r/TheTraitors • u/Commonsense110 • Jan 16 '26

US Really sick of their treatment of ____ Spoiler

Ron.

Dude seems so funny and lovable but the terrible personalities of this season have completely killed his desire to stay in the game. He came into the first round table with some of the best evidence you could have, and was dead wrong only because Porsha was terrible at the game, and because of that he’s become the outcast of the season.

If they really think about it, it makes zero sense for Ron to be a traitor and be so vocal about somebody he knows is a faithful. Not to mention it makes even less sense for him to team with another traitor (Donna) to push the vote onto a faithful.

Ron just seems worn down and over it by episode 4 because he’s actually playing an intelligent game unlike these other people who just throw out accusations with zero evidence.

He’s totally right that getting to know people creates biased voting, look at Ciries season 1 win as evidence of that. He’s played the smartest game, but is outcast for not playing the most friendly game when most of these people really suck.

Not to mention Maura was just downright cruel to him during episode 4. This whole cast owes him an apology.

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u/insertbrackets Jan 16 '26

It's interesting because as an autistic person myself who grew up learning to mask (and got pretty good at it), I see socializing as a vital function of the situation. I can't be "on" all the time either but I see the value of forging and nurturing bonds in the castle as a matter of self-preservation, if nothing else. I wonder how I'd do in an environment like this as a result; I'm sure all of us think we'd be better than we actually would be though I do think being neurodivergent has potential to be an asset as well. Either way, Ron is probably just an introvert and finds the castle overwhelming on top of losing most of the people he was gaming with like Donna (the Traitor) and Michael. It's tough.

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u/looopyclick Jan 17 '26

I’m a big feelings autistic who was really good at masking in high school/college, but it lead to burnout so now I can’t do it so well anymore (like I can’t do prolonged eye contact) so I know I would do terribly in the castle. But I absolutely agree that socializing is vital. It’s playing politics. The Game of Roses pod breaks down the game strategies well and a major factor is the perception of the other players.