I honestly don’t like the idea of RJ being Brett Partridge because in my mind Red John is manly, sophisticated, has many friends, and is meticulous.
I don’t see BP as RJ because he is not lovable as a person, an we can all agree that the followers or RJ see in him as a God like figure, protector, and are willing to do anything even to take their own life for him.
And Brett Partridge is not someone that would make you do anything of that magnitude.The killer must be physically strong, evil eyed yet mentalist like to get people to do what he wants.
Brett is boyish to me, and has really weird fascination with RJ, i see him as RJ fan but not RJ himself.
Red John must be manly, sophisticated, to have a lot of friends, to be well read, to me patient enough to wait for the perfect moments and to do such heinous crimes.
To me Red John is ether Sheriff Tom McAllister or Gale Bertram ( although Ray was the one I originally suspected at the beginning of season 6).I would be satisfied with any of the final five (now 3) suspects as being RJ, but not Brett Partridge, simply because Red John is characteristically similar to Patrick, and I don’t see BP to be shoulder to shoulder with Patrick…..