I've kept saying this the past few days and I honestly wouldn't have it any other way:
THIS WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED.
THIS CONFESSION HAD E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G Just like the official "hum aapko aazad karte hai" scene it addressed ALL the points I wanted it to.
From Omkara not only acknowledging his lack of faith, how he's "promised her otherwise" MANY times before and failed, WHAT he's made her go through to even Gauri acknowledging that despite their relationship not having a name, she UNDERSTOOD him the way soulmates to, she bothered to KNOW why he was the way he was, and Omkara acknowledging how that wasn't reason enough. Omkara acknowledging him not having answers to her questions, all the tracks that IB had at the expense of their story, all the circles they were forced to go in--the same writers acknowledged these shortcomings and addressed them to give these two closure.
LITERALLY EVERY. SINGLE. THING. from their marriage in Barielly to Abhay's letter, EVERYTHING in RiKara's story was brought up, this confession TRULY was the rightful culmination of what #RiKara's journey had been, what they (and we) have been through. And it feels AMAZING to say this: IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER. This track, them being the center of attention, the family sticking up for THEM, for once, finally made me feel like okay, we're apart of Ishqbaaaz too, which to be honest I haven't felt in...so long that I can't even remember the last time I felt it.
The road to this point was insane, the fandom's been through a lot and NO ONE can deny that, but I'm glad I stuck around because THIS, this was worth it.
-Kriti