Playing devil's advocate for Connor betraying Darci

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It's no question that the biggest knock against Connor from this season is when he spills the beans on Darci's temple strategy (Which ultimately continued the Gray Team Curse). While it's definitely fair to call it a betrayal and a crappy move on his part, I also believe he was in a tough spot.

While Blue was on friendly enough terms with the majority alliance (Purple, Green, Red and Orange), they weren't truly apart of the majority, so what's stopping them from booting him and Taylor if he doesn't comply? So to him, it was probably a case of save himself, or fall on the sword for his former partner. So while again, it was a bit scummy of him to do, it's at least understandable with more context.

I also remember listening to a podcast interview Connor did awhile back where he said Purple and Red in particular were pressuring him into turning on Darci, so I think I'm on the right track with this.



If I was in his shoes, here's how I would've handled it; I would've first fed them a false strategy to keep them happy ("She starts with wood, then fire." for example). Then, I would warn Darci before hand what I told them, and give her an opportunity to counter. That way, I'm not betraying my friend and former partner, and there's no blood on my hands should Yellow get eliminated (As it could be chalked up to Darci switching her strategy out of fear Connor had spilled her plan).

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Apr 28, 2023 0:09:07 GMT -5 sc12 said:

It's no question that the biggest knock against Connor from this season is when he spills the beans on Darci's temple strategy (Which ultimately continued the Gray Team Curse). While it's definitely fair to call it a betrayal and a crappy move on his part, I also believe he was in a tough spot.

While Blue was on friendly enough terms with the majority alliance (Purple, Green, Red and Orange), they weren't truly apart of the majority, so what's stopping them from booting him and Taylor if he doesn't comply? So to him, it was probably a case of save himself, or fall on the sword for his former partner. So while again, it was a bit scummy of him to do, it's at least understandable with more context.

I also remember listening to a podcast interview Connor did awhile back where he said Purple and Red in particular were pressuring him into turning on Darci, so I think I'm on the right track with this.



If I was in his shoes, here's how I would've handled it; I would've first fed them a false strategy to keep them happy ("She starts with wood, then fire." for example). Then, I would warn Darci before hand what I told them, and give her an opportunity to counter. That way, I'm not betraying my friend and former partner, and there's no blood on my hands should Yellow get eliminated (As it could be chalked up to Darci switching her strategy out of fear Connor had spilled her plan).

Yeah...definitely Connor's one claim to villainy on E5. I always thought it was out of necessity; though Connor and Taylor also hoped that if they did so (along with giving Gray the Samadhi), they could make good with PROG and possibly get into that alliance. However, as it played out, after Gray was eliminated, they were discarded, along with Yellow, as the "outsiders" of that group, which played out in the following two missions. (What I'm wondering is why didn't Blue, Yellow, and Gray join together and form a counter-alliance against PROG? That way, they would have strength in numbers and assure they wouldn't be picked off as easily)

It also plays into Blue's underdog arc a bit--did they make themselves the outsiders as a result? Or do you think they were always going to be scrapping through, despite winning a couple of missions?