Resurgence | Arshi FF | Thread 2 | thread 3 link posted on page 150 - Page 74

Originally posted by: You-Know-Who

Wow, if ever there was a demonstration of Murphy's Law!

Well here are the answers aren't they? Why Lavanya knows about the divorce? How and why lawyers got involved before he talked to Khushi? I was not wrong to assume good intent. It's ironical and equally heartbreaking that everything he did to save Khushi actually hurt her further!

He contacted lawyers so his supposed, inexistent illegitimate child could never take away Khushi's money. He even wanted to protect Khushi's future children/kin if any from his own child/illegitimate be that it may! And this guy says he does not love Khushi! I wonder what love means in his dictionary!

This has made me realize one thing for sure, that if you say it enough, you can make yourself believe just about anything! Perhaps even that earth is flat! I have some newfound sympathy for flat-earthers!

Some questions that I still have that are not clear to me are:

1. He gets to know Lavanya's pregnancy was a hoax in January, and yet he says in February 2016:

I am assuming the another woman is Lavanya? Why does he have any sympathy for left for her?

2. Why does he not want to go after them immediately on knowing how much of mental harassment Lavanya and Manali put him through? Does he not want to acknowledge that he got taken advantage of? I am not sure, but his reaction or lack there of when Aman tells him that Panchgani might have been planned was a bit unsettling. Any normal person would have immediately felt betrayed!

His conversation with Akash (the complete one after he tells Khushi about the divorce), is actually the one thats most telling. Even Akash seems to know he still loves her! And that Khushi would understand. I guess each person here knows and on some level expected that Khushi would have understood. Then. I am not sure if she would understand now.

Once again, timing is the bitch!

I read this as a third person and frown at all the choices he made knowing he was falling into the pit, because as a reader we know the hindsight. And hindsight is 20/20. But I wonder if I would have made any different choices if I were in his place. My heart is actually breaking for both of these protagonists, who despite their best intentions for each other have landed themselves in a world of hurt! Who have hurt each other in the worst ways!

Truly heartbreaking chapter: parts of it were truly difficult to read and evoked the most potent emotions in me: the ones where he realizes that Khushi was enmeshed in the fabric of his life even when he thought she had moved away! Oh how he would have felt to have been so wrong! Arpita, your pen is mighty and I cannot imagine the mammoth effort that went behind the last chapter!

P.S. I really hope you have recovered from your bout of flu now!

Ah the infamous law :)

Thanks for the lovely words. And yeah I am much better now. :)

Timing really has been a bitch in this story. And Arnav absolutely does nit communicate. He had reacted strongly to the prospect of babies and somewhere Khushi des get him. The reason why she let go of the topic quite quickly.

A very nice point that we are watching things in hindsight and can make which of his decisions were wrong and which were not. But had we not known the future, would we really berate him for letting lose at a party from where he got up to leave at about 11. His ARF colleagues were around. So was his staff. His only saving grace there is that he was leaving for home already. But as you said timing, and as Akash said how does it matter now.

I think both your questions got answered too. Arnav may be very sharp but he is dealing with a lot at the moment. He is CHOOSING to not focus on la and manali. :)

Originally posted by: You-Know-Who

Thanks for clarifying, Arpita!

I understand he doesn’t know about Panchgani set up but doesn’t Aman mention that as a possibility? I wonder about his lack of reaction then! I have seen someone very close to me react when they were faced with such a possibility after the fact. Arnav’s reaction was nowhere close to that. My point is even the possibility of foul play in Panchgani should have elicited a reaction and there wasn’t any! But then again, it may just be a male conditioning to ignore the fact that you could have been violated, not sure!

The other thing is. Lavanya comes from old money. How could he possibly think that “money” is a factor in blackmail? Lavanya has generational wealth which I am sure surpasses Arnav’s!

Arnav’s dropped a lot of balls here in the thinking department but I can understand! This guy is having panic attacks, he is clearly not in the state to think clearly! He is unraveling.

yeah his state is not something that was letting him think clearly. Also, his habits. He was drinking and smoking way too much. But here were my thoughts.

One key factor is him remembering at least some details. especially mentioning to Akash at one point he realized it wasn't Khushi. He is drowning in guilt.

And he still strongly suspects at least Manali now. And the fact that 'he may have been tricked in panchagni' is still a speculation. He put the Aman to job immediately though. Now its on Aman to find something that pisses him off royally and he doesn't let it go.

Although he did not need to do that. Manali dug her own grave by threatening Khushi.

I can’t wait for him to find out about the photos sent to Khushi! I want La and Manali to find out what is hell on earth! Please, if not anything else, Arpita, give us readers this satisfaction at least! 🥲

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

Arpita for your author's noe (somehow i am not able to use quote option for it)

so yes the way the discussions caught you offguard in good way, i think many of us also feel the same. I have never been this active in any discussion so far. though i missed the golden IPK IF days but still the level of discussion, the intensity of emotions, the polite and mature way people react to other's POVs even if they are completely different from their own made me want to express myself more often than i generally want to or i can

That way i am like your arnav. i have this inability to share my deepest fears/thoughts with anyone. even my spouse. may be the cloak of anonymity that internet gives also helps. But this experience of sharing has been exhilarating. So i will say THANK YOU for giving me this platform

And yes i would like to keep in touch with everyone here even if the story ends. and arpita may be you can be instrumental there too by writing many more wonderful stories

May be a lighter one next time though. i doubt whether you or us can handle any more angst at least for this year 😃

thanks a lot ashvini!!

as of now i have no happily ever after plot. the one idea I am toying with is not angst but still a serious story. I kind of have characters and setting in place, and a general outline. Of course, it needs a lot of work before I can convert it into a story :)

Though I have faces of my characters in place and I am super excited. Barun Sobti, Sanaya Irani and Jennifer Winget! (Not a love triangle don't worry 😊)

Originally posted by: Learrntowrite

Okay. I cried again. Before work. God I am obsessed!

Coming to your chapter now. Fabulous update. I don't know how you manage to surprise us even when our guesses are on point. We guessed it would be La and Manali but now La panicked for real after the photos and Arnav suspects Manali had personally meddled in it. I hope he speaks more of it later on.

I will speak about both your characters in detail now. I don't think I have dived into what really makes them compelling for me.

I will come to Khushi first.

Can i say she is an absolute angel. First of all, there has to be a reason she is so attuned to Arnav's needs and doesn't pester him for anything. Any wife, after a certain point of time will not like that work is absorbing so much time of her husband. I know Arnav was working on starting two companies from scratch, but he himself admits to it in this chapter. Her being in the background mattered a lot. She was always his home. Where he could come back to leaving worries of the world at the doorstep.

It cannot be a coincidence. Khushi had made herself this way. Everyone who knows her, including Arnav's mother, knows that she BREATHES for her Arnav. We got a glimpse of it in the flashback early chapters. She is so concerned that he is always thinking of others that she wants to be the one who gives to him instead of demanding. We all know Arnav had some major troubles in the past and there must be a reason why he thinks Khushi is his anchor.

There are so many little snippets that show the depth of Khushi's love for Arnav, but I will take the one from her memory lane. She understands on some level that talking about kids upsets Arnav to a great degree. She is ELATED that now even his family wont pressure him for kids because she has stopped speaking about it since almost a year. She is concerned that he might feel alone. She thinks she wants nothing more than this wonderful man in her life. Her own worries forgotten behind in front of his struggles.

But she has also been hurting since a year. And pictures of such acts, placed in such a cunning order to make her feel like this was an ongoing thing must have felt like an answer. Remember? She has no answer for Arnav's behavior because he refuses to talk. This must have felt like a blow that this could be the reason he had been avoiding her for the whole year!

Arnav has felt protected around her. You-Know-Who has right. She is one thing in his life that has been untouched by negativity. Khushi's turning his first home into a livable space was symbolism. She had turned his life around, made it livable when he struggled with his demons. Her being submissive in this relationship was by choice becayse she herself says so - ARNAV HAD NEVER SAID NO TO HER!

god knows she didn't deserve what happened to her.

And Arnav! What a mightily complex creature. I feel so conflicted with him.

First of all. He IS a righteous man. No doubt about it. He had a full-blown panic attack at the thought of Lavanaya being pregnant and not once does he ask her to abort it. He feels like he has no sympathy for her and yet forces it out of himself because two women close to him have had tough pregnancies. He is ready to step up and give his name but just does not want an emotional connect with the kid. He specifically says that it's a good thing Lavanya doesn't move around in circle where being a single mom would land her in a world of trouble. But he still cautioned her to think thoroughly. he is the kind of a guy who would have married Lavanya if he was single and Lavanya was a gaon ki chhori.

He did not reveal Lavanya's name to his lawyers at first thinking of her reputation and in case the child was a false alarm.

if a man who would do so much for a stranger, pulling away from his wife who he misses terribly, then there has to be a reason. Period. he thinks he cannot tell Khushi why he hates his hometown so much so maybe he is trying to protect jis family including his parents and Khushi from something. We dont know how he got so rich suddenly. He was a struggling engineer in 2006 and he was producing a movie in 2009. I guess his software took off, but we will have to wait and see.

his first move was to safeguard Khushi's financial interest even though he was raging in panic at the thought of being a father. it makes sense. He is not a random guy. His money is always a target. There really is a lot of wealth at stake and as someone who came from a struggling background, he understands why it is important. He is so concerned and thorough that he wants to have an ironclad will because "he will not be able to help his family from the other side'. So that is why he had lawyers. I guess you left a very big hint when Khushi asked him if he had a lawyer already and he responded with "Yes Khushi but I needed to..." He was cut off in the first chapter. He completed now.

I know there has to be a reason he doesn't want to talk about children at all.

besides, he really is not a vile human being. He did not even care what Lavanya and Manli did to him. He was just so tired of it all that he let it go. Thinking he can close this chapter by ignoring it. That is why Manali B'tch must be confident that Arnav would give in to blackmail.

What she didn't take into account was that Arnav was ready to let go of all the wrongs done to him but so much as threaten his Khushi and he will hurt you where it stings the most. He neither held back his words, nor his actions. In his weird, twisted way, he does love Khushi. He just has a lot of communication problems and obvious demons in his past.

The last thing I want to point out in your story is the reality aspect of it. It is so easy for us to lose ourselves in the world of fiction and think Arnav should just go on a rampage to destroy La and Manali when they deceived him but stop and think for a moment. These were complete strangers who really tried to hurt him and his life. He has made his life with his blood sweat and tears and anyone will obviously be shaken at the realization that there are people out there who could hurt him like this. even the hero of a novel.

I am glad you showed that. More manly characters with this kind of vulnerability. He is obviously a very strong and formidable character and yet he felt unsafe. I think somewhere in his consciousness, he understands that he was taken advantage of and thus he feels UNSAFE. he cried out for Khushi while he wanted to be the one to give up the armor and her to be the knight. Which she had always been.

In awe of this story di. In awe of both the characters. I feel so much for them it hurts.

And the song you chose. Never thought i would be crying my eyes out listening to "demons' but here i am. I lost it at these two lines.

Don't wanna let you down

But I am hell-bound

Though this is all for you

Don't wanna hide the truth

and where he feels he cannot get out of this without khushi

They say it's what you make

I say it's up to fate

It's woven in my soul

I need to let you go

Your eyes, they shine so bright

I wanna save that light

I can't escape this now

Unless you show me how

pff...done. for now!

Isha you actually put into words what i felt after reading the chapter. I don't think i can write anything else that will add more insight than this.

The bold statements show Arnav at his core. He has always let go of his dreams, aspirations in the name of Family's needs and his responsibilities. somewhere he didn't want Khushi to give up on one thing she wanted most (as per him). And when he found out his assumption was wrong, he was frantic and broken

He started retaliating to la and Ma when they threatened Khushi. till it was him, his reputation, his life he was ok to let go rather than fight. Now i think that war will intensify.

He has a whole mountain to climb. is he ready for that? does he has the mental capacity right now? His inability to communicate is not going to go away overnight. is it in him to be completely honest and open to khushi? well we can see that in coming chapters.

there are 2 things crystal clear so far atleast to me

1> Khushi absolutely doesn't deserve what she has got. Het Devi Maiyya has been most cruel with her. She is the biggest victim in all this and my heart goes out to her. At the end of the day i want her to be happy and on her own terms. If she chooses to be with Arnav i want her to be on equal footing. If she chooses to go away, then thats fine too but whatever she decides has to be on her own and for her own happiness

2> Arnav at the end of the day is a good honest man. Yes the one year was a an abomination and he might not recover from the colossal mistakes he made in his assumptions which have terribly hurt Khushi and broken her . He will probably lose her forever too but we as viewers are looking at story from a side view. everyone can debate the decisions he took (he will agree too with our assessment) but its very easy to say something should have been done this way in hindsight. Something is his past is holding him back. something between 2006 and 2009 and it has to do with Anjali and her child. He needs serious therapy and he needs lots of efforts to forgive himself. Khushi might forgive him but if he is unable to forgive himself for breaking khushi, they might again be at the crossroads in future. Whatever it is i wish he reaches out for help

my heart just breaks for both of them

isnt it a wonder of arprita's writing, that few chapters back this statement only has khushi in it and now it includes arnav too (albite grudgingly)

Originally posted by: VeiledWords

yeah his state is not something that was letting him think clearly. Also, his habits. He was drinking and smoking way too much. But here were my thoughts.

One key factor is him remembering at least some details. especially mentioning to Akash at one point he realized it wasn't Khushi. He is drowning in guilt.

And he still strongly suspects at least Manali now. And the fact that 'he may have been tricked in panchagni' is still a speculation. He put the Aman to job immediately though. Now its on Aman to find something that pisses him off royally and he doesn't let it go.

Although he did not need to do that. Manali dug her own grave by threatening Khushi.

yes i think he doesnt want to dwell too much on panchgani is his guilt. he doesnt even want to remember it or think about it

I mean imagine he is already under lots of stress and emotional turmoil for almost a year (all his making. not to be considered as excuse but its a fact) . He already has this huge guilt that he is letting khushi down by not having baby, the one person he considers his only family. Add to that the panchgani incident makes him more guilty for letting again the same person down in worst way possible so its understandable if he feels he doesn't want to have anything to do with that night.

Now i dont think Aman will need to do anything. He will just confirm what Arnav will suspect when he gets to know about the photos. Infact once he sees the photos i dont think he will need the confirmation as the clinic photo and the resto photo will tell him who is behind it. Even aman did not knew about these 2 meetings so it will point to only 1 direction

Now arpita please dont take it as challaenge and make arnav more dumb than he already was in 2014/2015. he was a complete ass to khushi but i want that ruthless business man to be back to give MaLa what they have coming

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

hope everything is alright and you are emotional only because of the chapter and not anything else. Take care

But I have told this to Puja as well, it’s so touching when people in virtual world show concern. Thanks a lot guys.

Arpita never thought, I am someone who never posts many pictures on insta or Facebook, but have shared my personal thoughts for this ff.

I chose to throw caution away for the first time.

🤗

Originally posted by: VeiledWords

thanks a lot ashvini!!

as of now i have no happily ever after plot. the one idea I am toying with is not angst but still a serious story. I kind of have characters and setting in place, and a general outline. Of course, it needs a lot of work before I can convert it into a story :)

Though I have faces of my characters in place and I am super excited. Barun Sobti, Sanaya Irani and Jennifer Winget! (Not a love triangle don't worry 😊)

ohh wow...i am excited...its a weird telepathy thing or what, today in myy morning walk i was thinking if Barun and Jennifer have ever worked together or not. I personally love her and would love to see her with Barun

this is like a dream come true then in a bot round about way :P

i dont getting how i said in words

its so much emotional and painful to read

heartbreaking moments

why man earn money

for luxuries , comfort or family

but he has no motive

he is angry with own parents

and not giving time to khushi

paise kya aapne sath upar leke jaayenga ye insaan

go to hell with you money

he dont want kids

great

why i am feeling like that

that night nothing happen after few kisses

when photo taken by some spy

because he is high drink that moment

he unable to stand properly

then that kamini lavanya come closer to her

.

now he thinking about khushi

why he not think before

and she claming she is pregnant

.

from previous part khushi said

he seen her with lavanya in own home in own bad f***king each other

.

hope that's untrue

Okay I need to let my emotions out otherwise will not be able to concentrate on anything.

So, I read the entire chapter and could read it without getting emotional, my practical side was reading and analysing everything.

But the moment I reached the part of Arnav and his mother’s conversation, my god those few paragraphs took me more than half an hour to read, I cried a lot.

It was like whatever Arnav could not understand in so many years about Khushi, her love for him, why she visited his home despite Arnav not wanting that, his mother explained in a few sentences.

Now Aakash already senses some foul play in what happened. Aman already does not like that BL.

In fact if Arnav had been calm when he woke up in the bed with Lavanya, she herself might have blurted out of them not going all the way( have a strong feeling boxers were still present on Arnav for a reason 😜). She made a blunder by letting out that she came on him.

But seeing Arnav’s reaction, she found the perfect opportunity for manipulating the situation in getting what she wanted for years.

I love Aman and my favourite line was “Your secretary didn’t go snooping around someone’s medical history” Aman replied in a deadpan voice. “Khushi Bhabhi’s brother did” and Arnav was effectively made to shut up.

Arnav also has his doubts, he knows he was taken advantage of, but I guess the reason they have not been able to get any concrete results is as so much is happening at present.

1)They can’t just abandon their business, livelihoods of his staff depend on it or we can say that’s his escape route.

Also,Arnav is busy running around to different cities and Aman has to manage his work schedules.

2)Need to protect Khushi from media after divorce news was priority

3) Arnav himself is not at a very good place emotionally, this La chapter has taken so much toll on him.

4) the most important point, his anchor is missing, he needs Khushi , her presence.

Having said that, Arnav needs therapy, he blames himself for Anjali and now Khushi too.

His fear of having kids stems from something which happened to Anjali and his past.

He just deals with problems clinically. But Khushi knows and understands him more than anyone else.

What’s worse is just because he could not fulfil her wish of having kids he convinced himself, he did not love her. He is depressed from god knows how long and did everything in that state of mind.

The photographs with Khushi is that much needed push for both Arnav and even Aman to speed up their investigation. This guy will not stop at just destroying just BL’s career after he comes to know about the pictures and the hurt Khushi went through.

But I want Arnav Khushi as a team to destroy that bi*ch.

Now, Arpita you have to agree that Lavanya is a Batshit Lunatic.😛

And also please clarify, is it Resurgence and redemption of us readers. Because you knew we will first stop loving Arnav and then hate him. And then will bash him. And ultimately though not immediately will start having sympathy for him.

I never knew I would wait for Lavanya’s chapter so much, so that I can write Gaalis without an iota of doubt in my mind about her actions and character.

Edited:- Despite being so shrewd, Manali understood one thing wrong. Khushi is not Arnav Singh Raizada’s weakness, she is his strength.