He had a heart attack during one of her orchestra concerts and passed away when she was fifteen-years-old. Devi idolized and loved her father, and the two were very close. However, Devi generally hates putting on saris and jewelry, preferring to wear more casual western-style clothing.ĭevi Vishwakumar is the daughter of Nalini and Mohan. On special occasions and traditional events such as Puja she wears traditional saris and jewelry. She typically is seen in sweatshirts, t-shirts, jeans, shorts, skirts, and sneakers. She often wears minimal makeup, not bothering with looking too dressed-up unless and until she is going on a special occasion. She normally keeps her hair straightened or slicks her hair to the back at times. Over time, Devi realizes suppressing her emotions is never going to help her, and hence finally starts listening to her emotions and learning to deal with them in a healthy manner.ĭevi Vishwakumar is an Indian-American teenage girl with an average build, her average height standing around 5'6', with brown eyes, and long black hair. This is shown through how Devi has grown to be a more supportive friend who is more than willing to do anything to protect her friends, from being a selfish friend who only cared about 'popularity and Paxton,' as noted by Fabiola. This is seen through how Devi is always more than willing to learn from her mistakes, making sure she never hurts anybody in the same way again. However, as noted by her therapist, her ability to feel more emotions, if used correctly, would enable her to lead an incredibly rich and colorful life. This would make her feel more emotional than others, making her vulnerable. Ryan, due to experiencing extremely traumatic events in her life such as her father's sudden death, which led to her temporary paralysis. However, she does care about everyone she loves, such as her family and friends.ĭevi has been diagnosed with psychosomatic weakness by her therapist Dr. However, despite all her flaws such as being way too irrational, making some bad choices, being quite selfish at times Devi almost never means to intentionally hurt anybody, however she accidentally does it due to her inability to cope with emotions. This was projected most effectively when she started obsessing over Paxton, to escape from the fact that she still missed her dad, which led her to making some questionable decisions. Devi's unhealthy ways to handle emotions are more than often the main reason of the issues in her life. It is highly suggested that Devi struggles with anger-management issues due to her unhealthy ways to handle shock or traumatic events. This becomes more prevalent when she tries to suppress her emotions towards her dad's death towards her therapist.ĭevi is known to have a bit of a temper, which tends to backfire on her, as noted by her friends and Paxton. Consequently, she is prone to making actions that she comes to regret as her character develops throughout the series, which she often makes due to being conflicted with emotions.ĭevi has an impeccable tendency to escape from her problems, by suppressing her emotions all of the time, which never works in her favor. This is because regardless of her intelligence and extroverted nature, Devi is still a flawed teenager. However, despite all Devi has a tendency to be quite a competitive person as shown by how she threw a fit just because she scored one mark less than Ben. Devi is shown to have an innate charisma that attracts other people, a talent for witty comebacks, a savage nature, and an unwavering sense of loyalty to whom she cares about.ĭevi is shown to be compassionate by how she never demeans others despite how others see them, as noted by her interactions with Paxton and Rebecca. had to be on my best behaviorĭevi Vishwakumar is an outgoing, witty, and studious girl, who frequently achieves academic success.

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