k this might be long, but whatevs...im gonna try to express my feelings/thoughts for this show.
but before that, thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread. saying you guys did a beautiful job doesn't seem to cut it, but thank you for making this so special for us. 🥺 (the gifs are a nice added touch!)
i've had quite the journey with this show. i started watching it when it had already been airing for a couple months. i absolutely loved the first part of the show - imlie's drive, determination, her quirks! so much fun! around april 2021 i stopped watching. i just wasn't feeling it anymore and imlie was sent to the graveyard of millions of other itv shows ive started and never finished.
fast forward to Jan 2022, and everywhere i look, i see this dude with a white bandage around his head on IF. like TONS of profiles. people who have had the same profile pic for years were suddenly changing it this head-injury dude.
i hear in passing that imlie has a parallel lead and that the ladies are loving him off. im like okay, whatever. a couple of weeks pass and this dude is still all over IF. im watching anupamaa one night with my aunt and i tell her about this new guy on imlie and i say let's just see what he's like. so i put on the episode and it's the one where imlie eats those chillis. we watch for a bit. the episode finishes and silence. my aunt pipes up "he's cute". i feel insulted. cute? ummm...
and that marked that start of my 2nd innings with imlie. i went all the way back to april and started painfully watching every single episode i had missed. 😵💫 it's was long and unnecessary, but i didnt want to miss any of the back story. i finally get to the part where ASR enters and honestly, im kinda disappointed. i mean, haven't we seen this character repackaged a million times over? i decide to give it a chance. i get to the episode where he teaches her to use the chopsticks and that was it for me. i was sold. he was different. he was special. it remains one of my favorite scenes.
honestly, whoever created ASR, casted Fae, Fae himself...give these people a raise. how many shows have you seen where the ML leaves and they are able to successfully transition a new ML who is not a household-name ?
everything that happened prior to ASR is irrelevant. for me, he is the heart and soul of the show and i would even argue that this show is his story.
i never thought i would watch imlie again but im so glad i did and im even happier that i get to enjoy this powerhouse of talent aka Fae everyday and hopefully for many many years to come.
(p.s. still looking for the right word to describe Fae's appeal...cute seems insulting...sexy, gorgeous, hot, fine, etc seems too run of the mill for him. or maybe he's just that unique that words fail in comparison. ❤️)
Edited by BaAZiGar0 - 2 years ago
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