Really, you know, when I started writing this series (waaaaay back in Knowledge and Innocence), Reid identified one of his primary weapons is perceived innocence. It's also his primary method of self-defense.
And how the rest of the team treat him plays right into that - if the unsub is trying to pick the 'weakest' member of the team to kidnap/whatever, he's the most likely to be picked simply from the way everyone else protects him. He's entirely likely to be underestimated, thus he's the member of the team most likely to be able to engineer either his own escape or rescue. Or at least, that's how I see it.
Every once in a while, though, he has to point out that he really isn't helpless.
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:33 pm (UTC)And how the rest of the team treat him plays right into that - if the unsub is trying to pick the 'weakest' member of the team to kidnap/whatever, he's the most likely to be picked simply from the way everyone else protects him. He's entirely likely to be underestimated, thus he's the member of the team most likely to be able to engineer either his own escape or rescue. Or at least, that's how I see it.
Every once in a while, though, he has to point out that he really isn't helpless.