To find easily... I will put my edits and stories here in this thread... For now, it is all #ÇiçDer, but, I am sure there will be some other couples featured in the nearest future... ;)
Thread of the #wattpad story continuation of #ÇiçDer is here... Regularly (semi-regularly) updated...
A thought... Gray characters, true gray ones, are rare. I love them the most because they are the most human. They make terrible mistakes, but they grow and learn to be better. That progression is a precious thing to watch. Once you get to know them, you learn to understand +++
Their actions (not justify them). You start seeing things from their perspective. The easiest thing to do is to judge someone at first glance. People usually keep their first impression on something/someone until the end. Which is why gray characters are difficult to pull off +++
Convincingly... The actor/writer has to make you believe in their layers. To make you say, OK, so now this makes more sense. I understand the motivation behind his/her actions. If a show/movie/book manages to do that, you will empathise with such a character even more, because +y
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, as my friend @emenai2 had noticed, were feelings following us (and Isko) through the discovery that our Isko is actually the one responsible for the fire. Most of us got stuck on 2nd one. In the end, I accepted it, like Isko.
I will write my feelings regarding the matter and how I got to the 5th one. At first, I denied his involvement in the matter. Then, I felt anger mixed with denial throughout the 3rd to 12th ep... I believed he was used by Kenan. Sadly, subsequent episodes dispersed such notions.
Then I started bargaining and blame it all on Celebi (thinking maybe C actually did it, to keep Iskender in check), or that Isko is covering for someone (his mother), or anything but the simple fact which he himself has stated, and I kept believing that, until the 25th episode...
Unpopular opinion... Bak, you all know that I adore #iskenderkayabeyli... But I honestly believe it was a plan all along for him to be the culprit. I believe Burcu had enough opportunities to exculpate him if she wanted... But she didn't. I'll probably do a thread about this...
Exhibit A: Iskender's behavior when Tomris says, how does it feel to play with my grandson knowing you killed his mother.
He is turned with his back. He swallows deeply, closes his eyes... And only then he turns around and counter-attacks her. With: Peki... But what about you?
This is remorse... This is regret... This is guilt, so wonderfully portrayed by our darling #berkergüven. Iskender is a human. A human who made a horrible mistake. He never denied he had something to do with it. He always said it was an accident. And in his mind, it was.