Letter from Ragini to Lakshya - Page 5

Originally posted by: CogitoErgoSum

Medhu...🤗 🤗

Just as I loved "Confessions", all that time back, (That was sometime in August/ early September, wasn't it? Probably one of your first works on this forum), I loved this one too.

As I remember telling you in my comment on "Confessions", it is difficult to portray the emotions of the antagonist, in the manner you do. Without defending their actions in any form whatsoever, but still, giving a glimpse as to why that character behaves the way she does.

At the time I started watching the serial, I always used to feel tremendous sympathy for Ragini. You captured her earlier character traits beautifully, the shy, introverted, "bottled up" character, who always did as she was told. Her Dadi and Baba told her her handsome prince who would come riding in on a stallion, was none other than Lakshya, and well, she fit his face and form into that dream she had, didn't she? Let her mind be made up, as she always had.

And then, when the prince decided he didn't much care for this princess, he would rather have her half sister, well, the innocent, demure princess turned into an evil fairy. 😈 Unfortunately for fairy tale land, I don't feel sorry for the prince at all...no matter how hard I try.

There is only so much rejection, so much heartache anyone is capable of taking, before they break. Maybe someone with more depth to their character than Ragini, could have reacted in a less---well---morbid, near psychotic manner. But she'd never been encouraged to have any resilience and strength of mind, had she? So when she decided that life had taken her far enough on this macabre ride, she not only decided to get off, she also decided to take the wheel....which is when everybody else, started to get the "joyride" they never could have dreamed of, and certainly never wanted! 😕

I found Ragini's grim plans for snatching happiness from Swara & Sanskaar chilling. She knows her sister is no longer interested in her husband, but still wants her to be unhappy, alone. And she wants Sanskaar to pay, for perhaps giving her an initial nudge towards this madness, though he did try to restrain her after. She is too far gone down this road now, to care about the diversions she could have taken earlier.

Brilliant as ever, Medhu. Gray is my new favorite color, 😊, especially it is painted with all the delicate brush strokes you honor it with.

Originally posted by: kaku17

Medha...what a letter...👏...the way you portrayed ragini's thoughts are phenomenal...it was like somehow your spirit went inside ragini's, got her thought process and then came out and wrote this letter 😲...I know this sounds like trash but at this moment I am unable to find a better analogue to correspond my views...so just look over...😆

It takes a great insight to write for a character who is hated by one and all...without justifying any of her deeds, you somehow manage to put across her views for her metamorphosis with such a stunning clarity and make people halt in their tracks to give ragini a second thought...to push people to look behind the obvious...hats off 👏...infact all your works are like this...concise, articulate but with an underlying wit...I love your works...😃

This Ragini is infinitely far more sinister than the previous one...she has no emotions and nothing to loose...her determination to ruin swara is deadly even after knowing that she does not want lakshya in her life...it just states her twisted way of looking at things and it surely sent shivers down my spine...making lakshya taste his own medicine is fine but targeting swara is beyond me. ..I just don't understand how on earth would she be redeemed...😕

I don't know if I have said before, that your work on ragini monologue is my favourite from all your works closely followed by sanskaar's mono...and then comes your OS friends...Sanskaar is my favourite, but I think I am in a league of my own when I say that Ragini follows sanskaar in my favourite list...😆...I like charcters with layers...one D characters bore me to death...🥱

Originally posted by: hasinig89

Amazing Letter... after reading this whole thing just got the flashes of our innocent , sweet ragini ... One thing that changed her completely... LOVE ... her love for lakshya , her madness to get him at any cost... Love which turned her from sweet to Evil , caring person to most selfish person...

👏👏👏

Originally posted by: medhasankar

Shrutu🤗,

That childishness was cute.😛

I got bored with writing sugar and spice and everything nice for a while now...that series and the later OS were making me a diabetic. Just had to write something with a bit of garlic in it.😃

That Charon analogy was cool wasn't it? I am fascinated by the Greek mythology thing just as you are. Once saw a painting with the ferryman rowing the boat over the river of hell. You know one of those which you get in hotel rooms, although why that is supposed to make u feel better about being in a room I dunno😕

Anyway...so I got my weird loop hat on...and as Sakura put it..she said she was shocked to see Ragini writing letters from my account.😆

I am glad u enjoyed it. This Ragini I think I can sum up by Voldemort's quote:

There is no good or evil. There is only power and those too weak to seek it.

and I needed a way to insult Lakshya a bit...politely after the new rules on the forum.😉

Originally posted by: tootiefrootie11

Medhs

This is really random but talking of Greek based mytho- have you read David Gemmell's series on Troy- it's a trilogy, the last one his wife finished after his untimely death. It's a grand re-telling of the Troy legend but from an entirely different perspective, all the same legends with an alternative version. I absolutely love it, it makes my all time fave list. I love all his works but this one is truly astounding to me. Lot's of people don't get it but I get a sense you'd like it- didn't know if you'd come across it.

Also, sent you an essay on PM- sorry!!!

Originally posted by: Sunandabhowmik

nice letter.

Oh My Gosh! That was one powerful and intense letter Medha. It was brilliantly done!👏

Originally posted by: misaki

Oh My Gosh! That was one powerful and intense letter Medha. It was brilliantly done!👏

Honestly, I have never liked or cared for Swara's character much. Apart from her being Sanskaar's love of course. Ragini however has always fascinated me. I really love well thought out and layered characters. Ragini is definitely one of them. I love how even though she really has turned into the dark side she still is so very real and believable. It's not mindless scheming and plotting or hatred . We know where the hatred is coming from, we know why she is the way she is . In fact after Sanskaar she might actually be my favorite character in terms of how believable and well written her character is. There is no OTT drama, no villainy laugh, no loud make up, innocent face and a good back story. She is definitely one of my top 5 favorite villains on TV till now. Sometimes I wish her sister had at least 10 % of her brains. I really do.🤔

I loved that you actually wrote this one to Laksh. I see people saying how Laksh doesn't deserve someone as evil and crazy as Ragini is. But I seriously beg to differ. I in fact believe that Laksh along with Shekar and Dadi were the very people who drove her into the other side. If anything I truly believe Laksh doesn't deserve either of the sisters.

I don't know what to say, seriously. I'm speechless. This has to be one of my favorite works of yours 👏 This is BRILLIANT!
I'm honest, i never liked Ragini's character since the beginning, i don't why. I always prefered Swara over her. The shy Ragini at the beginning became a devil (maybe?) right now.
And all this happened because of Laksh Maheshwari. The initial description you gave of Ragini was mindblowing. I'm watching the show from the beginning and Ragini always followed her Dada Dadi and dad. She never spoke for herself. She always agreed to what they said without complaining. And yeah she met Laksh, her soon to be husband and fall in love with him. She didn't know he would not love her back at that time. He kept playing with her emotions again and again, while she kept suffering.
I don't know what she found in Laksh 😲 And i agree with you that she deserves better.
The reference to the Greek mithology was superb, as i personally loved it. It's fascinating.
This line She lost her heart the day she found her soulmate. That ain't you. Bang on! What a line 👏
Medha you are brilliant, simply brilliant. I'm in love with this letter. Thank you for writing it 😳

Originally posted by: Smilelicious

I don't know what to say, seriously. I'm speechless. This has to be one of my favorite works of yours 👏 This is BRILLIANT!
I'm honest, i never liked Ragini's character since the beginning, i don't why. I always prefered Swara over her. The shy Ragini at the beginning became a devil (maybe?) right now.
And all this happened because of Laksh Maheshwari. The initial description you gave of Ragini was mindblowing. I'm watching the show from the beginning and Ragini always followed her Dada Dadi and dad. She never spoke for herself. She always agreed to what they said without complaining. And yeah she met Laksh, her soon to be husband and fall in love with him. She didn't know he would not love her back at that time. He kept playing with her emotions again and again, while she kept suffering.
I don't know what she found in Laksh 😲 And i agree with you that she deserves better.
The reference to the Greek mithology was superb, as i personally loved it. It's fascinating.
This line She lost her heart the day she found her soulmate. That ain't you. Bang on! What a line 👏
Medha you are brilliant, simply brilliant. I'm in love with this letter. Thank you for writing it 😳