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are we talking about ep 115 gillion again. because im crazy about 115 gillion
i have to point out how during the first half of this episode he was the most level headed person on the ship, someone to fall back on when chip and jay didn't know what do to; he took the responsibility of figuring out how to split the crew after finding the news about the traitor even though he was the least personally affected by it. chip stayed in the black sea because he'd never get the chance to come back after this, and jay had obvious reasons to leave due to her affiliation with the navy and therefore the war, but gillion is solely support for them, from taking over the phone call (albeit. not very well) to stopping chip from going to find arlin by himself. and nobody else picked up on that!!!! chip said nothing at all before planning to leave yet gillion saw straight through him.
sidebar but its related trust— the albatrio are always trying to be honest with each other, but none of them are very comfortable talking without being prompted; theres always information being omitted between them, but at the same time none of them can successfully lie to each other anymore. which is such good development considering that during the first half of the campaign (and to many extents still now) there was always a point where one characters moral standings contradicted with another's. but even though gillion is quite unclear on where he is morally (to the camera And to himself) it slips through— “Even if it’s inevitable, I’m glad we got written in the same story.” "Despite what my oath says, I don't believe that." he doesn't know where he stands in the greater scheme of things but he knows where he is now and what he's fighting for in this moment is right. and back to 115 when jay asks gillion what he'd do in an ambush and it's like oh wait. oh wait. he was raised for this. because his whole thing throughout the campaign was just Haha i have a cool sword and can use lightning!! kapow!!! and everyone forgets he was a trained soldier who grew up in simulations of war. he was not meant to be here with chip and jay. had he stuck to the original prophecy, he was meant to be fighting fights only fallacies could justify, but instead the only direction he's following is wherever his crew is going and by god does the crew need him
tldr 115 has banger pc narrative + development moments id argue gillion was the most fundamental character in the episode even though he's the least relevant in the current plot