User blog comment:Tanglefrost/Lombok Q&A + Original Draft Facts/@comment-26485526-20191020134354/@comment-5277627-20191020232511

1) Morris I was in two minds for. If he'd been cast, the major theme for him would have been trying to atone for his first season, being a really nice guy and fighting to survive based on the perception of him from last season. He would have either been booted first or gone somewhat deep in the game and come out as a hero. I did have a story in mind with him and Byron ending up swapped together and Byron freaking out (think Byron and Johannes) and Byron would have had to decide whether he trusted him or not.

2) Misty was meant to be the second boot (booted when Jamie was in the rock draw) but I realised pretty quickly that I had no storyline with Jamie and decided to cut him instead. I couldn't think of a way to have Misty go home then flip it onto Jamie at the post-mutiny pre-game vs. not pre-game Tribal. Kryshelle was also meant to make the merge but not the jury, and the first episode would have been a Kryshelle vs. Kendra showdown that I could not realistically make happen. So I swapped to Jamie as the second boot. Then I'd never really thought anything about Misty's game until, like, in the merge when I realised "hold on, she's floating because she doesn't want to get taken out. I can make a story about this." So yeah, Misty's game definitely underwent the most change.

3) Kendra. The whole situation with being a bitch/losing control of her emotions was never meant to happen. From the get go she was meant to be a strategic player who came out and showed everyone that she had grown from her first season. This changed around the time people reacted negatively to Kendra saying Jason was being un-Christian if he voted her out. Then I pretty much realised, Kendra's going to be left out of a lot of stuff. I can have a journey here but I don't want to ruin Kendra's redemption arc. So I decided that I'd have her come around after the Byron boot, where she ended up realising how much respect she got for a purely strategic play vs. how no one respected her for her emotions.