Ananya
As Maharani, she was in court daily.
I love Hanuman, and would never dream of making fun of him, but re: the sindur, okay, it's fine if he smears himself with just sindur, but sindur + ghee???? Yuck!!! 😲That smell alone would be such a turn-off!!! 😵Also, while everyone in court, including Bharat, was smirking, they didn't show Lakshman's expression at all - I'd have loved to see it.
Karkati is now p___ing me off - the way she knocked that thali off the hands of her receptionist😡 Also, everything here seems to revolve around her. (Had she been around Ravan, instead of Mandodari, he'd always have been encouraged, instead of being demoralized by Mandari's weeping all the time i.e. Ravan deserved her more than he deserved Mandodari.) I agree - Shurpanakha was a princess in contrast!
Another boo-boo here - Ravan and Kumbhakarna were Mamashri's of Lavanasura, and therefore, Karkati would be his Mami, not his bhabi, no? Yet, they portray him as addressing her as his sis-in-law.
Also, this is a big distortion - Lavanasura never had any designs on Ayodhya, and in fact, in 7-68, actually told Shatrughan when confronted that Ravan was his Mama, Raam had killed his whole Vansh, but he did not say anything.(Ananya, can you confirm this in 7-68?) Had Lavanasura made any attempts to invade Ayodhya, he'd have definitely killed everyone in the Raghukul and ended the dynasty, given that he had Shiva's trishul, which in this case would not have desisted from killing Rama, given that Shatrughan's strategy was to preempt him from getting it.
P.S. I hate the Sagar priorities of putting Karkati ahead of UMS.