Mega64 wrote:
These women definitely deserve some major kudos, especially Cirie. She's dominated this season even moreso than Exile Island, engineering the game to be in her favor since Yau-Man's ouster. She came up with the "Get Erik to give up immunity and humiliate himself on an epic scale" plan and was behind a lot of the other boots. I personally think she's the star of the season.
Of course, the other women deserve props too. Amanda pulled off a stellar performance that led to the shocking boot of Alexis. Natalie managed to brainwash Jason and Erik to eliminate themselves on her behalf, the former even being her plan. Parvati managed to make herself the center of power post-merge, being with both Ozzy/James/Amanda and Alexis/Natalie.
You make some excellent points here, but of them all Cirie has done everything 100 percent. Amanda had the idol and knew she was safe. She acted good, but some times the eyes were too puppy-eyed and over the top, but it still worked. For Natalie, definitely the top convincer but she needed to be helped. In all fairness, Jason himself, initiated his own ouster. He approached Natalie first with a hallucinated bond, damn near putting the bait on the hook himself and reeling his own ass in. And she never would have come up with the "ask Erik for his necklace" idea (a truly smart person would dismiss this possibility, knowing it could never work), Cirie hammered that into her. And Parvati, yes, she got in with the power alliance, but that's it. She's not a schemer. Not being the most physical or most intelligent person in this game, Cirie through and through has done it all convincingly without one wavering look or gesture. The bitch has truly been the chessmaster in this game.
Edited: I guess I could have put this in the Cirie-Love thread.
