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Theory: Why does Nikki snap

I was doing a rewatch and noticed that every time when Wish Nikki sees her reflection she snaps back into Real Nikki, even if its for a brief moment. It seemed like seeing her reflection was the strongest counter to whatever One Wish Willow did to her mind, but not only that, I think even Wish Nikki is aware of it and she actively avoids looking at her own reflections for the same reason.

So here are all the moments split into two categories, Wish Nikki snapping back to Real Nikki, and Wish Nikki avoiding reflections.

Wish Nikki snapping to Real Nikki

  1. Right after the Willow is broken (Pic 1)

You can see Nikki momentarily glance at the car's rear view mirror and immediately snap and go "what the fuck" then she looks away and Wish Nikki takes back over.

  1. Bear's bedroom (Pic 2)

When they're making out Wish Nikki sees her reflection in Bear's eyes and immediately falls back.

  1. Packing Bear's lunch (Pic 3)

This was offscreen, but when she was packing lunch and puts a photo of Bear and herself, she must've snapped back to Real Nikki when she saw her self in the photo, then she wrote the "not me" on the photo. This could mean that its not limited to just reflections.

  1. Party game (Pic 4, 5)

She saw her reflection in Bear's beer bottle while trying to touch his hair, then she falls on the floor screaming "It's not me!"

Wish Nikki avoiding snapping

  1. Party game (Pic 6)

She tells the story instead of drinking because drinking from a glass could mean seeing her own reflection. She even says "I don't have to drink"

  1. Party game (Pic 7)

She closes her eyes when kissing Bear to avoid seeing her reflection in Bear's eyes.

  1. Attacking Sarah (Pic 8)

When breaking the car window with her head she has covered her eyes with her hair to avoid seeing her own reflection.

I don't know if there is a deeper meaning behind this, but logically it makes sense that seeing your reflection would send strong singals about your sense of self. Anyways this seemed like an interesting pattern so thought I'd share.

Let me know what do you think, or if I missed any moments.

u/StrengthTheory — 1 month ago
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How do you cope with injuries?

I had a shoulder impingement injury about 3 weeks ago and ever since then I haven't been able to hit the gym consistently.

For the past few weeks I have just been going 1-2 days and hit legs and abs because that's all I can do, any back, chest or arm exercise involves the shoulder joint to some extent and I don't want to worsen the injury so I avoid it. It will probably take 1-2 weeks more to restart any shoulder movements with light weights.

As someone who used to hit 5-6 days a week consistently for the last year this has really messed up with my mind. Watching my body deflate has been soul crushing, I know its mostly glycogen loss (for now), but still the idea of years of work washing away in few weeks feels scary.

Worst part is that I had just unlocked body weight pullups a few days before I got injured. I was so excited about finally be able to ditch the assissted pull up machine and add normal pull ups to my routine, but I guess the universe had other plans.

Physique-wise I know I'll bounce back, its just a matter of time and consistency, but mentally I feel scarred because the stigma of getting injured again will always be there from now on, and it also made me realize how much working out had become a part of my life, and losing it would mean losing myself.

Just to add, no I believe I wasn't ego lifting, I follow strict progressive overload routine, I suspect the injury was due to rushed warmup and lack of carbs and electrolytes because it was a sunday morning and my gym closes early so I decided not warm up shoulders with my usual drill. Lesson learned I guess.

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So my question is for those who have been through injuries in the past, be it gym related or not, how do you cope with it? How do you suppress your mind? How do you stop it from spiraling into depressing thoughts?

Thanks.

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u/StrengthTheory — 3 months ago