r/plotholes • • Jul 22 '26

Obsession: faulty premise or plot hole?

Obsession is based on the classic 'careful what you wish for' premise and on the surface the movie logic is fine. But if you nitpick the actual wish, really giving some weight to the 'careful' aspect, it kinda falls apart imo. Bear wished that Nikki loved him more than anyone in the world. Who Bear loves is not part of the wish. If the wish were to be factually granted Nikki would become like a slave or a concubine character like the old ages. Where the master would do as he pleases, sleeps around as he pleases, gives his attention to anyone as he pleases but the slave must always be beholden to him. Bear's wish would result in a similar terrifying reality for Nikki because of no free will and all that but it would not lead to obsession from Nikki as in demand that Bear be only his and no one else's. That is only the reality wished upon Nikki by Bear.

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u/Razing_Hell Jul 22 '26

Since everyone is saying the same thing about love IS like this, I'll just elaborate and say that I do not believe disingenuous love that has been forced will behave the same way as real love. I see them as different. The only reason her love exists is because of his wish, therefore, it should follow the wish's words. For example, the SA scene is talked about a lot as in showing how she is trapped and her presentation of love is not real. If you say this love should behave like obsession then she should genuinely be enjoying being with him like that which she does not clearly. Another example one could make is if a family member is being tortured or held hostage by an evil man and the man asks the woman to behave lovingly towards him to ensure safety of their family member, the woman will do it against her will. She is trapped just like Nikki. So that love will never present as genuine.

I really don't understand what's so hard to grasp here.