Originally posted by: NotAMuggle
Actually the problem is that the writers have backtracked & thrown a good chunk of season 1 & whole season 2 away.
I understand Dev's initial submissive behaviour towards Ishwari. Yes.... Ishwari brought him up like that. With continuous emotional blackmails & manipulations she programmed him like scientists program robots. Sonakshi said as much after the 7 years separation.
So I understand his initial blind faith on Mummy & ignorance towards Sonakshi & the first breakup (the hospital one). The 2nd break up took away all respect I had for him....but still I somewhat understand how Ishwari played a role in it.
But after that 7 years leap? I find him just terrible & terrible. Towards the very end of season 1, he somewhat grew as a person, even though they totally skipped his realisation & redemption, at least it could be seen he was a changed man. He even didn't mind going against his Godly mother for what he thought was right to do with Sonakshi. (Ex - His mother wanted Sonakshi to have Shubh but Dev said they needed to abort as it was risky for Sona, he pushed Sonakshi to work when his mother wanted her to sit at home & be a housewife, he even left his own work & looked after Shubh for that, much to his Mother's dismay....) It was brief, but they did establish that he learnt from his mistakes & changed for the better.
Now in season 3 they have given his character a complete U turn & he is even worse than how he used to be pre-leap. Back then you could at least say that he is not realising this & that or he is making mistake....but now he is like...he doesn't care at all about what happens to Sonakshi or his own kids. All that matters is his mother. Previously at least he used to placate Sonakshi inside their bedroom after siding with Mummy outside.... Now even in the privacy of bedroom, he is screaming shouting at Sonakshi asking why can't she just stop using her brain & blindly worship the ground his mother walks onHonestly speaking, right now it looks like he is intentionally being abusive! And oh! I just noticed, their bedroom wall is alarmingly devoid of their marriage pics now (which used to be full of at least a dozen of them back in the day) & there's a big photo of his Mom even inside "their" bedroom 🤪 I just can't fathom how awkward Sonakshi must have felt everytime they got intimate in front of his mother's picture🤢
Agree. Tbh I've never understood Dev's love for Sonakshi till date . Don't know what made him fall for her in the first place . It just seems like his own need for a partner made him fall. He definitely doesn't love her for the woman she is . He has problems with everything that Sona is, this season . He doesn't want her to prioritise work , he doesn't want her to prioritise her father and brother , he doesn't want her to have a mind of her own .
He seems to want a beautiful robot he can operate through a remote control.