Originally posted by: anoniya
Their execution is so bad that things don't ever seem to come out the way they intended.
Raavi being shown as a not very smart person would have been alright because not everyone is. The actual problem lies in that fact that other characters behave in an even less smart manner.
Showing people who have known her all her life, and even constantly called her dumb, to time and again believe her to be some horrible, manipulative person capable of committing terrible acts makes them look like fools.
Shiva was always shown suspicious about Anita except the one time that Raavi was telling everyone about her feeling for Gautam. He always hated Prafulla but decided to show concern for her only when Raavi was trying to get her to tell the truth using the lie detector. He, despite having been wrong numerous times, kept putting allegations on her which she denied, and frankly did not even have a motive for, but still he never had any doubts about them or tried to investigate. He shows such huge reactions when he believes she was wrong but almost none when he founds out she was actually the one wronged. These things don't really show him in a good light.
While I do admit Shiva and Dhara are most definitely the focus of the show but I will have to disagree on the writers digging deep for them. They have instead dug them deep into a hole. They are the most badly ruined characters according to me. So much wasted potential.
Most likely unpopular opinion : Personally, while Sneha definitely should not have said the things she did, I don't think her disliking Shiva was exactly unexpected. Being Raavi's friend, it was only natural she wouldn't have the best impression of the guy who treated her the way Shiva did, and to then suddenly find out she had gotten married to him instead of his brother would have been absolutely shocking. The things she said could have been out of genuine concern for her. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into it. Who knows.