It’s that time of the year again! Claudia Winkleman’s black bob is back and better than ever, and our Wednesday and Thursday evenings just got a whole lot more exciting. The Traitors has officially returned- but this time, a celebrity version.
Cardiff students are cosying up in their living rooms and even skipping YOLO to watch the chaos unfold amongst the national treasures on our TV.
We have all had the conversation about how we would love to play the game, but the real question is: How would you play it? This guide will tell you how your degree would behave in The Traitors, and beware, it’s brutal.
Psychology
If you take psychology, we think you’d be a conspiracy theorist faithful.
Just like Tom Daley’s game play, you notice every small movement or slip of the tongue from everyone, leading to a different accusation every day. With all those hours spent at ASSL poring over research papers, psychology students would be diagnosing the players left right and centre. A sociopath with a complex vocabulary must be a traitor, right?
The Traitors would be highly threatened by psychology students because, after all, the show is a mind game. Who better to pick up on the signals of lying than a psychologist? You’d be one of the first murderers in the game, as the traitors would grow wary of your constant conspiracies.
Though most would consider you unhinged and major overthinkers, you could end up landing lucky with one of the wild accusations. A small moment like Linda’s neck snapping to the right at the word “traitors” could just be the final nail in the coffin for catching someone out that only you would notice.
Law
If you’re a law student, you’d take the role of faithful leader.
In every season of The Traitors, there’s always an undefined yet mutually understood leader of the group. Highly trusted and barely suspected, law students reside in the safe haven of the traitors for most of the game. You would treat the game like a courtroom, assessing everyone and leading with candour.
Law students carry a “diplomacy” halo on their heads, leading you to see both sides of situations and observe people’s intentions. You’re a team player whose intellect would shine in challenges, guiding other players to admire you and subdue their traitor radar.
Despite virtually embodying the definition of a faithful, no one is safe in The Traitors. Everyone gets suspected, and by behaving so amicably, law students may be taken down by fellow faithfuls and done dirty. Now that would be out of order.
Business
Business students would, undoubtedly, be a chaotic and messy traitor.
With the amount of spare time business students get, meddling in the game to cause the most amount of chaos comes easily. You don’t take things too seriously and would be the first to remind everyone that it is “just a game”, whilst having your own ulterior and traitorous motives. You would treat it like a lads’ night out and definitely be the type to stab other traitors in the back just for the lols. Alan Carr eat your heart out.
However fun wreaking havoc may be, it is likely it will come with a price. Other players are certain to be suspicious of your troublemaking, so your name would appear time and time again at the round table. It wouldn’t be long before the faithfuls would sniff you out and banish you from the castle – but you’d still think it was worth it for the fun.
At least then you’d have more time to actually devote to your degree, not that this would necessarily encourage you.
Medicine
Med students, you’d be the over-confident faithful.
Being told “you must be smart” after telling people what you study must go straight to your ego, leading you to trust your own judgment a little too much. Somehow you balance social life with your studies, so other players would like you and trust your judgments, seeing you as a relentless faithful.
Medics would make it far in the game as you have the confidence to make risky allegations, but the smarts to back it up. Your superiority complex may actually work in your benefit, for once. Other players would definitely despise your gameplay, but you’d think the win would be worth it. All those years stuck in university have got to count, right? Though we’re not sure how you’d fit The Traitors into your busy schedule.
5. JOMEC
Last but not least, journalism students: Tactical and successful traitors.
Journalism-based skills like investigative research, critical thinking, and building narratives allll point towards a carefully constructed traitor who remains in control. You must be disciplined if you’re walking all the way to JOMEC for a 9am.
You can twist the narrative to slip out of the faithfuls watch or to point the finger at someone else, just like a tabloid news article. Faithfuls will see you as an excellent game player but will not be able to trace the evidence back to you. Being two-faced actually works to your benefit here.
Most importantly, journalists are believable liars. The role of a traitor is to lie and slip through the cracks, and who better to do that than a sly journalist in training? You’ll be able to figure out faithful suspicions and stay on top of any secret assumptions and theories, always being one step ahead to plan against them. We think you’d make it pretty far and even take the win. Betraying people might just come a bit too easily for you.
For more of the latest news, guides, gossip, and memes, follow The Cardiff Tab on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
Featured image via BBC iPlayer and Canva
