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Bear wanted Frankie up because he's "shady" and is nice to his face.

Fair enough. But Bear is nice to Frankie's face, inviting him into his den and to imaginary beach parties, etc.

Then he's telling Frankie that he nominated him because he needed to have the experience of facing the vote.

Frankie is multi-faced and nice to Bear's face. However, he doesn't seem to have some moral argument for what he's doing...he just wants to win!

I don't want either of them to win, by the way. They're both t0ssers! I just find Bear's reasoning dubious even by his generally obtuse standards.