User blog:Courierthekid/Survivor Guilty Pleasures.

So I've been sick lately and haven't been able to write, but I'm hungover and bored out of my skull so let's do one of these small blog posts.

So yeah, Guilty Pleasures, let's talk about them. I'm sure everybody has at least one. A Guilty Pleasure to me is that small little detail that seems almost universally hated, but you yourself thought it was okay, not that bad, or maybe even great! So let's talk about them. Like usual when I ask about this it doesn't matter to me what it is, whether its a player, twist, season or whatever, just as long as it's a guilty pleasure. I'll throw out a few of my own, maybe it will spark some conversation, but we'll see.

Redemption Island (Twist)- So while South Pacific, and the original Redemption Island almost screwed this twist entirely, I do feel like this Twit is worth exploring more than the show allowed. The first two seasons had poor edits for anybody on Redemption in favor of Coach or Rob screen time, but I actually think Redemption could work well if they give it a chance to be fleshed out more. Proof of this is Blood vs Water, where I actually really liked the Redemption portions of the episodes. They were longer, fleshed out, the whole tribe was there instead of just two people from each, so it encouraged more drama and strategy. I think Redemption Island could best be used in seasons either with a majority of returning players or no returning players so that Redemption gets a bit more screen time. Maybe have them replace rewards and do something like the did in the Original Season with Mike choosing who got to see their loved ones and do that with other rewards? This may not be such a guilty pleasure since there are a few fanons on here that do use Redemption Island and do use it well, but I'll still include it.

Survivor: Fiji- So this season gets a lot of hate, mostly for it's Rich vs Poor twist and "Unlikable" cast, but I actually quite like this cast, and this season pioneered so much that is integral to modern Survivor so I really don't get it. This was the first season to feature the perfect form of the Hidden Immunity Idol, a unanimous winner, the "Safe Vote." I don't know, personally I feel like the good outweighs the bad, but maybe that's just me.

Kota Tribe- So Gabon is the weirdest season to go back and watch, because I feel like I'm on the wrong side of the argument that the edit (and articles I've read) seem to push. With the exception of Matty, I hated the fang alliance. Sugar was obnoxious, Crystal was whiny and a bit of a crybaby, Who even is Susie and Kenny just pissed me off. On the other hand you have the Kotas with eventual Winner Bob, admittedly not a great winner, but still more likable that any of the Fangs, (Sans Matty) Corrine who was actually playing to win, Randy who while mean, was at least funny and often times on the right side of the argument, and then Charlie and Marcus who had control of the Pre-merge game. I feel like Kota was more of the Heroes than the edit made them out to be, especially compared to Fang.

Aaron Reisberger- I was rooting for this guy to win from the start of the season, He was well composed, likable, a strong leader and was in the majority at Fei Long with no word to get him out at any point. His game ended when he was screwed by the worst way to do a switch in the history of the show. I classify this as a guilty pleasure just because of how short his time in China was and I would really like to see him get a second chance to play, but maybe that makes it more of a "Robbed" opinion than a "Guilty pleasure"