ā | Why would you do that shit...to a boy? You some kind of f**got? | ā |
~ Mr. de la Cruz to his son about raping Tyler. |
Mr. de la Cruz a minor yet pivotal antagonist in 13 Reasons Why. He is the abusive father of Montgomery "Monty" de la Cruz, and likely the one whose responsible for shaping his son into who he is today. Although he doesn't have too much screen time, there's enough of his presence to at least paint a good enough picture of the type of person he is.
He was portrayed by Marcus DeAnda.
What Makes Him a Hate Sink?[]
- He's an abusive father to Monty, constantly beating him in fits of drunken rage to the point where he's sometimes forced to sleep under a bridge and carry a nightstick home with him. In season 2, Monty mentions his dad coming after him with a hammer, and behold, he's shown wearing a cast on his arm the very next episode.
- Furthermore, although Monty is much worse in nearly every conceivable way and whatever bad childhood he had doesn't excuse the several heinous crimes he commits in the present, it definitely at least contributed to them since his father is shown to be almost as abusive and homophobic as himself, and worse yet he doesn't take any responsibility for his actions. Like father, like son.
- When Monty goes to jail for raping Tyler and his dad visits him, he calls him a "f**got" since he's clearly more pissed at him raping a boy than him raping someone. He then spits on him for being gay as he leaves, which is played for sympathy in Monty's favor.
- Although he claims to "bust his ass" for his family, it's not proven whether this is true or if he's simply using this to gaslight Monty like most domestic abusers do.
- By the end of the series, he faces zero comeuppance for his horrible behavior, and it's never even shown how he reacts to Monty's death in prison.
- Unlike every other villain in the series, he gets absolutely no sympathetic portrayals.
External Links[]
- Mr. de la Cruz on the Villains Wiki
- Mr. de la Cruz on the 13 Reasons Why Wiki
- Mr. de la Cruz on the Scrappy Wiki
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