User blog comment:MightyUke416/Survivor: Advantage Island - Uke & Just/@comment-26910098-20180325004505/@comment-26485526-20180325015204

Karlie: Much like Phyllis, Karlie was another more "behind the scenes" player, although Karlie was more visible from the beginning. She formed early bonds with Marielle and Ruben, and chose to use them as shields to get herself towards the end, and voting with the majority all the way past Nathan's boot on day 25.

Karlie's strength the whole season was her social game, and she only received votes at two separate tribal councils (at the final 7 during Juarhala's boot, and at the final 4), and at both of those tribals, she received votes for being the biggest social threat in the game. They also both only came after Ruben, her strategic partner in crime and her main shield, was voted out. Even though Ruben was the one in the spotlight, every decision he made in the game was made 50/50 alongside Karlie, and the two ran the original Zapotec tribe, while also dictating the boots of Alistair and Nathan post-merge.

Once Daniel and Paul were voted out at final 5 and final 6 respectively, Karlie believed that she was in a solid position to go to the final three due to her closeness with Marielle, as well as the fact she believed Phyllis was the main target for being a social threat herself. That changed however when Phyllis convinced her that Viola's strategic game was more threatening, and Marielle also promised Karlie to vote Viola out. However, she was not only blindsided by Phyllis, but also betrayed by her closest ally, Marielle, as she was sent home 3-1.

Hurt by Marielle's betrayal, Karlie gave a passionate speech towards her about how she promised herself that she'd never let her guard down for anything in the game, but she made the mistake in doing that for Marielle. In the end, Karlie believed that despite Viola's strong strategic game that Phyllis' game best met the qualities of "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" and voted for Phyllis to win.