Aman Tripathi

grumpy boye

Goggle Tripathi (first cousin)

Keshav Tripathi (relative)

Chaman Tripathi (paternal uncle)

Champa Tripathi (paternal aunt)

## Physical Appearance

Aman Tripathi is a moderately built man, with light, short, dark brown hair a dark stubble. He has an earring piercing his right earlobe. Apart from his work costume and traditional wear, he is generally seen wearing comfortable, collared shirts; generally patterned or striped/checked, along with trousers.

He is seen wearing a metal bangle on his right wrist, and on multiple instances, a watch on his left wrist.

Standing 5 feet 5 inches tall (short), Aman has black eyes and terrible choices when it comes to footwear. I said what I said.

## Personality

Unlike his boyfriend Kartik, Aman Tripathi is somewhat a pessimist. Though he loves Kartik very much, he is seen to assume the worse outcomes of situations, and has difficulty seeing happiness and light in both himself and others. Aman has issues dealing with anxiety and stress, and often gravitates towards dissociation and disengagement as a form of coping.

As much as he prefers giving in, he shows a tremendous deal of strength and fierceness when pushed, and has the courage to do what he deems best for the people he loves- running from the situation while Kartik gave in to Shankar Tripathi's staff, as well as jumping in front of Shankar to defend Kartik after being pushed to his limit- both options he thought to be the best way he could deal with the respective situations.

Aman is not very expressive of his emotions, and often suppresses his feelings due to the years of pent up societal and familial pressure he experienced. He forces patience, though he has outbursts of anger and emotional expression. These outbursts often revert back to suppression and their usual concealing nature.

He is very annoyed by everything. Same.

## Sexuality

Aman Tripathi is gay, and refers to himself as such throughout the movie.

Initially, he is closeted due to the conservative environment he's surrounded by, but as the movie progresses, he is first outed to his father (who catches him kissing Kartik one train compartment away from his family), then outs himself to all his relatives and his joint family by kissing Kartik again, in an act of defiance against Shankar.

I Love Him.

## Early Life and Past

Aman had been raised in a conservative household. In a joint family with his uncle Chaman and aunt Champa, he grew up emotionally repressed and compromising, withholding the real him from his family as he grew up and started to figure out who he was.

We are shown a small clip of a young aman being coddled by his family. Aman is heard saying in the background:

"Mai maar se nahi, pyaar se bhaag raha tha." "Mummy hamesha kehti thi, ki mai sab se alag tha."

*("I was running from love rather than abuse." "Mother always used to tell me that I wasn't like the rest.")*

Same. Moving on, he was shown to have a rather compromised past, and was always coerced into things he didn't want. This is extended onto his story in the movie.

## Morals and Ideals

Aman has a firm belief in freedom and expression, but it clashes with his tendency to suppress his views because of his forcefully tolerant nature with respect to his family.

Although he does believe in finding love anywhere, he also thinking criticising and holding family accountable should be treated with open minds (even if he personally struggles with it due to his past trauma and emotional mindset).

He loves Kartik and agrees with him on most things. He's a left-leaning socialist with a lot of hatred towards politics, but he continues to stay informed.

## Abilities and Strengths

* He likes to sketch sometimes. He is very good at it. Because I said so
* He is a medical student. I'm assuming this from all the oxytocin/hypothalamus talk. Not bad. Good for him.
* He can't dance but he sure will try

## Trauma and Weaknesses

* none

* lmfao jk

He is ridiculously repressive and has a strong moral code, but has trouble implementing it. He has problems with managing his feelings, and often panics about things. He can be distant and appear "lost" when he does not feel too well, or feels scared or worried about the future.

## Relationships

Although there is no confirmed status of Aman's past relationships, it has been insinuated that he had either had some relation in secret, or accidentally exposed his sexuality his cousin Goggle at some point in his childhood.

Otherwise, it is also assumed he wasn't emotionally secure enough to stay in a committed relationship until he was a late teen/young adult, due to his repressive nature, and guilt on behalf of his family.

He is in love with Kartik Singh now.

They love each other very much.

They're amazing that way.

## Trivia

* He struggled with a mild excoriation disorder as a child/teen because I said so. He has since recovered. He also has severe anxiety issues because I also said so.
* He can detach his emotions and personal feelings when he needs to. Occasionally he will have outbursts of said emotions. I hate him. Same.
* I love him very much