AMANDA: WOW! I laid out "The Case for Amanda" in the last Story Arcs. Unfortunately, she came on TOO TRUE this Ep., Making herself WAY too much
the target for the End Game. At least she finally got to redeem herself for China by getting to prove the Game she had in China to the Jury (which was MADLY
CHEERING for her) as opposed to the Jury who never got to see her game in China. That kind of completes Amanda's Arc, so she's got to go FIFTH.
PARVARTI: Well, she's got at least ONE VOTE, Amanda's! But she's got three strikes against her: Eliza, Ozzy and James. Throwing her Bunny, Alexis, under the Bus was probably ZERO SUM since Alexis is probably voting Natalie as Amanda would have NOT voted for her if she hadn't stuck up for her. She's still got a lot of 'SPLAININ' to do to the Jury. She's going to try to kiss a LOT of asses to get a WIN out of the Jury, which I'm now SURE she will now face.
CIRIE: She finally got the Cred for the Ozzy boot she deserved, but she still has NO ONE in her back pocket. Amanda's now WAY too big a Threat and it comes down to her and Erik to BOTH be the Weasel in the Final 3, BOTH of whom can probably beat Parv and Nat in an F3 TC. The Cirie V Parv showdown still needs to be pounded out. If Amanda loses F5 IC, Erik will probably WIN and Cirie will yet again go home, the better player.
NATALIE: World-Class Goat and Bitch. Yet, she has Alexis's vote, that works against Parvarti winning and possibly winning over DogBoy with her "I SWEAR, I thought James was going," BS speech to Jason at the final TC.
SIMBA, THE "NEW OZZY": Erik showed his Act I SUCKITUDE this Episode. I originally disliked him and he's going back to that place. It's the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
People criticized my Erik Arc as "the King (Ozzy) is Dead. Long live the King" by pointing out how Ozzy was kind of an arrogant JERK this season. Well, Erik is also cozying into THAT role, as well. His Arc is looking more and more like ARAS'S: Act I: Starry-eyed Simp. Act II: The Underdog and the only opposition to the TERRY Juggernaut. Act III: Arrogant FLAKE winning a shallow victory only by getting rid of all the people that SHOULD HAVE WON.
Erik's is shaping up JUST THE SAME. Act I: Brown-nosing Toady (first to Joel, then to Ozzy). Act II: Underdog, surviving against all odds. Act III: Misusing his position as Immunity winner which he COULD have used to play the Jury like a FIDDLE and depending on Nat and Parv HATE for the WIN.
So it's really down to Parv V Erik. Once again Survivor SEXISM kicks in. The woman who plays hard ends up "the Bitch" and the Guy who sucks just as hard as the real Mastermind squeaks out a win because MEN who play dirty (Rich, Brian, Tom W, Todd) are "Strong, brilliant players" while WOMEN who play dirty (Kelly W, Neleh, StephaMe) "aren't supposed to DO THAT!"
PARVARTI: Well, she's got at least ONE VOTE, Amanda's! But she's got three strikes against her: Eliza, Ozzy and James. Throwing her Bunny, Alexis, under the Bus was probably ZERO SUM since Alexis is probably voting Natalie as Amanda would have NOT voted for her if she hadn't stuck up for her. She's still got a lot of 'SPLAININ' to do to the Jury. She's going to try to kiss a LOT of asses to get a WIN out of the Jury, which I'm now SURE she will now face.
CIRIE: She finally got the Cred for the Ozzy boot she deserved, but she still has NO ONE in her back pocket. Amanda's now WAY too big a Threat and it comes down to her and Erik to BOTH be the Weasel in the Final 3, BOTH of whom can probably beat Parv and Nat in an F3 TC. The Cirie V Parv showdown still needs to be pounded out. If Amanda loses F5 IC, Erik will probably WIN and Cirie will yet again go home, the better player.
NATALIE: World-Class Goat and Bitch. Yet, she has Alexis's vote, that works against Parvarti winning and possibly winning over DogBoy with her "I SWEAR, I thought James was going," BS speech to Jason at the final TC.
SIMBA, THE "NEW OZZY": Erik showed his Act I SUCKITUDE this Episode. I originally disliked him and he's going back to that place. It's the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
People criticized my Erik Arc as "the King (Ozzy) is Dead. Long live the King" by pointing out how Ozzy was kind of an arrogant JERK this season. Well, Erik is also cozying into THAT role, as well. His Arc is looking more and more like ARAS'S: Act I: Starry-eyed Simp. Act II: The Underdog and the only opposition to the TERRY Juggernaut. Act III: Arrogant FLAKE winning a shallow victory only by getting rid of all the people that SHOULD HAVE WON.
Erik's is shaping up JUST THE SAME. Act I: Brown-nosing Toady (first to Joel, then to Ozzy). Act II: Underdog, surviving against all odds. Act III: Misusing his position as Immunity winner which he COULD have used to play the Jury like a FIDDLE and depending on Nat and Parv HATE for the WIN.
So it's really down to Parv V Erik. Once again Survivor SEXISM kicks in. The woman who plays hard ends up "the Bitch" and the Guy who sucks just as hard as the real Mastermind squeaks out a win because MEN who play dirty (Rich, Brian, Tom W, Todd) are "Strong, brilliant players" while WOMEN who play dirty (Kelly W, Neleh, StephaMe) "aren't supposed to DO THAT!"
