Originally posted by: LoveInAutumn26
That’s what I am saying. I don’t think Babita’s role can ever be replaced or even lessened in Minnie’s life. Minnie’s life can truly be enhanced, even complete with HS’s addition because he can truly fulfill that father’s role and responsibility that Minnie didn’t experience growing up. Babita, however will always be the most important person in Minnie’s life even if she were to accept HS fully as a father. I don’t think he will ever come before in her life, equal maybe but not before Babita for sure.
I want the tension to release too and HS and Minnie to be like how they were before.
I think it's fine if he eventually equals Babita in importance in her life, whatever that means, and doesn't need to exceed it. Or if he does, then I wouldn't be surprised but perhaps the story will never go that far. It's actually healthy for Minnie to love both parents differently as they each give her something different.
HS didn't just give her love and protection, he completely changed the way she views the world, which at her age is a big deal. She idolizes him and hero worships him without the father aspect and that is something she has never found with anyone else and never will. She has grown up with Babita, and HS cannot make up for the 17 years of her life that he missed out on, but he can shape it going forward if he can and will remain in it.
We will see Babita mature and become independent, but there are some things about her basic character that will never change. Minnie and she say they are best friends, but we have seen that they are not quite that. There is a toxic interdependence and sometimes simply the fact that they are used to each other means they cannot be friends. She is confused right now and her diary writing says a lot about this.
Unless the CVs take a drastically new direction with her character, I don't see her ever being able to guide Minnie as a parent the way HS can. It would seem very weird if she suddenly starts behaving like HS in terms of guidance and wisdom. Likewise, no matter how much HS and Minnie bond over their shared pain which Babita is not privy too, he doesn't share her experiences for the past 17 years that Babita does.
This is why I feel that Minnie should have both of them permanently in her life, but I'm not sure if the writers will go that way. They could very well pull the rug from under her (and our) feet by keeping HS limited to being her mother's husband at the end of the day and have them living with this sense of incompleteness, maybe even growing apart over time.
Edited by inlieu - 5 years ago
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