User blog comment:Coolio15/Canary Islands Boot Order/@comment-27429004-20190821015544/@comment-9949103-20190821022354

Sure!

Paul: A Superfan with a hell of an attitude, he would have been just how he was for the first few episodes throughout most of the season. Unapologetic, observant, and eager to make big plays, specifically against Jasper. Paul's biggest issue in the early game was closing himself off to the older members of the tribe and putting too much trust in Toshi, who continually blocked Paul in his attempts to get Jasper off for the sake of protecting his spot in the middle. However, everything changed when the tribe was split into two and the minute that Paul stepped on the new beach, he of all people ended up comforting Faith, who was emotional and on the verge of quitting the game from being ignored and bullied by Toshi and Paul's alliance. Forming a bit of a new perspective on her, Paul slowly began to branch out and bond with her while stirring between Liz and Toshi, due to rumors of Toshi's double dealing, started to build an army against Toshi. At the next Tribal Council he went to, Paul decided to jump ship and commit to an alliance with Faith, knowing that there were three votes going toward Toshi and getting revenge on Toshi for lying to him about his multiple alliances.

From this point on, Paul continued to play aggressively but he was always relegated to the minority at the merge because of his reputation as a big player and a superfan of the game. Losing Liz at the merge, Paul was able to scrape by the next two votes when inner rumblings among the majority group allowed them to blindside untrustworthy Brianna and delusional power player Jasper. However, with the double Tribal Council in play, the loudest voices of the majority, namely Clay and Kerri, convinced the rest of the tribe that Paul needed to be taken out before he and Faith could go on an immunity run.

Ultimately, Paul would have been one of my favorites to write this season, especially in his relationship with Faith, which would start out with him bashing her and joining in on Toshi's hate train for her to the two of them bonding and putting aside their differences to come together on a game level. It would have been a really fun relationship to explore, especially for a character like Paul that I felt came off as kind of an Aneal or Brandon-type in the early episodes I wrote.