Originally posted by: moksha89
I agree with this. It would be odd for Imlie to totally be over Aditya. She’s young, she entered a relationship unwillingly (even if it was to save Adi- that’s called humanity), stuck by it bc it saved her mother’s honor, and she was so young that she kept to the advice of nurturing that marriage because she didn’t know better.
For a whole year of her life, she lived as a married woman, she became attached to everything that came along with Adi … family, love and Adi, himself, eventually. That trajectory reinforced the conditioning of “efforts are rewarded” or “no pain no gain.” Finally having the carrot that was dangled in front of her deluded Imlie into thinking that her hard work towards this marriage was worth it. She’s bound to think all it takes is effort to attain that sense of balance again. Imlie lived in this delusion despite all the warning signs that the 50-50 effort btwn AdiLie was becoming highly skewed and she was shouldering it 80-20 (or whatever percentage. What I’m getting at is that she tirelessly put in effort). She worked on her marriage, until she starting pushing Adi to be more accountable and finally she just broke.
All day, she experiences trial by fire and taunts — the amount of armor she needs to wear just to survive her day allows me to believe that when she’s alone in a corner, sitting in the dark by the glow of a faint light … finally in a safe place… she can become the young, scared, hurt broken 19 year old girl that she is. She’s not even an adult. So I’m not too concerned that she feels remorse and regret while wishing the realities of things were different.
I think it was good that Aryan was present to hear her ruminations because he doesn’t need to guess about whatever Imlie is feeling now or in the future. He can make an inference that she’ll be emotionally unavailable for quite some time. She’s good at hiding and he’s good at calling it straight - this frankness will only benefit both of them. Plus, it allows us to see that Aryan is only aware of Imlie’s relationship with Aditya as it is now, he has no clue about when the times were good.
Thus, we as the audience, know where Aru’s challenges in further emotionally connecting with Imlie will come from. I have a feeling she’ll snap at him for assuming to know all about her romantic life at some point and divulge the moments that kept her pushing her broken wagon of a relationship. From here, he has the opportunity to better understand the reservations towards intimacy and relationships pre-marriage Imlie had; and how those feeling evolved and warped over time. AryLie will then have the chance to embark on a story of their own making and consent.
precap: ugh, annoyed. Sort of wish Aryan will use his coat instead bc this type of screenplay feels like it’s done to intentionally incite fan feelings and detract away from Imlie’s story. I can see it as “oh Imlie allowed Aru to touch her like that” 🤪