Today I rewatched ShivIka scenes and I became emotional. I haven't been watching IB for the last month & a half before the leap but at the back of my mind I always had this thought that ShivIka and NaRbhi will be there when I eventually go back to watching the show again so today everything hit me at once. They have been a part of my daily life for 2+years and now it feels like I have a void! (Is anyone else feeling this way and has anyone found a solution to this?)
After my last traumatic experience with a Gul Khan show where the main couples were killed off in 2 separate seasons I promised myself that I would never again watch her shows. So when IB started airing I avoided anything related to the show like it was the plague. My first time watching a clip from the show was the scene where Shivaay got stuck to a chair in Annika's house and his pants got ripped and he had to dress up as Lord Krishna. His family's reactions when he returned home made me laugh and so I started watching IB clips here and there when I wanted to laugh at the end of a stressful day. Then that Boom sequence and Bheji thi Dua' song sequence happened and I never looked back.
I never imagined that I would become so attached to fictional characters so it was a surprise. Shivaay and Annika were so well written. They weren't the perfect characters that we see in some shows. They were flawed, they were imperfect (they were perfect together though) and that made them relatable. Their journey as a couple was iconic and what a beautiful journey it was! They grew individually and together. They grew into & with their relationship. They had such a solid foundation that none of their scenes were over the top for me. They were each other's best friend, partner, support & lover and that was rare to see in tellyland. I never before experienced such a gamut of emotions while watching a fictional couple before. They made me laugh with & at them, cry with them, angry with & at them and made me fall in love with them. They have set the bar pretty high for any other tellyland couple to measure up to for me.
So I don't regret breaking that promise I made to myself and watching Ishqbaaaz because it gave me ShivIka. It gave me NaRbhi who breathed life into these wonderful characters and made them larger than life! Thank you Nakuul Mehta and Surbhi Chandra, you have me as a fan for life. You have made yourselves a place in my heart both as yourselves and as ShivIka. In ShivIka language, I vow that I will never forget Sirf Annika's Khanji Aankhwala Baghad Billa & Billuji's Paanika. I don't want to say goodbye to them so I will say until we meet again because I will keep revisiting them for a long, long, long time.
In a way I am glad that redux happened. At least this way I can imagine that RU Shivaay and Annika are somewhere living together happily with their Ansh and Shivika, bickering in their usual way, growing old together and living their happily ever after!
I made some very good friends in this forum and met so many wonderful people through this show. We went through the dreaded arcs of Writer Sahiba together and trolled the atrocious outfits of Madam Shirali together (remember that makhi outfit?). We ranted to each other during that never ending Mujhe farak nahi padta' phase of Ragini and Vikram saga, celebrated Band Baja Billu rescuing his Billi and celebrated #ShivIkaDiShaadi (remember the day that Star Plus' Band Baaja Badhaiyaan' promo released?) & laughed together at Shivika's various shenanigans...
Let's not forget those good times and let's keep this forum alive with ShivIka memories and ShivIka fan fiction.
EDIT: NO NM vs SC FIGHTS PLEASE (NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE MAKING THIS EDIT)
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