The Deadpan Loyalist

Will roast you daily, will also drive four hours at 3am.

You don't plan things and you don't do sincerity — your affection is 90% insults. But you're around constantly and you'll say the blunt true thing nobody else will. Outsiders think you two hate each other.

Why you got ESCT

Ease over Lead: Who picks the place, who keeps the plan alive, who just goes along with it.
Subtle over Open: Whether care comes out as words, or as lifts to the airport and relentless teasing.
Clear over Patch: What you do when something's wrong — say it this week, or smooth it over and wait.
Tight over Roomy: How much contact you need before it feels like drifting, and how much before it feels like too much.

What works

Brutally honest
Always around
Very funny about it

What trips you up

Sincerity is nearly impossible
Jokes land wrong on bad days

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Roles are a conversation starter, not a diagnosis. On what actually makes friendships hold up, see American Psychological Association — Friendship.