I know it's a discussion about what is better between love triangle & forced marriage, but I honestly think Neil & Avani's marriage track was very much predictable from the start. & if we are going to compare the two, then there is really no end to this discussion.
About how marriage track was predictable & VERY much needed, the only reason for Riya & Neil's marriage was Dayavanti's bad financial condition & need to get the deal with Neil's dad done & sealed as soon as possible. Neil is a kind of guy who will remain faithful to the one he marries, so Riya & Neil's marriage really can't happen. & there are only two ways that is possible, 1) what Avani & Neela are trying to accomplish from the very beginning, break the marriage. & 2) what is going to happen now, bride swap. Now all of us know, Dayavanti won't stay quiet and let Avani ruin her peacefully. She will try each & every trick to keep the marriage on board. So if they prolong the marriage track any longer, that will be forced & will not be logical.
People who wants to watch triangle, it is going to happen. So it really doesn't matter, & I don't think Avani will actually force this marriage on Neil for long, if he is not aware of bride swap ( which is most likely.) There will be drama of 6 months or some time bridegroom needs to spend together first & then the final divorce kinda thing. & we all know that Avani & Neil were actually falling in love with each other, so saying that they were forced to love each other because of the marriage is wrong. Because if that is all what they wanted to show, then the marriage track would have happened a long time ago & all the kidnapping & other dramas would have happened after marriage.
I am anyway looking forward to this track, bcz according to one news I watched on YouTube it's not Shweta who is aware & part of bride swap, but Dayavanti & Neela. I don't trust that news much bcz I think that video was not really reliable, but if it is true then it will be interesting to watch what really happened in the marriage.
I read in one post about Ali & Riya track being not so exciting & being very much clich & I completely agree. Even I agree Ali is too good for Riya. Honestly I thought there will be love triangle for Ali post leap, where Ali will love Avani, there was their third friend Angy ( forgot her name) who was there for Ali all these time & will love Ali. But that third friend's character got scrapped & she was not shown after first leap episode. I wanted them to be together. It would have been sweet, between all these drama. But I don't have any objection if Ali & Riya end up together. After all, the way story is going I know eventually redemption track for Riya will come. The only reason I don't prefer Riya & Ali's pairing is because this is a star plus serial which will run for a long time & to spice up the story they will need to turn Riya negative sooner or later. Riya's character can't stay positive for long & Ali deserves better than some crappie love/life partner.
In short, what is going to happen is demand of the story & there is no point in arguing if love triangle track would have been better.