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[vishwaspur]

Wrapping Up The Dabba.

Ummm. It’s been a rough year..as far as the fandom life goes. Full of many downs (hence me lovingly calling it a MANHOOS YEAR!!!). But all the downs don’t mean there weren’t any ups. In fact, 6 hours before the date officially changed to 2018, I sat down to look back to the year that was and could only remember the good things. As disappointing RiKara turned out to be, I can’t deny that they were really my muse throughout the year. The one ship that made me write, gif, edit, vm, headcanon - that’s rare for me. Specially the vm part. I’m actually quite pleased that because of RiKara I got over my fear of vming and churned out some decent vms this year. That and of course..they have been the only ship in my life which made me make a whole separate blog for them! And not just make it but maintain it to the best of my ability. That’s HUGE for me people. ME. A lazyass person who can’t stay committed to anything except messing up my life xD

Honestly, I’m no longer the person who celebrates the changing of the date. Life doesn’t overnight become better or even change significantly. But still...12 months is a long time. People do change, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst. So it’s alright to be sentimental at this time. Rest assured, I won’t be TOO sentimental but still, bear with me.

Vishwaspur happened..on a whim. And woah..the starting few days WERE a huge a struggle. The amount of times I forgot the switch between my main blog and this one was crazy xD And then filling this blog up with new&relevant content was also a race for me. Cuz I just HATE empty blogs. But before I knew it..the blog was up and running smoothly. Back in those days I was SO into the mess that was Dil Boley Oberoi that I just wanted a place to vent freely without the fear of being judged or questioned. My corner, my space. I just wanted to stan the amazingness that was Gauri Kumari Sharma and savor every little bit of RiKara goodness that I got to the fullest. I didn’t want any jhamela or kit-pit. I knew that there was a decent fandom for Ishqbaaaz on tumblr already so I was happy that I would get enough notes on my gifs/edits to keep me going. Then there was the Dabba Tales! Which just..hah! I sometimes go back to read some of my episode reactions and have a good laugh at them. Ehh..I’m not that bad at humor as I think myself to be xD Or maybe it was just DBO providing me enough fodder to make a whole dum biryani out of every. single. DAY. Either way..what fun!

Back then..I had legit NO idea that VP would grow the way it did. Very soon it wasn’t just me posting my shit on the blog. I was interacting with anons and users alike. Maybe because I haven’t really been active in tumblr fandom but..it was a delightful feeling for me. Actual people interested in my opinions? It’s not a feeling that I get to have in my personal life. EVER. I’ve been part of forums and fandoms before but here it was a feeling of exclusivity. Most of the interaction was one-on-one. And honestly, I did keep it that way deliberately. Almost everyday there would be asks waiting for me to get to and really, they became the highlight of my day. But I must say it also got tiring. Still I did it all cuz it was all so FUN.

And somewhere along the line..what I said actually started holding some weight? Like somehow I began to...influence the fandom if I may say so? Not in a HUGE way but small bits here and there that came to my notice. Like the nicknames and the titles..even the crackships and the brotps xD I’m a very humble person but c’mon..allow me to be gleeful that some of the things that became a part of the fandom dictionary came from this place xD It was a good feeling for me to see my opinions being treated as something worth discussing. It’s a huge thing for anyone in the fandom!

That being said..not every day was a good day. Like the show which is the reason the blog exists in the first place, VP went through many ups and downs. Frustrating topics and repeated explanations. It’s not like this place didn’t give me frustrations and they showed! I have, I confess, been outright rude here multiple times. My bad days are never just confined to real life. They show up in my virtual world as well. And every time I became rude, I felt SO bad afterwards but damn...it became too much sometimes. I had to legit remind myself that this is my space, meant to first and foremost make me happy and I couldn’t do that with all the negativity that was coming my way. Khair..in short, I got the control back but I swear I thought I had driven away all the people with my rudeness. I had pakka thought ke VP toh buss ab band hoga cuz everyone would disown me but imagine my surprise when my outbursts didn’t drive people away. Hayyee..kaash real life mein bhi aisa ho mere saath xD

Vishwaspur has gone through good days, bad days, AMAZING days, lazy days, hectic days and now...well...empty days. At the time of writing this..my inbox has a few unanswered asks ranging from general queries about the show to best wishes for myself, all of which will remain unanswered cuz..urgh...just..I don’t want to ruin this blog by making it something that it hasn’t been since its inception. I don’t want to change tracks. I don’t want to make it my personal blog. Like someone said.. “Let this blog stay up for posterity!” to me in the inbox. I admit I have replied to some non-IB/DBO related stuff around here but dil nahin maanta yaar >.< It’s called “dabba bae” for a reason. Manhoos tha but..apna tha. RiKara I mean..not the blog. RiKara toh well..gaah..I am so done with the show and them on literally ALL levels that I don’t want to do ANYTHING with them. Acha tha, bura tha..jaisa bhi tha..khatam hogaya. If I stay and linger..I know I’ll end up straight up hating everything related to them. So it’s better to just..let go.

Sooo...on that note and staying true to my “I am leaving this shit behind in 2017!!!” with a rather bittersweet heart I announce..this is going to be my last post here on Vishwaspur. The blog will exist, obviously. But I just won’t be active here anymore.I haven’t posted any original content in ages and it sucks for me to see you guys still visiting me like the dear people that you are but I remain unable to properly reply to any of that. And I don’t want to keep being that person. We all have spent some great time here and I don’t want the last impression of this place being as something that just died without any announcement (even if I have said something like this in the past there’s no way I’d have let that happen) So..yeah.

I won’t call out specific names because everyone who has EVER visited this place or has enjoyed what was being done here has made my days...great. It has been fun. All the honest-to-god fangirling and all the savagery and all the annoyance and all the craziness and all the memes and specially..all the FEELS..sharing them with you was fun. Even though blog only existed for 6 months, they were some good six months of my life.

So, thank you. For giving me the time of your day. For giving Vishwaspur the time of your day. If you were a regular visitor of my inbox, thank you. If you were an occasional visitor, thank you. If you were a silent reader, thank you. If you had fun here, thank you. And sorry if I was ever rude to you. Sorry for making promises I couldn’t keep. Sorry for any intentional or unintentional action which might have made you feel bad.

It’s been great.

And it’s been fun.

But it’s time to move on for me.

One last time, thank you.

Sending you all my love and best wishes, Mais.

[vishwaspur]

Do you ever look at guys hands and think fuck yes

[vishwaspur]

I know I am not a very fanfic-y person. Once I had said that I’d make a fanfic recommendation list and that never happened. When I am recommended fanfics to read, I always end up not reading it. So why this sudden post? Because 2017 is coming to an end and I figure closure is what we all need. A friend linked me this brilliant piece of writing because it so aptly resonated with our collective feels that I figured it’d be a shame NOT to share it. I know..I KNOW that Vishwaspur went through many ups and downs. It started from a place to stan Gauri Kumari Sharma and then I said stuff which weren’t pro-Gauri to me having opinions which didn’t stray away from the neutral ground. All because I wanted peace. I was looking for the light in the abundant darkness cuz bruh..survival toh aise hi hota hai. But that’s over. I’m done. I’ve moved on in all the right meaning of the word. And, if it’s not evident already, it is reflecting on this place as well.

So..here’s to bidding adieu. To the show. To RiKara. And to my Queenie, the one who deserved so much better. And even though I can’t give her my version of her appropriate happy ending (the one where she conquers the world), I’m sharing this TwoShot Fanfic where Gauri Kumari Ssarma, Panchi Pass from Bareilly, takes back the control of her life by saying and doing everything we wish we could say to the the mess that is Trashbaaaz.

Good riddance.

[vishwaspur]

I know you’re done with IB (so are a lot of us), so is this blog gonna stay up? I do occasionally like sending you asks about other shows, be it Indian or Pakistani. I’m the same and who sent you the ask about Aangan and discovered our mutual love for it. Also, do you know of any other similar family comedy dramas? I’ve watched Aunn Zara which was a laughter riot but can’t think of many others. Also, do you think Hum needs to up its game when it comes to family comedies? Can’t seem to recall any

Even though I’m MAJORLY put-off by IB that the mere mention of the show’s existence makes me groan. Like I said in my previous ask..I don’t want to bring this shit into 2018. I have completely cut it out of my life and am at a much peaceful position because of it. Which kinda kills the whole purpose of this blog. But even so! The blog isn’t going anywhere.

Months ago I had asked for feedback on whether I should keep the blog strictly IB/RiKara related or should I make it a general tellywood blog and almost everyone said the blog shouldn’t be revamped in any way so there’s that. I just..I just don’t know WHAT to do with this blog. It’s too close to my heart to shut it down but I also am not keen on making it changing it despite me being SO DONE with IB. You get my problem?!! Vishwaspur just...doesn’t look like a place where I can talk about other shows freely despite me wanting to cuz now I am watching other shows with keen interest. Maybe I’d just shift on my main blog now and let this remain place open like a museum.. :-/

ANYWAY!!!! Hmmm. I can’t think of any other such family drama. It’s not easy to find a comedy drama in Pakistan which is ACTUALLY fun and isn’t hinged on PJs and stereotypes. Ooooh! The Baraat series. It was very well done. Balanced the comedy with the family drama.  Maybe because it keeps on having reruns but there’s a show on Express called “Jab Tak Ishq Nahin Hota”. It’s a fun show, tension nahin deta. I admit I haven’t watched it fully but whatever glimpses I have seen, it looks like a good timepass show.

Hum ko Alif, Allah, Insaan se fursat mile toh wo aur kuch kare -_- I don’t think Hum has done a true full blown light family drama since...forever!! If you look at its lineup..it doesn’t even have a lot of sitcoms. Hum is more into family drama/novel adaptations. It’s ARY where one can find light shows. Geo toh kasmey saas-bahu dramon ko hi pyara ho chuka hai. Honestly it’s tragic that there aren’t many fun family shows being made. Zor laga ke yaad karne se hi yaad aate hain.

[vishwaspur]

Not watching, but apparently in today's episode Gauri crossed the 'chune ki lakeer' which has partitioned the house (that batwaara was so LOL). Apparently, Tej had ordered Gauri and Rudy to not cross the line to go the other side, and if they do so then they'll see his dead face. Maybe its a blessing in disguise if Tej actually kicks the bucket, but seriously does Gauri not care if "papaji" lives or not? Like does Gauri have a moral code of her own, or she just doesn't like following orders?

Bruh at this point I don’t know WHY the damn show still exists let alone trying to decipher character motivations. Gauri crossed the damn line cuz they had to give Gauri something to do for the few minutes the show wasn’t focused on Shivika ke dramay. Nothing more, nothing less. Gauri stopped making sense the minute she came back to OM as Mrs. Omkara Singh Oberoi. And I no longer have the energy or the interest to try to learn what made her take a certain step. I ain’t taking this shit with me to 2018.

*runs away screaming*

[vishwaspur]

Hi I decided to go on twitter and insta after so long and wow I feel so bad for the Rikara fandom . I’ve already given up on Rikara but seeing guls post and Harneet SSO posts about veggies and I see comments begging for screen time for Rikara! It’s quite shocking 2 c the producers and writers of a show treat fans like this .What exactly did the Rikara fandom do that the characters won’t get any scenes? I just feel bad for the fandom as I still love Rikara! Is it because Rikara is not popular

Honestly, I have flushed out IB from my life to the best of my abilities. I have unfollowed all the IB cast/crew/fanpages on insta/twitter (barring Kunal&Shrenu) and as mentioned here before, the IB tag on twitter toh has been on mute for so long now. As much as it frustrates me that there are still fans who are begging for RiKara to get something good, I can’t say I don’t understand where they are coming from. Fans in general are just dheet people who just can’t stop fighting for what they want. Not everyone has the ability to pack the bags and move on ke jee daal nahin ghali. The ones on insta/twitter who are still hoping for something good to come out of this never-ending-struggle-of-being-a-rikara-fan..well..I hope they see the light soon and invest their time in something more productive.

HOWEVER!!! The RiKara fam that I have on my twitter toh are on a roll nowadays. They have generally stopped giving a fuck about anything and now only talk about IB/RiKara to bajao the entire existence of the show. And i must say I LOVE it. The show and the characters are just a hollow shell of what they used to be. It can’t be just me who thinks everything in the show has lost its charm in an irreversible way, can I? Even the actors look bored. I get the impression that everyone associated with the show, the cast/crew/fans, have milked the show to the best of its abilities and are now waiting for it to just..die. The show peaked and fell. There’s nothing left in it. In the hands of a proper team it might have recovered and gained its former glory but eeeh...FlowerKhan se nahin ho paega. And sahi bhi hai. The cast got their peak fame, the show got its awards, the producer used it to recover from bankruptcy..ab maar ke khatam kardo show ko. Manhoosiat. Can’t believe a good part of my 2017 was wasted on this. Khair..acha hai I won’t be taking ANY of this kachra into 2018. Phew!

[vishwaspur]

Safe to say I’m past my mourning period for Rikara. I occasionally watch episodes but that’s it. Now that I’m pretty much done with IB, I’ve been looking to see if there’s any decent (if ever) Indian show. I’ve seen the promo for Karan Jotwani’s show and Bepanaah and I can’t wait to see what those two will be like. Will you be following either? Also I just saw an ask mentioning YUDKBH, is it any good in terms of what you’ve heard of it?

Thankfully IB made it easier to kick it out of my life by legit giving me NO thing to look forward to in it. Jal ke marre.. jaan chutte. I saw the promos of both the shows, wasn't excited by either. The Jotwani show's premise I liked but the promo says ke they have an age difference of 20 years. I know legally there isn't anything iffy about it.. he is 24 and she is 42 but bruh.. I am around the same age as the guy and I can't handle my own life let alone be mature enough to be someone else's support. 24 used to look like a big number.. ab it still feels immature to me xD So I got over it. I know it's a silly reason but not exactly thrilled about it anyone. Also clean shaven Jotwani is a big no for me. Bepanah ka bhi same.. ainvayi ka thriller laging. Where has the old school romance gone? YUDKBH has a very strong nostalgia factor to it, that I know of. Some of my friends are in LOVE with the show for its simplicity and lack of melodrama. It IS a teenage love story so you can expect loads of innocent charm. From what I have seen of it on my twitter TL.. it is a sweet show which doesn't stress you. I have downloaded the episodes for binging but dekha nahin ab tak (i have three shows to watch!!!!) though I am positive I will enjoy it enough.

[vishwaspur]

You know its not necessary that good shows have good TRPs, for ex. RKC, YUDKBH, Beyhadh and Haasil are really engaging shows but don't do that well on TRP charts. But IB has neither good content nor the TRPs, toh phir Gul and team ko itna guroor kis baat ka hai???

Awards and online popularity. Waise I dont think YUDKBH isnt doing well trp wise. I think the show is a hit on all fronts. I am looking forward to binge it!

[vishwaspur]

No one does savage like the Rikara fam 

Credit to @kriti_parikh, @maissum, @DilBoleRikara

(Also thanks to @vishwaspur, through whose Twitter account I could discover done-with-it Rikara fans like myself)

[vishwaspur]

The Only Video Edit That Matters. (cr - mera dheelascrew Kittu!!)

[vishwaspur]

Mais, I know you are not following RKC, and even I missed quite a few episodes in between, but the recent episodes of Satrupa totally walking like a bawse right into the kidnapper's den and rescuing Anami's brother was amaze. While the show is really good and all, but the real draw for me is Satrupa being awesome. The twitter thread you posted about stanning queens is so relevant for me. Like 2017 gave me two queens: Gauri and Satrupa. Life is much better fangirling over females <3

Oooh! I saw a gif of that on my twitter TL. I’m glad you have another Queen to stan about now that Gauri has...well..whatever. Life is just so much more better with women ruling it tbvh!

[vishwaspur]

You know what? Shrenu's old show EBP is number 6 on TRP charts rural and in top 20 in Urban + Rural. While IB is nowhere. Even though I haven't watched EBP and didn't think much of it, I'm glad that IB is falling on its face. Gosh! I'm so petty!

Lol. I hope IB crashes and burns. Ek YEHI satisfaction de de buss, kafi hai xD As for EBP toh it just goes on to show that engaging content will work regardless of they year the show was made in. Idk anything about EBP but if people are still tuning in to watch it toh matlab kuch toh hoga show mein.

[vishwaspur]

Om’s back tmrw. Not that I’m too bothered about it anymore tbh. I’ve got to give credit to Gulneet, they’ve eased most of us out of our misery with Rikara and for most that Bareilly track was the end. As you’ve said, anything else is an added bonus! 🙃

I stumbled upon the RuRi scene/precap on instagram. Gaaah. Itna rona dhona and melodrama. It just annoyed me. Couldn't watch either of the two things completely. Anyway..if I needed proof of how much DONE I am with the show..I got it.

[vishwaspur]

Vishwaspur, now I really think you and Kunal do talk on WhatsApp. You mention it one day and he'd talk about it the next day. It makes me wonder if he follows this blog secretly as well.... Regardless, I'm glad that he chose to address this issue and put some sense into the fangirls.

Ehhh.. what makes you think that? What did he do? 😳

[vishwaspur]

SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN MTSNH? I never got onto watching the show. I liked the OST but wanted to wait for it to end before I binge watched it. Reviews weren’t that great and I was like meh (plus not a big fan of Imran Abbas). Suicide needs to be treated as a problem on mainstream media rather than romanticised. I absolutely hate it when people are shown to kill themselves bcs they’re in love with someone and it’s proof. Giving up your life for a someone is one thing, revenge is sadistic and ugh

Yups. That was the end. Apparently Imran Abbas’s character had jilted Ayeza Khan’s character on the day of their wedding so she started to hate him. Then years later when he returned all apologetic and shit and wanting to be with her, she did the same to him except she ate zeher to end her life to prove her hatred. It gives out all kind of wrong messages but hey. She had amazing dialogues so I guess that makes up for it all :)) So you see why I can’t take KUR seriously anymore.

[vishwaspur]

YES YOU WATCH AANGAN. From your preferences I knew this was your kind of show. It’s so funny and real life issues such as ‘bijli ka bill’. I get why you wouldn’t want to watch DSJHS. It’s a bit too raw. And Noman Ijaz is so good it makes it more disturbing. But as someone who’s watched Rehaai and Udaari, MJD (the latter having some humour to it still), I do like serious content at times! You say Khalil Ur Rahman has lost his marbles, any specific reason? I don’t remember his recent stuff?

Watching Aangan is like seeing all the “afsanas” I have been reading in monthly digests for years come to life. SO many characters, each with their virtues and vices, all sharing interesting dynamics with each other, and to top it off..hints of a super adorable love story amidst it all! It’s definitely my thing. The biggest draw to the show for me is that I can happily watch it on TV with my parents. We are all too busy enjoying it for me to roll my eyes at one problematic aspect of the show or another. Cuz the show is just not problematic!

Rehaai and Udaari..they had their moral compass in check. There the issues were raised not just to sensationalize them for the sake of ratings, but the dramas were solely produced to cause awareness. They provided solutions alongside highlighting issues. DSJHS doesn’t fit that bill so I can’t watch it. I know later on Sila will get her justice because that’s just the law of dramaland but I don’t know for how long the poor girl will be tortured and in what manner. I’d be too busy being anxious about it all to enjoy the show. No doubt the performances are amazing but just performances alone can’t make me stick to a show.

KUR is all glamor and no substance. He is too busy making sweeping statements with his signature philosophical/poetic dialogues to care about the STORY he is telling. He tends to romanticize a LOT of problematic things. For instance Mohabbat Tum Se Nafrat Hai. What the heck was that? The girl ended up committing suicide to prove a point of how much she hates the guy for leaving him. “Wahan marungi jahan pani bhi nahin milega..” become her famous last words and the show ends? Even TDKKH. The greyness of the characters aside but the show so positively reeks of exaggerated fiction. I know KUR wants to show the “dark” side of humans but he just doesn’t handle it all with maturity. He has his own version of human darkness which is all poetic and little to do with humanity. So it all just comes across as too fake to be real.

[vishwaspur]

Here’s me looking back to the biggest take from fandom life in 2017.