ArHi FF! The Cult [Completed] - Page 92

Originally posted by: rana5

I am glad you completed this. I had lost track for a while, but just managed to find it again and read up. Ending with mass murder, I suppose there was no other way?

Originally posted by: vgedin

Sigh... it had to end this way. isn't it ? There could have been no other end to all that evil. My heart broke for Arnav.. he has lost everything he held dear in one stroke. Perhaps one day he and Arav will reunite ?

Have enjoyed reading this story, RB. Looking forward to more 😊

Originally posted by: -HEAVEN-

sigh...what an ending sir ji...hats off👏

i felt bad for all of them...even for Anjali:((

i have read abt mass suicide n after reading the 2nd last chap, i thought something like this ll happen but didnt really thought that Khushi ll sacrifice her life this way...the letter part was heartbreaking :((

i just loved this FF, it was awsome...now waiting for ur next piece of writing:)))

Originally posted by: atulg

Siiigghh!! You concluded the story the way it should have ended realistically and I like that about you.
Khushi's letter to Arnav was touching...reading it, it really felt like Khushi was writing it sitting on a toilet seat pressed for time - the angst, sometimes incoherent, thoughts jumping from one to another and how well she has understood that team of cops...the letter felt so real.Her courage is to be applauded,,,i guess though living and fighting evil takes more courage, sometimes thats just not the solution.
I hope Arnav gets to meet Arav some day...
Any plans to get back to continuing with Adaptation? I hope you do:)
I have finished reading North and South and would love to read your spin of it in the form of "Adaptation"
Take care
Preethi

Originally posted by: manreet_gill

RB,You really do know how to weave a masterpiece. This story and your characters are truly, hauntingly beautiful. The characters crawl under your skin and imbed themselves into your being with such effortless clarity that it is as frightening as it is awe inspiring. You seem to seam magic with your words and I felt myself truly embroiled into your mesmerising plot and I am thankful that I was able to read this amazing tale in one sitting - waiting for updates may have possibly driven be insane as my mind reeled with possibilities! What I particularly adore about your work the clarity with which I can envisage everything. Its a magical trait, it truly is. Amazing work RB, it is a story that will haunt me pleasantly for a long time.Manreet :)

Originally posted by: sarahjac

Am sad that this is over, happy that it has reached its logical conclusion

I am in awe of your talent and I already envy your brains, If ever there is a breakthrough and brains could be borrowed I would be the number one contender for yours ...and before you think it's a joke, let me tell you, it isn't.

Now, about the ending, am teeny-weeny disappointed as I have this feeling that you rushed through the end. I mean, the time and effort you took to build these characters, deserved more attention in the end...that's all.

There are quite a few loose ends ( I could be totally wrong here )as in how did Khushi know about the attack on Arnav, Arnav's insomnia, if Khushi's father was in fact the swami, then how could he jumble up the symbols on the wall, thereby making Khushi declare that it was a cheap imitation, member of the tribe would know the art? Arnav's first memory of the high priestess symbol. We do not know anything about Khushi's life in the ashram, it was important to justify ashram's blind faith in her, given the end in mass suicide. An estranged father can not be the reason alone especially since she fought tooth and nail to stay away from the cult.

Khushi could have survived this...she had the antidote right? And she knew about her own plan.

Having said all of the above, I am going to miss this story, I loved every bit of it...please keep writing

Originally posted by: RockBarbie

I could go on and on about how they were going to solve the case and I wouldn't come with a solution that would work in our country. I am not interested in making something out of ordinary archetype hero-ish situation to fight through system and fix everything.

The entire story is written from Arnav's perspective and its in present continuous - which means unless Arnav brings things up, things will not come up. I could have done a coda for the things you listed but I don't find it necessary.

Ashram's blind faith in her comes from their own arrogance - what can she alone do? Its not because they are confident of what they have achieved but because they know independently Khushi just wants to be left alone. She has reacted well to threats till now and why wont she in future too? Its a simple matter of submission and being sloppy about it.

How Khushi knows what she knows can only be written if Arnav had bothered to ask about it or I, as an author, wrote a coda.
(Coda is a concluding passage that's written after a story is finished. Its used whenever narration point of view isn't enough to cover all bases or provide answers in this case)

And I wasn't interested in doing that. Everything about Khushi remains exactly that. Maybe one day in future I write this entirely from Khushi's perspective. Maybe then many things will come in open :=)

Or if any reader is interested in doing that, they are most welcome to :=)