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I think a lot of assumptions are being made about what we are supposed to think of the Fang tribe. So far, counting three episodes, it has gotten primarily negative editing once, pretty mixed editing once, and primarily positive editing once with the order creating an arc from negative to positive. If there is a swap (and I thought the promos have basically given that away), then pre-swap Fang as an entity doesn't really exist anymore so what lesson are we supposed to take from the editing?

I don't believe that we are supposed to be rooting against the Fang tribe members except of course for GC. Not only has the editing for the Fang tribe been getting generally more positive, but none of the other remaining members (except Randy) have been presented negatively. What we have been shown, however, suggests that Fang members will not necessarily stick together in a swap. For good or bad, the much more organized Kotas will likely take charge of the new tribes. Does that doom the Fangs? Likely, it will doom most of them, but the Kotas aren't entirely unified either so I'm not ready to write them all off.

Randy is clearly a special case, but to what end? At the moment, I'm inclined to consider him a distraction that won't approach the end game and may not even make the merge. However, his disassociation with his tribe could prove very important. Could he play the role of Judd and betray the members of his former tribe? It'll be interesting to watch and find out.

The Onion Alliance, or most of it, will probably survive the swap period intact given its clear importance to the game. However, note that none of its core members are being portrayed positively - at best they are neutral. Marcus' fake tear is a big hint in my mind that we're not really intended to be rooting for them. I know people have disagreed with the N I saw for Corinne in her discussion with Bob, and I'm not going to fight too hard this week considering I watched without sound, but basically the juxtaposition of her conversation with her confessional emphasized the point - she's falsely leading Bob on. (It doesn't even matter that her specific words are careful to avoid too much commitment - the impression is what is important.) With Bob getting that opening OTTP edit, I think that is clearly intended negative. Don't read too much into this, however. Negative editing doesn't mean that Marcus or Corinne can't win - at the moment, they still have to be seen as the best two options. It just means we may not be intended to root for them along the way.

Three other Kotas will be interesting to watch come the swap. Only two Kota players have gotten clearly positive editing - Bob and Sugar. Bob is supposedly the swing vote of the Onion Alliance, but we haven't been given his perspective yet. I think he will survive the swap primarily because it wouldn't matter if he was the swing vote otherwise. He really could go a long ways in the game, but we all know OTTP type players don't win. Sugar has the immunity idol so she probably will stick around awhile, but her only attachment we've been shown is with Ace. How does she play the swap? Would she be a target of former Fang members? If her story is the idol, it could get resolved fairly quickly. Then, of course, there is Ace - he'll have no qualms about leading a swap tribe, but how will the former Fangs react to him? I expect that to come to a head pre-merge one way or the other.