Originally posted by: -Sarcy-
Actually, while I agree that this wasn’t something that was part of his character, I for one, don't hold this forced marriage thing solely as Aryan's fault, and no, this doesn't stem from any Aryan-worship as fans often tend to do.
We all focused on the fact that Aryan forced Imlie to marry him and that brought back Imlie’s trauma – agreed, yes.
But question here – didn't Imlie asking Aryan to forgo his revenge bring back his trauma?
Just because we were shown only Imlie’s pain, does that mean she was right in asking Aryan to let go of his revenge simply because Aditya’s family will have to suffer and Aryan knows the pain of a family suffering?
What about Aryan’s pain at the thought of not being able to avenge his jeeju's killers?
What about his trauma of seeing his jeeju being burnt alive and not being able to do anything back then because he was powerless – but also not being allowed to do anything now when he has the power?
What about his pain of seeing his sister suffering and not being able to do anything about it till date?
And, what about his survivor's guilt? He was the one who was supposed to go to the factory that day in place of Arvind, which means he should/would have died. But Arvind did.
What about the closure he needed to move on?
So, if Aryan was wrong in forcing Imlie to marry him, she was also equally wrong in asking him to let go of his revenge, just because she was asking him to.
Imlie had the opportunity to say no, Aryan hadn't literally forced her into the marriage. Throughout the ceremonies, he kept asking her to fight. All he wanted her to do was say no to the marriage and not sacrifice herself for the Tripathis. She had that option to say no, always, but she chose to blame Aryan instead.
Just because Aryan has given so much to Imlie in their relationship all along until that point, she wanted one more thing from him. But each time, Aryan gave willingly. This time she was also arm-twisting him into giving up his revenge by playing the emotional card because she knew that deep down, he is a soft guy.
And ultimately, he did let her go. And that means a lot because it also meant revealing to the world that he had been involved in some underhanded behaviour with her, but he had no shame in accepting it. That, for me, is redemption enough.
Ultimately, she got her freedom because he realised that he loved her too much to put her through this and be a reason for her tears, but Aryan was deprived of his closure as we saw at the office on the night of his wedding.
Despite his trauma and grief, Aryan chose Imlie's freedom over his revenge and closure.
But Imlie, ultimately, made it just about herself, not even the Ts, evident from the fact that she tried to run by placing BD in her place, instead of just talking to Aryan and saying, NO.