Originally posted by: .Rinnie.
Ashley, in regards to being attracted to a child, thought and action both have equal weightage. No matter what biology or history explains, It is not right for anyone to even think I can be attracted to this small child who has not even grown up to have the body of an adult that can handle physical affection. And, Anirudh had this thought in those times when it was considered normal, aab ka chhodo... the fact he was so against it during that time period speaks so much about what kind of man he is.
This is especially more applicable for men, the gender that is most primate of animals, if he entertains such a thought the very next thing that happens is to act upon it. This is what statistics prove about men, they are driven by pure physical needs.
This is exactly why I do not look at this character of Anirudh through normal lens, he is not like other men or even women. All the social conditioning, history, etc etc does not apply to this man because he has been craved from a stone that is completely different from rest of the man. Why do we say it's not possible for a man like Anirudh to ever exist? Because it's not.
I equate their relationship to Radha-Krishna because their relationship actually has that purity the can be equated to godliness.
I know we should never compare this fictional character to a god and I have NEVER done that in my life but Anirudh is the first fictional character whom I can see that godliness in, he honestly imbues such traits and ideals in him. I'm not even exaggerating.
Okay, when we talk of entertaining thoughts of physical intimacy, what do we picture? Here is what I do not picture, Ani has not fantasized about or in any other way thought about having a physical relationship with a 12 year old Bon. At most, it would be stray thought that, Bon will be a beauty when she grows up.
I believe, at the end of the Munshi track, Ani had accepted Bon as a jeevan saathi, a companion with a high possibility and near certainty of a romantic relationship in the future.
What freaked him out was that the society expected him to have a romantic and physical relationship now when she was a child. What freaked him out more was that Bon was being conditioned to think this is okay.
And far from consciously entertaining amourous thoughts, Ani spent almost 50 episodes running from them, denying them, going to the extent of convincing himself that he was in love with another woman to avoid thinking about Bon in that way.
When I say he came to terms with his feelings after Mano track, I meant that he stopped letting societal expectations dictate their relationship. He still wasn't going to pursue a romantic relationship with Bon. But he wasn't going to tell her she can't choose him.
The scenes I mentioned were a few moments when biology spoke louder than morals. But morals will always speak up in the end, because neither Ani, nor Bon were those who would let biology dictate their actions.
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