Originally posted by: FleetingWishes.
Heyy!! This is such a beautiful post. Your love for Abhimanyu is intricately woven into each word you've written. And I whole-heartedly agree with your statement regarding characters having flaws. On a personal level, I feel like as viewers we've generally started to demand ideal versions of our lives in stories. I mean to be human is to be ridiculous and flawed and problematic. We all live in bubbles and do ridiculous things without wanting to.
Wrote this in another thread but want to reiterate that storytelling really is about good people doing bad things without wanting to. I'm glad at least in that regard yrkkh is nothing like an ekta show with caricaturish villains and motivations. I like my characters problematic because that's literally how people are. Obviously, context is king and the criterion is always whether I can empathize with the character, stand in his shoes and walk his miles. As long as I can do that I enjoy the arcs and actions.
What's interesting is that when Abhimanyu asked Akshara what love was she had a stable idea, a vague definition if not a complete picture. But Abhimanyu had no clue, no example or analogy to draw from. When he fell in love it was a freefall. A melting pot of intense, conflicting emotions erupted like a whirlpool beneath his feet and he dove in head-first, both exhilarated and petrified. Akshara is now the center of his gravity and I think he's still struggling with what that truly means and how deep this need for her runs in his blood.
He's still scared, he's still evolving in love, and it's not going to be an easy ride for either of them. But the more they know about each other, the more they progress together the more comfortable he'll grow with these intense, batshit crazy feelings she ignites in him.
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