Although I was expecting it, I was just as shattered as most of you, at the turn out of events this week. Even after the brouhaha created by the case, our hero remains just as passive as before & our heroine seems ready to go back to her mute avatar. He loves her, she loves him, yet as far as we are concerned, nothing much has changed, there was no grand confession, the gadda is likely still in place & Seema is still trying tricks to unite them. As I reflected over the hows & the whys, my thoughts took me back to my college drama class...in particular the one on love stories😉
The greatest, most fondly remembered love stories, all have one thread in common... ie. the obstacles that the lovers must surpass in order to unite. The greater the conflict, the more insurmountable the obstacles, the more memorable the story. The harder it gets for the lovers (or couple, in our case) the more we sympathize with them, the longer it takes, the more eager we are for them to unite. However, once they climb that mountain of obstacles, there can only be a "happily ever after". Every other idea, all other parallel tracks will pale in comparison, thus it would seem more prudent to play out (read drag & stretch) the coming together phase more than anything else.
A love story is as good as the tension it creates. The greater the tension, the greater will be the relief when they finally get together. The more it tugs at your heartstrings, the more intense will be the emotional payoff.
This far we have seen hate turning to respect & then unspoken love, we have seen an external force (Richa & Anand) keeping them apart, alongside, we have been given glimpses of an internal force drawing a wedge b/w them... namely, Kunal deceiving himself, not willing to face the truth & give in to his vulnerability...for being in love is being vulnerable. He has already taken the risk of admitting to himself that he is in love, by letting down the walls of bravado & denial. The second phase, of admitting it to her, is what we have coming now & what is so eagerly being anticipated.
So to all of you that have your bags packed & are ready to leave because there hasn't been a confession yet... consider this...we are wiser than Kunal & Siddhi, we know what both of them feel, what they don't fully understand yet. We've been allowed to sympathetically smirk at them. We've known for a long time that if they just open up & give up on their pride they'd live happily ever after. But the most fun is in sitting back & watching it happen.😉
Having said that, I end with a word for the cvs... we hope our patience will bear fruit, for there is a limit to everything, beyond which, anticipation turns to frustration & ultimately rejection.