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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012
Yeah I can't imagine people not wanting to learn more about Kemper. Listening to him talk he is spellbinding and a complete shock compared to the typical media portrayal of deranged serial killer. He's made no attempt to whitewash or pretend he's anything other then he is and it is insane.

Listening to his describing his troubles communicating with women is brutally honest, and now we live in a world where we have r/incel and entire websites devoted to adult men saying extremely similar things and projecting their rage and anger against women and other men. It's pretty terrifying.

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pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Sand Monster posted:

For those that have read the book, is the scene at the end of the last episode based in fact or was it fictional, particularly the suicide attempt and having the agent visit him there? The physical intimidation aspect seemed to me to be partly inspired by this incident:


Also, Kemper's Wikipedia article briefly mentions suicide attempts that took place before his trial, but nothing after he was sentenced.

Having read up about Kemper before seeing the finale the point of the scene seemed more about Ford not fully realizing the world he was becoming a part of and letting his ego grow to the point where he enjoyed the positive press and attention and boasted about his amazing abilities and crime solving.

Having Kemper cut himself just to get Ford to visit seemed shockingly out of character for everything to that point. Even when it almost looks like Kemper was lonely and wanted Ford to visit the core of the conversation between them was Kemper pushing Ford to admit to himself he's becoming obsessed with his profiling success and failing to realize he is changing in ways he doesn't understand. The hug was almost like a "congratulations you made a breakthrough"

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