I have been reading many posts where people are saying that Adilie was magical till they made Malini negative. I mean, how? The premise itself is weird. A high-school pass out girl in every sense of the word is coerced into marriage with a thirty-something journalist who holds her responsible for his misery.
Then he marries his girlfriend of seven-eight years without telling her the truth. (Oh, this whole-ass adult didn't tell his partner the truth because a literal high-school pass out told him not to— very wise.) Then, he and his family don't let Imlie move out despite everything. After flaunting his intimacy with Moon for months to this teenager who is attracted to him and has been socialised into loving him, he decides he loves Imlie after all. Here, too, her platonic intimacy with Prakash triggers his reaction. I find this sketchy because teenaged girls/women get attracted to older men all the time, it's the responsibility of the older person to not be exploitative. I don't think every age-gap relationship is bad but experience is a crucial factor in it. At this point of time, he doesn't care about the social or financial repercussions any of this might have over either of these women.
Fast forward to the day of the abuse. Aditya is the victim, and Imlie lends him all the trust and support. But he refuses to trust Imlie In return. In fact, he expects his nineteen yo wife to mother the rape-child of her husband and half-sister without even asking her. He, for all that matters, believes that AC manipulated a college professor to sleep with an inebriated man. What?
How is this a consistent man?
Whether Malini is exposed or not or whether Aryan is bolstering Imlie to undermine Aditya are not the issues with Adilie relationship. He was willing to slūtshame her the moment she outshone him professionally. Gashmeer and Sumbul have amazing chemistry, it shows but what sort of message will it send if Adilie end up together?
Now, Fahmaan's entry doesn't seem forced to me. If they show Adilie united, that's the end of the story, hence they had launched KC-Malini as a parallel track. But I think Gashmeer has other commitments. It is not unbelievable that an investigative journalist would have pissed off people in his career. Sometimes people do meet randomly and on the wrong foot. They have toned down the water-throwing and arm-grabbing— thank God.
Aryan till now has been appropriate in the way he mentors Imlie even if he favours her. The fact is that Imlie has gained a lot of experience and speaks back to him. Turning Aryan into a psycho would be really idiotic because they have completely unraveled Aditya beyond redemption. It would be a real pathetic end of Imlie to be lost to her codependency. Softbois are not necessarily non-toxic than grumpy boys just because they listen to Ravi Shankar and whatnot.
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