- Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:37:19 am
#6609
You know, after that last tribal it's looking like it's going to be very hard for me to get to the end. I know what you were getting at before, Probst, but if I didn't try to make my mark where I could then I could end up not making one at all. I'm aiming to not repeat my performance in Nepal, after all.
I think I have a decent shot to survive on Sunday. Providing that Sophie doesn't win immunity. That's probably the biggest thing that can sink me for now. So obviously, I want to keep Sophie around. I wanted her to be my shield early on and by some miracle she's still here to fulfill that role. My pitch right now is going to be to Mookie and Jenna. Primarily Jenna, because I don't know if Mookie will budge on voting Sophie but I'm gonna try my best. I proposed to Jenna that we go for Shane, as he's got pretty much a guaranteed shot at getting to the end as a goat right now. I'd be willing to bet that Sugar and Flicka are gonna try to snatch him up and go to the end with him if they can get rid of me and Sophie. So I put that bug in Jenna's ear that she needs to do something to disrupt that. Now, whether that can happen now or after this round will remain to be seen, but I'm optimistic that I'm not out of this game yet. It actually might not be a horrible thing if Sophie were to win immunity on Sunday. I think that Jenna knows that she needs me, and that she trusts me more than Sophie to have her back against Flicka and Sugar. So I feel like she'd try to keep me if she can, and I'd get to keep Sophie for another round. Although at that point she'd probably outlive her usefulness and even I'd be ok with having her go at that point.
Thank goodness for Gabe, though. I love his gameplay. The loyalty thing makes it so easy to factor things in. He mentioned wanting to go to the final 3 with me and Jenna, and I 100% believe him. I'm actually a little concerned that I might not be able to beat him, but not a whole lot. Not enough to vote him out, anyway. I think it'd worth the risk. Really, in that theoretical final 3 I think I've got one of the better shots of winning. Well, unless Shane's in the mix. That'd be even easier.
Also, these idols that the last surviving pair get might prove to be a blessing in disguise. I'm trying to use those as reason to target Shane next too. I suggested to Jenna that maybe it'd be a good idea to not vote out Sophie or myself Sunday to prevent Sugar and Flicka from being handed the immunity necklaces so soon, give them a smaller window that they can use them and muck things up. Now, I think my reasoning is utter bull crap and that it makes no sense at all to limit their time that they can use them (better to give them more time so they can waste them) but it's a straw that I'm willing to grasp at.
Oh, and the immunity challenge was definitely stuff I already knew. I've tried to make it a point to be in the know as much as possible since making the merge, and I think I've done pretty well with that. It might be one of the stronger points of my game so far.
