Originally posted by: LKashish
You know I’ve thought about this, as much as we love August Babu for his gentle nature. He did have a hard time learning to trust Imlie fully. His traumas had a huge play into it but it never justifies it. He was always quick to apologize, but he also repeated the mistake often. He was impulsive at times as well, I’m thinking of the altar when he walked out. To be fair, all beings are imperfect but he did a lot more good than he did bad.
With Surya, they have a chance to give Imlie a supportive partner who uses his judgement to trust her above what other’s have to say. But I don’t think it would make me like him more than Agastya. He had his cons but he also had a lot of good traits. His care and concern for Imlie was something else. He has stood up for Imlie in multiple situations, including when he didn’t want to attend Chutki’s engagement if Imlie wasn’t allowed.
His respect for his elders as well, I remember the first time he met Imlie’s mama. Surya already referred to Dadi as budiya in the precap, who knows if they’ll keep it in the actual epi. Surya also fat shamed officer Tripathi by insisting to call him Chowpathi. We still don’t know a lot about him so he’s a blank page for them to write him however they want.
Aside from Imlie, I also like Agastya’s character in general. He was easy to empathize with, they built his character so well. Sai also did an amazing job portraying the dard ka samundar in his eyes.
August Babu will always be her other half no matter what, he’ll always be the one that got away. He was her safe place, her home, he truly was her person. It’s the kind of love you can’t move on from.
I’d really be sad if they killed him off permanently, I feel like Imlie and him still had so much to do together. I can’t even imagine her being flirty or romantic with Surya. How would it even feel to look at the face of the person you loved in another? How would she not be reminded of her Babu?