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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 26, 2024 11:33:12 GMT
Well damn, I really thought he was getting a better edit than coming 9th with an idol in his pocket.
Kenzie or Charlie feels right atm.
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Post by mhynson27 on May 2, 2024 13:49:44 GMT
What in the actual fuck was that temper tantrum from Liz?!? Girl is entitled as fuckkkkkk.
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Post by stephen on May 2, 2024 14:06:22 GMT
I love how emotionally volatile this cast is. More of this, Jeff. Q needs to be a permanent player on every season and we need more Liz-types who lose their fucking shit just because they didn't get a Bourbon burger from Applebee's. (Also the edit of this episode was hilarious in how it kept twisting the knife in Liz because she wasn't getting on the reward she desperately wanted, and frankly the back half of the episode suffered in comparison to what I think might be my favourite reward of the new era.)
Week Ten leaderboard:
1. Maria: She rallied the troops and got what she wanted, and she managed to do it in a way that showed she was the leader and not Charlie. I am worried it's going to backfire, though -- she was so eager to have this scalp on her belt that I think people are going to turn on her before they ever do on Charlie or Ben. And I think Charlie and Ben both know that if Maria has this big move to her name, she has to go sooner rather than later. I'll give her the top spot for now but I think this was the quintessential "big move too early" of the new era.
2. Ben: Honestly, I think we really have to consider Ben as a major threat. He's been shown to hate Q's guts but he put that aside in favour of the "smart" move of flushing Tiff's idol, and no one's really clocking him. Maybe I'm just overthinking it but I feel like Ben going rogue from Kenzie here is what is going to separate their games, and I feel like they're setting up the idea that the right time to blindside someone's #1 ally is what will be the game-winning move. That's why I think in terms of winners, it might come down to Ben or...
3. Charlie. All of the upside of Maria and Ben with none of the downside, but I have him at third because I feel like he's being set up as the big immunity threat of the season that gets sniped at the very end. I feel Ben can camouflage himself easier than Charlie, but Charlie has stronger winner equity at this time.
4. Q. Somehow managed to scrape past what should've been an easy vote, and I think now he's safe enough that he's going to coast to the finals as a goat. The Sigas will want to turn on each other, Kenzie and Venus will immediately want to go after them as they flipped on them for the Tiff vote, and I think Liz will really be the only one amped to get Q out now.
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Post by mhynson27 on May 2, 2024 22:34:17 GMT
Eh, still not seeing it with Ben tbh. Charlie, Maria or Kenzie for sure.
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Post by stephen on May 2, 2024 22:47:53 GMT
Eh, still not seeing it with Ben tbh. Charlie, Maria or Kenzie for sure. I think one of Maria and Charlie are gone next. I feel like there's no way they don't gun for the duo next.
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Post by mhynson27 on May 3, 2024 13:47:13 GMT
Eh, still not seeing it with Ben tbh. Charlie, Maria or Kenzie for sure. I think one of Maria and Charlie are gone next. I feel like there's no way they don't gun for the duo next. That should happen in theory, but we may be overestimating the others.
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Post by stephen on May 3, 2024 14:08:01 GMT
I think one of Maria and Charlie are gone next. I feel like there's no way they don't gun for the duo next. That should happen in theory, but we may be overestimating the others. Fair point, but I think Kenzie is going to feel betrayed here and want to regain control, and I think everyone's going to key in on Charlie as a budding challenge beast and Maria as the one who spearheaded the Tiffany blindside. I feel like Q bought himself a one-way trip to the final three here, because as we've seen in every season in the new era, this is the point where the self-proclaimed "big threats" start gunning for each other. Maria, Charlie and Kenzie are currently the three players who I think have the highest win equity if they sit at the end, and I can't imagine that the others are willing to sit back and let them coast to the end. And also, I think Charlie recognizes that right now, Maria has a big notch on her belt with the Tiff move that he can't really claim, and he's going to want her out before the end. If I had to guess, I'd say right now, one of Charlie or Maria is going next (provided one doesn't win immunity and the other finds the idol). Probably Maria; I feel Charlie's edit has more longevity than her, and Maria's story kinda feels complete now. She got her big move, and it fuels Q's story as how he survives to the end. And there is a running theme about taking out your #1 is a game-winning move; it only makes sense to see the duo turn on each other, and I think Charlie gets the upper hand. But then I think Charlie might wind up exposed, and either he chains immunities to the end or he's our fallen angel at five. Assuming that Q/Venus/Liz aren't immediately targeted (because you have to think at least two of them are in the F3 at this point), that leaves Kenzie and Ben. And they do have a running narrative that I think is going to come into play soon, maybe even in fire. We did see Kenzie get literally burned by her torch in this most recent episode -- is that foreshadowing?
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