Tbh this is a drawback of legacy showsđđ People became Abhira fans even before the 4th gen started. So they will ship her with literally anyone who loves her. In other shows, the characters are new, so people wait before taking sides and bashing leads. This phase in a new show, people would be anticipating for the leads to fall in love, for ML to grow a spine, for FL to fulfill her dreams. But here, the opinion of fans is skewed in favour of Abhira, so they would never look at the world from Armaan's POV. If he is good with her, they will like him, if he is a bit confused, they will bash him.
Like for eg. me. I started watching this show as a new viewer who isn't attached to either of the characters. So for me it is straight forward that Yuvraj is a villain, Abhira is the best character till now, Armaan is a flawed character who needs to grow backbone (but he isn't a red flag) , Rohit another spineless human being and Ruhi a confused irritating woman. I don't hate anyone yet, coz everyone till now has a perspective of their own (except for Yuvraj who is an out and out villain).
True.
This is the biggest issue, if a male lead loves female lead, then only he is considered a good male lead. I mean, yahan toh he isn't even in love, he never committed to her, nor she expected anything as a husband to behave. They just became friends recently. Armaan can have his own journey and povs separated from the female lead. Yes, he is confused, doesn't have strong opinions when it comes to family but if you look at it- he has taken stands for the other people in the house - but hasn't when it came for his own self. The guy has been blamed for everything in the house and he is guilty about those things - consider his past too. He is a people pleaser and that's his biggest weakness but then we all grow - we learn with time. He isn't toxic, a criminal, a bad person, just a flawed character.
I mean how come Rohit is a better male lead just because he was the victim but he ran away from his responsibilities - didn't have spine to stand amidst the family and fight for his rights. He didn't do. He is another poddar kid who is spineless. Despite he had a smoother journey in that house in that family than Armaan. He was actually the golden boy getting all the privileges which Armaan didn't get in that family..
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