I also felt so bad for the Entity, I think it really is from how incredible Navarette's performance is. I swear sometimes her mannerisms while possessed (especially during the climax of the movie) almost came across as a confused child
Her frustration and confusion as the entity is really really palpable at times. To me the entity (or whatever it is) reads like a supernatural/magical creature that is bound by the wish that invokes it. She has to love Bear but he doesn't have to love her. And because the entity seems somewhat aware and fearful of that fact, but also lacks the necessary understanding of human(?) conventions to understand why (at least some of) her actions are unsettling him, it's hard for me not to feel bad for her on some level. Like her digging up the cat and making a memorial -- I'm paraphrasing, but she walks in to see a horrified Bear, and is surprised to see he's upset. "Oh, you were supposed to like it. It's a memorial!". Like I just did this very touching thing for you, why are you upset? Bear responds that it's "fucked" and this only confuses her more "fucked as in... bad?" and like you said, its almost... childlike? naive? her lack of understanding here, and the consequent frustration it brings her. And I agree, Navarette's incredible performance 100% brings to life this idea of real Nikki and not Nikki and the blur of both all within one body.
Iād say the Entity works like a servitor: the wish creates its purpose and it follows out the wish to the best of its abilities. The Wish is the Entityās entire being. The Wish and the Entity are one and the same, the Entity is just like, the wish taking Nikkiās skin and wearing it, like the fucking fnaf Mimic but given proper instructions to ālove Bear more than anyone else in the worldā
