Snape died, and do you know what that means?

I’m on the warpath.

I have a very clear, public goal in mind for this round: Mira and her idol must die. It was Snape’s last wish, and as his ally, I’ve given myself the goal of killing Mira in his name. I immediantly hit the ground running, and let Angelina and Lily know what happened and that Snape told me to reach out to both of them. They both were instantly on board with getting revenge and avenging Snape, and let me know they’ll go to bat for me. Amos offered me a final 2, and is very on board with working with me. The four of us already have a group chat going where we can discuss any information that comes our way, and what we can do with it.

Additionally, Cormac was instantly on board with helping me. He and I still have a good relationship, and I’m very happy about that. Cormac also has ties to Fred and Pomfrey, and I’ve talked to both, and have a good feeling about them. In all, that’s a total of 7 people who in some capacity support me/support taking Mira out. I’m not saying that it’s solid, or this will happen, but the initial groundwork for an anti-Mira group is being built quite nicely. I’ve said openly in the tribe chat and to others that I’m gunning for her, wholeheartedly, and it’s not personal. I like Mira (or did, we’ll get to that), and it’s just purely game. She has an idol, I don’t like that, I want it gone. Simple enough, really.

Angelina let me know ASAP that Mira was already throwing my name out, even before I publicly posted I wanted her gone, and that Mira and Maxime are close. They’re in a chat with Angelina, so she’ll be sending over updates on what to do regarding my name and who they think they’ll be able to get. That knowledge helped embolden me about targeting Mira, and is kind of why I have beef with her now. Mira came to me and said she likes me and doesn’t want me gone, and that it was just about Snape. I know that it wasn’t true, and that’s fine. It’s a game of deceit. Now, this is the part that bothers me: she said Snape was obsessed with her, was mean to her every round, verbally assaulted and bullied her, and she thinks he’s damaged. What the actual fuck. From what I saw, Snape told Mira he didn’t like her. That is VERY different from verbally assaulting and bullying someone. If I tell Cedric I don’t like him, that’s not bullying. Now, it’s very possible Snape has said worse things, and if that’s the case, this is invalid, but Mira is framing herself as a victim and Snape as a mean-spirited goon who intentionally verbally abused her on a near-daily basis. Either Mira is lying, which is a really underhanded and crosses a line, or she genuinely feels that Snape bullied her, and that just seems like her skin is exceptionally thin, enough to the point where a breeze is enough to get her to cry foul. If I’m minsinformed, this doesn’t hold weight, but Mira’s excuses to Amos and I are pinning Snape as her aggressor and she was just trying to get rid of him, and didn’t want either of us to be left or not included, which is also bullshit. Best case scenario is she can’t handle someone disliking her and lied to others about the vote, worst case scenario is she’s manipulating people’s feelings by trying to use pity. Not. A. Fan.

Meanwhile, Ron threw shade at me last night and today tried to justify his vote for Snape but really fell short. He just kept saying Snape wasn’t trustworthy, because Snape didn’t want to listen to others, but those don’t correlate at all. If Ron had just manned up and said he voted Snape out because he wanted to be in power and wanted control, I would’ve respected it way more. I don’t dislike that Ron voted against me, I’ve switched my vote twice and he has every right to not trust me and not want to work with me. The part I don’t like is the stupid reasoning behind it. He and I can’t move forward together as allies anymore, I set that bridge on fire and he dowsed it in gasoline, and we can’t come back from it. I typed up two different Ron rants in Rounds 5 and 6 respectively, about how frustrating he is to deal with, but deleted the bulk of them due to how much I liked Ron the person versus Ron the player. Ron the player is extremely paranoid, fully believing that he’s going home every time he goes to TC. He needs to be constantly reassured and constantly soothed, and it’s exhausting. Ron also needs to feel like he’s in power, otherwise he complains endlessly about how he “didn’t sign up for this” and “wants to play the game”. I absolutely HATE allies like this, and it’s usually led to me dismissing their value, and it tends to bite me in the ass, but I don’t care. I’m here to have fun, and babysitting isn’t fun. I’m gonna let Ron know I’m voting for him after TC starts just to let him panic and run wild, and see how his new allies like dealing with it.

Lastly, I’ve told everyone Snape let me know he had the Hufflepuff idol during the revote and that he got sent home with it. It’s best that way, nobody knowing it exists. Some people will think it’s bullshit, and they’re right, but loose lips sink ships. My reputation as a take-no-prisoners, straight shooter seemingly helps that. Ron absolutely thinks it’s bullshit and that I’m a snake, he’s right: I am a snake. I’m more honest than most of these people, and I’m willing to share a lot of what I know without expecting anything in return. This merge is gonna be so much fucking fun, and I’m very excited to cause problems. I’m here to make it interesting, and I think I’m doing a good job of it so far.

I’ve implemented one of my favorite strategies. Poached from Best Survivor Randy Bailey, Operation Crash and Burn is a go. I’ve been intentionally acting even douchier than normal, including public calls outs, shade through the roof, and overall vanity that no human could possibly have. If I’m abrasive and unlikable enough, I can get the votes on me and then drop an idol and BADA BING BADA BOOM, send someone home. I’ve told Maxime I’m the best player in the game and I’ll be winning, and I’ve publicly said I’ll vote for Mira, or Newt/Ron if she wins immunity. I wanna make sure everyone votes for me, so I can just use a cheeky idol and save my skin. It’s a lot of fun, honestly.

Ron came to me upset that I hated him and that everyone hated him and everyone wanted him gone, so we had a heart to heart. I told him to own it, and just play the way you wanna play. So what if people don’t like you? Fuck them. He seemed better after, and made it clear he loves Lockhart the person but doesn’t trust Lockhart the player. That’s a very, VERY good call, Ron. If he votes me out, I’ll be so proud. It’ll be like my dad moment where my son does the right thing and I smile as I dissipate.

Any initial success of getting people with me feels gone. I’m definitely outgunned here, so my job is to just stir the pot until I inevitably get shot dead. Winning in the challenge would be amazing, so these idiots can’t touch me. I’m just a cute guy trying to ascend to godhood and I don’t want anyone ruining it for me.

“I feel like something inside you has broken” Newt

That sums me up really well.

SO



After talking to Fred and Pomfrey about the vote, neither is comfortable going for Mira while her idol exists, and both offered Newt as a secondary target. I expected as much, which leads into my plan for the round: my "allies" of Amos, Angelina, Lily, Poppy, Cormac, and Fred vote for Newt. Everyone else votes for me. I vote for Mira. In this world, Newt dies if no idol is played on him, or Mira dies if she plays the idol on Newt. Either way it's a win-win situation. However, things have quickly fallen apart. After gaining traction with Angelina and Lily, they've been dead quiet for some time. Lily was very adamant about voting Ron out, even when I said Pomfrey and Fred weren't for it, and has since stopped talking in the chat we have and privately. Angelina and Amos also both preferred Ron to Newt, which is not fun for me at all. They keep saying it's revenge for Snape, when Newt was one of the two that spearheaded the Snape vote, so...okay. Angelina has been silent since, and Amos and I haven't talked any more game besides that, so that's looking like a pretty big L. This group and Fred/Cormac/Poppy are the three I'm actually coordinating the real vote with. The rest I'm just doing whatever.

Cormac has been dead silent, even when I've tried to reach out and talk to him. That's not a good sign at all. I even jokingly asked Draco to vote Mira and he said no, but he'd tell me who the target was, which was kind of weird. I wasn't expecting that. I don't think he actually will, but I never expected anything positive from Draco after I called him a cuck, so it's still a win in my book. Ron, of all people, actually said he'd vote for Mira with me, but I'm 99% sure that isn't happening. There's no incentive to work with me again, even if I dangle the numbers over him. I don't want to do that either, I'm trying to withhold anything that can help me from Maxime/Draco/Ron/Mira/Newt, just to minimize chances of a leak. Odds are they'll catch wind of it anyways, but I have to try something.

If I get petrified, which I'm expecting, it means I can't vote for Mira, which ruins everything I had in mind. If I can't vote for Mira, then she'll receive no votes, and most likely won't play her idol. I'm sure her game this round has just been talking to people and making sure they're good and talking about how insane I am, and she doesn't have any reason to legitimately be worried if I can't vote. I was playing the idol regardless, but it's pretty much necessary for me to use it if I want to survive. Even if I don't get petrified, and everything goes perfectly (Amos/Angelina/Lily/Poppy/Fred/Cormac on Newt, Mira idols Newt, Ron/Mira/Maxime/Draco/Newt on me, I idol myself, I vote Mira, she goes home 1-0), I'm still royally fucked moving forward. For me, it's not a question of if, but of when. I've painted myself into the corner of an obnoxious goat, and I'm not going to just sit around and wait to be slaughtered at the end. I'm going to keep coming up with harebrained schemes and stupid ideas to try my hardest to inspire these idiots to have fun. I was talking to Poppy, and she said that everyone sans Mira is having fun this round, and that's my goal. It's not to win. It's not even to be entertaining myself. It's to make the rest of the cast be more entertaining and have more fun than they normally would. Sitting on your ass, holding your tongue, and playing safe is the worst thing in the world. It's why 9/10 ORGs end up with shitty winners, even if the season was fun. People who avoid conflict, are passable in challenges, are likable but not social giants, and just do as they're told end up making the end and winning. This isn't even about big moves for the sake of big moves, that's also dumb. Just making moves to pad your resume is pointless as well. It's about enjoying the game and having fun with it. I'm loving this round, and I loved last round. The chaotic, messy rounds where everything is up in the air and the target is constantly shifting are absolutely the most fun to be apart of. I don't care if some weird fluke happens and I go home this round, or the next round, or the round after that. I just hope that the cast can embrace the chaos and make the season special. It was mostly boring for me during the premerge, unless my hand was involved, so I just want the cast to be able to have their Rita and Snape votes without me having to do it for them.

It’s never a good sign when you message an alliance chat and don’t get any response.

Oh shit I didn’t post my last confessional here rip


I heard Amos was getting votes and was gonna idol but was like nah if they’re splitting they won’t have enough and I’m selfish