Originally posted by: Effulgent
"I'm more than enough to take you all down."
I'm loving this! This update was again, a wonderful one and quite informative, too. Your writing captivates me every time I read it. Your punctuation, storyline, style, narration, genre you choose and the best of all... philosophy and realism is what I've come to love and cherish. As I have told you time and again, you've mastered the art of a teen's POV. Well done, mate. ๐๐
Now, I'll pick out the part where I had a doubt (sorry, again!).
We continued the same rite for our descend to the Solang Valley and for the love of the Heavens, the temperature went up to 4. Seriously, a 10 up in the temperature was a welcome summer to all of us.
Well, -4 to +4 is an eight up in the temperature. Ain't I right? But yes, minus to plus is like a summer unattainable in the heart of winter.
Here come's my favourite part...
The night at Bakar Thach saw a bad weather once again and Papa made Ranveer lodge in his tent. Ranveer protested loudly but Papa would have nothing. Sometimes, I really think Ranveer should just shut up and agree to things in the first go rather than argue upon everything. Suicidal maniac.
This was ludicrous. Poor boy, his ultra-altruistic nature gets into Ishaani's bad books quite often. And Ishaani's description of his as a 'suicidal maniac' brought an involuntary smile on my face.
Coming back to the chapter. It begins with Ishaani giving out info on the happenings of the past few hours. IshVeer could sleep only for a couple of hours due to the foul weather. Having breakfast after seven in the morning, the head back to Solang Valley. She's filling out her diary, expressing her urge to have a snow fight when these two fellas start it.
Ishaani'd such a drama queen! But, her confidence in saying the quoted line at the beginning of the review captivated me. Well, three-against-one was hard to win over but I honestly wanted her to win. But its okay. After all, it was, as I said, hard to win against.
I loved your detailed description of the snow fight and strategies of the boys' team. Devarsh's nickname is cute and he's so smart. Or I must say, calculatively smart. Sharman is also a sensible guy here, a responsible elder brother when time comes alongside a boy. Well, boys are boys. And Ranveer, he felt like helping her..<3 <3 But he's shrewd to. I liked the "No, you lose." part.
The fight ends with all of them doubling up in laughter. I adore it. They fought like it was a major battle which would be recorded in history books but in the end, forgot everything and laughed upon it. This again, brought an even more wider, unconscious smile upon my face. :)
Again, I LOVED Ishaani's shrewd portrayal in your FF. She too deserves her share of fun in life unlike the sacrifice-obsessed fool whose face is magnified on TV screens of those who still watch the show at 10pm on week days on Colors!
I've noticed another thing while re-reading the first part of this FF, today. Ishaani's style in narrating her POV has changed from 'The Dawn of a New World' to 'The Childhood Fever' while Ranveer's is almost unchanged. Her's was a little more introspective and is now, childishly cute. His is as always a combination of philosophical and introspection. Result of teenage hormonal imbalance in girls due to puberty, I guess. In males, it's not too prominent.
Now, coming to my favourite subject of discussion. The dreams! Dreams usually are a result of the strongest of emotions felt by us over the days. And people usually forget what the actually dreamt when the wake up. But here, Ranveer remembers his' in detail and Ishaani too (in Interlude 3) remembers it in detail. It's bizarre actually, as it happens at times when the dream is in itself bizarre.
A person dreams of himself/herself being chained when he's being held back from doing a thing. Or social restraints. When he /she can't break away from the chains, it's a bit of negative embodiment. Maybe, this is the case with Ranveer. I don't know, its just an interpretation.
Great! I'm becoming too psychological and philosophical, day by day. Before I go overboard with it, I'll end the discussion about the dreams. I hope to catch onto more hints and then have another discussion with you. (:
Overall, another good update it was. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Update the next one soon.
Love you loads, <3 <3
Effulgent
P.S - I'm not gonna use emoticons for long posts such as these. Because they become too cumbersome to add, many a times.so, kindly bear with my essay-like looking reviews. I don't know how you manage to add them to every post of yours. (: