but whoever lent money did so in order to get more back, taking as little risk as possible, so no one, except probably the underworld, would lend it to someone with no job and no property like Maya
So how did I get my student loans? Entire countries exist where you don’t need a job or property to get student loans. In fact I got a bigger loan for being poorer because it wasn’t dished out based on my capacity to pay it back it was paid out on my needs.
Again. This plot line is shit but it isn’t beyond the realms of possibility she got a loan. Google churches giving out loans. They’ll give them out in the USA for people studying certain religious subjects. Not all loans are to make profit. Some are to push a different agenda. Like socialism… hence left leaning places either making school free or giving incredibly generous loans to anyone who wants them.
Look, my issue with people ragging on the loan thing isn’t me defending it. It’s a nonsense plot element that was poorly thought out. My issue is people basing their “analysis” of it on literally 2-3 lines from the story and then filling in all the gaps with assumptions, generalisations, guesswork and I think someone had a Ouija board at some point. There’s not enough to go on so I have to lean into the ambiguity. We’ve had like 3 days and godknows how many posts debating an imaginary countries finance laws.
Patrick then it's not that he wants absolute control over Maya's life, but over a very specific aspect, that's why it seems strange that he relied on Derek and never checked what kind of dormitory his daughter lived in and who her official roommate was... does he go as far as having the keys to the room and not just doing simple verifications?
It is possible he just doesn’t give a shit about her. She says how she had to take the bus back and forth to get all her stuff to school. She gets upset at Josy’s (I wanna say step) father dropping her a stuff off because she doesn’t have that with her father. Patrick’s “control” could be superficial. He doesn’t so much want to control her he just doesn’t want her embarrassing him which she still (rightly) takes as control.
This is just another take on this, he’s ashamed of her. He’s religious. He resents her sexuality and what he cares about is her specifically not being publicly gay.
If all this control is just keeping up appearances his inconsistency becomes him just doing the bare minimum to enforce what he actually gives a shit about. He doesn’t care where she lives as long as it isn’t with Josy. He doesn’t care about her education as long as she isn’t publicly being gay. He uses the loan as a big stick to enforce his will when he needs to but otherwise he doesn’t give a shit.
That’s just a take on what little we know about him and his motivations. Explains his inconsistencies. He doesn’t wanna control her on every level (and Maya’s oblique claims he does can easily be chalked up to hyperbole) he just needs enough influence to keep her in line but otherwise he doesn’t give a shit.
