Originally posted by: Lodestar
My thoughts on rest of the epi:
First of all👏 & 🤗 to Rupi Di for being the protective mama bear defending Imlie even against herself. I just ❤️ how fierce she was in trying to make Imlie realise that she should not blame herself for Dementor Didi's suicide attempt. And the way she gave it back to Aparna & Radha for trying to guilt Imlie as a scapegoat was 👏. Dil hi jeet liya. Glad that she was the one who thought that Imlie should not stay there just to take unnecessary blame from anyone & sending her off. Her taking care of Imlie after she returned from donating blood was also so heart warming.
Rupi Di also tried to console Adi & lift the burden of guilt from him as well. I was glad that she had stepped up in place of Adi for Imlie throughout the epi as she knows that he himself was struggling with not only his guilt but also could not openly show support for Imlie in such a situation. This is what is being there for her sibling❤️. Also liked how she tried to nudge him to go to Imlie so that they could get a moment of saath from each other. She is becoming the MVP for me in protecting Imlie & supporting Adi-Imlie relationship.
The Tripathis reacted the way I expected them to react. They have a tendency to blame their own kids rather than the people whom they consider as outsiders even for mistakes that have not been made by them. They do it to Adi, Rupi & Imlie is included as well in this category. If they didn't hold back from blaming Adi, then how could they hold back from blaming Imlie who was at the centerstage of the last Adi-Malini fight.
Aparna & Radha both know that they were being uselessly petty in blaming Imlie but they just wanted to take out their frustration on someone & Imlie was their scape goat. Aparna did look like she realised her mistake when Rupi gave them all a piece of her mind. I believe they will apologise to Imlie when they will cool down.
Aparna does realise the major blame for Dementor Didi's suicide attempt is on Dementor Didi only but they still do not consider her as their own. She is still the Chaturvedi's daughter first to them rather than their own bahu. Their care for her comes more out of responsibility & obligation rather than love. So they do not feel that they have the right to hold her responsible for her mistakes & always bend over backwards to please her.
Also for the Tripathis, I do believe they do give a lot of importance to "log kya kahenge" school of thought. They are very conscious about how society perceives their family & hence try to please outsiders more. Therefore it has become very easy for the Chaturvedis to lord it over them.
The Chaturvedi loser duo Dadi & DC again prove how useless they are in their responsibility towards their kids- be it Dementor Didi or Imlie. This Dadi is the main culprit for all the mess that DC has made of his family's life. They are just plain losers👎🏼.