Dearest Viji 🤗You already know how unforgivable late I am in reading and commenting on this. The only advantage of having deprived myself of the excellence of yet another beautiful story from you, is that due to the lateness, I got to greedily lap the whole thing up all at once and did not have to go mad waiting to find out what happened next 😃. I am sorry this isn't a chapter by chapter comment as I usually do it but hopefully the words will convey some of my appreciation and what I felt 😊.
Truly a powerful and griping tale sis. The concept in itself I loved. Soul connect again but when the memory loss track was first announced Lanny and I had had a joking exchange about what if it had been Sanskaar losing his memory- on the basis the scope could have been so much greater for plot delineation. But I am viciously glad the CVs never did this in the show as there is NO way they would have done justice to it the way you can, and did do here. 👏
The start itself was so intriguing and held the promise of what was to come. The description of the hospital and the unusual patient housed there was so nicely done, and his memories gone but the haunting hold SHE had on him set the tone perfectly and we were promised oodles of soul connect which we got, consistently and properly as we never did in the show. I also liked the subtle but realistic way little nuggets of his memory kept slipping back to Sanskaar, and especially the way he used his own faculties to make the effort- so natural and real.
The second chapter for a treat for all Sanskaar Maheshwari fan girls and as one of the foremost in that stalwart club, of course I can applaud greatly 😆😆. The whole description of his incredible looks was - shighhh . No wonder I can't imagine a better hero than this man 😳. Here the start of the slow onslaught of his returning memories I briefly mentioned above really takes hold and it was so balanced, you could almost feel yourself there with him as he recalled little bits and pieces and started the first of his mental "jigsaw playing". Really liked how you took Sanskaar back to the time that he was full of vengeance and hate which made all the rest so much more believable. I had always hoped in the show that they would show Swara remembering the phase just until she was pushed off the bridge which then to me would have made her fear and hatred of Sankaar so much more realistic but anyway, here you took to that perfect juncture. Loved the logic he employed here in how he tried to remember Swara as he saw the gaps and where they were 👏. Even here there was that irrational but very real distaste of thinking her with his cousin- fabulous. Then of course came the reunion and that scene of him meeting Swara again (for him a first given the ML of course) was such sweet wonder and still conflicted enough to be sad given where they found themselves. Loved the bit about muscle memory and the rightness of hugging her 😳. And wham- I was so happy to see Ragini's reaction even then. I straightaway knew we would get the formidable Ragiini so many of us like and not the ridiculous parody they give us in the show.
Then came Swara's perspective in the next chapter and so finely managed that too of course was. I ADORED the reference to the Tigons but the comparison to the Sarus cranes and is reasoning. The research you put in to those aspects and of course the legal ones later- you can imagine what a geeky research buff like me thought 😆- heart was singing in pleasure 😆. You know I am strange already so this won't surprise you. Here we got what felt the absolutely adequate and real reactions from ALL of the family, again felt just right in the flow of the whole piece and of course Swara knew her soulmate for life and next was not dead. She clung to that as did Sanskaar in the show (one part that they got very right in the show IMO). Of course we then had the real nub of the story, the start of Sanskaar's epic battle with heart v mind firmly grappling each other. Swara's tender care and understanding throughout made the thing gel as it should to me, and I really enjoyed how Sanskaar self introspected so beautifully as I would expect him to and even wondered what he had done so terrible that she would want to kill him and despite himself, even hated himself instinctively for that! The attraction was always present and the proximity of course made it heightened and he began to fight with that too, along with all else! Poor man! I really liked to read the little touches of the things Swara did when he was away and TOLD him about like with his clothes mixed with hers, which his heart of course slammed to hear about, making it all the harder to hate and plot 😊. Then we had Ragini. I wont say much as you know you always understand like some others how Ragini COULD and SHOUD be shown rather than as she is and here it was a nice way to look into that to observe her with Lakshya and start to dip into the able student Sanskaar had, who was capable of doing him credit and in this story certainly did. 😊
Wow Viji- Chapter 4 was all sorts of power packed! It seriously did cover a lot of ground like you said in the intro and your real toil was clear and bore results in my very humble opinion. This was so detailed but had me so involved from start to finish, I don't think I can write enough on it as it will take a new post and will be rather banal compared to how good it was:).The whole further insight into Sanskaar's character which brings him to be the incredible man he is, along with the way he superbly planned the charade he set out on, all made sense. Really liked the etching of the friendship with Nakul:) Always will maintain a nice friend role misses from the show so thank god for sensible FFs:). Ofc Sanskaar hired PIs, never understand why billionaires like the ones Maheshwaris are shown are so useless in the show. This is how its done of course and here that was delivered. Beautifully plotted out with the nuances on law and I won't descend on a detailed discussion on that or on Brexit- I have to live all that in real life in far too much detail as it is 😆. The Sanskaar-Ragini interaction is however what really stole this chapter. This was the best of what we used to love to see. A true battle of wills with a worthy opponent who may be just slightly behind her one time tutor but her guile makes up for his sheer brilliance which she perhaps lacks 😉. Really enjoyed the whole thing intense and was gripped throughout. When Ragini managed to get over him, it was truly a thunderbolt moment for Sanskaar and made me chuckle 😆. Serves him right in this 😆.
I also loved seeing Swara take charge of the pregnancy fiasco and seeing it all from Sanskaar's admiring eyes felt so nice 😳. And then the end of that chapter with that soulfully stirring kiss and untimely interruption which somehow made it all the more sweeter and what I knew would have to come after even more anticipated 😳. Lovely writing there and throughout Viji.
Then we come to the finale. The way Sanskaar learnt everything and his incredible remorse, so redolent of how we all fell in love with Sanskaar Maheshwari on the show. He does everything with such soul! When he hated and planned, he did it so well and when he realised his errors, he repented in the most amazing way ever and became the Sanskaar I still don't see how anyone can resit. I was so swept up in his honest and totally open confession and you know not for one moment, did I have a doubt as to what would come next 😊. You had etched their connect and understanding so well, I just KNEW Swara would totally understand, accept and succour him in his moment of greatest need just as he had always done for her. That is the SwaSan I love and adore and want to write about and read about. And this was perfect! As was the scene after ☺️☺️☺️. Such a beautiful love making scene- truly transcended the physical as I so feel they do. And the morning after- sigghhh. All set to rights so perfectly and sweetly.
Truly as I said, a pleasure to read from start to finish Viji. Loved it and hope the lateness doesn't detract from the appreciation.
Love ya xoxoxo
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