Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28560344-20160526180542/@comment-14909251-20160617214351

Matilda27593 wrote: Yeah, it was ironic in that way, but I see it as meaningful in a sort of different way. He thinks that he's going to be a good Survivor because he's cynical and has given up hope, which, being cynical and having given up hope, he sees as a good thing. So the fact that these negative emotions attracted the Grimm that ended up killing him is just showing that he really was completely wrong, which is fitting since what he was saying was a complete antithesis to Ruby's main worldview.

Just my two cents. To each his own. I admit I never thought about that possibility. Even though I still think the way they chose to kill him off was just a cheap gag, I wouldn't be surprised if they rationalized it that way.