#obsession bear

I've heard a lot of comments talking about when Bear truly becomes irredeemable. The "what's so bad about being with me?" line, asking to alter the wish instead of cancel it outright, his "as a friend" wish attempt still invalidating Nikki's free will, the sex scene that was bluntly just rape, there's many options to choose from.

But honestly, I think he becomes irredeemable the second he snaps that Willow.

Sure, there's an argument to be had: "He didn't know it'd actually work", but like, what did he think was gonna happen? There's one of two outcomes: either it doesn't work and nothing happens or it works and he forces her into the relationship. Clearly you don't just do something like that knowing it won't work, so he must've been aiming for the latter, which ended up happening.

Also, when Ian makes his wish later in the film, he does it dismissively and bluntly, clearly thinking there's no way that it'd actually work. Meanwhile, Bear says it in this frantic, almost desperate tone. There's desperation there. He WANTED it to work.

Also, let's not ignore that he does this immediately after rejecting the chance to open up to Nikki. He has the choice to be open with her, to actually ask her out, but he doesn't. Why? Whilst it's partially his cowardice and fear of rejection, I think there's also a part of him that knows Nikki's never gonna like him back.

And yet people still come to his defense...

More than anything in the world <3

nikki never ate once she was wish nikki. aside from a bug apparently? when she vomits on bear, it's said in the script that she mostly is vomiting up stomach acid because she hasn't eaten in a while

like good god that is so unsettling. he doesn't even notice her not eating. he doesn't notice she's not writing. he doesn't notice anything and he just wants to continue the fantasy of being with the woman he's had a crush on for years. he just tells her to stop being weird as if it would undo the fact she cooked his dead cat.