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“he’s always watching, always alert” is so much more devastating when you think about how he let his guard down and blindly trusted that k would take care of him. even saying “you’ve always been better at it” to k when they say they want to help heal.

k’s plan was to help mend evan, but plans don’t always equal the results.

let's talk about team dynamics

of course we must start with jammer. the leader. the guy who steps in when shit hits the fan and no one knows what to do and says, "here's the plan" and immediately things are gonna be okay. jammer decides if you're in or you're out. jammer will pull you back and push you forward as needed, and you can trust his judgement. jammer knows individual strengths and weaknesses and knows how to maneuver in whatever way is best for the group. and it's so fun because he's not really the guy who's pushing ahead, who's going first and dragging everyone else behind him. he's the leader that calls you back for the huddle, that you look to for the game plan. ugh I love him.

evan. evan is the guard dog, and i think this fits really well because a guard dog is big and scary with sharp teeth and the drive to protect at all costs. which pretty obviously applies to evan, the way he looks out for the team, the way he makes himself a barrier between them and danger. but that's not actually a guard dogs main function, and to me it's not really evans main contribution to the group. a guard dog barks when there's danger. even if they get taken out, the element of surprise is ruined, people know to call for help. evan does not let any sort of danger go unwarned and unprepared for. he's always watching, and always alert.

sam my beloved! this was more of a tricky one, because sam uses charm rather than, like, shadow monsters, and on the surface that can come across as gentler than the others in terms of team dynamics. however. if i was gonna give sam a role, it would be the defender. no one is getting to her friends without going through her first. she is the first line of defense, always. her style is so less physical, I guess, than the others, but she steps in front of the blood snake and sweet talks it. she gets up in philtrums's face and says, "did y'all pay your bills?" she is never not ready to throw down.

for k, it would be really really easy to say she is the fixer, after last episode. but as per this last episode, that's not actually the niche they occupy in the group dynamic. k would love love love to be the fixer, but they are not. k is always watching, always noticing, in a way that's much broader than what evan does. they're not blinded by danger, so she picks up the information to analyze and run through and report back. i could call them a planner, but considering the whole dark web conspiracist thing, plotter might be a better word. there is never a moment when k is not plotting. scheming, if you will.

I’m not finished with the episode yet but I’ll say one thing. This is not helping with the evsam ship and in fact it’s only getting stronger by the minute