Talk:Ethics Don't Exist/Winner Reveal/@comment-26485526-20181228223041

WOW! What a turnaround!

It wasn't a turnaround in terms of the finale results, but my opinion of the season in general. Seriously Tangle, you took a season and a cast that I loathed at the start and turned it into one of the most exhilarating and enjoyable seasons on the wiki, and the people that stuck around until the end all brought something to the table. I was really hard on you in terms of how this season was being written, but I loved where you went with it, I loved the Temptations twist, and most of all, I loved how the two people that played unarguably the strongest games battled it out in the finals in which it came down to the final vote! While I wasn't rooting for Brooklyn by any means, I think she is a great winner and you can't deny that she ultimately did play better than Samantha because she took into account jury votes when making her decisions. Samantha made a great Final Tribal performance, but in the end, her callous gameplay was just too much.

I think in terms of where I rank this season, I'll put it right in the middle, number 3, after Upolu and Bermuda, but ahead of Ivory Coast and Eyre Peninsula. I think that the cast of this season is right up there with the top two, and I think the things that bring it down for me are the Shivani vote out (its execution), as well as Ashanda and Trinity both growing overrated and stale for me towards the end of their stays, and lastly, the lack of a conclusion to Kendra's story that satisfies me on a personal level. Even though I'm glad the FTC played out like it did, it does irk me that she went from having no self-esteem and threatening to kill herself to saying she doesn't deserve friends and calling herself an idiot.

That is the extent of my criticisms however because your character development overall and the quality of your writing has improved substantially, and the level of storytelling and the way you can get me so emotionally invested in the season has been top notch! I hated Stanley with an absolute fiery passion and you somehow were able to get me to care so deeply about these people, their stories, and what went down. Even looking at my knock on Kendra's story, she as a character always delivered, and the fact that you got me to care so deeply for her on a personal level shows just how talented you are! Tangle, thank you for another incredible season, and I know for a fact that you're going to continue to grow as a writer. I can't wait for Lombok because I know getting all these great returning characters together is going to be incredible to read, no matter the outcome! <3