Traitors, who do you root for?

I'm late to this thread, but I guess it works across every iteration of the franchise, so a timeless thread.
I'm always team faithful, no matter whether they're good at finding traitors or not. Simply because they're the underdogs, who have to work way harder to win, or to stay in the game even. Getting the balance right between finding traitors, getting on side enough so they they keep in the game, playing a great social game so other faithfuls don't vote you out. It's exceptionally challenging to be a successful faithful.
I guess if the castle had a class system, the traitors are the ruling class, and the poor downtrodden faithful are the humble workers. So, I've got to be team faithful.
Also, I think the public are often very unfair to faithfuls who are getting it wrong. But, in actual fact, the hopeless faithfuls are most of us! If any of us were playing the game (I wouldn't want to) chances are most would be faithfuls (I definitely would) and chances are we'd be pretty hopeless at finding traitors, as it's extremely hard to do. The game is so heavily weighted in favour of the traitors.
I feel huge empathy towards the 'strong and wrong' players like Roxy, James etc. I think they usually are lovely people. I get upset when people are unkind to them online. James was probably my favourite player in UK series 4. Oh and Jessie, who obviously was a great faithful.
Team faithful always.

Having said all this, I was very happy about the Rachel and Stephen win this year. Rachel was phenomenal, and actually I think she'd have been an amazing faithful too (I'm Northern Irish, so biased!🤭) Stephen was an ethical traitor, and almost felt more like a faithful. His goodness shone through, and I was so happy for him. He, in interview had the grace to admit who couldn't have won as a faithful, as he wasn't good at detective work. I still felt sorry for the poor faithful who missed out at the end though too. Bless them.

I know most people support the traitors, and I don't really understand why, as they're so advantaged. I'll always support the underdogs.

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I also think Faraaz has been completely underestimated by viewers and players alike. It feels like he was the only one who really knew how the play the Faithful game all along - main goal just not to get murdered. Best way to do that is by playing dumb while working out who the traitors actually are and only voicing that until the time is right. Faraaz might have slipped up though by coming out with his views now because of risk of murder (or maybe his thinking is it would be too obvious to murder him now?).

It does seem like a massive flaw in the game that there’s no real benefit in actually rooting out the traitors until the very end.

I’m rooting for him or for Stephen.

I will not be happy if Roxy wins. I could live with Faraz after a late brain wave. He's ok.

But I am #TeamRachel

I’d like Rachel and Stephen to win it together but I think the faithfuls will win. Too many people are on to Stephen and Faraz has unfortunately put doubt in people’s minds about Rachel!

I keep wanting the Faithfuls to win through some sort of misguided moral justice.

But Rachel has been excellent. She does nearly all the strategising and leg work, and would be a worthy winner. Stephen less so, mostly makes supportive noises and is benefitting from her efforts.

I’d like Faraaz to win but I think he’ll be murdered tonight. So Racheland Stephen for the win! I’d prefer Stephen and don’t trust Rachel won’t double cross him.

I would like Stephen to win it. He had a bit of a rough ride early on, and came through it really well.
I wouldn't mind if James or Faraaz won either. I love that James can't be anything other than himself, he would have been a hilarious traitors! And Faraaz was spot on last night, as well. I think he mentioned Rachel earlier on but said he was sitting on it for a while.
It's hard to know how much editing affects who we root for, but it does seem like most of the people with any personality get kicked out earlier on, and the blander ones are left as faithful, meaning it's easier to want the traitors to win, as they get more screen time too.

I am hoping for Stephen and his lovely strawberry pink mohair jumper to win.

Love Rachel and Stephen

Yes Faraaz is great, so cheerful - would be happy for an internal audit from him!

Faraaz is the only remaining faithful I have any time for. His explanation of why Rachel is a Traitor was considered, succinct and based on actual observation and evidence. Of course, no one will listen because faithfuls like Roxy are just going to make stupid emotional decisions and go for James.

Although it points directly to Rachel, they really need to have murdered Faraaz last night because she is not winning it with him in the final.

I was Team Stephen and Rachel till last night, when DH, the DC and I were all 'Faraaz, where have you BEEN'? He was brilliant! The smiling sweet-natured assassin. Really hope he's not the murder victim...

I’ve aways rooted for the faithful before this series. I still would have if Rachel hadn’t played such an amazing game.

I am rooting for Rachel, she's been clever. I like Stephen but I think he overdoes the shock expressions so I don't know how he's still there.
Roxy is just annoying

I always through the point was the audience root for the Traitors. I never know people actually rooted for Faithfuls. All Faithfuls appear to be wet simps while the Traitors are Machiavellian strategists.

I’m at the point now where I want Stephen to turn on Rachel. I think she showed her true colours in the turret last night. It could be looked at in two ways, either she was warning him that they needed to change their strategy which would make sense, or she was feeling the pressure on herself after faraz and Roxy’s comments and she’s turning on Stephen as a method to protect herself. You could see Stephen’s shock as it meant their relationship had now changed. I would now rather see Stephen win! But ultimately I’d prefer a faithful to win, maybe Faraz, James, Jack or Jade. I feel bad for jade who you can tell is upset.
James wears his heart in his sleeve. And Faraz I thought was a bit of a thicko but it looks like he might’ve played the game well, unless Rachel murders him!

Yes. Final 3 Episodes this week

I used to work with someone just like this . He was lazy , and was great at wriggling his way out of trouble and adept at blaming others . The Traitors is a great snapshot of a typical toxic work environment.

Is it on Weds, Thursday AND Friday?

Faraz is gorgeous!
Not sure if he deserves to win though 🤷🏻‍♀️

Really like Stephen so wouldn’t mind him winning but also really like Faraz as he's from my hometown!

This has been disproven so many times. Rachel has been in the last 3 once. Jack, Jade, Roxy and Stephen have not.

I'm really glad you agree as I thought i was imagining things!

And I do love the programme but think theres a lot of involvement by production (obviously lol).

I know the faithful are kinda thick in this one but my goodness there was literally no talk at all about Rachel after 2 blowups from Harriet and Fiona.

It just seems terribly processed to me this time, but ill keep watching hah!

I’ve been thinking exactly that. All they would have to do is work out who hasn’t ever been in the last knocking group to work out who was a traitor.
Also the voting rounds. Claudia does a round up three for John three for Steve 3 for Gerry. Ooh a cliff hanger!!! Then the last 5 votes are all for Gerry. Handy that.