Talk:Fade In, Not Stand Out/@comment-9949103-20191101213226

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Damnit, damnit, damnit, after three straight episodes of all the assholes finally going home I should've known that it was time to take out someone likable but damnit I really didn't see this coming until right before the Tribal Council. Realistically though, it made much more sense than the crackpot theory that I came up with last episode about Jack somehow voting out Kevin. It also made no sense for Gemini to go home only two episodes after her big debut.

Still though, Jack was such a breath of fresh air for your series. Even if he wasn't that good at challenges or the strategy or wasn't the biggest personality, I had SO much hope when the season started up that he wouldn't be the typical old man asshole archetype that has been in a lot of your past seasons (Luckily we had Marc to fill that role this season). Jack delivered on that hope to the nth degree, he was complex, motivated, loyal, and had a wholesome sense of teamwork. Usually, I don't dig the characters who are all about "honor and being a good person and shit" but he pulled it off well. If you ever do an all-stars or a heroes vs. villains season in the future, I think Jack is a prime candidate to return.

Going back to the move itself, I can say this was well and truly the fall of Kevin. I mean, not only did Kevin completely backstab his loyal ally to save GEMINI of all people, but he also came off as such an annoying douche this episode. I love how he's been fighting and scrambling on the bottom this whole time and the minute that Gemini starts to do the same to fight for her life in the game, then it's bad. Then it's wrong, it's "overkill". So irritating, I started to like him after Marc left but it's clear that Marc and Kevin share more things in common besides a single brain cell. Hope that he goes home after Auggie because I couldn't stand either of them this episode!

Luckily, though, we had Gemini to make things interesting! Even though I didn't think there was a high chance of her actually going home, I did love seeing her fight to stay in the game and I LOVED how she made a trashy fake idol for Auggie's trashy ass to find! I CANNOT wait for him to play that thing and then get his bitchass self owned right out of the game!<3

As for the rest of the episode, there wasn't really that much? I mean, don't get me wrong, I've LOVED this merge so far and we have been quite spoiled with the quality of these past four episodes overall, but this one did feel a bit more pushed back and low-key than the others. Like, aside from the vote-out and Auggie finding Gemini's fake idol, nothing else happened that was super exciting. That's not a bad thing, of course, and I suspect that the long run of crazy unpredictable merge episodes so far contributed to the simplicity of this one. Ultimately, it wasn't the most exciting but Jack's blindside and some of the little relationship dynamics being set up in Hassei make me think that the future holds more craziness and I cannot wait! :D

In ranking the remaining players, after this episode I would have them like this:

1. Adrienne

2. Gemini

3. Sterling

4. Aneal

5. Kevin

6. Auggie

7. Elliot (Liked him in the beginning, but he's just so boring so far! Even Auggie had a least some good confessionals!)