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Did Louis rape mom?

posted 5 years ago by mobocracy (903)
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I think it's kind of odd that they invested so much into the back story of Louis' mom getting raped as a house showing as the explanation for him carrying a knife, but never went further with it. First off, if you work in real estate and are rich, you can probably get a gun permit, even in LA, as some kind of bonafide occupational risk, with the rich part greasing the skids.

I wonder if there wasn't some unexplored angle where Louis actually raped his mom, as part of a twisted-rich-people family sickness dynamic. I don't think Dad was ever mentioned, but it totally makes sense that once dad dies, sicko Louis takes his place and cements his control by having his way with mom.

Mom is a rich, victimized co-dependent basket case who takes the abuse and does everything to protect her son, who she knows is sick. This helps explain why she kills the PI and tries to kill McConaghey at the end -- the ever-protective mom trying to shield her son, and ultimately, the shame of her twisted existence.

[–] Markvee (1) 2 years ago

In the book they don't just come out and say it, but the set up for the condo about the rape and how/why he caries a knife and how she was attacked similar to the girl at the bar, and how the attacker wore a mask and she " never seen him " but he was in the house waiting for her to come in, right before that he is talking about how he knows how to break into houses, heavily implies that he did in my opinion

[–] DancingintheDark (1807) 2 years ago

I think it’s a bit of a stretch, not unforeseeable just lacking in how the story presents it as a possibility. More than anything I think the Mother being raped, and knowing full well her son is a rapist and possibly murderer but being 100% okay with it and vice versa, Louis knowing his Mother was raped and being a rapist himself, I think it goes to show the depths of sociopathy that both characters both nurture and share between their familial bond.