#notetho

especially this session but in general I 1000000000% believe he's gonna be the first repeat winner THIS season. the man is ending the session over 30 hearts, taking very very little unnecessary damage, and being abundantly careful

everyone is in agreement to not mess with him BUT they'll go up to him every time they need something because he is the Most competent red which is. basically the best position to be in: everyone owes him but nobody wants to mess with him. socially, he's doing fantastic

but his #1 skill is the ability to be nearly immune to the bit. he saw the warden and wither fighting and went ‘hm. looks dangerous’ AND STAYED OUT OF IT. nearly everyone else pushed aside all self preservation to see what was going on. he'll consistently choose the smart thing over blindly following the bit and that's set him apart more than anything else I feel

and Martyn THIS EPISODE SPECIFICALLY. he saw the zombie apocalypse going on, he played both sides, and he was in such an interesting position of being trusted because he's solely immune and not trusted because he's Martyn.

like he's still trying to kill you, but his specific brand of bloodthirsty is known. It's familiar. It's Martyn.

people find Martyn eavesdropping and clearly planning an attack or a trap, and when nearly everyone else is found like that it's yelling at them to get out with swords at the ready. but with Martyn it's “oh hi Martyn :3 I've found you so we can just chill now” or “hi Martyn- oh okay this isn't my base. okay I'll let you be shhhhh”