Maybe it’s bc I have a Weird perception of love and marriage but I absolutely LOVE the marriage dynamic between Nahri and Muntadhir
They’ve been thrust into their situation by powers greater than their own and they’ve decided to unequivocally NOT make the best of it. They’re mad about the situation they’re stuck in, and they take it out on each other. They’re both in love with each other’s brothers. They humiliate and undermine each other at every turn. If one of them does try to be sweet, the other shuts it down immediately. They hate fuck sometimes.
If this ever gets adapted I want to see every ugly bit of their marriage on display. The embarrassment, the hatred, and the misery that they both cause and feel.
But I also want to see the pinpricks of light. How they find occasional comfort in each other. The acceptance that each is in love with someone else, without holding it against them. I want to see the moments where they work as a team, but not because they want to. I want to see a flicker of recognition that maybe, they do make a good team. Even with no love. And who cares if there’s no love when you’ve got each other’s backs?
It’s the reluctant acceptance that something could grow here. And it could be beautiful. But neither of us want that, and it unites us. I just think there’s something sweet in that acceptance.
