@bold: Yes, there was definitely a subconscious shift in Adi after the second PD/gunshot track.....his emotional attachment to Imlie grew exponentially in this phase and you could see him regretting not being able to give Imlie her due rights rather than not WANTING to give her her due rights....which is what the case was in the initial months after the forced marriage. The post 2nd PD track phase was about him trying to maintain his commitment to Malini through overcompensation PDA even as his heart had become more closely linked to Imlie by then.....this phase basically teaches us that all the outwardly romantic gestures in the world fail in front of the genuine emotions that are inside your heart😆......dikhava jitna marzi kar lo, you can't hide from your own self at the end of the day......but Adi did try to swim against that tide as much as he could with all his desperate declarations of love to Malini which were so artificial if anyone actually paid attention....he was saying things which were demonstrably false....lol talking about understanding that didn't remotely exist with Malini...so it was obvious he was fighting his heart quite desperately .....lol only to realize the inevitability of his internal truth in the end.
+1000 on everything you have written.
After gunshot epis, his emotional attachment to Imlie went kaboom & he just just couldn't fight his need to care & worry about her even though the care was mostly woven in with his daant❤️.
Word about his overcompensating PDA with Dementor Didi in his valiant fight to maintain his commitment to Dementor Didi. Committment is a big thing to Adi. He basically went ahead with his marriage to Malini because he had made the commitment to her after 7 long years of dating without any commitment.
But after marriage with Imlie, he could never go back to being the emotionally detached person that he once was who was just ticking the checkboxes of his life plan. All his emotions & vulnerability got bound with Imlie & that would never allow him to ever live a life without her.
As for the forum....lol yes, I only joined it after the gunshot epis.....this was a very different place back then with many people criticizing Imlie for still considering Adi her husband after the gunshot track even as he told her he can't give her the rights of a wife.....lol....people had presumed that after that track, Imlie will "set Adi free from the marriage and then he will realize his feelings and choose her"😆......I was the minority voice back then that spoke about how Imlie still considering him her husband was consistent with her belief system and that Kismat convo in the hospital was lovely.
The threads and the forum have come a long way since, needless to say😆
Yes ... the forum was so bare before. I hardly see any previous forum members except a few who partake in the discussions now. Most of them left after the Adi-Malini marriage I guess even when they knew it was bound to happen & that it was the mistake that was going to complicate everything.
Oh yes I have read all your previous threads on the forum so definitely read about people not being happy with Imlie still considering Adi her husband after the gunshot epis. People are just not able to understand that Imlie is an independent girl but she is also very rooted to her traditions. That has been her since day one when she was afraid of getting married because she knew she would commit herself to her marriage completely & if she doesn't get the correct life partner, her dreams of studying & becoming an officer would never come true.
SM & Destiny hence made the correct life partner i.e. Adi bound to her as soon as he came into her life. Yes, there have been hardships in her life with her marriage with Adi but no one can deny now that he is her true partner who will keep her focused on her own goals throughout all the difficulties that she will face❤️.