Originally posted by: thedramaqueen
<font color="#ff00ff">I am on the phone so apologies for the brevity and abruptness of my response. </font>
<font color="#ff00ff">I think we are seeing Dev's redemption in a symbolic way. Dev has done some introspection and instead of showing flashbacks, the old scenes which left us feeling upset with Dev are being intermingled to show the changes in dev. His subconscious mind is playing amazing games with his psyche.</font>
<font color="#ff00ff">Like some of you said, Golu and soha are playing the roles of Ishwari and sonakshi interchangeably when Dev is around. For example, Golu kept reminding soha she is coming between him and bigcha. In the heat of the moment he pushes soha. He didn't mean to. Just like sonakshi didn't mean to push Ishwari. Golu is scared he will be asked to "get out" by people who matter however this time Dev promised that he won't let that happen.</font>
<font color="#ff00ff">At the birthday party on 25th November 2016, Sonakshi was left out. Yesterday Dev has an ice cream party with Golu and soha. Golu and dev enjoyed the ice cream by consuming it and not falling sick. Soha shared it with someone and got a gift for dev in return. Everyone was happy and there were no ugly speeches. </font>
<font color="#ff00ff">Dev gave Soha a fake parent while her real parents are in front of him who he isn't able to "see" . Just like during the fake pregnancy the reality was in front of everyone but dev was too busy chasing the mirage. Dev had his reason for lying. When sonakshi found out, she was hurt but saw where Dev was coming from. </font>
<font color="#ff00ff">It's getting abstract. So bear with me. </font>
<font color="#ff00ff">To share her pregnancy news or not was Dev's ex-wife's decision. But his lover owed him this news. With me?</font>
<font color="#ff00ff">Through all these scenes Dev's introspection was portrayed. And the conclusion is that at a deeper subconscious level Dev the lover understands what went wrong. As a result of that, he was able to "protect" his love from Ishwari's manipulations. She made a lot of sense. Dev, the ex-husband, doesn't know that his ex wife isn't looking to move on. But the lover in him, who is pure, fought back. He bled his heart out and said it's hurts to see sonakshi's move on. The ex husband can see that soha is sona's daughter but the lover refuses to acknowledge because he knows that sonakshi the lover would tell him this news.</font>
<font color="#ff00ff">For Sonakshi, it's not very straightforward. The lover sonakshi thinks marriage is a scam. She has nothing at the moment for his lover and ex-husband. She still has to nurse the wounds inflicted by her marriage. She is protecting herself from well meaning family and friends. All through her marriage the only "thing" that could protect her was Dev's love. Because she had soha alongside her in the last 7 years, she has been able to protect herself from the institution of marriage. Again undertones of season 1. </font>
<font color="#ff00ff">Also there was no Asha today. She is the only one who gets devakshi. Devakshi are starting to fight their own battle.</font>