#obsession nikki

[bevsi]

the girl of your dreams ❤️

[cafenervosa]

One Wish Willow 💥

[ID in alt text]

[mayamelody-egg]

your last meal.

[electricalsun]

[space-fishy]

Make a wish!

[helpmeimblorboing]

Obsession is a story about abuse, both in all the excellent ways people have already noted and in how it ends - Nikki may have survived physically, but everything else - her life, her self, her future - is in tatters.

She could have been a writer. A free-spirited, imaginative, author. The world was her oyster. She was happy and confident and outgoing.

And then, because one man - ONE man - couldn’t let go of his toxic, all-consuming obsession, all of that is ruined. Her friends are dead, and their blood is on her, but were they really even ever her friends, if they couldn’t even notice that she had changed so drastically ? If one of them could do something so vile to her ?

She could have been a writer. Now she’ll always be nothing more a murderer. Anything else she could be will forever be prefaced by conjunction. Murderer and writer. Murderer and murdered.

Even if, by some miracle, she remains in any fit state to go on after the movie’s climax - if the authorities know of the One Wish Willow and believe her story - she’ll forever be haunted by Bear’s actions. Forever be looking over her shoulder. Forever be doubting every word that comes out of her mouth, every thought that crosses her mind, because what if it isn’t her ? Forever wary of getting too close to another person, lest they take it upon themselves to misinterpret her closeness. Forever afraid of attracting too much attention, for the same.

She could have been a writer, now she’ll always be a victim.

And her friends ? We know she was a popular, well-loved person before the Incident. We know she went out of her way to help others. We know she was charismatic, and confident, and so many other things. Now, she has to live with the fact that none of her friends so much as lifted a finger to return the favour, despite her clearly needing help.

She has to live with the fact that the twisted power of the Willow - of Bear’s obsession - burned all the bridges she had made, embarrassed her in front of so many of her associates. Because even if they accept that the Willow caused everything, every time they look at her, they’ll never again see her.

Because, once, she was a person. Now she’s a victim, or a murderer, or a weirdo. But no longer a person.

[stari-hun]

The second most important scene in Obsession is where Bear tries to throw up the pills before being stopped by Wish!Nikki’s wish, and the first is

Up until this point, Nikki isn’t aware of Bear’s involvement! She genuinely believed he had no idea something was wrong! If Bear HAD freed her, she would’ve been grateful because she believes in him!!!! She believes he has no involvement! She thinks she’s possessed by a demon and has no idea why! She thinks Bear doesn’t KNOW. She thinks he’s being tricked because she trusts in him and she figures he’s not the type of guy who could be okay with this!

When Bear walks away, that’s the moment that Nikki faces Bear did this. Somehow, some way, he’s behind this. And she just has to live with the consequences

[fantasypeasantgirl]

OBSESSION (2026) SPOILERS

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.

She's moving away, she sees him as a brother and he just avoided his chance to shoot his shot. To Bear, there's no way he asks out Nikki successfully, so he resorts to a bizzare, last-ditch attempt to force her consent, snapping the Willow.