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(A) What did you think of this episode? Please be as detailed as you can, wherever possible.

I'm gonna do a more MDN style write-up this weak because I've found that I forget a lot of things if I read the whole story and then comment. First up, Matty's comment about how he doesn't want Crystal to be his enemy definitely strikes me as foreshadowing that the two of them could have a Tracy/Mikey B relationship where the two of them have to work together for their mutual benefit.

Next, Crystal's comment about fire being useful while Kelly wasn't is hilarious and although it sounds more like something Randy would say, I could understand it coming from Crystal, as she's essentially the Randy of her tribe.

Susie is so much better of a character in your story than she was in the actual show. Seriously, I think you wrote her exactly like she would've acted, and yet you've done more with her character in two episodes than they did with her in the entire show. And even then, Susie won 3/7 votes at the FTC.

Next, Dan is such a sweetheart. It's always nice to see sweetheart guys because sweetheart girls are so common and most guys get this macho edit. Sadly, it really does seem like he's being set up to take a fall as the hero who comes up just short. I also love the fact that he and Charlie formed their little a-law-iance just one season after Eliza, who got Charlie onto the show, did the same. Charlie and Dan seem like they'd be really likely to get along on the show, and I think you've really captured Charlie's character well this episode as someone who basically molds his personality to what he thinks his friends would want. In your fic, Dan is a nice guy, so Charlie's a nice guy. In the real show, Corinne, Marcus, etc. were pricks, so Charlie kinda followed the crowd on that.

Also, I love Ace because he's such a good villain in that you know he's there but he's able to kinda hide under the radar and menace the other players from the shadows, which is the best kind of villain.

As for the Powerhouse alliance, I love how they gave it an actual name. It's kinda like how Dan & Memphis sat around trying to think up names for their alliance in BB10 before deciding on the Renegades. It's just a badass name. Bringing Ace in is a smart move because it IS better to have him with them than against them. But Paloma is kind of an odd decision, especially after they just previously stated that Gillian and Ken were too weak to keep around long-term. Paloma's not exactly strong either.

XD @ Randy referrring to Kelly as "the chick with the big tits". Chauvanist Randy is hilarious. His confessional after the challenge is pretty interesting too and seems like he's being set up for a fall, perhaps taking the comfort himself at some point.

The challenge itself was kinda boring though, even though I know it's a challenge from Guatemala (where Rafe couldn't climb a ladder).

The competition between Ace and Dan is cute and I really hope that the two of them last a long time so that rivalry is a full-season sort of thing. Ace trying to catch more fish than Dan was cute and Dan is the one being told he can do no wrong. Dan seems to be getting set up as this season's Marcus, the guy that takes control only to be felled at some point before the end.

Gillian was a sympathetic character in this episode because she really wanted to prove herself and earn her stay on the island, rather than someone who would just be shown as latching on and being dragged. Dan was nice to her though and I still can't understand why that alliance picked Paloma over her. She did put a target on herself and Ken made a point of notice that, which is in his best interests because if Gillian's seen as weak, that's an extra three days he gets to stay in the game. Ken's definitely an under-the-radar threat and that's why I still think he's one of the best Edgic choices to win.

I felt sorry for Susie in Exile because she basically got such bad luck in not being able to make fire or be comfortable or anything like that. Her fear of animals is funny though, as it's a running plotline for the first two episodes.

Back on Kota, there's a definite divide between Marcus and the other three members of his alliance I think, even though he thinks he close with them. I think Bob is the real leader, as much as Marcus wants it to be him. Bob gets a ton of praise from his two girls, Jacquie and Sugar, and I like the whole idea of Sugar loving Bob because he's a father figure for her out there. i really thought it would come more into play during the real show, especially after Sugar talked about how she thought "the guy with the bowtie seems nice" in one of her interviews.

Ace is a very good player it seems. He's wary of the alliance with Dan & Charlie, but he's more than willing to take it because it means that he'll be safe at least for a little while. Personally, I see Ace, Corinne, Michelle, Randy and Ken forming somewhat of a negative counteralliance against Dan/Charlie/Paloma, and there won't be a whole lot they can do about it.

As for the immunity challenge, again, I didn't really care for it too much, mainly because it was kind of a rehashing and it just didn't excite me. I thought it sucked how Gillian was once again singled out as being unable to be seated out. I hope she manages to win some stuff singlehandedly and prove herself like Susie did. But she got her happy moment of giving her tribe the win, even if it was by doing the most meaningless task ever.

It was pretty obvious that Susie was going to be booted. I mean, after Kelly was voted out because of the blatant obviousness of her alliance with Matty, there was no way the obvious alliance of Crystal, Susie and G.C. would survive, and there would be absolutely no benefit to a tribe that's already losing to vote out either G.C. or Crystal. Susie had no real clue to the hidden immunity idol other than it was at camp. That's it. There was no way she was surviving.

Also, "The Upper Hand"? That is the dumbest alliance name ever. Why can't Marcus think up alliance names that AREN'T stupid as hell? Seriously, it's almost as bad as the Onion.

Matty's not a very smart player. I mean, Marcus tells him it's not Matty and Matty just feels relieved right away. Honestly though, Crystal rallying to take Matty out, when the tribe had lost three straight challenges, just made her seem desperate, and it was poor gameplay on her part. She should've realized that Susie was a sinking ship and there wasn't a whole lot she could do to save her without putting a bigger target on her own back. Also, threatening people with an immunity idol that you don't possess is extremely stupid gameplay on her part.

Susie trying to play a random bone as the immunity idol would've been funny, and Crystal pulling an Eliza "It's just a bone!" is even funnier. It's weird because Crystal was barely featured in the episode up until that pre-tribal scrambling, yet she just felt like a bigger presence.

Tribal council time. Bob's a science whiz which is cute and Matty once again acts like a complete twat with his comments about Susie. Sugar gave away the entire alliance (and if the past two episodes have been any theme, it says that keeping your alliances secret is important, as the two players booted were booted for being in obvious alliances.) Crystal trying to rally the troops was interesting, but it's gonna be even more interesting when they get back to camp after she was nearly voted out. Crystal, Marcus and Matty seem like they could all eventually get caught in a power struggle for dominance of the tribe though. And Sugar is really getting built up as a sweetheart once again.

(B) What was your overall favorite part of the episode?

Honestly, I really liked Gillian in this episode and how she was built up so much as this underdog. It was tragic in a way.

(C) What would you rate this episode out of 10? (1 being the lowest; 10 being the highest)

7 (It was a pretty boring episode, honestly...)

(D) Do you have any questions about this episode that you'd like to see cleared up in a future episode or at the Reunion Show?

Susie, have you like, never gone to the zoo before or something?

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1. SOLE SURVIVOR POLL

(A) Which castaway will be the Sole Survivor?

Kenny

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2. WHAT'S NEXT POLL

(A) Which castaway will be voted off in Episode 3?

Marcus

(B) Which castaway will be sent to Exile?

Sugar

(C) Do you have any other predictions for Episode 3?

I predict that Kota will lose AGAIN and that Marcus, Jacquie and Bob will try to team up with Matty and vote out Sugar. But then the "no open alliances" rule comes into play and Matty joins G.C. and Crystal in voting for Marcus as the leader. So the vote goes 3 Marcus, 3 Sugar, 1 Crystal (from Sugar herself). In the revote, the vote goes 3 Marcus, 2 Sugar, and Marcus gets the boot.

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3. POPULARITY POLL

(A) Please rate each castaway's popularity from 1-10. 1 is the lowest score, while 10 is the highest. Please try to base your ratings only on the likability of the characters in my story, not how they appeared on the real show.

Ace - 8
Bob - 9
Charlie - 8
Corinne - 3
Crystal - 10
Dan - 8
G.C. - 5
Gillian - 9
Jacquie - 4
Kelly - 10
Ken - 7
Marcus - 6
Matty - 0
Michelle - 3
Paloma - 3
Randy - 8
Sugar - 9
Susie - 8

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4. EDGIC POLL

* For readers familiar with the concept of Edgic.

For more information Edgic, please visit this thread: S17 EDGIC

(A) Edgic for my fanfics has been very successful over the past few seasons (including choosing Tracy as Micronesia's winner from early on), so I would love to get some reader involvement in determining Edgic ratings again. Please submit your own ratings in this thread. Ratings will be compiled and I'll post the final ratings in a chart before the next episode.

Rating: INV, UTR, MOR, CP, OTT

Tone: NN, N, Mixed (M) , Neutral (), P, PP

Visibility: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Ace - CP3
Bob - MORP4
Charlie - CP3
Corinne - INV1
Crystal - MOR4
Dan - OTTP3
G.C. - MOR3
Gillian - CP3
Jacquie - UTR2
Ken - MOR2
Marcus - CP4
Matty - MOR4
Michelle - INV1
Paloma - UTR2
Randy - UTRN2
Sugar - OTTP4
Susie - OTTM5

Winners:

Charlie (He's getting a great edit as a kingmaker behind Dan thus far.)
Ken (He's still just getting enough to be memorable in the episodes, even though he's relatively unimportant.)
Ace (He's looking really good thus far as being a smart gamer.)

I'm not eliminating anyone except Paloma, Jacquie, Corinne and Michelle though, 'cause anything could happen.