i briefly considered it, but it would just make no sense whatsoever. reid is obviously on the cases in the next few episodes (as seen from pictures of the upcoming eps) and not in some kind of containment for the murder of a child. i understand that he was only 4, but some form of charges need to be filed against him even so - murder cases never have statutes of limitations and he'd have to be punished in some way. and obviously he wasn't fired (which is something i think they'd do immediately.)
if just to humour the theory itself, i'd say the only way it would be believable/possible is if riley was attacking reid/trying to sexually abuse him (because riley was obviously molested and he might have snapped and turned it on reid to prove that he wasn't powerless to himself [i've read many cases where kids as young as 5 will do this to those weaker than them]) and reid just started stabbing at him in defense and ended up killing him.
i think reid being sexually abused is more likely as i watch the promo and see reid's dad touch him and stand over him as a kid as he sleeps, but you know my thoughts on how that'd fuck with continuity already so i'm still skeptical. plus, i think it might be too much to have two of the main characters both have been sexually abused as kids (though reid was dramatically younger than morgan)
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Date: Nov. 10th, 2008 07:34 pm (UTC)if just to humour the theory itself, i'd say the only way it would be believable/possible is if riley was attacking reid/trying to sexually abuse him (because riley was obviously molested and he might have snapped and turned it on reid to prove that he wasn't powerless to himself [i've read many cases where kids as young as 5 will do this to those weaker than them]) and reid just started stabbing at him in defense and ended up killing him.
i think reid being sexually abused is more likely as i watch the promo and see reid's dad touch him and stand over him as a kid as he sleeps, but you know my thoughts on how that'd fuck with continuity already so i'm still skeptical. plus, i think it might be too much to have two of the main characters both have been sexually abused as kids (though reid was dramatically younger than morgan)