Originally posted by: rnrozzy
I will preface this by saying that I love Arylie and I truly believe that Aryan is the better 'Humsafar' for Imlie.
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Potentially unpopular opinion... I liked the closing that AKT's character received during today's episode. AKT might not have been her forever love, but I think he was important for Imlie's journey and was required to come into her life for a time to ultimately push her towards her actual forever love, Aryan. I think this closing was respectful of what the character used to be and respectful to the two actors who worked hard to bring the character to life.
I've been watching Imlie since episode 1 (yes, I know how crazy that sounds and yes this show has fried my brain since then), and AKT was always a flawed but still a fairly morally sound character at the beginning. GM was a great actor and really made you believe in and root for AKT even when you wanted to throw rocks at him for some of his actions, he wasn't perfect but that was part of his appeal because you saw him change and (somewhat) grow over time. The rest of the T's were the same - characters that weren't perfect but did support Imlie and help her along her journey. For example, BK was Imlie's bestie before and her tutor who helped her study for the exams she took to get into college.
There is a regional version of this show that did not end with the AKT and Imlie equivalents being the end game, at least one has the Adini counterparts stay together. I thought they were leaning towards this version of the story at the beginning which is why I started watching. I think ST and GM's chemistry was just so good together though that they started to put them together romantically because of it. However, MC's character was a fan fave too so they had to ruin her to justify Imlie and AKT together but then they kept ruining AKT too instead of propping him up as a stronger more sympathetic ML. Then they ruined the T's too in an effort to stir up more drama.
Imlie and AKT had a unique bond in this show, he really hated her at the beginning because she represented a time when he was weak (in front of the village mob) but as they started to understand each other he was her fiercest supporter (he fought everyone for her, including the T's, Anu and even Malini before she went evil) and truly pushed her to achieve academic success as a mentor. I think this version of AKT deserved the positive ending that they showed in today's episode.