Originally posted by: varshaoforange
am i allowed to say that i hate AKT here? I've hated him from day one, and I only liked him here and there during the first 309 episodes because there were moments he really did give Imlie respect. But over all the clear thrust of Aditya's character is a tragic anti-hero. One that is plagued with hubris: hubris about how much women will love him, how much his family will support him, and how much his work will fulfill him. He has no appreciation of Imlie's trauma or struggle during this whole journey. It's a purely selfish track for him: He wanted to be in love with Malini. He wanted to be in love with Imlie. He wanted Imlie to become a journalist. He wanted Imlie to come back to him and leave her job (leaving Aryan). He wanted her to get married in front of his eyes just to see if he could humiliate Aryan and by extension Imlie. there is no love in his eyes anymore, just pagalpan, and selfishnes.
I think where Aryan differs is that he is AWARE he's doing wrong at times. But he's also AWARE of how strong and amazing Imlie actually is. At the end of the day, if Imlie finds a way to stop the wedding, and Aryan can't fight back, he'll take it like a king meeting his match. Right now he's telling himself he doesn't love Imlie, but what he does is even better than acknowledging his love for her. He protects her, he supports her, he respects her mother, he respects her plans for her future. He is completely going about this separation from Aditya incorrectly, but that is not because he loves Imlie SO much he just has to "have" her, it's because he is so clouded in his revenge he can't see the light that Imlie can bring for him. I think if the wedding does end up happening it will be because Imlie will finally be able to convince him to let go of his revenge and he'll be begging Imlie to marry him for his family's sake, for her Amma's sake, and for her own sake. She might say no initially because she'll say, I'm not so weak that I'll go back to Aditya, but she'll look at Narmada and Meethi and Arpita and will finally see the care that Aryan has for them, even if she doesn't see the care he has for her.