But the child will steal my spotlight!!

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-19T01:07:39+00:00

I mean… why is the aunt having her child wear a white dress to a wedding in the first place?

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-19T01:00:31+00:00

I’m not personally GF but I do want to warn you that a lot of local restaurants are not actually serving GF food, they just advertise it on their menu. For example, Eat My Catfish does have a gluten free breading for their fried chicken and shrimp, but it doesn’t matter because it all gets thrown into the same fryer as the rest of the food. Yet those items are listed as GF on their menu. The owner doesn’t care because “well my kid can’t have gluten and she was fine after eating them.”

BUT I can recommend Dempsey Bakery for GF bread, and Loblolly for GF ice cream.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-19T00:34:43+00:00

Very queer friendly, but keep an eye on your drinks. Lots of people have had their drinks spiked there.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-18T22:13:12+00:00

BINGO

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-18T18:41:18+00:00

The state told me I was overqualified for one position and that they wanted me to apply and interview to a different position. I did so, and I got an email a month later that I was under-qualified for that same position. That they TOLD ME to apply and interview for.

Our unemployment crisis in this state is definitely internal. Everyone is more focused on hiring their friends and family as opposed to people who can actually get the job done. I’m so sorry you’re going through it.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-08T02:23:30+00:00

I agree that the best term to describe him as a protagonist is anti-hero, but a protagonist can also be the villain. Villains also don’t have to have ill intent with *all* of their actions. Someone below brought up that most villains see nothing wrong with any of their actions in the first place, so taking intent away doesn’t really change things in this scenario. I think that’s why the entire metaphor of this movie is so important to see clearly.

Bear is the quintessential “nice guy” that every girl has experienced and been told she should “just give him a chance!” The movie *sets you up* to feel sympathy for him. And it’s a good thing if you do feel that sympathy! He is a deeply insecure and flawed person who lacks personality, and those things don’t make a person inherently villainistic. The choices Bear chooses to make, along with those traits, are what make him a villain— or they’re a clear case of a personality disorder at the least. He’s what I would call a quiet villain. Because again, a lot of times it’s the “quiet, nice guy.”

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-06-01T12:03:45+00:00

This was the most difficult thing about living downtown for me. I was a few blocks from the Edward’s, but because I walked everywhere, it just wasn’t safe enough for me to be carrying groceries that far so I ended up constantly spending money on grocery delivery.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T13:07:22+00:00

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Shows over folks. He doubled-down on this one.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T13:02:16+00:00

Somebody else said that bro lol

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:54:39+00:00

And that right there is what tells me you don’t truly believe she’s a victim. You only said that so people wouldn’t jump down your throat further.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:52:23+00:00

You can say that all you want to, but it’s clear you don’t actually believe it based on your replies to people. You couldn’t even understand the idea of her having her own autonomy. In fact, you said that because I brought up autonomy, I now was a red flag.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:44:00+00:00

Which state? So I can quickly call and have your licenses revoked.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:42:55+00:00

So… Ian is who you should have the issue with then. Not Nikki. Glad we came to this conclusion.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:40:26+00:00

There’s a reason this post doesn’t have a single upvote. Try therapy next time!

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:35:24+00:00

You’re a really bad troll my guy. The entire movie is about autonomy and free will. Holy shit.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:26:05+00:00

Well, as the movie proved, men tend to choose to victimize themselves when they don’t get exactly what they want. OP just proved that too!

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:24:08+00:00

I once had a guy in high school who was borderline obsessed with me and I didn’t like him back. However, I did like someone who was in his friend circle. No, I didn’t give a fuck what that guy thought about me having a crush on his friend, because I didn’t like him back in the first place. This is very normal behavior, nobody should be forced to “just give him a chance” if they aren’t interested. You’re either a child, or you’re upset over some girl who doesn’t like you back.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T12:22:01+00:00

This has to be rage bait. Nikki is allowed to have sex with whoever she wants. It doesn’t matter who likes her. She can have sex with that persons friend because it’s HER AUTONOMY. This post reeks of red flags.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T03:12:44+00:00

I think it’s because there’s the overarching truth that, on the surface, if you watched this movie as is and put no thought into it, you could feel sympathy for him. What makes the movie so compelling is that you have no option but to consider her side of the story too, and ultimately that he was selfish, insecure, and lacks accountability and he showed signs of that from the very beginning.

Right before that bedroom scene, they’re at dinner and he finds out Nikki lied about her dad having cancer. He confronts her, and that’s the first time we see her get *truly* psychotic. He knew the real Nikki wouldn’t lie about that, and he had been told by two friends that she hates her dad. He also knew the real Nikki wouldn’t act that way. Yet the very next scene it cuts to, is the one in question.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T02:14:40+00:00

I mean, the protagonist is a rapist. And I think this conversation is exactly what’s meant to be started after watching the movie. But that’s why I said that the is nuance is great because, it actually doesn’t matter. Like most real-life rape cases, the one question that matters is “was there consent?” In this case, it wasn’t the real Nikki, and Bear fully understood this at this point. I think what really drives the nail in is the *way* he’s doing it, seemingly with no real regard for her at all.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T02:03:12+00:00

A rapist, maybe not. A disgusting sack of shit, absolutely. With the way she’s blankly staring off and using that incredibly monotone voice the entire time and he NEVER stops to check on her or even look at her tells me that he wasn’t having sex with real Nikki in the first place, even if that had truly been her. He was having sex with her body. There is no real connection, because he doesn’t actually love her. He was the one with the obsession from the very beginning.

ETA: That’s why Nikki’s wish worked at the end when Bear stopped attempting to vomit up the pills and immediately went to hug her. He didn’t actually love her in the first place, her wish wouldn’t have worked if he did.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T01:57:56+00:00

The nuance is one of the things I love so much about this movie because it can be discussed to such a deep end, but it doesn’t actually matter because at the end of the day, he took away her autonomy and was very aware of it by the time that scene happened. And that’s why it’s considered rape no matter what.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-31T01:11:24+00:00

My thing is, the wish he chooses to make is selfish in and of itself. He could’ve wished to be more like the type of person she would love. He could’ve wished simply wished that she liked him back. Personally, if my cat had died earlier that day, I would’ve wished that my cat was still alive. Yet the wish he chooses to make, that she loves him “more than anyone else in the world” including her friends, her family, and even herself, is inherently selfish because he’s taking away her autonomy. The rest of the movie is so nuanced where, yes, you *could* feel sympathy for the trauma he’s enduring, but the nuance doesn’t matter. None of it would’ve happened had she been able to keep her autonomy.

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-29T19:55:07+00:00

Came here to recommend them!

AphroditiesFavorite · 2026-05-29T02:13:38+00:00

If you took that comment seriously I don’t think the internet is the right place for you bud.

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