Dev n vicky..actually these 2 characters r poles apart. Both r flawed. To b frank, i didn even want to compare these 2.
Dev is a self made person, with a bitter childhood ,who lost his dad @ a very young age. He had seen his mom struggling to take care of their family .He considers his mom as God. He's a very devoted son n brother.He loves his family immensely.His personality characteristic is if he wants something, he'll go to any extent to achieve that. He thinks money can make everything possible. He got sona fired from her job so that he can hire her as his mom's personal nutritionist. His intentions r always good but execution is nt always right. He's compassionate nt only towards his family, but to others as well.
But he easily falls prey to emotional blackmailing esp by his mom. I can never consider him as spineless (becoz if he's really spineless, he wudn b able to confess his luv to sona after natasha engagement fiasco, also he didn go to sona engagement with ritwick as in both these incidents maataji had denied her approval ) but an emotional fool.. yess he foolishly affected by emotions n soon starts the guilt ride. That's y he didn think twice during that sleeping pills drama to broke up with his luv sona. He did a grave mistake there as he took that decision by himself without proper thinking. He shud've discuss that with sonakshi n both can wait for some more time so that everything get sorted out. But then dev ki deewangi ka kyaa ??
After marriage sona had to face so many taunts in dixit mansion. She tried to defend herself but dev cudn do the same most of the time. He's very respectful to his elders that's y he finds it hard to defend his wife always but he did defended sona wen ever possible. But i wud luv to c dev voicing for sona against taunts if she's right bcoz every time nt everyone is right . So support u'r wife if she's right , NO MATTER WHAT. Dev's character is improving a lot these days . Another thing i liked about dev is he never manhandle sona. I had watched a few shows only & had seen most of the heroes manhandle the heroines. Sometimes it seemed romantic but most of the time it ends with hurting but this in turn leads to passionate luv 😆 most cliched scenes in a tv soap !!
Vicky...the less said the better..but one thing..if he's genuine, his dialogue 'agar bahu jaayegi, beta bhi ghar se jaayega ' is definitely an assurance to elena which is definitely needed for her after this elopement.
In short everything is needed in a correct proportion ...lil bit of dev( aubhothro nature ), vicky (wickedness ), Ishwari (possessiveness), sona (mahanta ) but if it becomes more than the required amount, it leaves a sour taste .