sanki_28
i feel weird addressing this but the bout of negative comments on my stories has been upsetting, so i couldn't say nothing.
did we watch the same show? was it not established that arnav is a morally grey character? that he makes mistakes and tries hard to fix them? that his trauma shaped how he views the world? that he changed himself to become what khushi deserved? because sometimes i think i'm the only one who interpreted it that way. what i love about ipkknd was that the characters were nuanced. they were not black or white. they had layers. khushi and arnav overcame a lot of prejudices to make a life together, which i found really beautiful.
yes, arnav made a lot of mistakes. he treated khushi deplorably early on. he had relationships before khushi. but he actively worked to become a better person towards the end of the show, and was nothing but loyal to khushi. do i think he would've cheated on lavanya? absolutely not. but do i think he would've been celibate before marriage, as a man who grew up with modern ideals and studied in the us? also no.
the bottom line is that khushi forgave him and does not care that he had girlfriends before her (except the sheetal track where khushi was lobotomised, so i don't care for it).
i didn't want to defend arnav, because there were a lot of times i didn't like the way the show treated his behaviour. but holding a character accountable is different from blindly hating them.
the way i write the characters is the way i interpret them, and i understand that not everyone agrees with me. if people have issues, the easiest remedy is to just not read my work. i won't be offended, i assure you. but what i cannot accept is people endlessly assassinating arnav's character in the comments. this is not the platform for that. the next such comment will be deleted and the commenter blocked.
i'm sorry if this is rude. i'm just tired of feeling bad about my writing and my love for the show, and i cannot deal with the negativity anymore.
Reginap2812
@sanki_28 Personally, I have no problem with Arnav's character even in the beginning of the show. What people often fail to notice is that they as viewers know both the sides of the story. Arnav's character knows nothing what is happening with Khushi's character or her POV, similarly Khushi knows nothing about what is happening or has happened with Arnav. Both are different personalities, handle situations differently which is fine. We think he is toxic or a bad character because we know the entire storyline. If most people knew only what Arnav knew they would behave like unreasonably as well. The only plot point that I can't ever agree with was when he calls her biggest mistake of my life. The show really went downhill after the kidnapping track of Arnav. But over the years I have even made my peace with it. I understand that because of all the actors demands and stuff they couldn't write in the show what they wanted to actually write. After Shyam's exposure it should have been out and out Arnav's redemption journey with Khushi. But anyways this just gives us a chance to change the story based on our fantasies :) I hope you don't take the hate comments seriously and continue writing. Write because you want to write and it makes you happy, not to please anyone else. I just ignore unnecessary comments, and if they are disrespectful just delete them, and block. I have noticed over a time period that there are specific people who won't ever appreciate, they don't even comment regularly. They will come to only say bad words to your story and target the writer. I am even fine with saying bad things about the story or characters.. that is fine but if they start targeting the author that is absolutely where you must draw the line. Remove them from your story. They want to read your story also and abuse you also, not like anyone has ever forced anyone to read their story. I hope this helps you a bit and you continue writing :) Have a great day :D
Reginap2812
@sanki_28 As a fellow writer who has written some stories on this platform, I can understand what you are saying even though I haven't read your comments. I think people don't understand that there will be no story without a morally grey Arnav. They want him to be all good, and Khushi to be all good. Yes, believe me that also happens because I tried to make Khushi a dark character in a story, and people just couldn't take that! I still didn't change the storyline I published it anyway. My point which I have repeated multiple times is that a story won't work if both of them are perfect human beings. How does the narrative move forward if there are no conflicts? That's basic but most people don't understand it till they write a story themselves. For there to be some sort of character development in a story, the character has to have some layers, they can't all be good and pious. The sudden obsession about Arnav having past girlfriends is also exhausting. I mean I get it if it's a fresh story not related to the show, but if your story is picking up from a point in the show how can you just ignore a main character? Throughout the entire first half of the show, Lavanya is an important character. I have also gotten comments like you authors are obsessed with showing Arnav as a manwhore, etc etc. What they fail to understand is no one is obsessed, it's fan fiction, every writer is fan of the show. So anyone who writes a story will at first pick up a plot from the show that they would like to change. And in the show he has a girlfriend, she is important because without Lavanya there wouldn't be Khushi and Arnav. The show is all about two different worlds colliding.
UsernamEQwerty12345
Hi author! I really don’t know what to say- actually that’s a lie I have too much to say and not sure how to put it all down into words without offending anyone- but anyway. I do know one thing, that if I don’t have anything nice to say, I don’t say anything. Especially if it’s about someone’s hard work. Because I know I will feel horrible if someone badmouthed something I had made with my whole heart. But I guess that’s just me. I’m really sorry you had to go through this. And I agree with what you’ve said, what makes IPK so beautiful is that the characters had so many layers to them. I hope a lot of positivity comes your way very soon, and you can cheer up again. (I would send a chocolate cake your way but I don’t really know where you live and I don’t want to go the creepy way to find out so I’ll leave it at that- but you totally should go buy one, I’ll reimburse you if I ever meet you!) Love what you do author, please be safe, healthy and happy!
