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Phillips: I think it was just like a wish fulfillment of an 8-year-old.

Seeing an evil man get exactly what he deserves may provide some fleeting wish fulfillment, but that inevitable scene where Iris takes back her power doesn’t make “Companion” an inherently feminist text.

Seeing an evil man get what he deserves may provide fleeting wish fulfillment, but that doesn't make “Companion” an inherently feminist text.

The male “feminist,” as a figure of wish fulfillment in the search for a better world, has circumvented the natural skepticism people might otherwise have about public figures.

That makes Louis a kind of wish fulfillment, a good person whose terrible mistake shattered his good life along with that of two strangers, who doesn't simply make amends but tries to build something good with those he wronged.