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The Great Reunion of 2014.
Look, Mods, I respect that you have a job to do. I really do, and I appreciate how swiftly you shut down show to show comparisons, and with excellent reasons. But I'm sorry. This RangRasiya Forum now consists of almost all the people who, for ME, personally, made the Arnav-Khushi saga, and the IPKKND IF fan forum incredible. And I cannot call this anything other than the Great Reunion of 2014.
Bear with me. I spent a year and a half with IF open 24/7 on a browser tab window, checking with IPKKND fans. Always updating, always staying current. Waking and sleeping, a large part of my free time I would either be writing for the forum, or reading on the forum, or thinking of something to say, or impatiently waiting for Monday to GET HERE ALREADY.
My family knew about the members on IF as if they were actual people, just with weird names. I would say, over dinner--you'll never guess what HeadOverHeels said to SerialJunkie today! and NOT be looked at as if I was crazy.
And no, it wasn't as if that show was rainbows and sunshine 24/7, and didn't have a pet goat or the world's longest kidnapping track or a hero who HATED, like really HATED haircuts. I wasn't a phangurl worshipping at either actors' feet--I was too busy finding humor and critiquing their work, and using their brilliance to inspire my own writing and creativity, and seeing it in others.
Why was I there, then, if not to defend Sanaya/Barun with more dedication than their mothers?
It was because of the people on that IF forum. Hilarious people, kind people, nutty people, talented people, thought provoking, blazingly smart people, and sweetly dumb and even intolerant people. People among whom there was a girl who I once discovered (accidentally) literally saw me every day at work, or people who I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever meeting because they lived in such exotic locations. Half the time we knew each other by our screen names,and none other, no matter how close we were!
And yet, the warmth of the comments, support, the camaraderie, the shared inside jokes, and yeah, the rushing to each other's defense--it made us a community of pretty damn funny strong and opinionated women (and men). When that show ended, more than the serial, it ended those friendships, that closeness.
Thats life, I thought, moving on. It was the Perfect Storm of strong, classy, smart women, and it would not be repeated again.
And then Rang Rasiya happened, some strange chemistry happened, and I peeked in. ChanChan had been totally uninspiring ( I didn't even watch one episode) so Sanaya's comeback wasn't waking all that enthusiasm in me. I cant say I came for either Sanaya, or Ashish, who I'd never seen before.
But I peeked. Just because. And then one person showed up, then the next. Like swallows returning to their nesting grounds, we somehow, most of us, seem to be returning. Old readers of my old fan fictions, new writers who used to be fantastic commentators--friends, even a foe or two with issues that haven't changed! And now, suddenly, one month in--BANG. Back to the update checking, the giggles at ridiculously funny women, the admiration for the well written word. AND the inspiration to start writing my own.
Thank you, RR forum. I didn't even know how much I missed "it," how much I missed those of you I knew, and now its back. Thank you, by the way, for coming back.
Look, Mods, I respect that you have a job to do. I really do, and I appreciate how swiftly you shut down show to show comparisons, and with excellent reasons. But I'm sorry. This RangRasiya Forum now consists of almost all the people who, for ME, personally, made the Arnav-Khushi saga, and the IPKKND IF fan forum incredible. And I cannot call this anything other than the Great Reunion of 2014.
Bear with me. I spent a year and a half with IF open 24/7 on a browser tab window, checking with IPKKND fans. Always updating, always staying current. Waking and sleeping, a large part of my free time I would either be writing for the forum, or reading on the forum, or thinking of something to say, or impatiently waiting for Monday to GET HERE ALREADY.
My family knew about the members on IF as if they were actual people, just with weird names. I would say, over dinner--you'll never guess what HeadOverHeels said to SerialJunkie today! and NOT be looked at as if I was crazy.
And no, it wasn't as if that show was rainbows and sunshine 24/7, and didn't have a pet goat or the world's longest kidnapping track or a hero who HATED, like really HATED haircuts. I wasn't a phangurl worshipping at either actors' feet--I was too busy finding humor and critiquing their work, and using their brilliance to inspire my own writing and creativity, and seeing it in others.
Why was I there, then, if not to defend Sanaya/Barun with more dedication than their mothers?
It was because of the people on that IF forum. Hilarious people, kind people, nutty people, talented people, thought provoking, blazingly smart people, and sweetly dumb and even intolerant people. People among whom there was a girl who I once discovered (accidentally) literally saw me every day at work, or people who I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever meeting because they lived in such exotic locations. Half the time we knew each other by our screen names,and none other, no matter how close we were!
And yet, the warmth of the comments, support, the camaraderie, the shared inside jokes, and yeah, the rushing to each other's defense--it made us a community of pretty damn funny strong and opinionated women (and men). When that show ended, more than the serial, it ended those friendships, that closeness.
Thats life, I thought, moving on. It was the Perfect Storm of strong, classy, smart women, and it would not be repeated again.
And then Rang Rasiya happened, some strange chemistry happened, and I peeked in. ChanChan had been totally uninspiring ( I didn't even watch one episode) so Sanaya's comeback wasn't waking all that enthusiasm in me. I cant say I came for either Sanaya, or Ashish, who I'd never seen before.
But I peeked. Just because. And then one person showed up, then the next. Like swallows returning to their nesting grounds, we somehow, most of us, seem to be returning. Old readers of my old fan fictions, new writers who used to be fantastic commentators--friends, even a foe or two with issues that haven't changed! And now, suddenly, one month in--BANG. Back to the update checking, the giggles at ridiculously funny women, the admiration for the well written word. AND the inspiration to start writing my own.
Thank you, RR forum. I didn't even know how much I missed "it," how much I missed those of you I knew, and now its back. Thank you, by the way, for coming back.
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