User blog comment:Coolio15/Tonga Boot Order/@comment-25429296-20170122041655/@comment-9949103-20170128044316

Alaki was pretty chaotic. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, the two women were running the show as they had been in a tight alliance beforehand while both Gregory and Kendrick were at odds on Nakolo. At the feast provided by the summit, Careta found and stupidly read aloud an idol clue, something of which she did several more times during the season. This prompted Gregory to go looking soon after, as he was already nervous about being ganged up upon. However, things turned worse for him as not only did the women catch him looking for the idol, but Hallie also found it before he could, leaving him without any power whatsoever on the tribe. However, he would get saved by the kidnapping twist at the sixth immunity challenge, leaving Kendrick to be ganged up on at the following Tribal while Gregory slid on safely to the merge.

Andre, for the short time he was around, was a very strategic and sarcastic presence. His alliance with the old Liahonas held as they thought that Tybalt had pulled in Gregory. However, Andre's tactics of luring out weaknesses in players such as Kevin and Brandon made Nathan very wary of him, even so much as confrontational with him. In return, Andre attempted to gather numbers to take out Nathan. However, Gregory found Andre to be too untrustworthy and he informed Tybalt that he would not be voting with them in a very dumb move. Despite some last minute scrambling to try and flip Kevin, he was unwilling after being reassured by Brandon and the four original Nakolo men all voted Andre out at the fourth Tribal Council.

Mary Sue was pretty no-nonsense, inspiring a bit of similarity from Kel in Laos, especially in regards to her rivarly with Tamara. However, unlike Kel, Mary Sue was forced to play the game a lot sooner because Shih-na's exit had thrown her control in the game for a loop. She skated by until the merge, turning on explosive strategist Kimberly and using some good persuasive skills on Tamara to flip the fifth vote onto Kaili instead of her. At the merge, Mary Sue's biggest downfall came from flipping so openly and visibly. She made it no secret that she still resented the women and thought that her vote was the one that would decide everyone's fates. It didn't, obviously, as the girls had idols that they used to gain control of the game and oust Mary Sue with as she was seen as a flip-flopper and someone who was too much of a loose cannon.