User blog comment:MATT DB/Mauritius Q & A/@comment-28913090-20191024122143/@comment-24526522-20191024194837

1) I think Leilani was underrated, personally, since I liked her story of gradually becoming less and less fake and gaining more respect for it. Of course, she never fully shed the fake persona, far from it, but I thought the evolution to her strategy was interesting. She was sort of a gamebot at points though, so I can get why she wasn't a massive fan favorite. I think Jason was a little overrated, in my opinion. He was a great guy and good at the social part of the game, so I understand the appeal, but I honestly didn't think he was all that interesting. Logan was my favorite pre-merger, personally.

2) Rachel? Yes, definitely. I can go on and on about how stupid I was for letting her get so far. She wasted space while also making the season harder to read and write, so big mistake on my part for making her go far, it was poorly planned out. As for Deidre, I'm mixed. I do sort of wish all three people in the final three were possibly going to get the votes to win, and Deidre certainly wasn't getting any. At the same time, though, her antics were pretty fun to write in my opinion, so I'm actually fine with her making final three, even if the readers probably aren't. :P

3) Merge! The pre-merge was actually not all that fun for me to write, at least in comparison to the merge. There were a lot of less exciting characters that kept staying in the game (Isaiah and Gus most notably) while likable characters like Logan went out too early. I did enjoy writing the pre-merge, don't get me wrong, but the merge - especially after Rachel left - was a lot more fun for me.

4) Hard question! I'd go with the cruise ship scene in the twelfth episode, Playing Mom. I thought the moment between Hayden and Winter was really sweet, and it warmed my heart a little bit to write. It also gave insight into how Winter normally shows affection and how that shifts in times of trauma or hardship. There were also a lot of fun moments between the four drunk young people, and I liked both Anakoni's personality and the bromance between him and Hayden. :P