Who is left to give us any hope of change? Another character ruined?

Every time you think someone in this show is going to be its saving grace, the opposite happens. I thought Nimmi had her head screwed on- she's been the only one so far who hasn't acted insane and/or stupid- she's been trying to warn everyone to guard themselves against Pigtail&Co but to no avail. And now...after the most recent episode she flipped the hell out?! What?! It was really odd at best and downright nasty at worst. Her outburst was exaggerated and over the top and unwarranted towards Riya. Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly feel sorry for Riya because a girl like her who works and interacts with the public and took financial control of her maternal household SHOULD really have been able to- I don't know, figure out that SOMETHING is badly wrong. Shantidevi badmouths Khusiya and Nimmi and Preeti all the time to her- is she unable to see how vile that is? I mean if someone constantly badmouths others to you, wouldn't you wonder what kind of a person does that and if they are an honest individual? Shanti even badmouthed her grand-aunt and she just seemed to take it without question- at least that's how it was portrayed. So...ok, shes new to the household, she doesn't really know the dynamics- but you know when you start a new job or join a new club our whatever its "kind of" the same situation where you use your common sense and you think for yourself. You don't believe one person over another, you don't make sudden value judgments before getting to really know someone...you make your own mind up. And given her background you'd think that she would make her own mind up about who is who in that house, at least in general. If a friend' or an in-law or a neighbour constantly badmouthed someone to me, it would really make think why is this person constantly on their case and what kind of person must they be to feel so at ease talking about others behind their back? As much as Khusiya has pissed me the hell off- from Riyas perspective, Khusiya hasn't badmouthed anyone. She's made moronic decisions (like with the sari etc) but given the rest of her behaviour in general from when she lovingly gave Riya her necklace on her wedding day, or the way she is quite loving with all the rituals and just her general demeanour with Riya should really speak volumes in and of itself. But it seems Riya just sees the surface of things (which is odd because shes meant to NOT be naive- we all expected her to think for herself) and she just takes in what Shanti says to her. Never mind that she didn't even question the whole retarded wedding fiasco and the sahil/anupam/shivam kidnapping, the sarla and amit deceit, the riya/priya thing (Riya must have known Sarla had outright lied to her because she saw Shivam's name on her mehendi, so errrm why did riya not question and ask her why she didn't say anything at that point????😕😕) Anyway- so it seems Riyas powers of deduction are non-existent. What else is there to say? Its unrealistic.

But yeah, going back to Nimmi- they've done to her character what theyre doing to Khusiya. Unpredictable and unrealistic. Why would she flip out like that when shes the only one who's been able to put things together and keep her head screwed on. She obviously just wanted to protect her mum and I totally agree with her on that; its what shes been wanting to do from the beginning. But c'mon- did she have to be such a b*tch to Riya? It was just nasty behaviour. Even if she had been pushed to her limit and she just couldn't take it anymore- did the writers have to make her take it out so cruelly on Riya? It wasn't justified- Riya hadn't even said anything. She just answered Shanti's question- yes its my sari. That was it. Then Sarla and everyone else butted in and she couldn't get a word in edgewise (even if a normal person would have just nipped it in the bud and said yes they were hers but they were brand new and she was happy for Khysiya to use them as she wished) she could have said that (at least for SOME damage control) and THEN in private speak to Khusiya about her having taken her stuff etc- or whatever, it could have been cleared up in private. But even then- even if she wasn't able to say anything,, I don't understand Nimmi's reaction. Riya hadn't said ANYTHING to suggest that she was blaming khusiya or that she was taunting her or anything. That was WEIRD.😕

Then Shivam- we thought he would try and understand his wife better given the way hes seen his dad treat his mum. But no- he was abrupt with her, cold, walking and looking away, shouting at her, pointing fingers etc. He was just plain nasty to her- even though he knew she wasn't at fault??? Okaaay then. He promised to treat both his wife and motherly in an equally fair way- that did not look like that. That looked like he was swayed by his mother's wailing and that was all he needed to treat his new wife like a piece of crap.

So Nimmi has gone AWOL. Shivam was half way there ANYWAY. Khusiya lost the plot a while ago- people were saying that she would be a good mother and not exaggerate things or let anything get inbetween her, Riya and Shivam- well...she went and did the opposite. Shivam did the opposite of what he said he would do- he was supposed to be open and honest with his wife and now hes keeping big things from her. Nimmi - well we hoped she'd be the one to knock sense into people- now she needs a whack. I mean who does that leave us with? Sonal? Shes hardly even in the show, she goes to tuition and comes home; eat, sleep, tuition, repeat.

Sarla/Pari/Amit/Rani/Ashok are just- ugh thought it would get more interesting. Ashok is still being nicey nicey with - let me call Sarla, let me call sonal, let me call pari...oh where's pari...what to do about her...oh didums...'- NO CHANGE THERE. As someone said Rani is just trying to get her jewellery back so far. I don't think Rani was making fun of Riya when it hit the fan (when she was on the phone to her aunt)- cuz she did say that she felt bad for her; but what she was happy about was that khusiya had stood up to shanti. I think she just gets happy in general when anyone stands up to shanti/sarla. She's a very different character to riya- she is much more mentally strong (so far- who knows maybe the writers will screw that up too!) and she knows what to expect from this family. I mean look at how she handled sarla chasing and beating her with a broom in front of EVERYONE. Did Rani have a mental breakdown and cry and wail? No, she kind of just took it in her stride and she's just as much a new bride as Riya is- whereas Riya just got a bollocking and yet she reacted in the opposite way (even if we think its justified- what I'm trying to say is that Rani is made of different mettle). So if you look at her from that perspective- then yeah that's why she was happy that shanti etc had been put in her place or whatever. She wasn't evilly laughing at what happened to Riya- she even said to Riya afterwards in not so many words that she needs to take it all with a pinch of salt and not take things so seriously- and that's because that's how RANI deals with everything without falling apart. So yeah- I don't think she was being nasty to Riya when she was laughing about the fiasco over the phone to her aunt.

The writers are ruining what decent characters are left in this show. Soon not one of them will be able to provide us with a bit of hope that someone will turn the tables on Pigtail&Co...