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Suitcase:
For her I feel like she would be 6w5, mostly because of her inability to let go of the alliance even when she knew that Baseball & Nickel were neglecting their end of the deal, she's latching on because she doesn't have anybody else. She's also really cautious and thinks beforehand on alot of her decisions unlike the other contestants so that's why I gave her a 5 wing. E6's are often seen as dependent and stuff like that, and we see Suitcase characterized as exactly that in the first season—but then later on in season 2 + season 4, she starts making more independent choices and statements and just being independent in general. Ofcourse, she's not directly cut from her need for security, she still looks for it even during season 4(ex. The whole Fan wanting to host a new season, extremely observing the safety factors of said season.) For her subtype, it could definitely be so6, with how highly concerned she is if she's reading the room correctly, and how anxious she gets when a friend is upset with her (ex. Her voting Test Tube, her wanting Balloon to be included, and those things making Baseball & Nickel annoyed with her.) and—sorry for the bunch of 'ands'—she's very loyal to Balloon and the rest of her friends so yeah. Also, I feel like the writers intentionally made her kinda vague and hard to understand because that's what she is, nobody truly understands her, not even Knife or Baseball. I feel like she's like that in order to maintain security and to not be super noticed, but she starts kinda coming out of her shell and she starts becoming more "noticed." (btw I read an ao3 fic before where Suitcase cuts her hair because she felt like she was hiding herself which was so beautifully explained I wish I remembered what the name was, but that's where I got the idea that she would not want to "hide" anymore during season 4.) For her tritype, it could definitely be so694, so6 cuz of the stuff I already explained, so9 cuz she cares about harmony, so4 cuz she's expressed how flawed she feels with her hallucinations.
Final: 6w5, so694.
Knife:
Ok hmmm Knife is VERY 8w7, he expresses himself very openly whether it be anger, guilt, or like whatever other expression he does in the show. However, he expresses so much to the point that he's able to hide secrets because everyone just thinks of him as this emo ahh brute, and so he uses that to his advantage. He's also very confrontational when he knows someone is at wrong, like when he noticed Taco was leading Microphone into the same path as Pickle;Trophy when he was being rude to Goo;Suitcase when she was being taken advantage of by her friends. I gave him a 7 wing because he's very opinionated and vocal about, well, his opinions. Taco did say that Knife is someone who will keep speaking until the other person agrees, and while that's very true, it's also not. He does take his opinion as the most valid one even when he doesn't realize it, he shows this by saying it's OKAY to kill people like Marshmallow because they would come back anyways, he has this need to control someone because that's how Mephone characterized him to be. However, later on in the episodes/season, he starts leaning into the 9 wing and becoming more laid back, and he starts acting more rationally and starts to actually hear other people's opinions. For his subtype it's definitely So8, for very obvious reasons, but I'll explain them anyways. So8's care alot about their people and are called "The Protector" which perfectly suits Knife. He likes protecting the people he cares about and/or the people he deems as "weak" but sometimes he gets lost in this idea of revenge or redemption for those people that he forgets he's supposed to be protecting them. (Ex. Trying to protect Goo but then ends up harming Trophy: trying to protect Microphone but then ends up harming the rest of his friends.) You could excuse it for him having to pick his battles, and which ever way you interpret it—it is, but this is just how I see it. For his tritype... geez, this is kinda hard. MAYBE So/Sx864, So8 cuz of what I said earlier, Sx6 because he's highly independent and fronts his own fears, Sp4 because he doesn't really open up and he's very resilient. I could change my mind on his tritype but that's what fits him the most right now.
Final: 8w7, so/sx864.
How they work together:
Man I'll edit this later it's 4am rn and I'm so tired. My orientation also starts later so yeah.