked up in the room together. Thank the stars, it is a natural progression. Alya and Manik are headed for tough times ahead, just as Manik and NAndu's equation has changed, Alya and Manik's has changed too with this night. Manik has always been a little insensitive to Alya but today it was highlighted even more, he never gives into her, its always been because of Dhruv and Fab5, he gives into her whereas with Nandu in the storeroom, even if he was his sarcy rude self, he gave into her, be it yelling at the door, letting her bandage his hands, etc. And for a guy with as gigantic an ego as Manik, it says a lot, that Nandu is able to handle Manik better than Alya to a certain extent, he hasn't give in completely but I believe once he realises his love for her, he will be very different as to how he's with Alya right now.

Originally posted by: Pritam-Das

Have missed tonight's episode so got nothing to say.. Lovely write up. Thanks. Got a good glimpse of the episode.

But I didn't quite agree to your "comparisons to two angels" . I don't find dhruni awkward AT ALL. They're lovely. Nandini looks her cute-most when with Dhruv. The happy girl In front of someone whom she wants as a friend.. 😊

I did not call DhruNi awkward as a couple, I just said that their scene was awkward. My analysis was on the scene, not them as a couple. Today's scene was cute but awkward. I mean, Nandini was talking about the weather! WEATHER! That was how she started the conversation. Dhruv sassily asked her not to do it, which was nice to watch..to see Dhruv be so open with someone other than Manik. You could see that he wants her to be more open and comfortable with her but she hesitates. The scene was screaming that. There was an air of awkwardness around them, like they didn't know how to approach each other. I just took that scene as a comparison because when you take Nandini's behavior around Manik to hers around Dhruv, the difference is clear. While she is definitely more comfortable around Dhruv, she smiles freely and with only him she gets to be someone who has no trouble in the world, that comfort doesn't translate into actions with him. Whereas with Manik, despite all her hatred for him, her actions come freely. She is free to reproach him or approach him to nurse his bleeding hand. One can't ignore the difference.

I am not saying one is better than the other or the other is utterly useless in light of other. No, that is not my intention. Neither is my intention to start war because I've never looked down on DhruNi despite me being MaNan bias. I'd say watch their scene and then analyze my analysis because I eat up a lot of things and comment from memory after watching the episode. No ways am I belittling DhruNi but I stand by what I said - the scene showed DhruNi's hesitant awkwardness around each other and when compared it to MaNan, the difference between two angles is clear.

Originally posted by: sadhanager

I have seen episode, but your way of analysis 👏, awesome.
Especially nandini's feelings about manik in first half accurate.
Cvs are doing great job.

Thank you! I'd give credit to the CVs, they pack so much action in one episode that it makes is easy for an over-thinker like me to analyze all points 😆

And as I said, MaNan need so many more locked rooms for those feelings to grow and consume them. Precap ka fall might just serve as another locked room though it'd be in front of an audience 😆

Awesome post ... Yes u r right dear Manik has changed after those eventful eight hours ... He was more careful towards Nandini... I just love how he was worried for her and told Dhruv to warn her ... Coz he knows that Harshad is not a good guy and Nandu has to stay away from him... But I felt his awkwardness when he was trying to say that thing to Dhruv ... Yes I was feeling very bad when he said that I m bad ... Aww he is not at all ... Love today's Manan scenes... When they met next day and were reminding the flashback of previous day ... But love their fight and Manik ne Nandu ko All the best bola sab logo ku baaton se nipatne ke liye... Poor Nandu...

@lostmymusic You're a great analysist. I can sense that so well. Your writing is clean. Your further reply made me understand your POV better.
But i will still say that i didn't agree to the comparisons. You can't pick just one scene and start "comparing" . Manan had many (A LOT) scenes that made manik look like a criminal (since ragging makes you get legally punished). Well leave all that. I wanted to mean that Dhruni had a few beautiful scenes. During that friendship day occasion, Nandini visibly wanted dhruv to pick herself when that teacher was asking students to pick fellow classmates and make a pair, Dhruv was going to but 😆 ... So dhruni overall aren't awkward, as well as that restaurant sequence firstly their convo and then nandini singing for dhruv along with manik, you don't do that for someone you hesitate in front of.

Originally posted by: Star_girl

Your posts are so fabulous. I've no idea how you manage to write so well and analyze everything so wonderfully.

Haha, Rose was hilarious tonight. But TBH, I really don't like Manik's attitude with Alya. I mean, he doesn't know she is this bad person, right? He has been with this girl for seven long years. Basically, it's just sex for him. I may be the only one in the forum who can understand Alya right now. She is justifiably insecure in their relationship. I mean, Manik is this overwhelming, towering, closed off, frozen guy. It's so hard reading him. It's so hard being with him. With all that personality and anger.

Oh, I missed the girls gossiping about Manik-Nandini and how "Manik is so hot." Preach it girl. Preach it. How Nandini cannot notice his unholy hotness is beyond me. And I don't even like pale guys like Parth. Lol. But my god, is he hot or what? And so bloody tall. So tall.

Raghav and Cabir have this hate thing going on. I really want Cabir to come out as gay because that will completely spice up his side of the story. The BDSM comment though. Epic.

Dhruv-Nandini are WAY too adorable together. I mean, they are so impossibly cute. I always end up smiling after their scenes. They just give the sparkling, happy feeling.

Manik-Nandini, though. Holy intensity Batman.

Okay, regarding the Manik-Dhruv scene tonight, do you just not feel the wonderful, unsaid something simmering between them? Is it just me who keeps wanting to see Manik pushing Dhruv against the wall and looking into his eye and stuff? Is it just me? Okay then.

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Awww! Thank you! 😳 I'd say experience 😆 Always was more of an analyzer...in fact, I was quite famous for my essays back in TBP forum 😆

I won't say that it's just sex for Manik when it comes to his relation with Alya. He genuinely cares for her but he doesn't love her. Manik never really ventured away from Fab5. So when he got a girl from the group, he stuck with her. He isn't sick of her or doesn't want their relationship to work. But as I say about Manik, he doesn't like being questioned. And Alya has begun to do that alot. When Manik tells Alya to drop a subject, he expects her to drop it altogether and this sucks for Alya. She has been with him for 7 years, she knows that he does like her even if he doesn't say that he loves her. I'm guessing that in these 7 years, he has never been disloyal to her or gave in to the girls chasing him around. It's the first time for both of them, for their little paradise to be in trouble because of a girl from outside. What is the biggest drama factor is that this person from outside is affecting Manik so massively.

Alya's jealousy, insecurities and questions all make sense. Truthfully, it's Manik's behavior with her which is troublesome. He doesn't know how to handle these kind of crisis well. He usually lets it go for a while and then makes some amends. He is protective of her, cares for her, likes her as well; we've seen many evidences of it. Recently, Manik being all threatening to the guy who passed comment on Alya. But his care for her isn't lover-like. It's more friendly in nature. His treatment of her is 65% as a member of Fab5 and 35% as a boyfriend. Right now, the boyfriend thingy is in trouble. Because as you said, it's hard to be around a guy like Manik who refuses to be completely open. All Alya wants is a nice, normal relationship which is something Manik can't offer her.

I can let the hotness thing pass but GOD! How can Nandini NOT comment of his tall physique?! Dang! Parth is the tallest person of the cast! Raghav Sir looked so small when they stood face to face...Manik was literally towering over her. And Nandini is so chotu sa...dang! They be such physically amazing couple and UNF! The chemistry!!

I am loving that 'R' being Raghav conspiracy theory. UFF! Wouldn't THAT spice up the story?! Raghav Sir has most of his arguments with Cabir and Cabir is the only one who comments on Raghav like that! Was I the only one cracking up at Cabir mentioning Roadies? Ayaz was a Roadies contestant and Cabir talking about Roadies just made me crack up 🤣

I usually don't pay much attention to DhruNi scenes but aaah! They were adorbs today!! Dhruv was smiling throughout and his open sass with her! Aiiee! That's what I want from them, specially Dhruv. This openess that he shows only with Nandini is precious and a bit heartbreaking if we consider the MaNan endgame future..

Dude..no. Na kaho. Don't say it. It's just you. I ain't hearing it. NOOO! Don't feed my Manik-Dhruv thoughts...I've so hardly put them to rest. Ab you have planted the wall image in my mind 😳