another thing i wanna say about Obsession is that like. we get to see how shitty In Their Various Ways the other three friends besides Nikki are. (spoilers under the cut; pet death mention, self-harm mention)
like Bear did That. ian's also a tool - why did he join in with the "practice with the waitress" in the beginning? thinks Bear might be taking advantage of Nikki but doesn't do anything about it besides half-hearted arguing with Bear. knew about Bear's crush but was sleeping with Nikki on-and-off casually for like two years. Sarah has a crush on Bear - which is fine on its own, but coupled with the fact that Nikki/"Nikki" is Being Weird Lately. ¬_¬ thinks Nikki is taking advantage of Bear, especially after the death of Sandy the Cat and the grief from that. hits on him while he's in a relationship AND while Nikki's Visibly Unwell (post-self-harm scene at the party... #girl what the fuck @/Sarah). ok this is like compiled from other well-thought out posts i've seen already but like man. everybody sucks. except Nikki.
BUT EVEN THEN maybe she is a piece of shit but we don't even get to know that for sure. like yeah she might've known about bear's crush on her while she was sleeping with ian but like that's whatever... that's literally nothing. maybe she would've actually lied about her dad having cancer, maybe this, maybe that - no-one really fucking knows for sure. the small glimpse we have of her is that she's cool and funny and wants to write a love story (not a romance) and wants more for herself beyond a dead-end job and. well. what she gets is trauma. :/ :(
