Originally posted by: milkcakejamun
I couldn't agree any more with this post!
When I first began watching Pandya Store (pre-haveli episodes), this show was genuinely in my Top 5. I loved the delicate balance between each family member. I loved the sensible manner that "family values" were shown and carried out with. I loved how no one seemed truly evil, just shades of gray, but not evil. However that delicate balance has been broken with this haveli track. Characters that should not have been ruined like Dhara and Anita have changed. Apologies that should have been spoken Dev to Raavi and Dhara to ShiSh are wiped under the rug. Communication, which used to be strong within the Pandya family, is failing which is only resulting in further problems.
Paired with the concept of respect... personally speaking, I think no one in that family truly respects Raavi. If they had we would've seen Dev apologizing to Raavi, Dhara giving Raavi the space, and Shiva actually considering Raavi as his wife.
Many scenes are just not living up to the mark. And this is due to poor writing, editing, and perhaps constraints with the set. As such, we are seeing each character go on their own self-destructive path without a proper means of apology or reflection.
I was speaking to my sister the other day (she does not watch the show but knows it through me), and I spoke about my recent dissatisfactions. Post NDE, I became really bothered how Shiva grabbed at Raavi's shoulders. Some mentioned it was a "pyaare pyaare" moment as Raavi questioned him on his anger. But I couldn't bring myself to feel the same way. The second he grabbed his shoulders, especially after their NDE where she would continue to be in pain, he lost a decent amount of respect from me that day (nothing could justify his actions). Anger is one thing, but grabbing and manhandling is another, especially when you know someone is recovering from pain. Seeing the Twitter trend was even more disheartening as that manhandling moment was washed away by the "pyaare pyaare" scenes of him brushing back her hair.
As for your comments about the Shiva-centric posts that users have been making. There are some posts that I completely disagree with and some posts that I agree with. I only made Shiva posts myself because I completely sympathize and agree with Raavi. I didn't think there was anything left to add. But, Shiva's case was a little more interesting as I didn't agree with him and I wanted to see if I could personally get into his mind.