Originally posted by: Lodestar
+1000 To all the discussion about Imlie nosediving as a character AY & Naadan. We have been trying to figure her out since the contrived BS is dhokebaaz misunderstanding.
Sometimes we extrapolate it to her insecurity issue, sometimes to guilt, sometimes to her not being ready to actively start a married life. But CVs are not bothered to show what her issue is. Clarity of thoughts is lacking for me to support her one way or another. This as we have discussed before is to prop up Didi. No other reason is there for keeping her in this limbo of confusion.
Why Adi is being blamed for her lack of clarity or stand? He is clear in his understanding, thoughts & actions with her since day 1. He tells her what he actually wants to happen. He confesses his feelings to her again & again. He has been even buried alive for his injustice against her by SK & has explained himself & been accepted by even SK & Meethi. Now what more can he do if Imlie is not telling him what her actual problem is. He has asked her about that as well many times. But she just uses Didi ki happiness ka excuse. So I do not find any issue if he gets frustrated & gives her an ultimatum to select what she actually wants.
Imlie's naivety & young age cannot be used to excuse her wishy-washy behaviour. If she cannot trust BS's love declarations for her then she has to speak it out loud & ask him those difficult questions. She has asked him far more difficult questions & questioned his behaviour earlier when he actually had not given her any haq. Now when he has given her the haq to ask anything she is not asking him the questions. That is just stupidity.
My conclusion is that writers are deliberately keeping her in this zone to keep Adi-Imlie separated & prop up Didi. That is it.
Right where is the imlie who bajaooed him left right and center telling him ke he has everything it is her who is lonely it her life which is over with her dreams shattering just before dil se Where is the imlie who usse bhi pehle during the police episode even before AM engagement bajaooed him ke khush fehmi hai iski ke he is alone suffering asal suffering toh imlie ki hai as she is alone in big bad city then too and that was a kid imlie ab ki imlie ke muqabble main who now goes to college and has settled in city life that vulnerable darri hui imlie had more guts clarity and resilience no wonder we appreciated and connected she was majboor in ways but also fighting back and doing everything in her control actually fighting for the rishta in whatever way she could not this lost abla mahaan character who has no bhuddhi bas bimbo banana hai I do not know what to root for jab she is either gaooing didi ke Gungaan or being mariyal abla soul or trying to push adi back and if not all this then being involved in forced comedy even that has been made so ehh now.. kahan yehi imlie SM ka dimmag khate huye during the kaddi cooking episode the most recent extra loud imlie wale her zone main bhi was super endearing and was khushi ki chaabi har taraf light bitterness wali but ab iski wohi light and wohi purity dial down karke ek dum forced kar do.. how am I supposed to connect jab she has no coherence and ST cannot uthao the bhoj of poor writing .. the girl gives it her all but there is so much she can salvage with her charm. They are deliberately making imlie another trp bahu Jinka dimaag vimaag hota nahi hai bas blind bhakti wale hote hain.. jo bhi kar lein justified.. wohi ho raha hai.. It sucks to see her being a shell of her previous self and I want meri jhalli back the one who knows what she wants who has clarity of thoughts who is naive who knows how to handle adi the pahaad jaisa aadmi who becomes his mom and then a kid with him who just knew how to balance her naivety with her wisdom who was "OUR" imelia .. the one jiski Ek jhalak was enough to fill our hearts with rainbows. Who could alone handle the poora ghar /gaoon/ shehar with utmost intelligence and playfulness and could show maturity and sensitivity when needed. In nutshell Mumbai wali imelia chahiye