Draco, I have to say, I’m surprised to see you here. It’s a happy surprise, but it feels like you consistently were left out and had a harder path to the end than most. You never seemed to give up, and seemingly tried your hardest, which is good - but this isn’t about who tried the hardest. Why should I vote for you, when Mira and Ron both seemingly played better? What do you have that they don’t?
I feel like you said it right there, seemingly. I think my game is unique, I think it started off strong and then I was able to become almost under the radar, almost because I was still voted for multiple times.
What I have that they don't is "lack of worry" I'm not saying I wasn't ever worried, but they voted and played as if they were nervous. I was able to vote, be honest, sure I was mislead and lied to.( Other than Snape, I don't think I ever really lied? And Dudley.) I'm not saying that's a reason that I didn't worry, but what do I have to lose if I'm honest? Even if I did make a bigger impression when I was lying to them, I think it set a tone for a more honest game... which is maybe why I was mislead and lied to?
I think my game is somewhat of a missed opportunity but I'm still here at the end which goes to say something. I could have been used as a vote to get Amos tied with Newt, if everyone had just been honest like I was to them. I think even though I was voted for many times, I wasn't ever worried of actually leaving, I had allies that I knew wouldn't vote for me, and unless it was like a crazy vote where the majority of votes were like 4, I knew not to look over my shoulder.
Mirabella, Ron and I were actually in an alliance for awhile, where we exchanged information about polyjuice potion and exchanged items, Mirabella said that she didn't didn't get it and messed up, a moment later Ron told me that she was still waiting for an answer from Cedric and then was followed by Angelina telling me that the idol was found, while I agreed with Angelina that it was probably Mirabella, I never brought it up to Mirabella just cause I didn't think it was appropriate to pressure bringing it up, she told me that she didn't have it even though I knew otherwise, small things like that aren't the keys to winning, but small things like that get you to the end, knowledge is power, and even then brief things you and I discussed, I kept between you and I, that information was for me to use at my will and I didn't think exposing anything about our relationship, even a little.
I feel like my game was similar to Sandra and Fabio, I was open and ready for bigger moves. And moves that I had hoped would happen earlier, but I managed to survive and made it to the end rather than control every situation. And that's a matter to you, what kind of winner do you want to have? When Cormac left I had talked to Ron and Pomfrey about pulling the trigger on either Fred OR Mirabella and when push came to shove, I was the only one willing to make the move with Cormac, (even if it wasn't eliminating the greater target of Mira) Pomfrey and Ron should've been comfortable with it, there was nothing to lose with the choice of Fred or Mira and I knew I wasn't in jeopardy of leaving if I voted in the minority, I hadn't been worried before.
I was incredibly happy with the performance that I gave in the pre-merge and think I was cast aside during the merge some votes, targeted often and although I tried hard, I don't think I ultimately was "trying." I wasn't scraping or doing the bare minimum either, this game I was setting my own pace and I fell behind at times (in the grand scheme of the pact,) but I always caught back up. I'm proud of the immunity win I won, despite how random it was.
I don't have flashy items and threat notoriety, I'm not a social threat that is going to promise you unwarranted promises, I'm going to be honest with you as you. And if you're going to vote for me as the elimination vote, then I'm off the hook because you're not going to explain it to me and I don't have to explain it to you, but I'm staying and you're not.
Gilderoy Lockhart, the reason that you should vote for me, is my honesty, my pizazz, what you see is what you get. Here's a bowl of ice cream, either you like it or you don't. I think I was able to have a fine relationship with everyone, maybe not the most social but I think I was always a friendly face (after premerge.) I think you can get caught up in flashyness of game play but ultimately, what kind of winner do you want?
Now, for all three of you. To me, the game looked BORING after Angelina’s boot. Multiple jurors have said the game was boring after either Angelina left. I want to know, from the three of you: did you think the game got boring after Angelina left? If you do believe it got boring, what did you do to try and make it more interesting?
Well I won Immunity, which was boring but in an exciting way.
I'll tell you, I do think it got a little boring, but for the right reasons, Draco needed a way to make it to the end, with Lily and Amos following- there wasn't an issue. But I knew it could be more boring and I wanted to make it even more boring for myself to prevail. By that I mean, I tried voting Mirabella out at 6 with Pomfrey/Ron or Fred out at 6 with Cormac/Pomfrey/Fred. Mirabella had been telling people about some item?? Where she could like vote swap? I don't even know what that means, but everyone was really paranoid about it, I did my best to sway that vote. I was mobile and on a roadtrip, decided to become the passenger cause I couldn't handle Astoria texting for me so I had her pull over so I could try and talk it out with them. I also tried being blunt that round, it was our first opportunity to perform in front of the jury, so when Cedric asked, "Who is the greatest threat?" I was honest.... Draco was making it to FTC no matter what, and then the second person (depending on that Immunity Necklace)... was Mirabella.
IDK, I've been drinking a little while I've been answering this so I hope its not too wacky and here and there but I really think you can respect this vote and my answers because they've been honest. I am really excited to answer more and see how everyone perceived the rest of the game, if I was the least deserving finalists in your eyes, I hope these answers and the answers to follow can shine a little light and prove to you why I deserve the win and can contradict your preceding thoughts! Thanks so much GL!
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