Yeah, those shoes are comically big. I assume they're some kind of special orthopedic shoes? Possibly going on the same principle as snow hoes, spreading out the surface area, so as to better hold up his weight w/o further crushing his bones? Paging
@Aunt Carol : medical insight on shoes?
That picture speaks a thousand words - the shoes, the cape, the fucking shirt - and while obviously I don't condone poo-touching, I do kinda wish that every internet stranger Lou screams at, blocks, or threatens with violence, could see it and know that THIS is the "real woman" currently calling you a nonhuman MAGA terfnazi.
I love how the crowd pics Lou posts show a sea (well, tide pool, I guess) of old, white weirdoes. So of course the news opts to show the one professional-looking black guy.
Lou seems especially violent today; a lot of these updates are him venting his politically-motivated murder fantasies (love the microfic in particular).
It's a good reminder that, at the end of the day, Lou IS a Gagliardi. He seems harmless enough compared to his more conventionally-criminal family members, but that's really only because he's such a fat and lazy coward. He is not a civilized person; he has
the desire to get in drunken brawls, fight with the cops, scab for the coal bosses, and even fuck horses (or worse, lions and tigers), like the rest of his redneck clan. He just doesn't have the courage or discipline to do anything real, and as such has to limit himself to the most passively belligerent of anti-social behaviors.
But put him in a crowd of people who validate his behavior, who make him feel like he can indulge in his violent urges while remaining safe and secure on a personal level, and the mask of harmlessness immediately slips.