I'll be very honest with you... up until a few days ago, I refused to see AKT in any other light than the one I'd labelled him for, another ITV creation, a weak and toxic bigamist...
But some tweets on Twitter got me contemplating about the image I'd made of him...the cage I'd put him in, beyond which I couldn't identify with...
Long ago, in an interview, GM said that people just couldn't fathom his character because all they wanted was a version of Ram on their screens... His description (in my eyes, he was justifying the character) had me so pissed because I was so done with toxic ITV MLs being justified for their actions. At that point of time, all I wanted was a good human being or to be specific, a good ML...
But now I realise that GM never wanted to justify AKT's actions and nor does he want to be a hero.. A character like AKT doesn't belong in an ITV soap... he belongs in a much more complex show with a multi-faceted audience...Because he is grey in the truest sense of the word...He is one of those characters people should love to hate... He is not perfect...He is the exemplification of a weak human being, not worthy of being worshiped anymore than the next person.. But most ITV audience have one-track minds (and at one point of time, so did I) and they can only categorize as hero or villain of which he is neither..He's just a man who made poor choices in life (Eg.: not telling his parents about his forced marriage, letting Imlie stay as a house-help etc)
Part of the reason why people hate him so much is because so-called stans try to justify each and every mistake of his which is just unfair because his actions are worthy of criticism... I don't know whom to blame for turning AKT into a hero cuz he is NOT..
Sorry about that analysis..I'm sure you didn't need it but I felt like getting that off my chest lol..
So, coming to the point, I absolutely love how our versions of AKT are almost in tandem.. And I love how you've managed to relay Aditya and his choices in depth while being concise about it at the same time.. I'm sure his head was a dark place so I appreciate how you've managed to find a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel..
As usual, looking forward to more and thanks for taggin❤️
Edited by reginalsecret - 3 years ago