#she's also related to tiago through his dad >>

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DANIELA MORALES

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TVF Tripling Season 1 and 2

I recently watched Tripling Season 2 and I had all mixed feelings? Tripling S1 also then had left a mixed feeling. There are elements I liked and disliked then and now but at the same time, it makes you laugh like anything. 

First, when I heard about the names of the characters, all I could do was hum the song “Chandan sa badan, Chanchal, Chitvan, dheere se tera ye muskaana...”, because my Dad loves that song and I have grown up listening to it. But much to my surprise their parents names are Chinmay and Charu (also starting with Ch) which was a nice detail.

Backstory - S1

Chandan Sharma, recently divorced, returns to Mumbai from US(?) to meet his brother, Chitvan, a DJ. They meet in a toilet. Chitvan, who has bought a Tata Tiago (the sponsor of the series) is running from the car’s EMI collectors (he has gone to jail or something? I don’t remember exactly) and drags Chandan to Jodhpur in his car, to meet their sister, Chanchal, who is married into a royal family and is supposedly pregnant. Chanchal reveals to her siblings that she is not actually pregnant and has lied due to family pressure. Following the fight between the siblings and Chanchal's husband, Pranav, (the famous “MadaFaqa” song, “Baba, you are beautiful” ,and the “Jijaji Baanj Hain?” from Chitvan) they unceremoniously leave the palace. Chandan, Chanchal and Chitvan leave Jodhpur to hit the road. On their journey they find themselves lost in the desert. They meet a group of Israeli girls who steal their car. On the road to find their stolen car, the siblings reach Bathinda, where they fight with the local car stealer and manage to reclaim their car. They fight among themselves (don’t remember why?) and travel separately to reach their parents’ home in Manali, to sort out the mess they are in. After all, “Crisis ke time pe family kaam aati hai.”

There are siblings who are sometimes alike but that is not the case, most of the time. The characters Chandan, Chitvan and Chanchal are quite messed up and are so so different from each other. They do not regularly keep in touch like for years and months (which baffles me a lot) but when they get together, sort any mess. I planted two Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower plants when I was in 9th standard. Hibiscus, doesn’t need seeds. I casually broke branches of the same plant and just placed them straight in the land (black soil). As it was rainy season, they sustained and grew well. But one of them grew really big and one remained small. The flowers of the plants were red but had different flowering capacities in spite of the same care, water and environment. Thus I started taking care of them separately. This is exactly similar to how parents raise their children equally, but children are different from each other and thus after sometime, they need to take personalized approach and we understand and get habituated to it. This element was beautifully shown in S1. Initially Chandan is so apprehensive of Chits’ laid back habits but despite the differences the siblings have gone through everything together. 

Coming to S2, it was not as impressive as S1 was(?), but at the same time was really good in some elements. My mom always has a habit of generalising things quite easily. She always tells me that S2′s are not always good. I do tell her that there are cases which prove her wrong, but sometimes I do feel like she is right. After all, nothing can beat experience! 

*SPOILERS AHEAD*

It has been 6 months and we see that Chandan has jotted down the previous encounter of the siblings and their road trip under the name “Tripling” which has made him quite famous and a movie is being made inspired by it. And deja vu, Chandan again meets Chitvan (who is now off alcohol and DJ-ing) in a toilet and is shocked to see Chitvan’s son, Chaitanya(Cheetah). A confused Chandan, later gets to know that the baby is Chitvan’s girlfriend/partner, Sheetal Gujral’s son. She is a human rights activist and is born wealthy. Chitvan accompanies Chandan to a book festival in Jaipur and then starts the chaos. They get kidnapped and are tortured. Pranav is missing and Chanchal is now a politician all of a sudden. Now the search for Pranav is on and the plot takes a lot of turns (which are quite illogical and lame?). There is one childhood flashback which is adorable, which perhaps explains the siblings and their relation with road trips

*SPOILERS END*

Well, Drivezy has replaced Tiago and Chandan is finally free of that EMI chaos because he uses Drivezy. This time too, the premise is that Chanchal is in a problem and the siblings sort it. I liked how the director and book adaptation analogy was LOL. The swear words (gaaliyan) are more in number now. I just loved the OSTs this time, especially the one in episode 3 was good. I kinda liked how Begum Zainab gave back to Chandan. Gajraj Singh was really good as Prince Alexander. The cinematography is on point (I was happy watching Kolkata because I miss it like anything). And yeah, the elder siblings are happy because Chits has finally started getting serious in life. But still it was not as effective as season one was. Rajeev Masand was not needed, and I always liked that bitchy Bhabhisa who was line maarofying to Chandan even then and now, but the moment she said that she disliked the song “Chandan sa badan...”, I dislike her officially now, yeah.

[kandace-roo-blog]

Walt Task #4 || The Ins and Outs of Kandace Roo

Describe your character; How do you see your character in your own eyes and not based off the bio. How have you developed this character into your own?

Ohhhh, Kandace. This is my first time playing a teen/single mom, and so far it’s been such an interesting experience to play around with how that affects her characterization. She’s one of those people that deflects so much on other people in order to keep from addressing all of the issues that she hasn’t quite worked out herself yet thanks to all of her family drama and being abandoned by Joey’s dad. It’s just easier for her to focus on trying to fix or help other people and make them feel good because in some weird way, it makes her feel like she’s doing at least something right. Behind that outward appearance of caring, however, she’s drowning. She’s depressed and hard on herself and so, so incredibly broken over feeling like her life has just fallen apart, and she honestly breaks my heart sometimes because she just sees herself as damaged and broken beyond repair. There’s literally only two bright spots in her life, and that’s her friends from home and of course, her son. More on her friends later, but focusing on Joey... man, she loves that kid. It’s hard for her to imagine now that she was willing to go along with what her mother wanted and give the kid up, but as soon as she looked into his big, blue eyes, she just knew he was the most important thing she’d ever have in her life and she’d never abandon him like others had abandoned her. In a way, she wanted to be the mom that her own mother had never been for her, and being there for him is basically the only thing that gets her up in the morning and forces her through her day.

What’s your favorite thing about your character? what’s your least favorite?

Kandace just has this amazing empathy to her that I absolutely adore. She’s selfless in a way that’s not always healthy but warms my heart a little bit because she’s the type of person that is always looking to care for others. It’s what makes her such a good friend and such a good mom and even though she’s incredibly heartbroken and hurt, that trait still remains.

As for my least favorite, it’s definitely how hard she is on herself. I’m not talking about just a regular self-confidence issue - I’m talking about this constant narrative in her head of everything she’s failing at. Whether it’s that she’s a bad mother and isn’t doing enough for her son, that she’s unlovable and doesn’t deserve to be happy with someone else, or that she isn’t living up to what she could be, she’s constantly doubting and hating herself and it breaks my heart.

What are some of your favorite relationships your character has formed? (Friendships, relationships, yada ya)

Ok, so first of all, Eeyore??? They warm my heart so much because they were more like acquaintances made through mutual friends back home but now they’re the only two in LA and have started becoming actual friends and I’m emotional about it tbh because what the HELL. Kanga just wants to make her just a little bit happier because she can relate all to well to how she feels and I just think in general they relate so well to each other and I can’t wait to see that friendship progress, tbh.

Even though the rest of the Hundred Acre Woods gang isn’t here yet, I also need to give them a shout-out because all of those friendships make me emotional in general. Like lil Paxton was the one who made her decide that she could handle being a mom in the first place and Tiago is just that big ball of pure joy that she honestly needs in her life to force her to smile and loosen up for once of her life. AND CHRISTOPHER ROBIN DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HOW BADLY I WANT HIM IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. They’ve literally been friends through preschool and are still best friends to this day and are the most supportive little beans and he is one of the only people Kanga trusts with her whole life and LISTEN I WILL BRIBE SOMEONE TO BRING HIM TO ME BECAUSE I NEED IT OK

Kanga and Oliver kill me tbh because they relate so much in terms of parenthood and it’s so rare to find someone as a seventeen-eighteen year old mom who you can talk to about the pitfalls of being a parent and I just love them??? I can’t wait for them to have play dates and blab about all the problems they’re having in raising children!

This is probably less important because he’s a NPC but Danny (aka Joey’s dad) and Kanga make me sad af and I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately?? Like Kandace was looking to be a lil rebellious and ended up with this bad boy who had a reputation as a heartbreaker and honestly fell in love with him?? Yes, it was probably an unhealthy relationship by many standards and he kind of pushed her to do things that she typically wouldn’t do for multiple reasons but at the end of the day she just adored him and he might have loved her too and then Joey happened and she honestly thought that he’d be willing to settle down and raise a family with her and it just ??? didn’t happen ??? And he told her he didn’t love her and made her feel basically completely used and damaged and terrified of love and DAMN IT SOMEONE TEACH THIS GIRL THAT LOVE DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN HEARTBREAK WTF

AS FOR NEXT GEN Joey is so #blessed to have so many sweethearts in his life tbh. Like the Addison kids???? They’re practically like his siblings at this point and you best believe he’ll 100% always be there for each and every one of them. Also Noelle??? I’m still loling over the concept that they went on a tinder date and just ended up becoming pals instead because it’s such a Roo thing to do tbh and their friendship jut makes me so happy ok? ok.

Has your character changed you in any way? Or do you yourself in yourself in your character?

I would also say that Kandace has been a good outlet for me because I also deal with a lot of self doubt and a healthy dose of clinical depression to boot. I try not to dwell too much on it because it can bring my mood down a bit too, but it’s also been super nice to verbalize feelings and thoughts through her eyes and has been kind of cathartic for me and has definitely helped me work through some heavy stuff in my life. I love my lil fragile baby too much.

Do you think your character has had a big impact on Walt? Is it a good impact or bad?

I don’t think she’s had a big impact, but hopefully a good one! I really want to expand on her some more and get some more plots going for her tbh because I’ve had so much muse for her as of late and really want to see that impact!

Favorite thing your character has done and worst

Favorite thing? Tbh, it’s definitely her decision to keep Joey. Writing that scene for my app honestly put me through tears because she was so determined not to keep him and not to get attached and she just looked at him and knew. And from there, she was determined to do the exact opposite and not let him go even if that meant losing the rest of her family and having to do it all on her own.

I can’t think of anything really awful she’s done so far, but I do think that the fact that she’s isolated herself so much in general is not a good move. She honestly feels like people are going to get annoyed with the fact that she’s constantly dealing with her kid and just doesn’t want to face it, and I really wish she’d push out of her shell a little bit and put herself out there again because she has so much to offer.

What is some progress you hope to have with your character in the future?

Obviously I want to see her grow emotionally. I want her to face her depression head-on and take steps to treat it, especially by going through some therapy. Girl needs to VENT. I obviously want to see Joey grow up and play out those struggles as a mother and how she handles them. Finally, I’d honestly really like to see her heal all those scars on her heart from what happened and feel less unlovable? Because she’s really honestly worthy of being loved and once she realizes that, she has the potential of maybe actually being happy and doing something for herself instead of for others.

What is one thing you would tell your character?

YOU’RE DOING GREAT, SWEETIE, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

What has been YOUR favorite thing about walt?

Has your experience been a positive one? (BE HONEST YO.)

Got a favorite memory? Share it!

What are you looking forward too in the future?

Have you had a favorite event? Favorite plot? Share it right here

(skipping these bc i’ve already answered them on Rora’s!)

Favorite character that’s not your own and why

Ok so here I’d like to give a shoutout to both @justeeyore and @whydidyoutakemeaway because they are??? the sweetest???? Alicia, you know I absolutely love all of your characters and Eeyore is no exception. I think you play that morose nature so well without crossing that fine line between being actually upset and being whiny and Eeyore honestly breaks my heart all the freaking time and ??? i love her so much ok

and KAITLYN again, u know i love you and all your characters but I felt it was fitting to give some kudos to Oliver considering his friendship with Kandace. You play Oliver so beautifully both in his relationship with Wally and his characterization in general. You always have so many interesting ideas and twists and turns for him in mind and whether he’s freaking out or being goofy or everything in between, he’s always such a fun character to see on the dash and I love him so, so much.

Ideas, shoutouts, request, dedications, questions? Put ‘em here!

I love all of you!!! ( and I’m too lazy to type it all out again but u know how it is guys ok)