that new post was so much information and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. if you would be so kind to indulge me (unless it falls too much into The Weaver territory) I was wondering how the characters would react if Charvi came back to life (namely I'm really fishing for dhanyata 🥹)
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Thank you for the kind words!!! I love answering asks like these, it's very fun!!
This gives me the opportunity to talk about Charvi's death a bit, which I haven't done before. The thing about her passing is that it's senseless. 100%. There is no reason for her to die. You're told that she's gone, and you're like, "just like that? Off screen? She's dead now? Why?"
In the context of invasion and violence, there is never any reason for people to die. War is senseless. Absurd. Colonial ambition is not a real reason. Charvi dies like many other people in Nakshatravana Bay, and it touches everybody that knew her, but the world at large moves on and remains ignorant of the injustice that caused her death.
When Charvi started working at the fabric factory, she was one of many. But her voice was a little louder, she was a little too compassionate; she had a little too much hope for herself. It threatened the hand that fed, and so, the only reason she was murdered is that she existed as herself. And that's never a real reason.
But what if she came back to life, somehow? If you were strolling through the marketplace one day, and saw her gentle smile and swaying braids out of the corner of your eye, what would you do?
This is a question that torments Dhanyata many times, especially in the beginning. He thinks about this a lot. Immediately after Charvi's passing, he was a mess. Paranoid, afraid of the world, disoriented as to how to even live without her. If she came back then, he'd run to her immediately.
He'd embrace her and bawl his eyes out, apologize for not reaching her sooner when she needed him. He'd feel like he should be angry, ask why she ever left to work for these people— but he knows the answer and Dhanyata has never had it in himself to be angry.
He'd never let go. Every moment would be significant. They'd work hard to rebuild their life. There would be something eerie about seeing Charvi live after he's witnessed the opposite, but he'd ignore it, because everything would be normal again.
Now, if Charvi were to return later on, when he's fought hard to rebuild his life and pull himself out of depression, it would probably be different.
Dhanyata has found a new sense of normalcy at this point. He's still overly protective and frightened, but he's learned to accept things as they come. Would he go back to Charvi and drop his family? Probably not. He loves his wife now, whom you'll meet.
He'd take her in, and make her part of his life again in other ways. Tendresse is the word. He'd be gentle, nurturing, welcoming. He'd be delighted to show her the world again. Dhanyata would never question why she's here again. He doesn't want to think of that.
Vihaan wouldn't be able to look her in the eye. We know they're a rather avoidant person, and they feel responsible. Losing control or the situation was their worst nightmare. They were there when it happened, on a diplomatic mission.
None of this was ever meant to occur. Honestly? I don't think anyone's ever heard them yell in fury as loudly as they did at the time. The factory hall was entirely destroyed. The guy leading the staff got a slap across the face hard enough to double over on the ground.
What a disorganized, disgusting display of power. What he really wanted to say was, that's my friend. Vihaan would let Charvi rebuild her life without talking to her ever again. They believe they're cursed and bring misery to everyone around them anyway, mainly because of their chronic imperfection. But they don't know what to change, so they leave silently instead.
Sanath is the only person that wouldn't be okay with this. Not because they dislike Charvi or wouldn't be grateful to have her back, but because the dead are not supposed to return.
They'd be wary, and honest. Sanath would be the only person to look Charvi in the eye and say, do you really want to be here? Is there anything you've left unanswered or undone? But they're not doing it, because they know Charvi would disappear again amidst sea foam and never return. People need her. They're just looking from the sidelines.
As for Deepika, she would be deeply moved. There were so many years of shared girlhood and love between her and Charvi. Losing them all in an instant terrified her, and is part of the reason why she so readily complies with the invader.
Deepika has been terrorized and intimidated by them many times; losing Charvi made her lose her footing. If she were to return, so would Deepika's freedom. Charvi wasn't just a friend, but also a sister.
She represented liberty for everybody, but specially for Deepika. When Charvi was around, she felt like there was nothing she couldn't do. Similarly to Dhanyata, she'd never question her return. She'd just hold Charvi in her arms, and cry about how much she's missed her, and how much she never wants to miss her again. Deepika is a very one note woman in terms of showing emotion; Charvi is the exception.
Thank you for the very interesting question 🙂↕️
