I don’t think Ausiello was referencing Bae at all. The sentence means that despite Tink’s party girl ways, she has the heart of a true survivor.
Possibly, though in ASOTM we did have:
Hook: You really think you can survive on your own?
Bae: I’ve never been given the choice.
…so if that whole blurb in the casting call was just specifically relating to Tink herself, they’re setting it up for her to have that “survivor” trait that matches Bae’s, so surely they’ll be involved somehow.
NL is…Redemption Island. Maybe Jeff Probst can have a cameo. 😛
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