#1 ~FF : Untold Stories~ - Page 95

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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Hi there, sweetheart! 🤗🤗 Please don't apologize for the late reviews, it's totally cool. 😛😛 And it's alright, it's my pleasure to solve all your doubts and queries. 😃😃 My eyeache is okayish, it keeps coming and going and I do have one of those headaches now.

Coming back to your first question, yes I knew that a lt of you would be upset with the fact that Ranveer was married to Ritika and even more so that apart from Zaveri's dying wish, if it was only companionship that he sought from Ritika, he could very well just remain friends with her. Why marry her for it?

In response to that, I'll be letting you behind the thought process of Ranveer. When Ranveer decided to marry Ritika, there was not one, but several factors that played game here. One, was Amba and Kailash's constant urging to him to get married; second was Zaveri's dying wish and third was his seeking a companion. But what really convinced him into doing it were two factors - Finch's own marriage to Monica and his own assumption.

Ranveer chose to marry Ritika because he wanted to move on from the pain of the heartbreak that Ishaani's rejection had brought upon him. He wanted to stop loving her, to stop feeling the agony that came along every time he thought about her. Like most people, he believed that if he did get married, he might actually have a chance to move on in life. That, and the other three factors played a crucial role in formulating the plan in his head, but it was not until Finch's marriage did he actually decide to go ahead with it.

It was only once he got married to Ritika and the latter passed away did he realize that he was stupid to belive so; stupid enough to believe that he could ever stop loving Ishaani. That's where the entire monologue about love from Interlude 5 kicks in. You are not wrong if you are angry or upset that they were married to different people and you are justfied to have these views - what I put up here are simply my own experimentations with the human psychology and the following thoughts that I believe in.

And coming to your second point, yes I agree with this as well. They are too mature for their ages and their childhood cannot be called what would normally be termed as "fun". But this comes witha twist again. Ranveer and Ishaani were two children who were forced to see a lot in life at a very young age that made them the people they were. It was only after they got the company of each other that they truly learn what it felt like to be childish and immature. The "childhood" that you refer to will come in the upcoming epistles (or so I hope), that'll depict for they complete and set free the child in them when they are with each other.

Hehe, I'm glad you liked the scene. It was a troublesome one to write, I must confess, but I'm relieved that I did do some justice to it.

Thank you so much dear...🤗 That marriage part was troubling me the most..But I am so relieved now...🤗😳😳 ...now my heart is no more heavy thinking about Ranveer-Ritika marriage 😳😳⭐️...he he..It is really feeling good ⭐️⭐️😆...Aww...Ranveer is one & only...😳😳.

And I am looking forward to those epistles... 😳😳

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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Yes, the dreams are quite an intriguing segment now, aren't they? 😉😉

Coming back to your queries, it's too early for me to say why he was having the dreams repeatedly, because as you read on ahead, you will notice (or may not, too) that there is a pattern of occurence with respect to the dreams as well. In fact, the day Untold Stories comes to an end, I'll be posting an extra trivia chapter immediately based on the dreams and some other facts so that understanding the entire concept around it becomes a lot more easier.

The symbolism of the fog is again something that you will have to wait for. In fact, every single thing about the dream stands for a symbolism of a particular something. 😆😆 As to the chains, well the chains didn't hurt him when he tried to free himself from them, it hurt him when he experienced something else. I know my answers aren't going to be helpful at all, but I want the revelations to be gradual. In case you still want me to disclose the suspense of the dreams to you, I'll send it to you via a PM.

As to that particular part, there are again two meanings hidden behind this part. Oh dear, just reply back to this in affirmative if you want me to explain in detail about the dream because everything is too intricately connected to it.

Ha ha...😆 "Untold stories" has just started & you are talking about the end ,not fair dear 😲😲...he he..hope u understand 😳😳...It's full of mysteries then ⭐️...he he...well have you decided about how the story will be ? I mean it seems so 😉😉😳...Actually these dreams are so intriguing that I am being restless..he he...But I'll chose to wait for some time more for the sake of suspense...It'll be so interesting..⭐️⭐️

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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Yeah, the leap was something that blew me off my feet as well. Trust me, writing Epistle 20 was so painful after the first two epistles because I'd gotten into the groove of the adults' minds that switching back to the minds of a 10 and 9 year old kid got very tedious. But I'm glad that you liked these grown-up versions.

Oh yeah, that attitude is something that he has been lacking for so long that it was about time he was cut some slack and he got his cofindence up. And yes, that name kind of appealed a lot to me as well. As to his pseudonym, there was such a raucous of discussions upon it but a lot of the readers did have this assumption in mind. As to the scene with Ranveer and Steve, I enjoyed writing that part a lot. You know that I have a fascination with explosive endings and I like leaving those quotes and one-liners' here and there. 😆😆

The one-liners & quotes make the description even more beautiful...😳😳 ⭐️ That's really so captivating & the reader is left with awe.⭐️ .This is my case..😳 he he...I must say you are very good at one-liners too...😳

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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This epistle went a little darker than I expected it to, but the overall effect was so astounding that I let it be. And yes, you've got the point here about why she was hurt on a particular day. There's only so much a person can bear and there are those times when you simply have to let yourself go loose. Yes, her existence in those four years have been tough, painful and depressing, but she's found her inspiration by working towards the rebuilding of the Parekh Empire back from the ashes. And that's a feat that she's successfully achieved.

ANd I think you've described Ishaani's emotional condition the best in this review. As to the 'have a good day' part, Ishaani over here kind of reminds me of McGonagall. The latter too, was tough on the outside, but she had that grace alongside as well. And yes, this FF has actually introduced me to quite some aspects of their personality that remain hidden to the naked eye but are there nonetheless. Ranveer and Ishaani in this FF are perhaps two of the most complex and intricate characters that I've penned down in my entire writing career.

U mean prof McGonagall from harry potter ?

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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The reason why she lost her ability to cry in Epistle 20 was because she was emotionally numb after she realized that she had done to Ranveer. It was the first time that she realized that she had the insurmountable power to make or break Ranveer in her own hands, and to see the way she used that temporarily rendered her dumbfounded and shocked.

When she lost her ability to cry four years ago, she had given up on the emotion because she no longer wnated to be weak. She wanted to become an independent woman, a woman who had the strength to build an empire by her own two hands rather than a helpless woman who cried upon her cruel fate and how she was left all alone.

As to your question upon self-harm, hypothetically speaking, yes, it does give the victim relief from the emotional and psychological trauma that they are going through. Like you said aptly, suicide and self-harm are two different things even though they do come along the same page if matters get worse in terms of self-harm. But yes, the psychological concept of self-harm does state the fact that the victime enjoys the pain inflict they upon themselves.

And that's why I used the psychological reason of perfectionism over here. Perfectionism in its negative association makes the victim want to master anything that renders him'her vulnerable. Ishaani, over here, considers tears and pain in itself to be the biggest vulnerabilites that she faces and hence resorts to the temporary relief of using the scalpel that keeps her in control.

Like I hinted in the chapter as well, when she originally got into self-harm, her purpose was simply to ease herself of the agony that she felt mentally and emotionally at the loss of her parents, Ranveer, the divorce, and being left in poverty all alone. The pain she physically inflicted upon herself helped her ease the mental ones. During the course of providing herself a scar in one week, she soon realized that she could channel what she was doing in a more productive channel.

She sought to rid herself of the one thing that she considered was her greatest weakness and now chose to eradicate pain with pain. Mastering the ability of not feeling any mental agony, she let herself fall emotionally numb, while her weekly administerations did not bother her much. That was where she decided that he has finally gained perfectionism by having full control upon her emotions. The day she achieved that, she stopped using the scalpel.

Every emotional repression has a certain level, and Ishaani found hers breaking the day she overheard her employers calling her a cold, manipulative bitch. That's the reason she went back to the scalpel.

I'm not going to give you a guarantee as to how right my idea on self-harm is because this was the ghastliest topic I've had to research upon (apart from heart diseases), but I think this is pretty much how the entire thing works, atleast in Ishaani's case. There are several more sphere to the concept of "self-harm" in general, but the basic rules remain the same.

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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Thank you so much, sweetie. And yes, this interlude is perhaps the closest to my heart because the course of events that took place were quite surprising, the best being the dream. It was something that just materialized on the spot and I could not have been prouder.

Now coming to the course of the dream - the dream starts with Ishaani dreaming about a random quote from a book (read: Out of Time by Monique Martin) that ends up turning into a pictoral representation of the scene in her mind. The scene inquestion is the marriage between Simon and Elizabeth at the church and like all bizarre twists in dreams, she dreams herself to be the bride at the altar.

The parish continues as she feels her to-be husband's hand slip away from her own and she panics, before another scene flits into her mind from Caffeinated Love where Ben is bidding farewell to Sarah the same way. And from there, she starts making the connection. As to the ending part, the quote was said by Ranveer (who also takes the form of her conscience as scene in the washroom scene). It was inderctly her conscience urging her to see the fact that she had nearly stumbled across the truth.

Now coming to the three honours:

1. Was the dedication,

2. Was the pseudonym that Ranveer gave Ishaani full bestowment of,

3. Were the intials I. H. P. that indicated that Ranveer gave Ishaani the honour of being Harshad Parekh's daughter in spite of the last ugly spat between them that broke it all.

And yes, that's our Ishaani over here.

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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Yep your assumption is quite correct.

And yes, it will take time for you to come on terms with it but I'm glad that you are accomodating the thought.

Oh yeah, this Ishaani is certainly a lot more fun to write about. And our Chiru baba is as shameless as ever. 😆😆

Thank you so much sweetheart for removing enough time to leave such elaborate reviews upon the story! 🤗🤗 Love you loads and loads! ❤️❤️

Originally posted by: ShadikaIshVeer

U recognized me with other username😲 Hayee #true love❤️❤️

Ps : Hugs to my senorita🤗🤗

Originally posted by: _priyaa_

Thank you so much dear...🤗 That marriage part was troubling me the most..But I am so relieved now...🤗😳😳 ...now my heart is no more heavy thinking about Ranveer-Ritika marriage 😳😳⭐️...he he..It is really feeling good ⭐️⭐️😆...Aww...Ranveer is one & only...😳😳.

And I am looking forward to those epistles... 😳😳

I'm glad that I could ease you out from it.

☺️☺️❤️❤️

Originally posted by: LadyMeringue

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I can recognize you anywhere. 😳😳 Loads of hugs and love to you as well, sweetie! ❤️❤️