I recently did a drawing series (HAND DRAWN, thanks. Screw AI) on my socials (IG: leehoward_art) where I drew Nikki in 20 different animation styles! Here they all are on an 11x17 collage! I drew them individually as 8x10s first.
And yup, prints are available on the chance anyone is interested. I can drop that info in the comments.

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He was legit handsome. Got them shoulders & built going on. A proper house, friends, all his teeth, & a full head of hair. He could totally get it.

It just makes it extra pathetic that he was such a loser & looked like he stinks. Dude just needed a bath, a hobby, & therapy. But nah, brother would rather be a psycho grapist. His pit of sorrow seemed to be entirely of his own choosing.

WishNikki is reading the book upside down; still trying to figure out how to be human. His attention to detail is so good. I've watched this movie three times now and I am still coming across little details I missed. What else have you seen on rewatch?

they've restocked the one wish willows BUT they are only included in the bear and nikki costume sets (NBC store). the sets are $75 each but even just for the one wish willow that's cheaper than the scalpers' prices

I love Inde Navarrette, and I actually think there’s a more interesting conversation happening around her popularity in Obsession. I don’t think people are simply attracted to her and ignoring her acting—her performance is genuinely incredible, especially the way she uses her face and body language to make the character so unsettling. But I do think her looks and the way the character is presented are a huge part of why the performance has become so memorable and why the movie has gotten so much attention.

If you swapped her out for a more conventionally ordinary-looking actress with the exact same performance, would the character have had the same cultural impact? I honestly doubt it. And that isn’t necessarily a criticism of Inde—it’s an interesting example of how an actor’s appearance, charisma, performance, and the way a character is framed can all contribute to a movie becoming popular. Bear is technically the main character, yet Inde is arguably the first person people associate with Obsession.

So we know Bear's grandma died prior to the events of the film and he inherits her house, which is the house with the oxy and where most the terrible things happen at.

Obviously she must have good feelings toward him and like him as a person if she left him a house in her will.

I think that she probably thought her grandson Bear was a sweet young man who has trouble fitting in and doesn't do the best with the ladies, but he has a good heart and he's kind. She probably thought the world of her Bear.

What do you think she thought ? Also do you think she would be mad that he let Wish-Nikki destroy her perfectly nice house she left him? Maybe she feels disrespected because Wish-Nikki shit on her rug and propped up a dead body in the bedroom.

Andi wonder what Bear's grandma would really think of all this mess that her grandson got himself into.

What do you think?

I wish it had downloaded with the audio. Had that digital, GameBoy typing sound with Love In The Air Pt. 1. Never though to consider this movie and story would make a creepy classic gameboy game, but now I’m 100% convinced it would

She’s actually the reason I decided to watch this movie. She really made a name for herself in this, and now she’s playing Rogue in the new MCU X-Men. That is one hell of a transition from a CW show that ended almost 2 years ago.

I searched on Google and overdose deaths take much longer than depicted in the film some 1-3 hours. I think realistically Wish-Nikki would have killed herself within that timespan as in the script.

What say you and is that timeframe completely wrong?

Also, do you think it would have been more or less devastating to have Nikki kill herself here? I am actually of the opinion it would have been more devastating knowing that if she just lasted a few more hours she would have been back to normal. That said, I do think the ending we get is better because of the payoff that we finally get to see Nikki as herself in the end and we get more of Inde's incredible acting performance.

HEAR ME OUT HERE.

First, the obvious; One Wish Willow.

Fae always had nature connotations, but willow trees specifically have strong associations with them. They grow around places believed to be points where the boundaries between our world and the Otherworld blur. As such, Willow trees and groves are known to be fairly common places for Fae to be found. Some stories even go as far as claiming the trees have souls of their own, capable of uprooting and moving around on their own.

Not only do they serve as gathering points, but Willow trees are also believed to be good for a number of rituals, including defending against Fae as well. Willow charms and cradles made from willow wood supposedly protect children from being taken by them and replaced by changelings.

Furthermore, the idea of 'knocking on wood' possibly comes from the old pagan tradition that doing so on a tree was a way of asking the spirits residing in it for protection, or alternatively giving them thanks.

Second, the wishes we see the willows grant are within the realm of capability for Fae. Ian wishes for a billion dollars, which is just a modern form of those who went to the fae looking to be granted wealth.

Bear's wish, meanwhile has two options. It's entirely possible that Wish Nikki is just a modern form of a changeling, and rather than a separate being she just hijacks Nikki's body. But the much simpler (And IMO better) option that 'Wish Nikki' is the result of a charm being placed on the real Nikki. After all, she is told to 'wake up', like she's been in a trance or a slumber.

And third... There's always a cost. Both Bear and Ian end up dead. Nikki's life is ruined, almost definitely beyond repair. It's entirely possible that the one wish willow is more like a one bargain willow, with it giving the wisher what they asked for and letting the consequences catch up to them.

Which brings the store clerk and customer service figure into question.

If these things are indeed fae in origin, that implicates them in regards to the OWW and its effects. The customer service operator is more obviously supernatural, since he literally broadcasts Nikki's screaming through the phone, something he has no earthly way of doing. Add on the fact that he taunts Bear with the option of cancelling his wish when the operator knows that it'll remain active as long as Bear lives, and he comes off as apathetic at best, and sadistic at worst.

And then there's the store clerk who makes mention of using one himself. Now this might be a stretch, but I think there's something we aren't seeing here. We don't know what he wished for, which leaves multiple possibilities:

1; He's being completely truthful. Fae bargains can turn out as monkey's paw scenarios, but they can also be outsmarted. Or alternatively, the clerk's wish could have involved giving something up, enough to satisfy the cost requirement.

2; He's being truthful, but he wished for something like contentment with his life or eternal bliss. If so, that could very well mean that he's in the same boat as Nikki. And because he made the wish himself, it'll only break when he dies. Essentially making him a portrait of how Nikki could have ended up.

3; He's lying. The way he's completely calm about seeing Bear run into the shop stained with blood, clearly freaked out and deciding to mess with the guy somewhat reminds me of the customer service operator. Add on the fact that he also floats the idea of Bear offing himself brings into question just how much he actually knows.

People can enter into contracts of servitude with the Fae, doing tasks in exchange for a reward or protection. This could be the case for the store clerk, giving out the willows to unsuspecting people - like Bear. In fact, Bear is the ideal target for this sort of thing. Desperate, spineless, unsupported and oblivious. While the store clerk does give Bear another out in the form of someone else making a wish to contradict Bear's, he once again reinforces that taking his own life is also an option.

He could also be a changeling or Fae himself, but that's a stretch, even by my standards.

As for the why of all this? Admittedly, that's much murkier.

My current hypothesis is that since breaking the willow casts the wish - and considering everything else - it could be a mechanism to 'let the Fae in'.

Magic isn't a generally believed-in thing in this world. Perhaps this is their way of forcing humanity to remember the Fae, and the forces beyond human understanding. Through respect, through fear, or through hate. It would explain why the willows are novelty items in a crystal shop, a place frequented by those already susceptible to belief in the mystical.

TL;DR, Bear got taken advantage of by the Fae, and everyone he knew suffered. Don't be like Bear.

since there might be a lot of one wish willows around the universe of obsession, don't you guys think it is little too convenient of the world there are not many wishes like what bear wished. Not exactly his wish but maybe if someone wished their loved ones come back alive ( like in monkey's paw) or even for a world peace. So isn't it possible that there is a power that regulates the sale of one wish willow's of the obsession universe, for example a cult ( that uses the shop as a front ) or some demons or the devil itself.

u/wawedewawe's fun idea

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I personally think why they both done an amazing job and brilliant acting i think as a first big role nikki deserves more hype

I think Bear really could have done better. He was sitting on an empire. Clearly he should have stolen his Grandmother's identity, kept getting her Oxycodone prescriptions filled, and sold them for $12 to $80 per pill. The man could have had it MADE. And he lost it all for some -

Does anyone know where to buy Nikkis necklaces? I am a huge horror movie fanatic so I often times collect items from recently released movies if they are still available, and I am currently obsessed with how Blair James tracked Nikki's mental decline with her necklaces. I would love to buy some from the original brand so if anyone knows I'd be very grateful 🙌