Originally posted by: -Sarcy-
Honestly, be it GM, MV or anyone else playing AKT, I do not want whitewashing. ITV is capable of doing away with characters in tens of creative ways without whitewashing them.
And again, when it comes to conflicts with characters from the past, ITV has a history of very conveniently painting the missing person guilty just to clear the present character of all blame. I do not want to see that either simply because they have set the narrative right until now.
ASR has been shown as someone who does the due diligence about an issue instead of forming prejudiced opinions, and AKT has been shown as someone who can be rash with his writing and jump to conclusions just because he has the power (And please, anyone who thinks AKT was shown like this after ASR's entry to glorify ASR, go rewatch the episodes before Aryan entered, you'll see enough such incidents to indicate that this was an AKT trait way before a character called Aryan had anything to so with the show).
The only reason to flip this narrative is to continue portraying Imlie as right and we've already seen enough of that. This one time, let her actually realise that her view of calling it a mishap and Aryan's reaction an overexaggeration is not true but there is some worth in Aryan's view about the whole issue and merit to his need for revenge.