Resurgence | Arshi FF | Thread 2 | thread 3 link posted on page 150 - Page 15

Originally posted by: SwatStar_Arshi

Oh crap! I missed this before, maybe I always felt nauseated to read about La and Shyam too...

But just realized La deserves every bit of shit from Arnav, in chapter -> Interlude 1 : Lavanya’s House of Cards

Lavanya thinking -> She had Manali find out every thing about him. He had an arranged marriage when he was a struggling engineer. To a dehati from a village no less. No wonder he had troubles in his marriage now that he was a fairly successful businessman. Manali’s sources told her he lived in a rented penthouse, alone and his wife was nowhere in picture. He was now going to be a producer and be introduced to the liberating and glamorous world of Bollywood, where a broken marriage wasn’t a taboo like the rest of this oppressive country. And she didn’t even care that he was married. She knew the pull was physical. That once she gets this over with, she will be able to move on.

So she dressed accordingly. Arnav Singh Raizada was coming home with her tonight.

Wow... just wow... This woman is worst than I ever imagined...

I really want to see how Arnav takes revenge from La and Manali for hurting Khushi in the process tough...

I missed replying to this in morning. Isn't this already started. Akash tells payal the budget of lavanya's film is slashed and that's why his movie got extra budget for outdoors

That's lavanya's film Arnav is producing right? This was one of his threats to Manali. Or am I misreading that conversation between akash and payal

Would love to see their complete annihilation though

Originally posted by: Learrntowrite

he has made a huge blunder.

I disagree with last part though. He has made a mistake and now when he’s realising it. Apart from guilt what other emotion is he supposed to feel?

Here are the paragraphs from the chapter Shyami quoted from Arnav’s pov

‘As much as he wanted to drop to his knees and bawl his eyes out for possibly one of the biggest mistakes of his life, he couldn’t do it. His outbursts can wait. Khushi possibly needed him more.’

‘In the past three months, he had foolishly believed that the intense ache of longing for her was the height of his pain. How naive he had been. Those agonizing moments paled in comparison to the overwhelming rush of emotions crashing upon him at this very instant. In a heartbeat, he would have willingly given away anything, everything, just to have her close to himself right now. To assuage the pain that he himself had wrought upon her. The haunting visions of Khushi, alone and crying within these very walls, became too much. Nausea rose within him, as if his very being rebelled against the weight of his unease, rendering it unbearable, intolerable.’

He is also admitting he misread her unhappiness. What else but guilt could he feel?

‘How did he completely misread his Khushi? Not just in that instant, but for months? His assumption that she was unhappy was correct, and yet his perception had been grievously flawed. She was not miserable with him, as he had once believed. She was miserable without him.’

A mistake?????

Did he talk to his wife after first mistake and confess/accept?? Maybe even that time he could have separated from her after telling her about La, his choice was to continue affair behind his wife's back & ill-treat her! He wasn't guilty back then, was he?

Guilt is pointless now because the past cannot be changed, anyways too little too late!

Does he regret his actions?? No...

Originally posted by: Ashviniv

I missed replying to this in morning. Isn't this already started. Akash tells payal the budget of lavanya's film is slashed and that's why his movie got extra budget for outdoors

That's lavanya's film Arnav is producing right? This was one of his threats to Manali. Or am I misreading that conversation between akash and payal

Would love to see their complete annihilation though

Originally posted by: shyamidutt

Exactly he made a gross miscalculation. Like someone said in the previous comments the whole Lavanya debacle threw him off his personality??

Everything he did with khushi from not giving her reasons on why he don't want children, telling her to stop visiting lucknow, ignoring her after that, going away for a week without merely any communication, the aftermath of the baby drama and then finally locking the coffin tight with his infidelity, treating her like a PIECE OF SH!T in her own home in the last months, already proceeding with the divorce without even telling a word to her, but his girl friend, friends, secretary and everyone else under the sun is much much much more than just miscalculation.

I am not an arnav hater, my heart not just breaks for khushi but also for that 24 year back breaking, hard working arnav. This 34 year old not only wronged khushi but also the 24 year old arnav.

What he did is almost irredeemable but let's see.

If shyam killed his wife physically, arnav killed khushi emotionally and the later one is the worst.

Originally posted by: Pujakrishna

Everything he did with khushi from not giving her reasons on why he don't want children, telling her to stop visiting lucknow, ignoring her after that, going away for a week without merely any communication, the aftermath of the baby drama and then finally locking the coffin tight with his infidelity, treating her like a PIECE OF SH!T in her own home in the last months, already proceeding with the divorce without even telling a word to her, but his girl friend, friends, secretary and everyone else under the sun is much much much more than just miscalculation.

I am not an arnav hater, my heart not just breaks for khushi but also for that 24 year back breaking, hard working arnav. This 34 year old not only wronged khushi but also the 24 year old arnav.

What he did is almost irredeemable but let's see.

If shyam killed his wife physically, arnav killed khushi emotionally and the later one is the worst.

I agree with you 💯.

But having said that when a person realizes his mistakes and is suffering for them his redemption already started. Whether Khushi accepts, forgives or moves forward in life is completely her choice and her decision. Arnav deserves every pain and suffering he is going through and might go through in the future. But the first step to redemption is accepting the depth of his mistakes and suffering for doing so.

Infidelity in real life or fiction is not as black and white or cut and dry as we think. There are lots and lots of grey in there. And suffering is inevitable especially on the spouse who was cheated on. Sometimes it’s irreparable damage and sometimes based on circumstances a compromise. I was just pointing to the characters we see here.

I totally understand where you are coming from Puja and I was just expressing my thoughts based on the story I’m currently reading. 😊

Originally posted by: shyamidutt

I agree with you 💯.

But having said that when a person realizes his mistakes and is suffering for them his redemption already started. Whether Khushi accepts, forgives or moves forward in life is completely her choice and her decision. Arnav deserves every pain and suffering he is going through and might go through in the future. But the first step to redemption is accepting the depth of his mistakes and suffering for doing so.

Infidelity in real life or fiction is not as black and white or cut and dry as we think. There are lots and lots of grey in there. And suffering is inevitable especially on the spouse who was cheated on. Sometimes it’s irreparable damage and sometimes based on circumstances a compromise. I was just pointing to the characters we see here.

I totally understand where you are coming from Puja and I was just expressing my thoughts based on the story I’m currently reading. 😊

@bold - this is what i feel too. no one (or most everyone) decides to cheat on their spouse intentionally. don't get me wrong they do cheat is still despicable but infidelity is not a broad brush stroke. Every case is different, every story is different is what I feel.

there is case of one of my friends. she is deeply unhappy in marriage. her husband is not able to emotionally support her. she has tried counselling, spirituality and everything. even her husband agrees with her assessment. they don't want to separate for the child. she asked her husband once that what if i strayed? he understood what she was asking and he contemplated too. though she is still holding on to the marriage sanctity but u see this is very delicate situation. every case will have their own story to tell

edit - thats why i feel its very easy to judge people from afar.

Originally posted by: vshkr

Hi Arpita, congrats on the new thread🤗

This update was so heart wrenching! It felt like I was going through what Khushi was going through…. You really are a gifted writer when it comes to making the audience feel just like the characters….
I’m sure Manali and Lavanya are the ones who sent those images to Khushi…. Lavanya is an obsessive psycho, who wants Arnav but hook or crook….. And Manali is her partner in crime….. Having an affair with a married man is a big no even if she wants to justify that by saying she loves him…. Its morally wrong period….. and the same applies to Arnav…. Nothing ever justifies infidelity…. Even when the man says he was unhappy in the marriage, it doesn't warrant an affair… i’ve come across this as the most common justification given by a man who has an extra-marital affair…. Agreed that they might be truly unhappy… but the partner deserves to know that the man is no longer in love with them…. Its the least respect that they deserve…. At least for the sake of the good times they had…. And then spilt and be free to date whomever they want…. Arnav definitely did not have any respect towards Khushi and her feelings…. A relationship cannot exist without mutual respect towards each others feelings….
P.S: in the next chapter, please do not write Lavanya-Arnav romance in detail….. just reading the description of the photographs was enough to kill me😣 it felt as if Arnav cheated on us (the fandom) and not just Khushi…. Please please pretty please…. Dont write the details of their romance… leave it to the reader’s imagination… i’m sure we all can’t take the details….

I think I can understand the feeling of you saying it looks like Arnav cheated on us. I think so many people have taken the story personally. It makes me happy and terrified in equal measure :)

Also, I think tomorrow’s chapter is anyway difficult for you guys since the beginning. So many people pointed out to emotional infidelity being just as gross and tough to read. I am not saying what’s coming up tomorrow will warrant that. But yeah. It’s time we get it over with the suspense and secrecy. If you’re worried about the physical intimacy part in detail, I don’t think I can do that even if I want. I’m not comfortable with those scenes just yet. So that’s anyway out of the question. Of course it doesn’t mean that we won’t have any of that. But you don’t need to worry bout the details :)

Originally posted by: Learrntowrite

I am sure she did. I am able to see these things because I loved these two chapters a lot. I have read them repeatedly and every time there is something new. I am sure this will continue in other chapters.

Also because I was mildly obsessed with her previous FFs 😆. I have them memorised. In resurgence she is doing it like an expert. But she always had this habit of leaving the crumbs for her readers. Love is in the air had a scene where hero heroine end up on stage together, and hero knew the dialogues of the play because in previous chapters she specifically mentioned him watching all her rehearsals. DCT had similar things.

But resurgence is so potent in that department Appy di. Even I want to know what pooja asked.

Leaving clues one or two chapters ago is understandable. But aman saw a crying Khushi in like chapter 3 and you revealed the reason almost 10 chapters later. In fact, aman noticed her attire and pearls. And then you write that this was Arnav’s first gift to Khushi and she wore it because she wanted to show Arnav she remembered good times (I am literally behaving like a detective. I am jumping between chapter and scenes to get these informations)

As someone who wants to start writing, this is a very genuine question. How far do you plan in advance? In how much detail do you plan?How are you keeping track of this all even. How are you making sure that you’ve revealed only enough to confuse us and that we don’t have answers until you reveal what happened 😭

I am asking all this seriously Appy di please take out time to answer.

This is a good question. I’m not sure if everyone takes this approach because this is the first time I’ve written something which jumps so much between past and present. It is hard keeping track of it.

Coming to first question. Yes you did observe correctly. In my head I know that Khushi knew about the whole thing. There should be a valid reason for her to act out of character too right? So Khushi’s responses were deliberately kept this way. For me it’s the other way round. I’m not worried about missing out on the detail and make her character by mistake behave like she didn’t know. I have to be careful that her character’s reaction doesn’t reveal too much before we arrive at certain point in the story.

So that’s all that goes in my head. Major milestones are already laid out in my mind. Like Khushi knew about cheating. Like Arnav had to find out a letter to know that Khushi was unhappy. But it wasn’t solely because of a child. It was because the one she loved was slipping away. Scenes and details come later. Hope it answers your questions to some degree 😊😊

Great discussion as always guys.

@shyami and @learn I’m glad you guys picked up on those paragraphs. We know we wanted sort of a redemption track. Weather he gets Khushi or not is a discussion for later times, but the truth is his heartache had begun the moment Khushi had left the house. He had battled with the realisation of missing her. And now the realisation that he grossly misunderstood what Khushi really wanted all this while. None of it lets him off the hook. But yeah, his troubles have started.

Valid points by everyone else. Till now we can see that his behaviour and the way he conducted the divorce proceedings had been hard on Khushi. We’ll know tomorrow what was going through his head during this whole time.

Originally posted by: VeiledWords

Thank you vshkr ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I think I can understand the feeling of you saying it looks like Arnav cheated on us. I think so many people have taken the story personally. It makes me happy and terrified in equal measure :)

Also, I think tomorrow’s chapter is anyway difficult for you guys since the beginning. So many people pointed out to emotional infidelity being just as gross and tough to read. I am not saying what’s coming up tomorrow will warrant that. But yeah. It’s time we get it over with the suspense and secrecy. If you’re worried about the physical intimacy part in detail, I don’t think I can do that even if I want. I’m not comfortable with those scenes just yet. So that’s anyway out of the question. Of course it doesn’t mean that we won’t have any of that. But you don’t need to worry bout the details :)