Reasons why I initially felt BAD for Bear (I know, crazy)
I legit thought he felt forced to do whatever Nikki wants because if not she acts terrifying (This is gonna sound crazy, but one of the examples is the rape scene where he finds out the truth about Real Nikki's feelings but he goes on to have sexual intercourse anyways. I genuinely did not interpret it as rape right away, I thought "Maybe Bear felt forced to do it with Nikki because if not, she would act crazy" And while his friend did pointed out that there could be some kind of abuse going on between them, at the time I still saw Nikki being the abuser because Bear's red flags did not get big enough for me to see until the very end when it really did confirm he was nothing but an incel. Lookong back now, the first few "small" red flags should have been my sign that Bear was not a good person overall, but after ppl point more stuff out it made me look back at the scenes differently and made me think even worser of bear) Also as the movie went on and I realized real nikki was teapped and bear was keeping her prisoner, that's when I realizef that Bear was actually the abuser and not Nikki.
Speaking of small red flags; The time he called her Freaky Nikki when he knows it makes her uncomfy bothered me, but it didn't make me go "wow what a bad person overall I hate him immediately" It made me go "hey Bear that wasn't a very nice thing to do man" It even made me ask why he would do that?? Didn't realize it then that he was just a selfish asshole who didn't care about others at the time, I thought he was just a guy who did a bad thing. I think looking back it served as like foreshadowing of what type of person this guy is.
At first I felt bad cus I know ppl getting killed was not what he wished for. And while his selfishness did indirectly cause so many deaths, if he wasn't very selfish in the first place then so many deaths could have been avoided.
Meanwhile, these are all the things that were really at the back of my mind while pondering to myself "why do i feel bad for this piece of shit he dont deserve it wtf" it's like my brain was split in half and they were debating each other
He doesn't see Nikki as a human being worthy of respect, he kinda sees her like this prize to be won that will satisfy his desire of being in a romantic relationship with Nikki, but he does not consider Nikki's own desire of becoming a writer. He tosses that all aside just so he could have "her." Not her as in a real person, just the desire of Nikki loving him (that's my theory of why Wish Nikki is so weird, not only is she not the real Nikki but Wish Nikki is not a person to begin with, just a thing trying to fulfill an incel's desire) He just wants his desire to Nikki loving him to come true even if it comes to the cost of his ruining own friend's life. He doesn't truly care about the person, he only wants the relationship even if it is fake and fucked up basically
He had so many chances to stop it immediately but instead tolerates it and tries to find a way to work around the wish despite all of the horror it's causing to Nikki and friends
Has the chance to make things right by ending himself but when he does so, it's not out of sacrifice but just cowardice
(There's a lot more but that's all the stuff at the top of my head, feel free to add so we can hate on bear even more)
Basically felt like my brain was split in two for a while. It was horrible but y'know a few people did help point out the obvious that Bear is not a good person and even made me see scenes differently from how I saw it at first
Why I initially felt bad for Bear, I will never truly understand cus there's a lot of possible explinations. But most probable is that mu brain coulsn't bare (pun not intended) the thought of such cruelty so it preferred the lighter option of "oH hE jUst wAnTeD LoVe" Now I feel bad for even thinking like that in the first place. HIT ME WITH TOMATOES 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
Anywaaays ig whats important is that I don't feel that way about Bear anymore (thank god 😭) maybe I all I needed was time to adjust to the harsh reality that Bear was just an awful scum.
Anywaaaays somebody pls write a fic where Nikki gets back at Bear by feeding him to an actual bear, thank u!!
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