Originally posted by: IPodcastKKND
Hey!
Ok quick IPK rundown -
Arnav is an antihero because he had several traits that define him as an antihero; complex character, cynical, defy laws and standard morals, good intentions, identifiable imperfections, realist, internal struggle.
He's called an antihero because he is the protagonist of a story, but he lacks the virtues and estimable traits of a traditional hero.
Arnav and Khushi meet under horrible circumstances - he thought she was a corporate spy/stalker (because she literally appeared everywhere he was) and she thought he was an immoral atheist who'd go to any extent for his ego.
They were both immediately right and wrong about each other (Arnav is an atheist with a big ego and Khushi did appear everywhere Arnav was) and it's this miscommunication that sets the tone of the relationship and the love the blossoms despite of it.
The reason why IPK was acceptable and not difficult to digest is that they never said it was going to be a perfect love story, there was always an element of tragedy and star crossed love and Arnav's reasonings made sense. Even in the worst scenes you were convinced that that's how Arnav would react. As they say first impression is the last impression - the disastrous first impressions left a lasting impact on what he assumed she was.
Also Arnav has a lot of trauma from his childhood with regards to relationships, commitment, marriage and longevity of relationships. His parents committed double suicide when his mother found out about his father's extra marital affair and Arnav watched them die. His PTSD was handled well - he has nightmares even after Khushi entered his life.
Arnav and Khushi's first marriage was a tragedy - great angst tbh, and yes since then the writing quality saw a sharp drop, so did the plots, and the relationship was rather toxic until the remarriage phase - that was rather sweet. I attribute it to bad writing because a lot of plot points had no payoff and important side characters were written out.
The last two tracks were badly written so I don't consider it canon, lol, but yes they did end up in a happily ever after and for majority of the show - it was a good, angsty drama that was well done :)
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Back to Imlie -
Regarding Aryan I am very interested in him and voicing my displeasure about his current actions because I didn't think he was capable of doing something like this. He's rarely compulsive and more in control of his emotions and situations. So it's shocking that this track came in. The forced marriage itself looks a little forced - lol.
Also the stakes on Imlie aren't working. It's her ex husband's career and sanity of her sasuraal and I'm like eeeehhhh...
Overall I feel this track isn't working as well as it should've. I loved Aryan losing his control post hospitalization and beating up Aditya because I did feel Aryan bottled his anger and vengeance against Adi and this is the first time we saw his emotions and motivations on a center stage.
We saw Aryan's flaws and that was great. But all of this leading a religiously valid marriage after he traded with Imlie that it wasn't going to be one isn't adding up at all.
I feel I'm missing something when I see the current track cause I like him otherwise. And to be honest I do feel him not wanting to loose Imlie is more than his altruistic motivation of giving her a better life. I think he believes he can give her best opportunities.
His tough love to help Imlie worked in the earlier part of the relationship, cause there was no trust and they were clashing in ideals and this was the easiest way to get through to Imlie. However, in the current circumstances Imlie was at the point where she'd do anything for Aryan regardless, the trust, compassion and flicker of love (from her side, Aryan toh bohot pehle se out ho gaya tha 🤣) is not the space that justifies this forced marriage.
My high point of the show was Imlie crying in happiness on seeing him recover and then squeeze his cheek and Aryan hiding the payal saying he wears it *lol*
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