MG (FF) Back to You# III (#ThrowBack: Pg. 105) 26/03/15 COMPLETED

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WaveTeal

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Posted: 7 years ago

#691

REVIVING The thread in Process~Keeping it alive by comments!!😳

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Tarana

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Posted: 7 years ago

#692

This is one of those stories that's still very dear to my heart!

Bookmarked and I come back to it sometimes. What were you thinking writing this??

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frostedstarlit

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Posted: 7 years ago

#693

Originally posted by: TaranaGeet
This is one of those stories that's still very dear to my heart!

Bookmarked and I come back to it sometimes. What were you thinking writing this??

This was one of my first stories. It sparked off from Kabira, the song, when it was released. At that point I didn't know that the movie is going to have a similar concept.

So it began with an idea, that in this day of instant connectivity and social media, what would it be like for two people to be apart and wait, without any connection, believing in the love that had once torn them apart to bring them together again?

And what would happen when things do turn out their way but they have turned their lives on different paths already.

As I kept writing, the story and its characters bloomed into their own, they went from tragic to romantic to funny to tragic and suddenly I was writing about two of the most fast-paced yet beautiful cities of the world where time comes to a standstill every time these two people meet.

Back to You is very special to me. I seldom go back to it since time is rarer now than it was when I wrote it. But I would like to edit it someday in peace again.

Edited by frostedstarlit - 7 years ago

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Hope

@LovelyUmang5

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Posted: 7 years ago

#694

Extremely beautiful story..
A tale of love, wait, hope & selfless care..
When I started reading this story, really did not think it would turn out something so amazing..
Though I had liked the start but I fell in love with it by the end..
Never for once I felt any kind of discontinuity or haste in the scenes..
Everything was well described & the story was built up with a perfect pace..
Loved the way the past & present scenes were synchronized..You knew very well where put which memory from the past & then blend it into the present..
Though a very simple concept, but was presented in a splendid manner..
I am totally spellbound to the story..

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Hope

@LovelyUmang5

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Posted: 7 years ago

#695

I really respect Geet & her love..
She waited 8 years with any assurance of return from the other side..
Indeed selfless love.. I mean 8 years is not a little time
Here people hardly wait for someone for a few months..
She was ready to move-on only for the sake of her child, who needed a father.. Even though she realized she will never be able to love another..
Another selfless thought of hers..
Though she did reject maan when he returned, but it wasn't for herself..
May be a little part of her heart did want to be selfish & give him the same pain but a larger part thought about others & their happiness..
A bit foolish act though.. after all she did not realize that the people whom she thought about, their happiness lied in her..
But where most of us think about ourselves first she thought about her family & her friend who stood by her in hard tomes..
yes she misunderstood maan.. but anyone in her place would..
And moreover when she realized her mistake, she had the guts to correct it & not leave it on fate..

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Hope

@LovelyUmang5

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Posted: 7 years ago

#696

Maan.. he was a person of strength & character..
He sacrificed his love for his love.. helped a stranger he never, even if it cost him being away from geet, for the sake of love she made him believe in..
He did not contact her all those years yet he never gave her place in his heart to another..
He even accepted rohan just coz he was a part of geet, without any second thoughts..
He was ready to let her go if it gave her happiness..
At the start of the story he might have sounded selfish, even geet termed him one..
But I could see he was anything but selfish.. It was clearly seen the way his character was shaped..
Like how he vocalized his love for her, did so much for her, even in past he cared for her a big deal even if not so vocal about it then..
And at the end when truth was revealed, It was not some kind of irrational & unbelievable twist that our daily soaps usually give.. it was like, this was supposed to happen.. Nothing unbelievable but surprising enough, at knowing the extent of his love..

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Hope

@LovelyUmang5

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Posted: 7 years ago

#697

Rest of the characters also did justice to the story..
Everyone was perfectly placed in their given roles..
Yash was a great friend & a great person.. he let her go even when he was in love with her..
But Meera-samar-dev triangle though interesting wasn't satisfying enough..
They were side characters, may be that's why not focussed upon much..
But I felt the reason for break-up should have been bit clearly described..
Plus in newyork meera was not so deeply in love with dev, but here all of a sudden she was shown so much in love, even if dev really loved her..
Plus from whatever we got about the breakup, it was clear that samar truly loved her, the forever kind of love.. but when he needed her the most in life she wasn't there.. She was insecure with his career & plan & did not support him.. So her lecturing samar about love in the final goodbye did not settle good..
Plus she never regretted her decision & moved on easily, whereas he was still there..
If she left samar in difficult times, there is no guarantee she won't leave dev as well..
So a clear picture of her character, as well the breakup scenario was required.. coz from this point she is the only selfish one & not samar..

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Hope

@LovelyUmang5

Dazzler

Posted: 7 years ago

#698

I also like the fact that in this story the female protagonist was a strong one..
Who could take care of herself & when needed could even do the saving for her man..
The way geet helped maan fight his demons, made him come out of his shell was commendable..

Thanks to @keepdreaming.. she suggested this story to me..
She has a great taste in stories & always suggests me the best ones..

Edited by LovelyUmang5 - 7 years ago

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frostedstarlit

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Posted: 7 years ago

#699

Originally posted by: LovelyUmang5
I also like the fact that in this story the female protagonist was a strong one..
Who could take care of herself & when needed could even do the saving for her man..
The way geet helped maan fight his demons, made him come out of his shell was commendable..

Thanks to @keepdreaming.. she suggested this story to me..
She has a great taste in stories & always suggests me the best ones..

I am very grateful for your long appreciative comment and the detailing you've used to describe your experience reading Back to You. Glad it connected.

Meera is not an angel, neither is Samar or Dev or even Maan or Geet for that matter. As a writer, what I have lately come to realise is that you have to let your characters be. With their virtues as well as their flaws. More so with their flaws.

Meera was insecure with Samar's choice of profession. There are people in this world who are. At the same time she tried the long distance thing with him but and did not pan out like it was supposed to. How many college romances can bear the test of time and space? In no way am I saying that their love for each other was any less, but there are times when love is just not enough in the flow of life and circumstances.

Especially if you are on the brink of the sudden change from youth to adult life. Where you are supposed to make choices that determine your future.

About Meera's love and how it grew for Dev, that is a story for maybe another time, as I said in one of the notes in one of the updates. There is so much unexplored for the supporting characters here but that is exactly why. Because they are supporting characters.

Thanks for your comment once again, brought me back to the thread after so long.

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Hope

@LovelyUmang5

Dazzler

Posted: 7 years ago

#700

Originally posted by: frostedstarlit
I am very grateful for your long appreciative comment and the detailing you've used to describe your experience reading Back to You. Glad it connected.
Meera is not an angel, neither is Samar or Dev or even Maan or Geet for that matter. As a writer, what I have lately come to realise is that you have to let your characters be. With their virtues as well as their flaws. More so with their flaws.

Meera was insecure with Samar's choice of profession. There are people in this world who are. At the same time she tried the long distance thing with him but and did not pan out like it was supposed to. How many college romances can bear the test of time and space? In no way am I saying that their love for each other was any less, but there are times when love is just not enough in the flow of life and circumstances.

Especially if you are on the brink of the sudden change from youth to adult life. Where you are supposed to make choices that determine your future.

About Meera's love and how it grew for Dev, that is a story for maybe another time, as I said in one of the notes in one of the updates. There is so much unexplored for the supporting characters here but that is exactly why. Because they are supporting characters.

Thanks for your comment once again, brought me back to the thread after so long.

May be I will need to grow up a little more to understand the complexities of relationships..
Coz I don't really get them that well.. kabhi complicated relationships dekhe nhi na..
About detailed comment.. I just wrote whatever came to my mind.. Glad that someone liked my nonsense blabber😆😆😆

Edited by LovelyUmang5 - 7 years ago