#devdas fanfiction

[fanfictionroxs]

My little thoughts and feelings about each character in Only Friends (post ep7):

Boston - Love him. This guy is single handedly responsible for the drama and glee and joy I get from this show. Of course there are other factors, but ugh Boston what a great guy! Hope he records more of his friends kissing and causes havok and gets more beatings by Mew in swimming pools. Hilarious!

Nick - Pathetic little menace lol. He has a cute vulnerable face that is so damn adorable that I get even Boston falling for it. Complete traitor though. Responsible for all the problems in his love life though he likes to pretend otherwise. I hope Sand fucks him and calms him down. Boston couldn't do it.. maybe Sand can.

Top - Mr. Top tier playboy, whose fame I don't buy because if you don't care for your partner's pleasure, who the FUCK would recommend you LMAO! Anyway, he is actually a fucking romantic at heart with top tier date ideas. This man just needs someone to househusband him and fuck him nice and proper and Mew is just the person for it. But since Mr. Idiot fucked up things big time, who knows if they will even end up together?

Ray - Thailand's gay Devdas. If you don't know who that is, shame on you! Anyway, I have feelings of extreme fury towards him while also wanting to yeet him into rehab asap because this child is not crossing 25 otherwise. Needs to get his behaviour in fucking order and needs to treat Sand better or else I'm jumping in that show to beat him up like Mew jumped in the pool to beat Boston. Also, he's super hot and I totally get Sand, but I would still kick his ass to the curb. But I kind of want to cry at his beauty, bl drama gods have mercy!

Mew - MY SON! I have adored him in his calm era and I adore him in his raging era. Such a self-aware king. Vengeful as FUCK! Calm like the ocean, but if you piss him off.. well be ready for a fucking tsunami. I hope by the end of the show, he is able to find a balance between both sides of his because there is as much strength in being kind as there is in being cunning and sharp. And together, these traits make for a lethal combo! I'm fine whether he takes back Top or not. I just want him happy by the end with that honor student batch and sipping some nice mock-tails with his moms.

Sand - MY SON! Will definitely become Thailand's pansexual/bisexual Taylor Swift with the amount of banger songs he is going to make after all this drama. A self-aware king much like Mew, though I think he has more issues poor boy. I wish he loves himself more and dumps Ray's ass lol (I say that while my RaySand heart cries like a little bitch). Anyway, he is single-handedly responsible for feeding my angsty fanfiction heart. Heartbreak makes him look SO pretty, no wonder Ray keeps doing that to him (I'm a horrible person dont kill me please!). BUTT! I want a happy ending for him whether it's with Ray or not. Also, I need someone to attic husband him (hint hint RAY nudge nudge though in my fanfic Top does it hehe) and take care of him because this man cares for everyone, BUT NO ONE DOES IT FOR HIM! WHERE'S THE LOVING FOR MY LOVEY DOVEY BABY?!

Well that's all folks! Can't wait for ep8 to cry some more!

[chainsawcorazon]

12 and 14 for the ask game?

Ah yes, the logistics of it all!

12. Do you prefer writing in silence or to music?

Music ON! I create playlists for writing all the time. Sometimes, I will have a designated song for a fic. When I was a kid, I once had a Bollywood song on repeat for six hours straight while writing a Twilight fanfiction. It was from the movie Devdas (the Shah Rukh Khan version) 🤣

14. What aspects of your creative process do you enjoy most? Which are most challenging?

Drafting and writing out the stories are my favorite things to do! The most challenging is editing and revisions prior to publication bc then I have to take off my Creative hat and instead put on my Reviewer hat. I do not get any fanworks beta’d as I simply do not have the patience, so I suffer through revisions alone. However, I enjoy it! Writing is my favorite hobby after reading, so I tend to treat it with surgical precision. It’s the OCD, and I’ve weaponized it 🤣

[paneerlajwanti]

one (1) announcement for desis: pls v. v. important pls read

romance tropes, but desi edition,, you know the two people competing while trying to impress the one theyre pining for,, yeah but then the crush rejects them or not but later they realize they are actually trying to impress each other while trying to get the hand of their crush?? youve heard that one right? yeah so erase this entire thing you have ever read and replace it with what i am writing below,,.the exact same trope but its devdas and make it wlw, chandramukhi and paro pine for dev, i mean pine is a very humiliaiting word that makes it sound so small,, but let my bisexual brain run with headcanons,, they long for dev and both of them can never see that becoming a reality,, so we have option number one,, where dev disassociates from both of them,, realizing theyre both too good for him and he'll be stuck in this loop and he will never do justice to what they owe him and just, GOD I HAVENT WORKED OUT THE DETAISLL HELL,, this has a lot of hooploles but stick with me,, or option two,, after the canon passing away at the doors of paro,, chandramukhi turns up at her door and AAAAAAAAAAAAAA havent worked this out, this idea is too raw i just had it,, but yeah they turn to each other in this moment of sorrow and agony,, because who else in the whole wide world would know what that feeling in the heart for dev felt like,, and oh lord i hate using this word if it sounds cringe but they seek solace in one another's feelings,, oh fuck this is getting long,, but oh lord can i get to the point very quick,, they spend sleepless nights talking to each other, paro showed chandramukhi all the places they spent their childhood together, she would show her the little things that they would do as children, and chandramukhi took paro to where dev would stay in his later days, FUCK THIS NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON,, but okay so,, actual getting to the point,, i want a scene where lovely bisexual chandramukhi reminisced with paro and she was relating to one night where dev described paro, her beauty, her charm, her mannerisms,, and she was carressing paro's face as she described every feature of her face, she tucked an uljhi hui latt behind her ears as she spoke to her,, chandramukhi went on and on and on,, then paro, with tears streaming down her eyes looks at chandramukhi, bends forward, pulled her in and kissed her soft, long and hard.

[magnus-the-maqnificent]

One amazing thing about being from a region whose people are rarely found in fandom is that there's many original regional movies to base a fanfiction off 🤭

The only downside... is that there are too many regional movies to base fanfictions off

[phati-sari]

Hi PS

Hope you and yours are doing good..sending lots of positive vibes..

For the movie ask..

Jodha Akbar..

Take care

Hello!!

Thank you for the positivity :) I'm sending some right back at you!!

Pretty People Rewriting History

Troy but make it Bollywood

Jodhaa Akbar

I watch this multiple times a year, it makes the happy chemicals in my brain. It's everything I want in a movie: it's entertaining, it's gorgeous, and it has amazing songs.

One of my favourite things is that despite its grand scale, the movie remains accessible in a way something like Devdas doesn't. Unlike a SLB production, the grandeur doesn't keep you at arm's length. The costumes, dialogue, cinematography and camera-work (particularly in battle scenes) remind me strongly of Troy, which is another favourite of mine! I'd put money down on there being some ~inspiration~ from Troy, honestly. And like Troy, this movie reframes history to focus on a romantic story.

The narrative, however, reads like some bizarre fanfiction where Jalal, a man historically known to have a harem and multiple wives, is shown in a monogamous, true love situation. I concede that it's difficult to sell this romantic story if one includes the harem and multiple wives (see: Jodha Akbar, the ZeeTV serial), but making Salima a servant and elevating Mariam-uz-Zamani to chief wife is weird no matter how you look at it.

 It's the undercurrent it perpetuates: Mughal ruler needs Rajput wife to show him how to be a better human being. To be fair, Jodhaa doesn't preach and lecture to Jalal until he changes his ways (see: Jodha Akbar, the ZeeTV serial), but the framing of every good thing Jalal does as being influenced by his Rajput queen is annoying and largely unnecessary except to further the stereotype. The portrayal of Islam and Muslims in Bollywood is something I will always have an issue with though. I respect the message of unity in this movie but I think we need to retain an awareness of its historical revisionism.

Roshan honestly has no business looking so good in this movie, that shirtless sword sequence probably informed many a sexual awakening. But for an actor who acts with his eyes (like Fawad Khan and Barun Sobti), the way he portrayed anger was so ... awkward? The Amrish Puri level eye widening was way too much. Maybe he learned it from Maham Anga. AND THE MUSIC every time it happens makes me cringe. Rai’s performance felt effortless, no surprises there. Sonu Sood is where it’s at though, I cannot believe so many people are still sleeping on his brilliance. He’s been a fave of mine since Ek Vivah ... Aisa Bhi.

15/10, including two bonus points for the sindoor moment after Manmohana, because I’m a sucker for sindoor moments. This one’s not to be missed.

Thanks for asking!! Take care :) 

Send me a movie. PS roasts the classics.

[scallionpallion]

16,22 and 32 💖💖

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16. Favorite love story?

Counting out Romeo and Juliet (and fanfiction), let’s go with the tragic – and real – romance of the tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan and lieutenant Sixten Sparre, whose love wasn't accepted by society, and which ended in a double suicide. It was portrayed beautifully in the movie Elvira Madigan (1967).

Actually, let’s add another tragic love story in here: Devdas, about a man whose family forbids him to marry the woman he loves, which leads to his life spiralling out of control (and the woman doesn’t fare much better). Originally a book, filmed several times. I’ve only watched the 2002 movie version which I would recommend, it’s visually gorgeous and incredibly heartbreaking (and by the same director that made Bollywood-Romeo and Juliet!).

22. Fictional crushes?

I’m trying to remember if I ever had any? What even counts as a crush when it come to fictional characters?? D: (Haruka from Sailor Moon makes my eyes heart-shaped though).

 32. Favorite romcom (or any romantic movie)?

That would be Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a Bollywood movie from 1998. It’s silly, funny, romantic, dramatic, has some great musical numbers, and I never get tired of it. It stars the always excellent Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as the main characters, and their chemistry is truly magical. (They made two more movies together that I also love almost as much as this: Kabhie Kushie Kabhie Gham and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Watch them all and laugh and weep.)

I have to add add a video of this beautiful scene from the movie:

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I love them so much *_*

[khalix-hyetology]

Slices of Writing (4)

Emotions and Logic really do govern the three dimensional space you create in stories. They add dimensions that readers and explore and question. Yes, question. Questioning is a good quality. Even if they feel you lacked something that meant they diligently read your pieces. If they have nothing to say that means your work brought indifference to them. You don’t want indifference there unless that is what you aimed for in some segments. Positive questions could be a synchronicity to their own ideas and feelings. That is also rewarding. You wrote something that understood them. Being understood is an important thing. More on that later.  Well, now that you understand the weight of emotions and logic you are going to wonder where to place them. They usually are placed in characters and the plot. And, without those a story would just be, in computer terms, free-flowing data and not information. Information that they can relate to, or enjoy or even find meaningful paths in. Knowledge can also course through your writing because we all have a knowledge to offer. Even in someone’s work if someone find something oppositional in is providing factors/knowledge to be antithetical to. I use knowledge here as a subjective idea and experience. It does not necessarily have to be fact. If you get facts wrong then you can obviously correct them. Your readers will point them out to you. Don’t be antagonistic to it. If you are writing something contextual then readers may have different opinions. That is good. It means you retained some form of originality.  This is different than say trying to offend or sensationalise for the sake of sensationalism and scandal. That is not being original. That is pretty much being a cliche. You are arousing resentment and bitterness because you want publicity. That is not knowledge. That is a cheap trick. Do not reduce yourself and your writing to that. You can do better than that and testing your inner and outer wealth of life and mind is a productive way.  Onwards to the final points. 

Building your Original Characters — Original Characters may seem difficult to write. Initially, they seem to hard to come by. For many online writers the original characters they can first write are characters for role playing and fanfiction. There is nothing wrong with that. That is still making original characters. Sometimes, we find it easier looking at a pre-existing story and putting into characters there. That is not being lazy, unoriginal or tacky. Professionals do it too. That is why Disney makes a lot of money out of fairytales and we have blockbusters and we have genres. Do not let anyone tell you your writing an original character in fanfiction is not serious and is unimaginative. They are being unimaginative and trying to shame you because they don’t have your courage. At least you are trying and also succeeding.  Also, @fandomsandfeminism once reblogged a post that is VERY IMPORTANT. We have all been told that writing Mary Sues are stupid and that it means nothing but laziness. If that is true then so many professional writers are guilty of this. Mary Sues are hated because people critique mostly women/girls/females who write them. It is another form of misogyny to an extent. Don’t believe me? Think about James Bond. James Bond is a Mary Sue/Gary Stu in many ways. Yes, he is a professional agent but there is no reason for him to always get women and be victorious as much as he has. Still James Bond is a big franchise. There are many characters like Bond including Batman, Tony Stark, Captain America and Superman who have so many moments go well for them and their franchise has only recently given them flaws. Mary Sues are a female’s way to appropriate some of the REALLY HARSH cultural demands on them. So the criticism is pretty gendered if you think about it. If Original Characters (OCs) are also a bit like you there is nothing WRONG with that. Even if they are based a lot on you there is nothing completely wrong with that either. The classic Les Miserables protagonists Jean Valjean and Javert are actually based a lot on the author, Victor Hugo. Still, that book has themes and plot that is now a classic.  One of my favourite animes is Psycho Pass and I can say right now that both Shogo Makishima, the villain, and Shinya Kougami, the “hero,” are both Mary Sues. In real life both of them would have the dunce cap on their head they have in those old cartoons. In real life, people would be annoyed and rightly so by both of them. One is a gross idealist and the other tries to act like a gloomy ass man. Still people loves the show and love them. I am guilty of loving Shogo Makishima a lot too. I know he is flawed by being a Sue so I love that flaw.  Mary Sues are usually liked and even treated as paragons when they are male characters. They are not usually liked when they are female characters. That is just unfortunately the sexism of mainstream cultures. A very good example of a Mary Sue is either an exaggeration of abilities or the lack of them. Female Mary Sues usually occupy the latter space and that can be a negative representation of females yet still a Mary Sue. One example, is Bella Swan from the Twilight series. I don’t think there is anything wrong that Stephenie Meyer and Bella Swan look similar. I think it is wrong that Bella doesn’t do much in the series aside loving Edward. Even her love for Edward is a bit erratic but people love this story more because Bella is interested in love. If Bella Swan was Brendan Swan and he was interested in Edward or Ellie Cullen the story would be different. Of course, people would have a hard time believing a male would be this invested in love. They may even make a homophobic comment or two if this was Brendan and Edward. However, no one would be very hostile towards Brendan. They would attempt to understand him alongside criticising him. I am guilty of this too. You know there is a slight similar male Bella Swan too in literature. Classical literature and it is considered one of the best stories by a South Asian author named Saratchandra Bhattacharya. The novel was named Devdas. Dev is a complete love obsessed young man like Bella. He also does destructive things like Bella when he is separated from his love. Instead, of criticising him for his weird behaviour readers lauded his devotion to his loved one (I was guilty of this too). Oh there was a Jacob in that story too. Her name was Chandramukhi. And like Jacob she was also really pushed to the side of the story.    Why I am telling you this is that you can always refine your original characters. And, they can similar to you. Nothing wrong with that. There is no one else like you so rather your original character have some of your original qualities. If your original character is trans or gender fluid or nonbinary remember to treat them with respect. Do not make your romances heteronormative or inescapably sweet regardless of orientation. Try to write real interactions. If possible try to balance angst with sarcasm and humour. Angst is also important. Teengers can question their life and existences. Don’t let anyone shame you into thinking that is wrong to do. Make OCs like yourself, like your friends and like anyone you know. Give them emotions and logic. Give them purpose. Even the simple one of getting out of bed and going to school. For someone with depression, that is a huge feat. And, that is something important. Give your characters ideas and actions you wanted to explore but couldn’t. Or, something you have experienced and faced. You can make them choose the opposite of what you did and what happened to you. Characters can be larger than life in the sense that you are larger than life. You occupy spaces, real not imaginary, and your actions have effects on yourself and others. Thus your characters can get this energy from you and that can be shown when you are writing. You can experiment with characters too. Have them make mistakes, make them fail exams, make them be a loser until their mid-30s and then change and become winners.  Think about them having dyslexia or a reading disability, think of them having synaesthesia , think of them having interaction problems and many more things. The problems in your character’s life need not be only romance. It could be things aside romance, sex and even epic battles.  Your characters have possibilities because you have possibilities. Never forget that. 

Only You Can Write Your Plot — Despite what people say about Twilight, and I don’t really like it, I truly believe only Meyer could write that story. Only Suzanne Collins could have written The Hunger Games and only J. K Rowling could have written Harry Potter. Yes, we may have similar ideas but we will never have identical ideas. This preserves our originality and theirs. We can strive for their merits but ultimately we have to practice our own fortes and crafts. Stephen King is not trying to copy Rowling and neither is Neil Gaiman trying to copy King and Rowling. Yet, we all know and enjoy these authors and their works. We enjoy them because they have their own signature style.  You have your own signature style. You just have to develop it. Only you can write your plot. Your plot comes from you and can come from no one else. You should take that as your confidence. Your style could be that you write very detailed friendships. Think about the author Courtney Summers. I like Summers’ work because she talks very detailed experiences of childhood abuse especially on female circles. Yes, Margaret Atwood also wrote one book on it — Cat’s Eye. But Summers wrote things that people actually didn’t want to believe but I am happy she wrote them. She wrote about female on female violence and the hierarchy on female childhood “gangs.” People could not fathom how there seemed to be like a pecking order like that as in males but there are. Summers was good in exploring how people get vengeance and how petty people can be when they feel they have been slighted. The way she writes petty anger is also well highlighted. We need authors who can do that.  So, think about what you know about specially. It could be that you also have betrayed friendships or a very intimate one. Perhaps your character is figuring out their sexuality. Perhaps they are finding out they are gay or even bisexual. Perhaps they even don’t understand their straightness and how to operate in a straight world because it puts too much demands on sex and dating. You can do a lot with your plot and you can talk a lot about various topics in plot.  Going back to Twilight and Harry Potter. The story of Twilight may be annoying to some but it has a good quality in trying to show about love and finding yourself a community. In Harry Potter there are aspects of goods versys evils but also understanding community and coexisting with different types of people. The Hunger Games is also about how strong love can be very enduring. Overall, it is also about perseverance, endurance and the spirit’s need for justice.  Can you write a story like The  Hunger Games? Why not? Think about a story where your character is up against something. What if your character is in high school and they have to endure trying to get out of a toxic friendship? What if your character has to deal with homophobia? What if your character is a POC female and deals with misogyny and racism on a daily basis? Those are also stories of perseverance. endurance and spirit’s need for justice. See, the stories don’t need to be identical. They can have similar themes and speak volumes with your originality intact.  There are many other plotlines you can write within the main story (as in different logics and emotions). This also seems realistic and drives out monotony. But, if you really wanna focus on one thing that is no problem either. Anything can be made engaging. Good writers practice even to make the events of a day seem magical and impactful as they can be. Look at the novels Ulysses, Mrs Dalloway and The Hours for that. You can customise your story any way you want because after all it is your story. Now, I am going back to the part of understanding. Perhaps, your story makes your readers feel understood. Then you must also develop empathy not only in your writing but yourself. I know in social media there are many posts about being nice to people, nice to your followers on blogs and also mutuals but many people don’t practice it. I know they don’t. Many people personally confide to me on how people use them, betray them or even after knowing all their sadnesses think it is okay to abandon them.  You should have the originality to know how you can handle your stories and your readers with as much empathy as possible. Do not slight anyone if you feel they are not like you or have different views than you. Do not actively act rude with someone who was overenthusiastic with you. If they say your writing gave them peace at a time of utter misery then please be proper and treat them nicely. If you feel they act “overbearing” do not tell them to get lost easily. You are not being a reliable writer if you cannot handle some of the critiques, success or even questions to your writing. Be understanding. After all the person who connected with your writing also did you the service of understanding you.  Your plot can only be written by you.  As you are an original and have originality your writing can be developed to reflect that aspect of you. Don’t give up. Practice and intuitively keep at it.

That concludes my Slices of Writing posts. Thank You to everyone who have read this series. And, remember customise the rules in which way you see fit. I am happy if I was able to help you in any way. Good day and Goodnight to everyone. And, KEEP WRITING!

[chainsawcorazon]

im creating my own fanfiction prompt list for all my hindi film fans out there 😤