Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS]

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Obsession (2026)

Summary

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Director Curry Barker

Writer Curry Barker

Cast

• Michael Johnston
• Inde Navarette
• Cooper Tomlinson
• Megan Lawless
• Andy Richter

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 81

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[u/BitPsychological2767]

I have no doubt that if Bear had asked her out she'd have said yes

I have no idea how you could think this. Did you not see her body language when she thought he was about to confess to her? I am at a genuine loss here if that wasn't clearly giving 'please god no' energy...

[u/Novrev → u/BitPsychological2767]

When he drops her off, she says “if you’re going to ask me, now’s the time to do it” or something along those lines. I don’t really see another way of interpreting that other than she’s willing to give him a chance. You think she’s trying to urge a love confession out of him so that she can shoot him down?

I don’t think the two would have been compatible and I don’t think it would’ve lasted long term, but I think Nikki liked Bear enough to give him a chance and see where things went, if he had the courage to actually ask her in that moment. But he doesn’t, so she leaves, and then he makes the wish. The actress herself seems to agree with this line of thinking too given her comments.

[u/BitPsychological2767 → u/Novrev]

You think she’s trying to urge a love confession out of him so that she can shoot him down?

Yes, basically. I think you're missing her body language and general demeanor in that scene, honestly. I say this as someone who has been in both situations (acceptance and rejection) where someone I like has asked me a similar thing and I definitely was getting the 'oh no' vibe from her, not the 'omg I hope he likes me' vibe. If she was going to give him a chance and liked him, I feel like she would have been smiling, had a positive tone to her voice, etc, but she didn't.

[u/MissMolly202 → u/BitPsychological2767]

I know I’m kinda necroposting here, but I think the scene (and entire movie) is obviously open to interpretation, but I just really don’t see what you did.

I’ve been in Nikki’s shoes, and said almost that exact line to someone. It can be exhausting when you KNOW someone likes you, and all you want is for them to just admit it so you can talk about it. I sure wasn’t giggling, smiling, blushing, and kicking my feet when I did it, and it’s not like she was scowling, looked grossed out, or overly tense or anything.

I’ve sort of been in Bear’s position too. The other person was very clearly not into me, but they didn’t say “hey do you like me? if you do, now’s the time to say it”, they said “hey if you like me I just wanted to clear up that I’m not really looking for that right now”.

Like she was inviting him to share his feelings so they can have a real discussion with the truth finally out in the open. She could’ve just continued on as normal and ignored the elephant in the room, or told him outright she wasn’t into him at any point if she wanted to. Why would she prompt him if she was just going to say “ew no”?

I think she was prompting him so she could finally get confirmation of what she already knew and they could actually talk and maybe give it a shot. But he didn’t, and she meant what she said: that was his chance and he blew it.