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I don't think I've seen anyone mention this about Obsession:

When Bear first tries to break another One Wish Willow to make another wish, he says "I wish Nikki Freeman just loved me as a friend," which is still a remarkably selfish wish to make considering everything he'd put her through up to that point.

Even then, if him making a second wish somehow worked, Bear was STILL robbing Nikki of the choice to associate with him after assaulting her, neglecting her, and eventually driving her to murder a friend.

It's a lot like how he tries to alter the wish when he first called the number on the One Wish Willow box. He wasn't willing to fully give Nikki agency back. He still wanted to control her, just wanted MORE control over her, despite it seeming like he was trying to help her. Bear still wasn't willing to let Nikki decide how to feel about him on her own.

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Inde Navarrette already winning more awards?!

Obsession also won runner-up for best screenplay and Curry Barker runner-up for best director!

Sincerely believe Obsession could do crazy work during awards season, headlined by Inde. Generational performance.

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OBSESSION + Nikki in shadow

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Who's Your Favorite Minor Character in Obsession (2025)?

Ruthie (Waitress)

Viola (Crystal Shop Employee #1)

Bartender (The Real Star)

Carter (Their Boss/Sarah's Dad)

TABI Cat Rep. (Director Voice Cameo)

Joe (Wanted to Sit Next to Nikki (and Who Can Blame Him))

Reggie (Jell-O Shots)

Harry (Crystal Shop Employee #2)

Remaining time: 3 days 8 hours

Because we all know Nikki would win a Main Character poll lol

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Maybe the most telling lie Bear says throughout Obsession is after the first night, when he tells Ian about what happened with Nikki. After saying Nikki "freaked out" and then asked to sleep/cuddle with him, Ian asked if Bear actually did, because it'd be "fucked up" if he did. Bear says he didn't, an obvious lie that Nikki could easily refute if he was confronted.

This is Bear KNOWING that he did something fucked up, and lying about it afterwards to save face. He shows this even more when he interprets another conversation with Nikki as her accusing him (guilty minds). This was before Ian brought up molly or anything, so Bear assumed Nikki was just having a crisis, and took advantage of her.

Ian actually grew on me a little recently, as he seems genuinely happy for Bear that it may have worked out for he and Nikki, when they walk into the store together on the first morning. That pushes out the 'jealous ex/hookup' viewing of Ian imo, and I think he's genuinely just stupid when giving Bear advice, and generally a bad friend.

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"I can fix her" but I specifically just mean killing Bear to break the wish

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not me

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I don't think I realized this until my 3rd watch of Obsession, but only about 36-40 hours pass between the "no no no" dinner scene and the movie ending.

There's such a wild escalation as wish Nikki (correctly) assumes Bear is pulling away from her and she starts acting more erratically, which Bear reacts poorly to, which causes her to escalate further, etc.

That night after dinner is "watching you sleep," and the next day is the cat sandwich + Nikki waiting at the door all day long. Right after that is the party scene, which leads to the car scene to finish that second night. Then back to the crystal shop, and back to Ian's then Bear's house for the finale, which I'm iffy on, but I think happens during early/late morning?

I'm not sure how long I thought had passed initially, guess it just wasn't on my mind with... everything else that was happening on screen lol. Could be totally missing something, let me know if there's like a day (or week) I somehow missed!

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I can no longer find one of the more active Nikki Freeman x reader blogs, it's never been so over.

Lmk any favorites you guys have! (or if you know the one I'm talking about/whatever happened to it, I forget the name lol)

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I've been a little back and forth on whether I believe Nikki would've ever given Bear a chance, but I just kinda... lost interest in the debate. Not for lack of interesting points, but because I think it's more the opposite of the point of the movie.

Honestly, everything screams no except for the cast/crew interviews and the specific shot of Nikki's reaction to Bear saying he thinks they're really good friends. I always thought she looked a little disappointed, though that could be at Bear being a coward rather than disappointment at a relationship that would never be. Can't wait to watch that specific shot one thousand times lol.

I love the ambiguity, especially with the old "do one take where Nikki likes Bear and one where she doesn't" trick. But I think arguing whether it matters misses the point of the movie completely. Bear never cares what Nikki wants, and even in a world where he did tell her the truth here, I think he'd eventually use a wish to change her.

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A few instances of wish Nikki 'performing' for Bear that I missed on my first watch (God I love this movie and how many details there are)-

-During their montage, I assumed the AI image was made by Bear. But I'm pretty sure it said something about "wearing your skin" which wish Nikki does do later in the movie. This is probably because she saw Bear using AI for something else, so she wanted to form ANY connection.

-After watching-him-sleep night, Nikki looks like she's reading... but the book is upside down... idk how I missed that, but she's clearly just acting normal to appease Bear after freaking him out so much the night before.

-During the end, Nikki is wearing Sarah's scalp, as well as the more obvious dress and drawn-on tattoos, since she thinks Bear likes Sarah now. Just hard to tell since their hair is so similar, which is really unfortunate lol.

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Can we have a serious discussion about one specific reaction meme I've seen posted like a hundred times in relation to Nikki? Bear loses interest in the 'relationship' as wish Nikki's behavior escalates, and a lot of people ((men)) react with "if you ain't gonna play, pass the controller."

Saying you want the "controller" so you can "play" with a woman who is quite LITERALLY being controlled, who we see be assaulted on screen, who cries for help and even begs for death to free herself is... pretty fuckin gross man!

I get that it's a meme or a joke, but there are memes and jokes that don't do that. Maybe use a less disgusting one!

(Adding what I'm talking about below for reference) Looking for this image, I saw SO many in reference to Obsession specifically. What the fuck

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One thing about Obsession (2026) that I enjoyed was that it almost asks you to feel empathy for the entity possessing Nikki as well as the real one. Like, obviously the things she's doing are horrific and fucked up, but I think the scene where Bear is asking her to "just be Nikki!" and she eventually just desperatly screams "I can't be Nikki!" does a really good job of showcasing the entity's inner feelings. She's been created with the sole purpose of loving this guy more than anyone else but no matter how perfect it is or how much he claims to love her, its not her that he loves, its Nikki. And any time she stops pretending to be Nikki, he reacts (albeit rightfully) with disgust and horror. She can't be Nikki because Nikki would never love Bear, and so Bear will never love her.

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If Obsession was made a decade ago Nikki Freeman wouldn't be able to escape Control by Halsey.

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I think what made me realize Obsession was REALLY special on my first watch was the lighting. Specifically when Nikki came back to Bear's house the day after he made the wish. Plenty of films have great acting and writing, but are kinda bland technically. Not this one.

Leaving her silhouette the only consistent thing you can see, with her eyes occasionally shining like predator's eyes reflecting light. Simple and I love it.

It made her more unnerving and showed us what happened to her early on: the Nikki after the wish was something Nikki-shaped, but that lacked any detail or personality that Nikki had. She's ultimately hollow, driven by the goal of 'loving' Bear, by any means necessary, including manipulating him and eventually killing others.

And Bear spends the whole scene worrying about his own ego and absolving himself of responsibility for anything that happened the night before, under the impression Nikki was on drugs. Not worried about her, of course, just worried about covering his own ass.

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The first scene of Obsession spells out the two men pretty clearly, in how they're going to interact with women/Nikki, while using the waitress, Ruthie, as confession-practice.

Ian is short and dismissive to her. Shoots down all the advice she gives to Bear. Came off as reallyyy rude and put me off of his character for the entire movie lmfao (I'm so sorry Cooper Tomlinson but I cannot abide anything less than kindness to waitstaff). He used her and got rid of her like an object, just like he did with Nikki (supposedly, I'm really iffy on a lot of the off screen stuff in this movie lol).

Bear, doesn't really see a person either. He sees an outlet for venting to or projecting his obsession. Just like he never knows the real Nikki, Ruthie (and likely every other woman/person) is an idea of a person, that he smiles at and speaks politely to, but he never humanizes.

Neither see Ruthie as a person, just an object or a tool to use and then be done with. Asshole behavior that isn't necessarily misogynistic on its face, but sets a pattern that's followed throughout the entire film to disrespect or dehumanize the women they know.

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I (and many others) wondered why exactly Nikki gave Bear the cat sandwich. Was it a weird display of affection or practicality? Did she genuinely think nothing was wrong with it? Was one or both versions of Nikki punishing Bear? Was it a hint that she was possessed by Sandy? (I think the cat theory is fun but never really bought it lol).

Until Inde Navarrette said in an interview- wish Nikki ate the rest of the cat herself. Girl is... going through something... so it's hard to blame her for acting odd but uhh. Babe HUH

I *LOVE* how much there is to think about with Obsession, and how much is up to interpretation, but honestly getting some more definite answers from cast/crew is also really cool. And horrifying.

Also nothing will change my mind that it's a metaphor for Bear not being an eater, he's a selfish coward and a bastard. The inverse must also be true then, gay icon Nikki Freeman.