Bear. Without question.
People confuse tragedy with villainy. Bear is tragic, but he’s still the villain because every major horror in the film begins with a choice he makes. Nikki rejected him, and instead of respecting her decision, he chose to erase her free will so she could never say no again.
The Willow didn’t force Bear to make that wish. It simply gave him the power to act on a desire he already had: to be loved at any cost. Nikki lost her autonomy, Sarah lost her life, Ian died, and the real Nikki woke up trapped in a nightmare she never chose. Every one of those tragedies exists because Bear decided that his pain mattered more than Nikki’s right to choose.
That’s what makes him the villain. Not because he was rejected, but because he believed love was something he was entitled to take instead of something another person had to give willingly.
I hate when people say, “Bear should’ve just gone for Sarah. She was right there.”
Bear wasn’t in love with Sarah. He was in love with Nikki. That’s the entire point. Just because Sarah liked him doesn’t mean he was obligated to return those feelings.
By that same logic, Nikki should’ve dated Bear just because he loved her. It’s the exact same argument, and it completely misses the movie’s message.
This scene just shows how selfish Bear was, he knew it was real Nikki talking but he still tried to manipulate her cuz wdym he heard her crying for help and his response was "what's so bad about being with me?" and proceed to meet another girl at 3 AM??? Wtff😭😭😭
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Bear still asking, “What’s so bad about being with me?” after stripping Nikki of her free will, taking away her autonomy, and forcing her to be with him is a level of evil I can’t even begin to comprehend. I genuinely don’t understand how anyone can watch that and still argue he wasn’t the villain.
a ésta hermana la han arrestado más veces por defender la humanidad que a los pederastas que siguen en cargos políticos aprobando que bombardeén civiles, realmente vivimos en el infierno
This is what makes the movie so devastating. She trusted him enough to drop hints, and he looked her straight in the eyes and chose the fantasy over her safety.
Carl Jung was right when he said that if a man does not face his shadow by age 35 he will not improve. He will calcify. His defense will become his personality.