The Game of Cat and Mouse - Page 13

Originally posted by: jperalta

One question this track poses is: how much of the effort it takes to maintain a relationship should be put in by one partner only?

On the surface level, it seems like Adi is doing all that he can from his standpoint because he, to him helplessly, believes certain lies that have hurt Imlie, regrets what he did as a result, but still wants to be with the woman he’s in love with. This guy is a bit too good at compartmentalizing. What is really going on here is Adi pleading with Imlie to get past what has happened and go back to the way things were before. His entire sense of normalcy & well-being stems from Imlie. We’ve seen it before, in his world, all’s well & good while she’s good with him. Notice how he keeps taking the child’s reference to justify his actions that have hurt Imlie, yet not once has he expressed any genuine emotions, positive or negative, about becoming a father to anyone?

This is working on two levels. He deleted the video impulsively thinking, hey, this is my Imlie. Where a child is involved, she will understand me. She will forgive me, as she has forgiven me and my family on other instances multiple times before. I broke her trust, yes, but in the larger scheme of things, she will still hold some faith in our relationship because that’s who she is. That should make her hold on to me, no matter what. In the meantime, I will win over her forgiveness come what may. When Imlie and I are in a stable place, only then will I have the mental and emotional capacity to think about the child that, for me, Imlie will raise lovingly. Who’s the real mother — he’s least bothered about that despite jeopardizing his marriage for her.

We all want Imlie to leave, keep her self-respect above all this. Fair enough, I want that too. 👍🏼 The counter argument is simply, she doesn’t want to and shouldn’t have to. Adi is the man she loves, and for all his flaws, she doesn’t want to give up on him. The way his family has treated her has been disgusting, to say the least, but from her perspective, they took her in back when Adi was at odds with her and she loves them deeply, so their words & actions may have hurt but she doesn’t want to give up on them either. The crux of the matter is Imlie is a young girl in love with a guy who’s crazy about her, but tends to make glaring mistakes from time to time. I guess the counter perspective here really is, she’s strong enough to fight for her love and marriage when her partner is falling short, so why should she quit?

That brings me to question I started this post off with. Is it fair to expect only Imlie to fight? And if not, does it matter anyway because she wants to? We, as the viewers, are furious on her behalf, but she’s still there working through all of her grief and anger, trying to find her way back to Adi. She has openly declared she isn’t leaving in front of his mother. She loves him to the extent that she is open to the idea of raising a child he’s having with someone else so he won’t have to choose between them.

Is this, or Adi, her strength or weakness? It’s love, so maybe it’s both? Maybe it all depends on the perspective.

Sorry for the long and unexpectedly philosophical post. 🤣 In practical terms, Imlie needs to make a firm demand of Adi. She needs to be the one to advocate for a divorce. She’s the one who’s wronged here and we all know Adi ain’t gonna breathe normal until Imlie at least tries to forgive him, so he won’t think twice about getting that divorce now for Imlie’s sake. (Should be doing it for his own sake but ).

Sorry, couldn’t tag all 😔

Thanks JPeralta. Good take on Imlie. Regarding Adi - other than trauma not emoted properly - I can't say anything about him. He is able to pick up his responsibilities towards the baby so well and still is minimizing Imlie's position amongst all this. That has to be some Imlie specific trauma he has. He is behaving like a spoilt idiot child.

He said - he made decision to delete proof and Imlie will make all decisions from hence - his stand is I've made my choice which I won't change as my child is now my priority. I want Imlie to stay but if she leaves it's the choice she has made and however hard I will live with it. Whether he thought through it - I don't know - but that is his stance. Very similar in some ways to PD3 track - a couple of days before he realized he loved Imlie - he was casually telling her staying back in PD was her choice and he won't pressure her otherwise (bridge scene) - but then few days later he was begging her to be with him in the hostel as he could not function otherwise.This indicates a very weak awareness of what he wants and that is consistent with his personality. Now Adi always is ok for Imlie to leave before he realizes how much he needs her - so if she had chosen to leave - he may have realized that he needs her more than the baby...but Imlie is not using this tactic as she does not want to manipulate him to be with her but rather make him happy. Imlie is giving him the space to figure out what he wants by himself rather than forcing a choice for him. She realizes he is lost.

Imlie knows she is now second and wrt child is understanding of why she needs to be second (I don't undertand this). Yes she loves him and wants to stay with him, but is aware that the dynamics of power have shifted to Malini by virtue of her having control over the baby who is Adi's priority. Question is - is she willing to share Adi with the baby as Aparna suggests and also, as a result need to forever put up with her sister's nakras and unlimited hurt. It seems like she is strong enough to take this on - and it shows the strngth and power of her love.

I understand both may love each other equally but Imlie is a far stronger, principled, fair, stable, trust worth, selfless person than Adi - and this will always be a problem in their relationship. Adi will need for Imlie to do the heavy lifting always and in the process hurt her over and over again by being an ostrich many times. He is never shy to blame her. He allows Malini many mistakes but Imlie is held to higher level.

As you said if Imlie loves him - and she is willing to take on the pain as it also comes with the pleasure of being with the one the one she loves - then good for her. It's just that I would like both to acknowledge its not a barabari relationship - its one sided. When makers keep bringing up barabari and showing since the start a one sided relationship I wonder if maybe the next 275 episodes will be Adi making up for the first 275 and don't see this happening. Some can say that Adi claiming her to be his wife post table thod shadi was his contribution to barabari - even if I buy that - it was a very short period of time where he achieved none of the promises he made to dhadha and kept just saying Imlie is my patni meaninglessly and as Imlie rightly pointed out Adi says things without meaning it. Till they show Adi really stepping up - we are investing in a unequal relationship where Imlie always is the giver. I'm still waiting for Adi to close the window in the room during the storm...started from the rasam...ring, muh dhikai, janamasthami, rape, court, kidnapping, baby, sex worker situation - still waiting. This is disregarding - fake suicide, bed share, massage, make up mess, tablet mixup, jewelry theft, the list is endless.

Sorry long rant - and I promised myself I would stay away from Imlie this weekend :(

Need of the hour:

1. SET BOUNDARIES on how much time and personal space you're going to share with Malini.

You believe you had a freaking ONS with her while being drugged which counts as EMA no matter what. But still you are okay with taking her out on a drive and tie your hand with hers!!! This is so not done man. You need to seriously practice physical distance atleast "che foot" ka unless she's in some life threatening situation.

2. FINALISE THE DIVORCE with Malini abhi ke abhi. You should've done it the next morning but you were doing who knows what in your bedroom while your wife was getting kidnapped. Ok, that's over. but what about the next morning? What did you do? Sat at the dining table right infront of the woman you apparantly slept with and need to divorce asap, and ate jalebis. Later that day, you were forwarding emails. And taking that very woman to the chat corner and long drive. You should ask someone in your family to do that explaining them why this is not safe and how this can lead to another bachha if something goes wrong again. Again for this, he needs to go to point number 1.

3. TALK TO YOUR WIFE about the situation. No, that doesn't equate to you saying sorry. Do the real meaningful talk. Try to understand her pov, try to atleast think why she feels the way she does about the woman who slept with you who should be equally guilty but instead is blushing at her "fate" of pregnancy. Try to take her advice on what should be done by both of you. Ask her how she feels about this situation and how you can make her feel better and comfortable.

There are a few more but this itself is a lot to ask of Adi. No matter the situation, bachha/no bachha, guilt/no guilt WHATEVER it is, is irrelevant. He needs to do these ASAP.

Originally posted by: PPak

Thanks JPeralta. Good take on Imlie. Regarding Adi - other than trauma not emoted properly - I can't say anything about him. He is able to pick up his responsibilities towards the baby so well and still is minimizing Imlie's position amongst all this. That has to be some Imlie specific trauma he has. He is behaving like a spoilt idiot child.

He said - he made decision to delete proof and Imlie will make all decisions from hence - his stand is I've made my choice which I won't change as my child is now my priority. I want Imlie to stay but if she leaves it's the choice she has made and however hard I will live with it. Whether he thought through it - I don't know - but that is his stance. Very similar in some ways to PD3 track - a couple of days before he realized he loved Imlie - he was casually telling her staying back in PD was her choice and he won't pressure her otherwise (bridge scene) - but then few days later he was begging her to be with him in the hostel as he could not function otherwise.This indicates a very weak awareness of what he wants and that is consistent with his personality. Now Adi always is ok for Imlie to leave before he realizes how much he needs her - so if she had chosen to leave - he may have realized that he needs her more than the baby...but Imlie is not using this tactic as she does not want to manipulate him to be with her but rather make him happy. Imlie is giving him the space to figure out what he wants by himself rather than forcing a choice for him. She realizes he is lost.

Imlie knows she is now second and wrt child is understanding of why she needs to be second (I don't undertand this). Yes she loves him and wants to stay with him, but is aware that the dynamics of power have shifted to Malini by virtue of her having control over the baby who is Adi's priority. Question is - is she willing to share Adi with the baby as Aparna suggests and also, as a result need to forever put up with her sister's nakras and unlimited hurt. It seems like she is strong enough to take this on - and it shows the strngth and power of her love.

I understand both may love each other equally but Imlie is a far stronger, principled, fair, stable, trust worth, selfless person than Adi - and this will always be a problem in their relationship. Adi will need for Imlie to do the heavy lifting always and in the process hurt her over and over again by being an ostrich many times. He is never shy to blame her. He allows Malini many mistakes but Imlie is held to higher level.

As you said if Imlie loves him - and she is willing to take on the pain as it also comes with the pleasure of being with the one the one she loves - then good for her. It's just that I would like both to acknowledge its not a barabari relationship - its one sided. When makers keep bringing up barabari and showing since the start a one sided relationship I wonder if maybe the next 275 episodes will be Adi making up for the first 275 and don't see this happening. Some can say that Adi claiming her to be his wife post table thod shadi was his contribution to barabari - even if I buy that - it was a very short period of time where he achieved none of the promises he made to dhadha and kept just saying Imlie is my patni meaninglessly and as Imlie rightly pointed out Adi says things without meaning it. Till they show Adi really stepping up - we are investing in a unequal relationship where Imlie always is the giver. I'm still waiting for Adi to close the window in the room during the storm...started from the rasam...ring, muh dhikai, janamasthami, rape, court, kidnapping, baby, sex worker situation - still waiting. This is disregarding - fake suicide, bed share, massage, make up mess, tablet mixup, jewelry theft, the list is endless.

Sorry long rant - and I promised myself I would stay away from Imlie this weekend :(

Very, very well put. 👍🏼❤️ I am glad you wrote this because it put some things in perspective for me too.

I completely agree, they can't have it both ways. They can't label this an equal relationship, which was supposed to be the very foundation of adilie to begin with, then show Imlie doing all the heavy lifting when things get hard. There is only a certain point till which Adi's mistakes can be overlooked or forgiven, and he started breaching the point the moment he didn't give Imlie's suspicions the benefit of the doubt.

Either the makers turn Adi around for the wiser or they make him repent a hard way now. If Imlie is his safe space, then she needs to be taken away for him to ask the right questions and look for answers himself, no matter how painful it is for him.

Originally posted by: Chintapandu

Need of the hour:

1. SET BOUNDARIES on how much time and personal space you're going to share with Malini.

You believe you had a freaking ONS with her while being drugged which counts as EMA no matter what. But still you are okay with taking her out on a drive and tie your hand with hers!!! This is so not done man. You need to seriously practice physical distance atleast "che foot" ka unless she's in some life threatening situation.

2. FINALISE THE DIVORCE with Malini abhi ke abhi. You should've done it the next morning but you were doing who knows what in your bedroom while your wife was getting kidnapped. Ok, that's over. but what about the next morning? What did you do? Sat at the dining table right infront of the woman you apparantly slept with and need to divorce asap, and ate jalebis. Later that day, you were forwarding emails. And taking that very woman to the chat corner and long drive. You should ask someone in your family to do that explaining them why this is not safe and how this can lead to another bachha if something goes wrong again. Again for this, he needs to go to point number 1.

3. TALK TO YOUR WIFE about the situation. No, that doesn't equate to you saying sorry. Do the real meaningful talk. Try to understand her pov, try to atleast think why she feels the way she does about the woman who slept with you who should be equally guilty but instead is blushing at her "fate" of pregnancy. Try to take her advice on what should be done by both of you. Ask her how she feels about this situation and how you can make her feel better and comfortable.

There are a few more but this itself is a lot to ask of Adi. No matter the situation, bachha/no bachha, guilt/no guilt WHATEVER it is, is irrelevant. He needs to do these ASAP.

Bilkul sahi pakde hai aap

My personal conviction of how this situation should be handled ideally is,

Imlie should stay away from Adi (no matter what barabari saath they've promised each other) until he divorces the woman.

She must give him the time he needs to deal with his emotions and guilt but again, all of this while staying physically away from him until he's clear on his stand and also the divorce obviously.

She should not agree with having the woman under the same roof as her husband.

She must support him in his responsibilities towards the baby and the mother in case she is a dependent, but here, she's clearly not. So, she can offer to help the woman move on from this trauma in whichever way possible with obvious limitations.

She should take time to think of how she's going to handle all these tough circumstances and definitely needs to get advice from sound minded elders. Not the Ts or Meethi. Maybe Nani and Satyakam are ok, but it's better if she finds elders with specific experience.

I know for sure that all these are easier said than done and also know that Imlie is already trying to do most of these. But still, wanted to put forth my stance. I honestly don't know if I myself would be able to do all of this though I tried if I were Imlie. But that being said, this is purely my conviction. Please feel free to disagree.

Originally posted by: jperalta

One question this track poses is: how much of the effort it takes to maintain a relationship should be put in by one partner only?

On the surface level, it seems like Adi is doing all that he can from his standpoint because he, to him helplessly, believes certain lies that have hurt Imlie, regrets what he did as a result, but still wants to be with the woman he’s in love with. This guy is a bit too good at compartmentalizing. What is really going on here is Adi pleading with Imlie to get past what has happened and go back to the way things were before. His entire sense of normalcy & well-being stems from Imlie. We’ve seen it before, in his world, all’s well & good while she’s good with him. Notice how he keeps taking the child’s reference to justify his actions that have hurt Imlie, yet not once has he expressed any genuine emotions, positive or negative, about becoming a father to anyone?

This is working on two levels. He deleted the video impulsively thinking, hey, this is my Imlie. Where a child is involved, she will understand me. She will forgive me, as she has forgiven me and my family on other instances multiple times before. I broke her trust, yes, but in the larger scheme of things, she will still hold some faith in our relationship because that’s who she is. That should make her hold on to me, no matter what. In the meantime, I will win over her forgiveness come what may. When Imlie and I are in a stable place, only then will I have the mental and emotional capacity to think about the child that, for me, Imlie will raise lovingly. Who’s the real mother — he’s least bothered about that despite jeopardizing his marriage for her.

We all want Imlie to leave, keep her self-respect above all this. Fair enough, I want that too. 👍🏼 The counter argument is simply, she doesn’t want to and shouldn’t have to. Adi is the man she loves, and for all his flaws, she doesn’t want to give up on him. The way his family has treated her has been disgusting, to say the least, but from her perspective, they took her in back when Adi was at odds with her and she loves them deeply, so their words & actions may have hurt but she doesn’t want to give up on them either. The crux of the matter is Imlie is a young girl in love with a guy who’s crazy about her, but tends to make glaring mistakes from time to time. I guess the counter perspective here really is, she’s strong enough to fight for her love and marriage when her partner is falling short, so why should she quit?

That brings me to question I started this post off with. Is it fair to expect only Imlie to fight? And if not, does it matter anyway because she wants to? We, as the viewers, are furious on her behalf, but she’s still there working through all of her grief and anger, trying to find her way back to Adi. She has openly declared she isn’t leaving in front of his mother. She loves him to the extent that she is open to the idea of raising a child he’s having with someone else so he won’t have to choose between them.

Is this, or Adi, her strength or weakness? It’s love, so maybe it’s both? Maybe it all depends on the perspective.

Sorry for the long and unexpectedly philosophical post. 🤣 In practical terms, Imlie needs to make a firm demand of Adi. She needs to be the one to advocate for a divorce. She’s the one who’s wronged here and we all know Adi ain’t gonna breathe normal until Imlie at least tries to forgive him, so he won’t think twice about getting that divorce now for Imlie’s sake. (Should be doing it for his own sake but ).

Sorry, couldn’t tag all 😔

JP pehle toh tussi 🤗 for such an interesting discussion! Loved the way you iterated your perspective keeping the basic characterization, as I have understood or perceived.

Let me start off with, Imlie and AKT came together in the most bizarre circumstances, their life together was never going to be easy, simple- specially as they kept moving in it with the decisions they took. None of them really were to cause real pain or avenge anything. The decisions as and when they were taken always had an underline of good intent. Having said that in a relationship, when an effort is required to get over a situation, one partner usually falls short. That is how I have seen in this show too. There relationship before and after they promised each other that it will be of barabari, they have maintained that balance as a cumulative effort.. If AKT falls short of trying, Imlie succeeds over what fell short...If Imlie gives less, AKT does the rest. Example, Imlie would have never confessed to her feelings, if AKT was not this impulsive and got her home during holi. If AKT was not as staunch as he is with certain ideas, Imlie would not have been able to give her exam and would have ended up wasting a year. On the other hand, what we saw last week was Imlie overpowering AKT to get the truth out and even getting his self-confidence back.

These two are like alpha couples. They are each other's cheerleaders. Instead of directing the other person or telling them what to do, they simply support each other and have a mutual trust that the other person will do what is best for them. Yes AKT broke her trust but so did Imlie by letting SK escape, the man who literally killed AKT. Both these incidents made them mad at each other, but neither of them gave up on each other, because inherently they know the decisions they make are not to hurt each other. They are not afraid of conflicts, hell they are such different people yet, they usually overcome it and move on. That is what they are doing now too, atleast trying to. They are alpha couples, because both of them are not trying measure up to each other, no, they adore each other in ways that never has expected a confirmation either. There is no acting entitled in this relationship. They both are not after excellence or perfection. They strive to be good (above average, even) but they understand that they are human and everyone has shortcomings.

Having said all of this, I still feel that the core characterization has not changed at all. It is the story telling and execution that has taken a hit. My complain is there. When we watch a scene, there are so many perspectives, inferences, nuances that translate out. Some of these details need to be more pronounced. AKT at this point is in a sea of guilt and I have no problem with what and how he is behaving for the sake of the baby. I do not think he has gone very far into this to start getting excited to be a dad...oh well, in the messy situation and the way this has happened, I do not see why he will be any excited. This is a zimmedari for him and he will do it with utmost commitment. BUT, AKT also knows it is affecting Imlie negatively and in my opinion the writing is not doing justice to that part of the feelings. The focus is on his expression where it hurts Imlie the most. And I think I understand the intent for that too. But wished, they paid some attention to how AKT is trying his best to attain the balance, we hardly get any monologues for him now days. I want AKT and Imlie to have a proper conversation. Not one where they are trying to be reactive to each other. But all this comes under script writing and that is so bungled up!

For Imlie, AKT is her world and beyond. When I hope she leaves, it is not because I want her to go find a life of her own and another man, nope that aint happening, will not happen. This girl has her heart, mind soul in AKT. But the leaving part is more for her own self-preservation. She needs to leave because maybe her part was/is done and that paves the way for AKT to do his part. Unfortunately until these two have a realization, that the other person is not physically near them, they do not think differently! It is like pause and restart for them Also I do need this track to reach some culmination...hence if Imlie leaving is what it takes, then let that happen and let's get on to the other side..!! 😆

As for the divorce- that is just dangling for no reason. I just consider that as Faltu and a moot point now. I wont be surprised if at the end of it all it just gets proven that M and AKT marriage was never legal to begin with its null and void, whereas Imlie and AKt was registered at the gram panchayat level and is valid!!. She has an adhar card, wouldnt that have required some document?! Again such bad writing! But yeah, first Imlie kept blocking it, then Malini...AKT is like kya hi pursue karne ka...Imlie humari patni hai, hum Imlie se pyar karte hain...should be enough for a few more weeks, atleast until IPL is done..😉

AKT and Imlie were buried under a mountain of guilt, called Malini. when they made a promise to each other....I would say Imlie is free off that guilt and hence today is thinking straight and even making un-biased decisions. For their relationship to grow, AKT needs to conclude his guilt. That will happen only when he knows about Malini's evildoing because he gave her ample chances to explain to him how she feels, and she in her ego never did.

As a side note, Imlie and AKT's relationship can be summed up in the "I need you" song by LeAnn Rhimes.

Oh and I am quite sure there aint no baby

#TeamNoBabynotevenMaybe 😉

Well said points. Both Adi and Imlie need to take a pause and see things from all the sides.They need to talk about all the worst possibilities that might come in the future and how they are going to handle in the best possible ways if they have serious plansnt Continue their relationship. Being slightly elder than Imlie, Adi should initiate the same.

Originally posted by: Chintapandu

Need of the hour:

1. SET BOUNDARIES on how much time and personal space you're going to share with Malini.

You believe you had a freaking ONS with her while being drugged which counts as EMA no matter what. But still you are okay with taking her out on a drive and tie your hand with hers!!! This is so not done man. You need to seriously practice physical distance atleast "che foot" ka unless she's in some life threatening situation.

2. FINALISE THE DIVORCE with Malini abhi ke abhi. You should've done it the next morning but you were doing who knows what in your bedroom while your wife was getting kidnapped. Ok, that's over. but what about the next morning? What did you do? Sat at the dining table right infront of the woman you apparantly slept with and need to divorce asap, and ate jalebis. Later that day, you were forwarding emails. And taking that very woman to the chat corner and long drive. You should ask someone in your family to do that explaining them why this is not safe and how this can lead to another bachha if something goes wrong again. Again for this, he needs to go to point number 1.

3. TALK TO YOUR WIFE about the situation. No, that doesn't equate to you saying sorry. Do the real meaningful talk. Try to understand her pov, try to atleast think why she feels the way she does about the woman who slept with you who should be equally guilty but instead is blushing at her "fate" of pregnancy. Try to take her advice on what should be done by both of you. Ask her how she feels about this situation and how you can make her feel better and comfortable.

There are a few more but this itself is a lot to ask of Adi. No matter the situation, bachha/no bachha, guilt/no guilt WHATEVER it is, is irrelevant. He needs to do these ASAP.

I think this whole thing would’ve been much better if there is some communication established between the leads as husband/wife. Not sure if this is intentional or a side hustle that someone took up and coughed up on pages.

There is no build up and no connection (plot related, emotional or relationship wise). It’s just falling flat and no matter the amount of maturity we dig and look for, we cannot find things (like paleontologists) if there is nothing to be found. We are just analyzing things to our liking and our previous connections we established with the characters.

I think we should all pitch in and start a parallel track in a fan fiction and just read them.

Originally posted by: krispy

I think this whole thing would’ve been much better if there is some communication established between the leads as husband/wife. Not sure if this is intentional or a side hustle that someone took up and coughed up on pages.

There is no build up and no connection (plot related, emotional or relationship wise). It’s just falling flat and no matter the amount of maturity we dig and look for, we cannot find things (like paleontologists) if there is nothing to be found. We are just analyzing things to our liking and our previous connections we established with the characters.

I think we should all pitch in and start a parallel track in a fan fiction and just read them.

Totally agree with you on starting a fan fiction. Much better than wasting our time ranting and being stressed all day for a fictional show 😂

Bold: The way they portrayed Adi's character, his struggles, the continuity, the nuances and the amount of symbolism till date is making me hang on to the weak thread of hope that makers are upto something. Yes, they made a mistake by bringing in this track in the first place but I still feel somewhere that they will give this track the right closure by closing all the loopholes.

I know we lost hope after yesterday's IV but I felt like Gashmeer blaming the writing could just be a publicity stunt which doubled down to being used as the tool to make discerning watchers lose hope so that when they actually do something right, watchers will be caught by surprise.

But I also feel like I'm giving too much credit to the makers here. My feelings are a pendulum right now.

Originally posted by: Whatever765

JP pehle toh tussi 🤗 for such an interesting discussion! Loved the way you iterated your perspective keeping the basic characterization, as I have understood or perceived.

Let me start off with, Imlie and AKT came together in the most bizarre circumstances, their life together was never going to be easy, simple- specially as they kept moving in it with the decisions they took. None of them really were to cause real pain or avenge anything. The decisions as and when they were taken always had an underline of good intent. Having said that in a relationship, when an effort is required to get over a situation, one partner usually falls short. That is how I have seen in this show too. There relationship before and after they promised each other that it will be of barabari, they have maintained that balance as a cumulative effort.. If AKT falls short of trying, Imlie succeeds over what fell short...If Imlie gives less, AKT does the rest. Example, Imlie would have never confessed to her feelings, if AKT was not this impulsive and got her home during holi. If AKT was not as staunch as he is with certain ideas, Imlie would not have been able to give her exam and would have ended up wasting a year. On the other hand, what we saw last week was Imlie overpowering AKT to get the truth out and even getting his self-confidence back.

These two are like alpha couples. They are each other's cheerleaders. Instead of directing the other person or telling them what to do, they simply support each other and have a mutual trust that the other person will do what is best for them. Yes AKT broke her trust but so did Imlie by letting SK escape, the man who literally killed AKT. Both these incidents made them mad at each other, but neither of them gave up on each other, because inherently they know the decisions they make are not to hurt each other. They are not afraid of conflicts, hell they are such different people yet, they usually overcome it and move on. That is what they are doing now too, atleast trying to. They are alpha couples, because both of them are not trying measure up to each other, no, they adore each other in ways that never has expected a confirmation either. There is no acting entitled in this relationship. They both are not after excellence or perfection. They strive to be good (above average, even) but they understand that they are human and everyone has shortcomings.

Having said all of this, I still feel that the core characterization has not changed at all. It is the story telling and execution that has taken a hit. My complain is there. When we watch a scene, there are so many perspectives, inferences, nuances that translate out. Some of these details need to be more pronounced. AKT at this point is in a sea of guilt and I have no problem with what and how he is behaving for the sake of the baby. I do not think he has gone very far into this to start getting excited to be a dad...oh well, in the messy situation and the way this has happened, I do not see why he will be any excited. This is a zimmedari for him and he will do it with utmost commitment. BUT, AKT also knows it is affecting Imlie negatively and in my opinion the writing is not doing justice to that part of the feelings. The focus is on his expression where it hurts Imlie the most. And I think I understand the intent for that too. But wished, they paid some attention to how AKT is trying his best to attain the balance, we hardly get any monologues for him now days. I want AKT and Imlie to have a proper conversation. Not one where they are trying to be reactive to each other. But all this comes under script writing and that is so bungled up!

For Imlie, AKT is her world and beyond. When I hope she leaves, it is not because I want her to go find a life of her own and another man, nope that aint happening, will not happen. This girl has her heart, mind soul in AKT. But the leaving part is more for her own self-preservation. She needs to leave because maybe her part was/is done and that paves the way for AKT to do his part. Unfortunately until these two have a realization, that the other person is not physically near them, they do not think differently! It is like pause and restart for them Also I do need this track to reach some culmination...hence if Imlie leaving is what it takes, then let that happen and let's get on to the other side..!! 😆

As for the divorce- that is just dangling for no reason. I just consider that as Faltu and a moot point now. I wont be surprised if at the end of it all it just gets proven that M and AKT marriage was never legal to begin with its null and void, whereas Imlie and AKt was registered at the gram panchayat level and is valid!!. She has an adhar card, wouldnt that have required some document?! Again such bad writing! But yeah, first Imlie kept blocking it, then Malini...AKT is like kya hi pursue karne ka...Imlie humari patni hai, hum Imlie se pyar karte hain...should be enough for a few more weeks, atleast until IPL is done..😉

AKT and Imlie were buried under a mountain of guilt, called Malini. when they made a promise to each other....I would say Imlie is free off that guilt and hence today is thinking straight and even making un-biased decisions. For their relationship to grow, AKT needs to conclude his guilt. That will happen only when he knows about Malini's evildoing because he gave her ample chances to explain to him how she feels, and she in her ego never did.

As a side note, Imlie and AKT's relationship can be summed up in the "I need you" song by LeAnn Rhimes.

Thank you ji! 😳 Itna badiya likhne ke liye aapko do do 🤗🤗😆❤️

You've hit the nail on the wall here. Personally, I was very angry just reading the WUs these last few weeks and seeing how this track is being fleshed out (very needlessly, to me, considering they're not getting the raving TRP's they're looking for either. ) Then, I decided to watch the last two weeks' episodes in one go after gulping down three glasses of salty lassi (I don't know why, this drink just calms me down - maybe just my Punjabi genes. 😆)

When I watched it being as unbiased as I could be, my first reaction was predictably to throw my chappals through the screen at Adi. 😡 The writers have dumbed him down to the extent that just made me want to have three more glasses of lassi in one go before I could go to the next scene 🤣, but like you said, it is very evident that he's deliberately burying his head in the sand because he's in a mountain of guilt himself. It's not fair to Imlie at all 👎🏼, that's what pains us all the most, and I personally would have loved if the writers had actually made Adi have a heart-to-heart conversation about this guilt that is literally jeopardizing his future with Imlie, kind of similar to the impromptu chai date they had at the back of the car. As you and Chinta ji said, open communication is sorely missing here when it is very much the need of the hour. Of course, they wouldn't give us that now because where would the drama quotient come from?

The writing is both loose and biased, a very dangerous combination. As the viewers, we are literally tying loose ends together ourselves at the end of every episode because the ambiguity the writers have left us in has made us feel out of sync with the essence of adilie. 😔 Malini has become a dead weight that is being dragged along in the story, and it would've been fine if she continued to remain somewhat external to adilie, but inserting her between these two has just created a pointless and exhausting discord in the flow of the story. I'm holding a tiny bit of hope now that the writers are thinking about actually concluding this track once and for all, soon. If it ends with separation, so be it. Just bring back the charm of the show that existed earlier.

P.S. I love that song! You're so right, it fits them to the T*, no pun intended. 🤣