Talk:My Agenda is in Plain Sight/Part 2/@comment-26485526-20190205045423/@comment-26485526-20190205052950

Okay, first off, I just want to say this was a great premiere! I love how you introduced the dynamics for each tribe and I think you did an awesome job (as always) setting the tone for the season.

While Rinjani is much more interesting, I do love Gunung as well, and I'm rooting for Kendra, Sasha, and Jacob over there. Yes, I am a Jacob fan, especially after this episode (I never did hate him in Bermuda, for the record), and I thoroughly enjoyed his bantering with Misty.

Tozza may say otherwise, but I personally enjoyed the Anastacia/Simon scene, and I do like Byron as a character. I admit to having picked Byron for the season hoping for a Byron/Morris rivalry. Since we can't get that however, I do hope that Byron has some sort of story where he regains his confidence in himself, possibly growing from overplaying mess to genuine threat. Either way, I think I will enjoy reading him because as I just hinted, I am getting the feeling that he's going to be quite messy as a player and therefore fun to read (same for Kryshelle as she desperately tries to not go home early). Rooting for the Kendra/Jacob/Misty trio over there nonetheless.

Now, onto Rinjani, and boy oh boy do I have a lot to say about them!

Firstly, let's start with the major positive (probably of the entire premiere)... WINona existing! I absolutely LOVED her this episode and I seriously hope she lasts, especially given the Winona vs. Jason rivalry!

Speaking of Jason, this is where Mac the Moose comes into play.

Jason came off as so fucking pretentious this episode, and I'm honestly glad that Winona shut his ass down. Firstly however, the way he went about trying to save Adrian was fucking stupid! Literally all he had to say to the other alliance was: "Eddiot is Samantha's puppy dog that will do nothing more than hump her leg and whatever the fuck else she says." I mean, for one thing, that's the fucking truth. You'd think that in addition to that, Skanda/Will/Raphael/Hazel would realize that Bitch Brigade 2.0 is a tight four person alliance in a tribe of ten.

But no, Jason had to fucking get high up on Mac the Moose and start preaching about who "deserves" to remain in the game. I find it, not just ironic as fuck, but also hypocritical as fuck, that Jason went on and on about how Eddiot didn't "deserve" to be there more than Adrian because "Adrian should have a chance to play." Like, I get the guy's thought process behind the whole thing, but it just came off as so holier-than-thou and pretentious, and really turned me off of his character.

In saying that, while Jason certainly wins the "Fell Out of the Tree of Stupid Award" for the episode, the rest of Rinjani didn't play much better.

Let's start with Bitch Brigade 2.0, who made the fucking rookie mistake of forming an alliance of 4 on a tribe of 10 and thinking they can sign off for the rest of the episode and not bother to secure any more numbers. Did they not realize that the other six could just join up and pick them off? Also, if Jason fell out of the Tree of Stupid, that's because Kimberly got jealous that he was hanging out there because she wanted to live in the Tree of Stupid. "Let's throw two votes on Jason for shits and giggles because everyone else is voting Adrian anyway even though we don't actually have a majority alliance, but we can surely trust Will Donovan and Co."

Kimberly, darling, that cocky-ass attitude is exactly what got your ass booted pre-merge with an idol in your pocket in ''Ivory Coast. ''Her, and the rest of the Bitch Brigade really showed no interest in securing any other allies, despite being in the MINORITY, meaning that they deserved much more than for the vote to simply not go their way.

Now, onto the rest of these creatures from Rinjani. Say what you will about Jason, but he REALLY shouldn't have had to work that hard to convince people to boot either Eddiot (or Samantha for that matter). They were scared of Adrian for being a threat, okay. Let's recap:


 * 1) They have an alliance of 4 on a tribe of 10.
 * 2) Bitch Brigade is an alliance of 4 on a tribe of 10.
 * 3) Adrian has no alliance with anyone except Jason, who he is good friends with apparently (which was news to them when Jason started campaigning, by the way).
 * 4) Adrian is a threat (fair enough - but is Samantha not a threat?)
 * 5) Samantha is leading a puppy dog on a tight leash and making no effort to hide this.

But no, according to Raphael, Adrian and Jason's 2 is bigger than the 4 members of Bitch Brigade... even though Samantha and Eddiot are also a tight 2. The fact that they are going on and on about how "hard" of a decision this is just shows how narrow-minded they are and how they obviously can't do simple math! They may have been right in saying Jason can't be trusted as he sat on top of Mac the Moose and lectured (fair enough), but how the fuck do they expect to trust Eddiot when it's obvious he'll never vote with them?! Furthermore, voting out Adrian only would've made Jason the swing vote, someone they admit to not trusting! This was obviously the best move they could've ever made, especially with Winona being so pissed at Jason! It blows my mind how these "seasoned" players chose to completely ignore that and play the game like gamebots in an ORG, targeting threats for literally no other logical reason than the fact they're threats.

Lastly, Will, sweet baby Jesus, what happened to him, Tangle?!

Lord knows I've been one of the few people defending this guy since Bermuda, but he's literally gamebot Kris Nightingale this season, and it's not the character I fell in love with. I feel in love with Will's character for calling out bullshit, and just all around, being my intimidating spirit animal. This season so far, he's just an arrogant gamebot that got roped in by Hazel, and I seriously hope that the Will I fell in love with when Bermuda started returns!

I know that was a long rant, and probably came off a lot more negatively than intended, because I did love the premiere. I think it goes to show how invested I am in this season that I got so fired up after the first vote, so take that ranting as a compliment. xD

Can't wait for more!