mtwentz wrote:
I've always thought the whole 'Bob kills for pleasure' was a giant plothole though. If he was occupying Leland since he was a boy, shouldn't there have been a trail of bodies all over Washington?
And the killing of Teresa Banks appeared to be more about silencing her than getting any pleasure.
Bob does appear to have gained pleasure from torturing Laura since the age of 14. So maybe it's not the actual killing that gives Bob pleasure, but the abuse and molestation (and the illicit sex with prostitutes).
Perhaps not necessarily killing but causing pain and fear, maybe through the corruption of Leland as well. I always thought Leland was a good person (especially after seeing the moments before his death, when hes freed of BOB), so maybe having Leland do things, corrupting that good side of him, was feeding BOB as well. Perhaps there is also a time of "breaking in" the host. If we can assume that when Lelands hair turns white, is a sign that BOB is in total control of him, then that could explain the lack of killings, since BOB's influence over him wasn't strong enough.
I can agree with that. Like the murder of Jacques Renault, which also seemed to be more about silencing him and not about gaining pleasure from the kill itself. I'm assuming that is BOB's doing, since the event was accompanied by the smell of scorched oil.
About something else: Doesn't the rock like thing, that Dougie is transformed into, look a bit like the head of The Evolution of the Arm?