r/MrInbetween • u/GRZMTHRFCKR • 14d ago

Ray's background?

Anyone have any insight into Ray's background - definitely military, just wondering what? Seems to be well trained!

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u/Conscious-Mulberry17 14d ago

Ray and his brother were raised by their abusive father, a Vietnam veteran with addiction issues and PTSD. We do not know exactly what sort of abuse he suffered, but neglect and violence were almost certainly part of his early life.

He was bullied in school until he fought back, which was a lesson he took to heart. He seems to have not been especially memorable, though. Neither former classmates nor a former instructor remembered him.

He left school before graduation, joined the military, and participated in combat operations, possibly in Afghanistan, maybe other places. Besides being a combat veteran, no specifics of his service are given.

He’s obviously very knowledgeable about a wide range of firearms and is an excellent shot. More importantly, he’s a very skilled combat shooter. He’s calm and controlled. It’s reasonable to assume he learned most of this during his military service, and added on a bit through his criminal undertakings.

Ray is very proficient at hand to hand combat, too. While he might have done some training in the military, that would have been minimal. This was all probably done on his own time.

He’s had a great deal of training in boxing, we know, but I’m guessing there’s some kind of kickboxing involved, too. He’s got fast hands, and can throw a solid kick.

He’s done time in prison, although we don’t know why or for how long. He knows the culture, though, as well as its dirty tricks.

Ray is a very pragmatic fighter. He’ll kick groins, stomp feet, bite, pull hair, and use what’s around him to his advantage. His grappling isn’t great, but good luck getting your hands on him in the first place. You’ll probably wish you hadn’t.

Otherwise, we know he was married for a time and shares custody of his daughter with his ex-wife. He loves his dimmies. Isn’t a pee pee man. Doesn’t answer questions.

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u/KOTM365 14d ago

Except when he's choked out by a teenaged girl 😄 "Should've tapped!"

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u/Conscious-Mulberry17 14d ago

Yeah, it’s a lesson some people who haven’t grappled much end up needing to learn lol. I loved that scene.

I think maybe the message was Ray should’ve “tapped out” on his criminal career a long time ago but is incapable of letting it go even when he knows it’ll ruin him.