Originally posted by: Bluegrass
A thing to note about Imlie is that she's been suffering from PTSD and is also a victim of narcissistic abuse at the hands of Aditya and Tripathis. They have f-cked up her self-perception to such an extent that she doesn't even cry when they slūtshame her.
Aryan is her piller of strength, but he isn't a doctor. Her path to recovery won't be linear. Switch toh nahi hai ki on-off Kar diya. Her breakdown tomorrow is her worse relapse. She will eventually lick her wounds and move on. I don't think it's the lack of self-respect as much as it is all the abuse finally catching up with her young psyche.
Yep, exactly. I know a lot of people are questioning her self-respect, thinking of her as a doormat and asking why she had to burn her mangalsutra, wipe her sindoor and leave him if she still wants to go back to him. But she did all those things because she chose herself and her self-respect. She walked out, tried to ignore his nonsense, give it back to him and also learn from Aryan's words and that's what made her stand all this while. Come d-day, she's still trying to hold strong and seeing the wedding mandap equates it to a funeral pyre of her and Adi's love and decides she doesn't need to put herself through all this. So she chooses to get away from there. But then, Aparna makes an appearance.
With her emotional manipulation, Aparna tries to make Imlie change her decision. Imlie still tries to pay no heed and runs for dear life but the emotional manipulation, coupled with the pain that she's tried to bury in the recesses of her heart, catch up with her and she loses her resolve and decides to give it one last shot. By now, all rationalization has fled from her mind because right now, she's just the 18-year old who came to the city with Aditya. And Aditya was supposed to be her world. She's seen it crumbling once, it's happening again and right now, she's an emotional wreck and can't think beyond that. So she wants to made a last ditch attempt to see if she can still make it work. Despite everything. Is she right in doing this? To us, no. To her, yes, for now. But if she were thinking rationally, even she wouldn't agree with this step of hers.
In her defense, the girl is 19, an emotional wreck and on the verge of losing the only one person who was her world, or the centre of her universe because every decision of her life revolved around him and his family for one whole year. So, her actions make sense to me.