Luckster

and yes, i hear you saying, "you write him like that too!" sure i do, depending on situational context. the key difference between them (to me) is that dei's default is playing funnynan and sanford's similar nature comes out more when he's comfortable. it bounces naturally off of dei who is conveniently also the one sanford is most comfortable around. when he eventually does try speaking to hank blank stares only get him so far, you know? they're just not really close enough for a lot of it. he'll make loose attempts here and there to just sort of.. test the waters(?) and see what happens. (not much, ford. not much.)

and even then, hank creeps him out! him and dei both! eventually i think he's sensible enough to go.. okay, bud, you don't wanna talk and i don't like how you look at me, so i'll just not. he and dei even bond over how their heebies get fucking jeebied anytime hank exists. in my heart the ad is set when sanford is comfortable enough to try chatting, he must be if he's talking smack about hank while they're in the back, but not long enough for him to see hank as anything but some freaky creature he's contracted to work with.

don't even get me started on "he's gonna be a reeeeal problem, mark my words." there is some camaraderie, but not full trust. that's what drives me crazy. people like sanford, to me, take so much time to go through these different stages of how they think of others. right now he's in the "you're okay i guess, but don't fuck with me" grey area. and that area is where his personality starts to come through. asking hank questions and trying to be engaging then turning to talk shit with dei. it's hilarious and it's so him.

One must imagine auditor stressed and depressed