Try as I might to write you something, words really do fail me (and yet I wrote you 1000word essay!). Its not just that I am overwhelmed but nothing I say is going to live up to what you have delivered or the way I pheel now (shattered is one way to put it!).
Right from the well thought out title to the big mysterious past..you had it all covered from the beginning. That is something I love about your stories..you know where you are and where you are going. I also love how much of a genius you are with all the hints you dropped and how in this interlude finally nothing was mysterious and everything was very eloquently spelt out (even the eye wala looking!). Not over spelt-out might I add..somethings were still left for us to interpret...say the look that nani and anjali exchanged.
When you started this story as a way to deliver something the CVs completely forgot about, I didn't expect it to be the new and improved version of IPK, because you had already done a "dream" version through LLATW. Now I get to finally read an "asli duniya" rendition of how I wish IPK could have been, with Shattered. There are so many parallels in the show and this chapter, its ridiculous to list them all but here are a few..the bond that both leads share with their siblings, the pressure of feeling indebted to the family who have done so much for you and most importantly the opposites that are leads!
The adoption of kids orphaned during a traumatic communal riot by 2 intrinsically kind souls is one of the many reasons why I loved this interlude.
The way you actually created an epic heer-ranjha, a romeo-juliet type star-crossed lovers wali situation..was again so much more real, than just a dramatic play. A courtship that was cursed right from the beginning - age, religion, social standing, par "pyaar bas ho jaata hai"! Anjali's obligation to marry and NK's heartbreak that could cause him to do something drastic, that could happen to anyone let alone two individuals who have seen a LOT in their 20something years of life. I have never quite understood the need for people to kill two people in love, what is it to you?! And again with the communal riots haven't we seen it happening again and again..in different places all across the country. Thank you J! For even thinking about this..let alone writing it the way you did in your sensible J style, and yet I couldn't help the tears.
Trust a word that I said cemented relationships citing the permission to pull dori as prime example..is BACK again. To me its been so important to establish both Mohabbat as we saw the last 6 times, and now Nafrat! That phone conversation they did have (SO PERFECTLY WRITTEN J!), and the one never did..I dont know how to explain this..I didn't know how in the world you could make A hate K. Like really really really Nafrat K. But you did..so simply. GENIUS. GENIUS. GENIUS.
The tragedy was everyone's fault and then again no one's at all..I absolute-freaking-love you so so much for this. In just 1 chapter...5000ish words..you established every single character's point of view and made it sound rational, no one is the baddie! That is pure Juhiness and a reason why I like to come here broaden my perspectives and get so freaking attached to each and every character that I am left singing kyu dard hai itna, AWL the time! Also whats more we never really know who killed her, hindus/muslims..unbiased 3rd party rehna koi tumse seekhe bas! (Come to me if you ever want to quit being a D, M haf a list of things u can do instead!).
Finally to Arnav and Khushi.
I really do like the Arnav and Khushi you have written here..it explains why he is the way he is even in the past. With his need to move away from everything politics, thanks to his parents failed marriage. And yet I appreciate his kindness and politeness..he didn't just see khushi and throw her out. I understand his lack of faith. J your A's have always been a bit impulsive, doing without thinking like the show..but this ones a bit different. He always is never one to interfere, and accepts and supports his loved one, trusting them enough to be able to make their own decisions.
Whereas K is the opposite isn't she? She is the impulsive one, the one who as always can't see a tear in anyone's eyes..and interferes thinking it will make them happy. She is still young and innocent. I like her staunch faith in religion even after everything that had happened with losing her parents to now losing Anjali, maybe a way to deal with it. It is very very important to be unbiased and yet explain both sides well when writing 2 diametrically opposite characters, who have been dished out almost the same situation...sibling ke liye pyaar, bhayanak past and orphan-ed status etc. Maybe because of your sensible ways you write them SO WELL, and capture their essence..like no one else. (Speaking of.. I am totally a biased party..seeing as whatever knowledge/pheelz I have for the IPK characters stem from the way you have written them..and very little from the TV show!)
The nightmare scene, the chaos and the whirlwind that takes place in Sheesh Mahal on the day of the wedding..I cant even J. Just take a bow, and keep doing that 500times.
And then every single scene that follows, that tells us how they all dealt with it are dealing with it. Short, succinct and hits right home. I know everything is going to be just OK between them..but I cant not tear up at the A's anguish and K's guilt. Now I finally let myself come to the present. And its like I suddenly hold the password to dickode the last 6 chapters..and EVERYTHING falls into place.
I cant help feel proud of K, for where she is at now..for her struggles, and the way she has been masking her guilt. I feel like I am at Sins all over again..just in reverse. To forgive oneself is even harder than to be forgiven. Where will this take them now? 10 years ago feels like a different time all together..a different Arnav and Khushi! Will the glimpses of their past be more pronounced now in the present?
J. Ideally I would have liked to copy paste so many of the beautiful lines you have written, to recount every scene in minute detail. But I dont have it in me to read the interlude any more times than I have already...unless you are going to be waiting on the other side with pink tea and hugs? Also because somebody (not going to say who..) might confuse my comment for the updex ya?
TFS
TFS
TFS
aur tumhare liye ek ⭐️
Phanki no.69
Luna
p.s. I can't wait to go back dickode it all. Den time killing until Saturday Dun!
pps. Sensible is the word of the hour. Just accept it and move on ya?
ppps. I was watching KSBKBT reruns ya? so magic of 3 shows its ugly head.
ppps. Also this song..(I hardly ever do this..but just gave me the pheelz)
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