premiere hotch speculation

[ohshiznaps.livejournal.com]

This was discussed briefly on the episode discussion post, but i felt it needed it's own as it could be a HUGE added pain for our beloved leader.

The reaper, Hotch... was there a rape? it was most definitely insinuated, but i felt it was more of a "wait, WHAT?!" moment that passed to quickly to get  a full read on the situation.

im thinking no. if it had, i feel they would have put in more content to support it. all we really saw was a stab that looked below the belt. and the reaper was still fully in pants through the whole thing. 

unless it's something hotch blocked from his memory...

does anyone remember what the reaper said to him? about stabbing being a substitute for sex?

  if this has been discussed or anything already, feel free to mod it up.

Comments

[runriggers.livejournal.com]

True - rape is about power and control, but again, he didn't rape any of his other victims and why would he think that rape would torture Hotch more than the loss of his ex and son?

Hotch can't do anything about protecting his family, and he can't do anything about seeing them; he can recover from rape, and Foyet has no way of knowing how Hotch would react to a rape - how traumatized he would be. He definitely wants to control Hotch. People react differently to rape - some deal with it well, so never recover - its not something you can predict