Originally posted by: Lodestar
People are just waiting to slot Adi into the regular ITV ML cliche character but Adi is stubbornly remaining his own unique character. Yeh namoona one piece hi hai😆.
Neither does he have any sad dark past for the way he is as khadus as he is nor does he show some sort of infinite love or respect for anyone else other than Imlie😛. He is just a normally emotionally detached person who has now opened up to only Imlie. Imlie is the key or window to his emotional side. Baaki kisi ke liye he will never let his guard down. Isliye all his emotions are at the rawest & most visceral for Imlie only- be it his love, anger, jealousy, guilt, happiness,etc.
Look at how he melts at Imlie's one simple heartfelt confession of being scared of being called a joker for speaking incorrect English. See how he softens & samjhaoes her with so much laad & love❤️. Contrast it with him not even being able to show genuine remorse to Didi even when she guilt trips him about giving her a dhoka today.
Yeh Adi ka love journey we have discussed many times but I am still astounded that people refuse to believe that he was falling for Imlie even while he was stubbornly trying to defy destiny by marrying Didi.
Loved your bit about how Adi is a one piece namoona, unlike any other ML we have seen. Ironically I was one of the people who wanted to slot him and know if he had some past incident due to which he was different from his family, aur it a kata kata sa rehta hai. Then I realised that sometimes that is how real people are. They do not need any tragic pasts, or traumas to define their personality. They just develop it along the way, which then defines them forever. But one point that struck me was that Adi was always one to forge his own path, whether it suited his family or his so called "partner" it did not matter. That is why Imlie is such a good foil for him. She knows when he needs to be pushed into something he may initially be uncomfortable with, but will slowly warm up to it. She also knows when to give him a wide berth and when he needs that someone to just give him support. Imagine that she has done this even when they bith did not realize their feelings for each other, abhi toh this connection has become deeper and stronger, even more than it used to be. It continues to evolve and grow into a true husband-wife relationship with all the love and bicker that goes along with it.
Lagta hai people are having a hard time understanding that love is not instantaneous. Matlab yahaan woh pehli baar dekha toh pyaar hua types nahi hai. Neither is there the "forced shaadi - hate each other - fall in love with each other - confess - live happily ever after" trope in place here. Adilie's relationship is much more complex yet equally simple. They have a soul connect which cannot be broken or changed. Adi toh Imlie ka ho gaya hai, aur last week se humari Imlie bhi poori tarah se Adi ki ho gayi. They have become that unit of husband-wife, even though their marriage is still unknown to his family. Unka 2 mins ki bicker and unit wala vibe is stronger and more natural than all the PDA that Adi did with his Moon combined. That is because wahaan pe it was so superficial, that 7 years ke baad bhi he did not know her and she did not know him at all. Where he was able to pick up on small nuances and understands chote chote micro expressions of Imlie to know if she is happy, sad, upset, worried or concerned, on the other side, puri ki puri Malini unko dikhi bhi nahi at the bridge collapse, jabki he had supposedly gone there to look for Malini, uthake Imlie ko leke aaye, wahaan bhi (before the PD trip).
So Adi ji ko love story mein jitna bhi Didi apni tang adane ki koshish karke, their connect and their relationship can not only handle it, but manage it very well.