Hope you had a great time with your Mom Jzee,I really wish mine would come here at least once,kher unki marzi
[And just on a side note, you were ABSOLUTELY not being unfair asking us to buck up and comment. I assure you at least on my part. Yes sometimes we write for ourselves, but your taking on this What if was definitely after the lot of us pressed you, and being singularly more responsible, my delays always make me feel guilty. But if there is anyway you can just take my word, I'm glad with every chapter you post, that you could be talked into writing this SS. Truly.]
Aww Thanks Jzee but I do feel that was bit of OTT reaction,I am enjoying writing this one so thanks for talking me into it...
And to the chapter now. So reread the whole thing in a go for upkeep of continuity. Turns out, there was such a contrast in moods - I could have done them as 2 chapters after all 😆
So part 1 was beautiful, like those classic GK scenes you seem to be getting better at with each chapter, or perhaps the fact that the basis and layers grow with progress of the track gives you all the more ground to raise the scenes - either way, I love how bring out their moments, always. Something remains timelessly constant, yet something continues to move further ahead each time. Kesar's monologue left not just Gulaal in a momentary trance. And that little BG to the jhumkaas just added so much more to the purpose. Kesar is such a package of contrasting emotions and traits - and you bring out his nuances wonderfully, the sensitivity, the wall like support, the good listener, and the good tell off - all in one. The way Gulaal can just get her little moment of breaking down and lightening up some of the weight she carries around on her heart through the days, and then g\o right back to chirpy and talkative with Kesar is vintage GK! They literally go through range of emotions within seconds of time, and so credibly!
For me this relationship grew everyday since they first met, Vasant was the bridge that brought them together but the journey towards each other started the day she entered in the house as Vasant's wife but providing Kesar with another life,the tying of ghatbandhan to Kesar's leg and if it was still tied to him when she was making that promise to Vasant than she was binding them both into fulfilling it(I know they never showed this in the show but they have left so many things like this to viewers imaginations) anyways I am trying to pick up on these subtle points while writing this as one can always come up with how you would want to perceive it right...
Part 2 was obviously beginning of an end. About time too, that the whole Dushyant twist ammo gets thrown into this thick plot with stalemates and situations abounding! It's interesting to me, all the more at this point, that Kesar's stiffness around Dushyant has been something much more intuitive more than partly based on GD's equation, and that the whole Vasant murder history is only going to complicate it more, and is not in fact the inception of trouble between brothers. It's like looking at the very interesting complication the show gave us, in quite another way, and then seeing it go - something I look forward to eagerly, because Dushyant, putting aside my obvious bias for GK, was obviously the hilt of a character that could ever be made! If the writers excelled at something, it was the way they could bring int grey to white, and white to grey among the characters - the human fall outs esp for Kesar and Dushyant were true delight to watch - and Aditi, may I just say you've done complete justice so far?
I think Dushyant was under utilised in post leap,such a powerful character,yes he changed,yes he realized his mistake and yes he did a lot for the family but the fact remains that he harbored wrong feelings for Gulaal for a long time, It was his lust that drove him to commit this heinous crime and he never wanted to admit to his crime,If he was feeling damn guilty and had completely turned into white than he would have surrendered himself to police but no he wanted to hang on to his free life,he wanted to pay for his crime in his own way and he did want family to appreciate his efforts again not wrong and human imo but not completely white..anyways I think there was lot of scope for his character growth
Looking forward to this weekend's update soon =)
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JZ
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