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now im not sure if any of you know of him but Rhett Butler is one of the most charming, sensual, complicated antihero hero i've ever come across. i was only 13 when i read Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind but i fell in absolute and irrevocable love with Rhett Butler.
He was never nice, always told Scralett that she wasnt a lady and he was no gentleman. he professed that he was no marrying man and had a well publicised (yet false) relationship with the famous Madam of the town Belle Watling. he was a man of the world, ruthless, clever, and didnt give a damn about what society thought and deemed proper. he had daddy issues which made him reckless. YET he loved Scralett like no one else because he loved her for who she was, she was just like him. she was the other half to his whole. he NEVER told her that he loved for he knew that to do so would mean to hand her a heart to break but he loved her none the less. he loved her therefore he did not shy away from showing her her true face or being rude and a down right bore... because he knew that he loved her because of those things, he didnt need to sugar cote anything. Rhett was some times cruel to Scralett because she didnt reciprocate his love (Scarlett was stupid... but complicated as well which is why i love her too) being cruel was his defence, his way to protect his already breaking heart.
after a long time, after watching Clark Gable do a satisfactory job of it, i have come across a character who has the levels of complexity and raw, unadulterated passion and love that Rhett was capable of. Arnav Singh Raizada is complicated, he loves with an obsessive passion and once he realises he loves you he wont let anything harm you, not even himself. like Rhett he has the tendency to get physical but thats the only reaction one can expect (and a mild one at that) from a man hosting so much energy and passion! there is no other outlet!!! would you rather he rape her and be done with it!? Arnav is complex and has levels beyond comprehension because we dont know what made him so. im not condoning his actions, im just saying that he isnt the only one out there who has issues that need to be resolved, one of the main ones being abandonment. like The Beast, he wants to scare Belle away because he knows such beauty can never fall in love with him, but like Belle Khushi will make him realise that no matter how scary and physical you get im not going anywhere.. (and then they can both pitch Gaston/Shyam off the roof)...
my humblest gratitude to the CVs for creating a character like Arnav Singh Raizada who reminds me of my first ever love Rhett Butler and Barun Sobti who has taken him to a whole new level (Clark Gables got nothing on you)!!!!
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