I could not get this out of my head when I saw it.  I thought about sharing this later, but decided to share it now.

directionz made an appearance, looking back on directionz what has been the underscoring theme with instances of him?  The **loss of a friend**.

Aaron shot him, albeit by directionz own consent (Aaron didn't know what was going on at the time and directionz was under the impression dying, getting killed would let him escape).  Which led to him getting assimilated, Breadolphin **losing his best friend**, later on, directionz was used to assimilate Matt and led to Aaron **losing his friend**.

directionz was used a a goddamn lure, he brought Sigismund0 wherever and this was around the time he was getting assimilated himself.  After directionz had been killed by Sigismund0 (Marc).  Who lost him?  Marc's friend, the unnamed demoman in this video.  Marc's friend lost him to the Serverblight, all because directionz was used as a trap.

Sigismund0 went on to the map double cross.  Nexos, Greymatter, gods\_god.  Who were in a friend group dynamic in the match. gods\_god and Nexox were good friends, likely outside of TF2.  IRL or simply through Steam.  Like Marc and his friend.    
  
Once he joined, he assimilated many players on double cross, then in turn led to Greymatter getting camped on spawn, later on.  Nexos and gods\_god escaping, inevitably at the bridge- gods was grabbed by an assimilated heavy and was dragged below.  Which led to **Nexos losing a friend of his, even a potential one too**.

The creators weren't just bringing directionz back to shock us.  They are emphasizing how Aaron's choice, not only led to directionz losing his life to the Blight.  But how specifically, repercussive that decison Aaron made was.  That he has become the root cause to people, **losing good friend's** to this monster.  I don't blame Aaron for killing directionz, he didn't know better.  But this feels like an intentional piece the creators are showing to us.  That they are signifying this dastardly and harmful theme and how directionz is related to it.

The appearance of directionz was not simply a story element, a small appearance, he is the living tale of how one has lost a friend and how it stems from Aaron's decision.