Fernando Vera

"You remind me of when I was younger."

- Fernando Vera to Elliot.

Fernando Vera, mostly referred to as simply Vera, is a supporting antagonist of the critically acclaimed USA Network drama TV Show, Mr. Robot.

He serves as a major antagonist of the first episode of the show, arguably the main antagonist of the fifth episode of the first season, and a minor character in season 3.

He was portrayed by Elliot Villar.

Biography
"People walk around, act like they know what hate means. Nah. No one does, until you truly hate yourself."

- Fernando Vera about how much he hates himself.

Vera states that when he was younger (he never states an exact age), he was depressed and attempted suicide a bunch of times. He started hating himself more and more as time went by, but after a while, instead of seeing it as a weakness as any person, including him, would usually see it as, he started seeing it as his own power. He saw it as a power because in the way he sees it, everyone thinks they know what hate means, but no one does it unless they hate themselves. Strangely enough, this motivated him into stopping his attempts at suicide, and became a gangster. He is mostly a drug dealer, but he also deals with multiple different guns. One day, he met Shayla Nico. Shayla wanted a drug named suboxone, which almost no one had. Vera had it however, and he became Shayla's drug supplier.

Despite being Shayla's boyfriend, he is quite aggressive to her. He once asked her if she wanted to go on a date, but did it in a very intimidating way. Shayla isn't in the mood to go on a date, so his gang takes her inside of a car. Elliot manages to see this and instantly goes and checks inside of her apartment. He doesn't see Shayla, but instead he sees Vera on her bed. This obviously confuses Elliot, and Elliot asks where Shayla is. He answers where she is, and makes a speech about how he thinks that Elliot is similar to how he once was when he was younger. Once Vera walks away, he investigates the apartment, and finds Shayla where Vera said that she was. Elliot is terrified, seeing one of his closest friends in a near dead state. Vera had drugged and raped Shayla, but she didn't want to escape from him, since not only would he eventually find out where she escaped and possibly make things even worse, but also because Vera's drug dealing brings in quite alot of money. She asks Elliot if he can stay in their apartment overnight, which he says yes to.

Elliot, angry at Vera for raping Shayla, tips the police about Vera and his gang. He finds out about Vera's twitter account, where he frequently boasts about sadistically beating and raping Shayla. The tip goes through, with Vera and his gang getting arrested. However, Vera is convinced that Elliot is the one behind the arrest, and blackmails Elliot into hacking the prison so that he can escape from prison. Vera and his gang threaten to hurt Shayla if Elliot doesn't help. Elliot helps them, and the escape is a success. However, they lied to Elliot, and Shayla was dead all along.

Vera makes his last appearance so far in season 3, where he gives Elliot some drugs. Strangely enough, it seems like Elliot has somehow forgot that Vera raped and killed Shayla, one of his best friends.

Trivia

 * It is unknown if Vera just saw Shayla as a pawn, or actually loved her. With his straight up cruel attempts at killing her, it can be speculated that he saw her as just a way of making money, but he also thanks Elliot because of "helping him" finding the love of his life, which is supposed to be Shayla.
 * Likewise, it is often presented like Vera actually enjoys talking and being a threat to Elliot. This is fully possible, since Elliot seems to be one of the few people he seems to be genuinely nice to. It is also unknown if he sees Elliot as a friend after helping him escape from prison.
 * Vera is so far the only villain in the show to rape someone.