I totally get why you would find my actions irritating. It makes me come off as a pawn and as untrustworthy, and I understand that. However, Nick was my #1 ally, and he was around a strong majoroty of the time, so I was able to share quite a bit of information with him, and vise versa. I trusted him, and after you were Gung Ho on voting Aubry out, I became sketched out by you. So, before the conversation where you told me you were voting for me and I should vote for you, Nick was saying that you were throwing my name around. So, when you were lying to me about wanting to go for Misty, I was able to successfully attack the details in your plan and reveal your true intentions, proving Nick as a credible source for information yet again. I was running to Nick with info, and I see how that can be annoying. However, he was doing the same thing to me, keeping me in the loop, and the info he gave me was always accurate.

I wasn't fine with handing him the win though. When I play, I want to win. I knew that Nick was the biggest threat in the room, so I wanted to hide behind him and take him out right before the endgame, surviving a round or two by myself. Part way into the premerge, I knew I couldn't go up against him. Would he have made his way to the end if he wasn't rocked out? It's possible. He had tons of connections and great challenge strength. But just because I shared info with him in the early merge, doesn't mean I wasn't thinking of eventually going behind his back.

As for your question, I'd want to sit next to Jenn, at the very least. No question. I adored that woman and I knew I could beat her, so I saw it as a win-win for me. After that, I'd probably want to sit next to Shane. It seemed like he didn't have a whole lot of social connections in the later portions of the game. Sure, he had a successful idol play, but if I could get him in the F3 with me through everyone wanting to target him during the middle of the merge, I think I'd be able to confidently say that he'd be sitting next to me because of what I did for him. Plus if Misty goes at F7 instead of Shane then my options to get to the end become a lot more expansive. In my heart, I know I would have loved to sit next to Nick instead of Shane, but I wanted to win, and if I wanted to win, Nick had to go at some point.