Obsession
"You are you, Nikki"
"What would be so bad? What's so bad about being with me?"
The denial?!?!?!?!?!? He knew that it wasn't her all along but he insisted on stripping away her autonomy, even after she begged him to kill her. Like, I genuinely hate Bear's guts.
I love this film so so so so so much, I may be exaggerating a little bit, but i really do. This is indeed a love story, but not romance.