Originally posted by: lagjagale
Neil was a beloved character by all. He supported Abhi as a brother; he was an amazing friend and brother to Ak; he was even a really good husband to Arohi and loved her intensely. He basically created no ill will with anyone and was such an important character in the story until then.
Abhinav was a cameo, who then became a parallel lead and then went back to being a cameo. He vastly overstayed his welcome and importance. So people are happy. The story was stuck for the past eight months, and this will move the story forward so people are happy. Lots of people just don't like Nav as a character, so they are also happy.
Both Neil and Nav were rays of sunshine characters. But Neil had a lot of stuff going on for his character; he had a whole arc which, while not well executed, made sense. Nav, meanwhile, was kept more or less the same, with no real investment in his character to improve him or change him. He was introduced as AA and left as AA.
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