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To be clear, my description of Nikki as an abusive BPD art hoe was facetious. The film hammers home that Bear is a selfish coward who brings his fate upon himself, and for all his so-called "love" of Nikki, he's more than willing to sacrifice her well-being on the altar of his own sexual and romantic gratification.
That being said, I don't think it's an accident that the possessed Nikki's obsessive love of Bear manifests in a way that pattern-matches to so much stereotypically borderline behaviour: violent mood swings, abrupt temper tantrums, lies to curry sympathy, empty apologies (and equally empty promises to change one's behaviour) and manipulative suicide threats. I find it interesting that, when the director began writing the screenplay, it was just a story about an abusive romantic relationship with no supernatural elements at all: it was only a chance viewing of an episode of The Simpsons that inspired him to incorporate the "monkey's paw"/possession element into the story.
Yeah Nikki's antics made me wonder if Bear was just a better person (cooler, more socially aware and had more going on) would Nikki have acted so crazy. They really hammer home how depressing his house is, how socially awkward he is.
Another thought I had on the bpd antics of Nikki, is this how 'powerless' people fight back? That jenga scene gave me such flashbacks to when a friend was dating a chick who would be huffing and puffing in corner sad over something during a party, I would say performatively trying to ruin the mood because she was upset and I literally learned not to care (not my monkey, not my circus).
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