Originally posted by: Anvi2009
Exactly how many times have you watched this serial. The way you recounted their whole journey, it has to be at least 10 times. 😆 😊
Imlie blaming herself for coming between Aditya-Malini, agreed.
Imlie thinking Aditya would be happy with Malini if he never knew her, agreed.
Imlie thinking Malini is the only person to bring happiness to T household, agreed.
As audience, we know the above three points are all incorrect, but Imlie does not. So from her character POV, I agree.
But below are the stuff I do not agree on:
1) Imlie does not blame herself for forced marriage and unhappiness in Aditya's life due to the forced marriage. She very clearly told Aditya in their 2nd PD trip when Aditya crossed several limits verbally assuming Imlie wanted to physically get closer to him that it was his fault they got married, not her. That even though she never made him feel so, his decisions that fateful day led to their forced marriage. When Aditya was about to disclose the truth to Nishanth, Imlie did think that does Aditya think that only he got married forcefully? Her guilt has only to do with Aditya's feelings for her, but not for the actual forced marriage.
What Imlie told Adi in 2nd PD trip is that she is an equal victim of the forced marriage & in fact she is the one whose whole life has been ruined. Since Adi was continuously blaming her for being the reason for the forced marriage she hit back that if she wants she can also say that it was his fault because of all the reasons she listed to him. She just wanted Adi to acknowledge that she was an equal victim not that she is blameless.
On a general level, both of them know that the forced marriage was not their fault & they were just victims of the circumstances. But Imlie can never forget that it was her own grandma who instigated people against them & forced marriage on them in order to ruin her life & dreams. Adi just was a collateral damage in her NN's plan. So this inherent guilt will always be there in her heart. That is my interpretation.
2) @Sunnygrin1 (to your post on page 8) Imlie does not doubt Aditya's feelings for her. At least the writers have not shown Imlie doubting his feelings yet. The writers have not shown even 1 instance where she is thinking of the scenes where Aditya did PDA with Malini, including the last movie night, in front of her or love-related stuff he said about Malini to Imlie. In fact when Aditya was sick this week, Imlie made it clear that she does not doubt his feelings or his relationship with Malini. Imlie knows Aditya loves her. That is the beauty of their relationship. Being always honest with each other, and Imlie understanding Aditya better than he understands himself, she is clear about his feelings for her.
To me the only thing stopping Imlie from seeing the whole picture that Aditya is trying to tell her is her guilt that his feelings for her are destroying his marriage with Malini. And she is worried about the domino effect the destruction of Aditya-Malini marriage will cause both the households. To me, this is what the writers have shown so far. The story is yet to be told, so let's see if they will delve deeper into Imlie's psyche.