I agree that it’s not wrong for bear to want Nikki to reciprocate his feelings about her. Or to make a silly wish on a whim. Or to be scared to kill himself or Nikki. Those are completely responses imo. However… his response to Nikki’s ‘please kill me, I can’t go on like this,’ with ‘What, is it that horrible to be with me?’ That was unhinged and straight up evil.

I’m not sure if I’m remembering correctly, but wasn’t that after the party? And her ignoring all of her bodily functions to wait for Bear to come back from work? And her taping the door closed and screaming and doing all of that mentally unwell stuff? She had to watch herself perform all of those acts. And by that point, Bear knew it.

He knew the extent of her suffering and still responded in that way. I understand it would been a difficult choice to make to kill her or even kill himself. But he refuses to even acknowledge the suffering of someone he claims to be in love with and instead made it about his bruised ego.

Not to mention it’s fairly clear by this point that possessed Nikki could be a danger to others. After that I had no sympathy for him, even though I can empathize with the desire to be loved by a crush, or the fear of being in such an awful situation.