From what i understood from watching old episodes was that imlie always ran after aditya. He was this unachievable goal for her. Some godly dream. She was always in a state of distress- am i good enough for him, will malini steal him away, will i get him, will his family accept me, will he accept me??
With aryan its the complete opposite. He is hers. She knows that at a fundamental level. He is hers. And He is there for her. whenever she needs him he is there. He is not the one causing her distress but the one that she runs to when she is in distress. She is not competing for him with anyone. And she is secure in her right as his wife.
So we don't get to see the intensity because she is living the life she wanted. All happy and safe. Its literally Aryan's goal to make her feel secure and confident.
But look at the last two episodes when she thinks she is going to lose him. First to the bullet and then to narmada's vile words. The look on her face when he returns. The relief when they hug.
Her love for aditya reminds me of probably first love of a girl where you are all starry eyed trying to please your crush. Whereas her love for aryan is the one that creeps up unaware on a woman where this man has absolutely become essential to her being.
Yes I agree.
I'm not saying she should love aryan the way she loved Adi, absolutely not, that was too toxic.
I've seen change in her in this gunshot and Narmada incident, but I'm trying to say that she still has a long road ahead to be truly in love with aryan, because maybe she was secure with him till now because she didn't have any Malini factor, but Jo will become a Malini kind of insecurity factor in future episodes for sure and that's when we will see Imlie's insecurities coming up more, now also she's insecure as a lover for aryan but of course not as a wife or friend, there she is secure for sure. Plus somewhere from her attitude I feel she takes him for granted as well.
As of now she loves aryan but has not fallen in love with aryan and Jo factor and pregnancy factor will make her fall in love with aryan in a true sense. I know all this sounds too contrived, but if you know you know.
Anupamaa
