A very sensible post I have read on this forum after a long time! Thank you for this great post =)
Even if you're an SR fan, you can feel for Armaan as well...and I really appreciate that! It pisses me off when people blindly hate on characters and don't even try to understand their situation whether it is Armaan or Sid.
Some people complain about why Armaan can't move on already from Riddhima and just forget her...my question is, how CAN he when he sees his ex at work daily, hears about her love life with her husband, and so on. In some situation or another, he is constantly reminded of his relationship with Riddhima. Armaan is a normal human being with human emotions, its quite realistic for him to take awhile to move on from his past relationship. You have to put yourself in Armaan's position to truely feel and understand why its not easy for him to move on.
Armaan's current situation sometimes reminds me of Nikita's past situation when she was in love with Armaan, but he was in a relationship with Riddhima. Armaan would always go to Nikki to talk about how much he loves Riddhima, while Nikki would be hurting inside. Nikki eventually moved on to Abhi, so lets hope Shilpa takes Armaan out of his Devdas state soon and they fall for each other.