I'm really excited to see Tina and Aras so fuck da haters, because I love them both to bits and pieces and I just want them to succeeeeeeeed.

And I don't know - like Tina really loves the game and I feel like she's going to be super fierce coming in the game and trying to improve her first to worst all-stars failure.

I AM STILL SO UPSET LET ME DIE IN A HOLE

Curtis @ 6/11/2013 21:30

Yeah I agree. Setting the groundwork a few episodes in advanced is obviously good sometimes, but in this instance I think it would've been wayyy better if they never even showed a hint of Tyson wanting Aras gone until tonight. Would've made this blindside infinitely better. It wasn't surprising in the least bit. It was established that if Aras' tribe lost that he would be the one to leave, so this comes to no surprise at all The first merge vote excites me every season, but this one was lacking for me. The past few seasons' merge votes were actually pretty good IMO. This one had a ton of dynamics that were all mentioned at TC and could've gone so many different ways, but they only gave us two options which were Laura or Aras. It's so much more fun when there's mass confusion and scrambling before TC. I think I remember Philippines nailing that BUT, maybe that material just wasn't there. Maybe people never seriously considered and talkeda bout other options for the vote

The thing is though, the swapped tribes alliance really did come to fruition with the concept of taking down Aras/Vytas. The Ciera/Gervase/Tyson/Caleb/Hayden alliance was really ultimately surrounded by the decision and idea, it would have been left rather unexplained without it. Though I do agree, it would have been a lot more suspenseful.

I'm going to throw myself off a cliff of despair and self-hatred

About Aras

Not about Laura M, don't give two shits about Laura M

I give like a shit and a half about Ciera tho

I'm kind of really digging next weeks preview with the whole "Fans" taking over mentality. They have the numbers, and we haven't seen a fan dominated season in any mixed cast ever, it'd be nice honestly.

Literally everything that is important to me is gone.

But I literally screamed when it was Caleb gone, I didn't find it to be predictable editing at all for the first time in a while so I'm really pleased.

I'm pretty pleased with Ciera's gameplay tho I don't think it's finals material. Though with the massive target on Tyson she might just slip by for a little while longer

Curtis @ 27/11/2013 22:11

Can Monica just quit the game

Srsly tho, she's going to slip into the finals by immunity wins which is just puke worthy.