It can't be a bride swap...coz it belies the essence of an Ishqbaaaz...an accidental marriage/bride swap will leave Shivaay struggling and finally deciding to settle with his fate...a fate he did not choose for himself but which got imposed on him by Dadi/Annika's trickery or by the trick of circumstances. That will be like biting his tongue, compromising with destiny, and eventually deciding to accept a person who never was of his choice.
I think it is going to be Shivaay's decision to get married to Annika. How it will be carried out is still under wraps. And most probably will be revealed after their wedding. But I think there is a way...
That ONS thing with Daksh is coming up and knowing what a big drama king Shivaay is...we can safely assume he is going to blow up like a gasket...if it's done in front of family members, the elders will decide to get A & D hitched quickly (what better way to get them married under the watchful eye of the family). Even he may take/support the decision coz he may fear that Daksh's proposal is just a ruse to lure Annika to his boudoir. And till now he may have been shown to be upset with giving up Annika but hasn't dropped the idea of marrying Tia.
But right before the D-Day (it can be minutes, hours or a day before their wedding) he would come across evidence (ponytail's laptop) of Daksh being a psychotic creepster. Annika won't pay heed to any of his warnings. And then he would come up with his master plan followed by his signature hair flick. But I have inkling that after their wedding his good intentions will be met by a thwack of Annika's chandni'😛. I am damn sure he will think she got engaged to ponytail on the rebound and in order to suppress the pain of her unrequited love🤔. And that her dil will go garden-garden' when she realizes SSO is her knight in shining armour. But he will be dumbfounded once he encounters a virago in her place.🤪
And I am certain that Om and Rudy are gonna be IN on his plans. They usually are in-the-know or initiators of all Shivaay's backfired plans when it comes to Annika. And he eventually ends up cursing them for his failures when it comes to HER refusal to melt ("Stupid Om! Stupid Rudra!").
I think Shivaay has been taking baby-steps towards being an Ishqbaaaz ever since the pool-party-drunk incident.❤️ The first significant step was when he allowed himself to be beaten up those 2 rupees roadside gundas...he hates to lose but allowed himself to be brought down to his knees in order to seek forgiveness and rise in the eyes of Annika. And the second step is the way he is ready to drop his ego, his business, his friends etc. when it comes to her safety. His fianc has never been awarded the same privilege. In fact, Annika comes a close second to his siblings when he is in the role of a protector.
And Daksh is a cheapde! Coz Shivaay and Annika are of takkar ke! And if Tia is cheap, then Daksh has to be a creep. It is wrong to assume that he is playing cupid between these two!
Oh Gawd, I seem to have written a mini fan-fiction while doling out my #shivika wedding theory. And that too in my first post on this forum! Anyhoodle, hope the CVs do not end up spilling gallons of raita on the show and end up disappointing all the viewers.
Hi all...time for this lurker to go back to the hidey-hole!