Purple is kind of a jerk, and I love that.
The most fascinating part of Purple is how despite having a more understandable reason for disliking Red than vise versa, and having a more 'moral' view of the situation, the show never makes you think Red is beyond redemption, nor of Purple as morally pure.
Purple constantly sneaks off from their station to see their pet when their entire job is to just watch camera, they constantly downplay Red's ability to do anything right even when Red proves competent, enable the vote by voting for Red despite there being no evidence side from them being alone; and even when called out on this, they refuse to let it change them, while ironically, Red accepts the influence of Brown and acknowledges that voting each other is futile, since there's no actual evidence of anything.
And like I said, I love this so much. I love how it paints their relationship as so much more than just 'they hurt me and I don't want to get hurt again', even if that's what it is at its core. It also makes how Purple views others more nuanced; they like Cyan because they're emotional and vulnerable, likely how Red was whenever they were interns considering Red's insecure nature. In a way, I feel like Purple blames themselves for things going the way they did.
They've got a strong case of avoidant attachment, where they do care, but struggle to show it. Pair this with Red's insecure attachment, and you have a pair that cares about each other, but untentionally hurts each other. This is likely what spurred Purple into helping Cyan, not wanting to make the same mistake again, not wanting to hurt someone without realizing it.
And then we get into the duo parellels. The Among Us Show has very few healthy instances of duos, like, Brown and Yellow are the only relationship that's really good. But on that note, all duos in the show are in fact, representative of Red and Purple's own relationships.
Purple, like Black, is cold and focused, introverted. They take the charge of the dynamic like Yellow, and are a lot more competent than their partner like Green.
Red meanwhile, is outgoing and friendly, like Cyan, a follower like Brown, and a damned corporate shill like Orange.
Don't have your takeaway from this post be anything but 'Purple is an excellent character', I cannot stress enough that these flaws are good traits that make them trusting Red in the finale all the more potent. Purple acknowledges themselves they aren't perfect, that they aren't really all that great, and that they've made mistakes. But their lesson is to learn to change how things are, instead of being angry about how crappy it is.
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