Talk:Send us to Perfect Places/@comment-26485526-20171205062423

Okay, first off, I just want to get this out of the way.

I actually don't find it weird/creepy in the slightest that Tanner/Riley are in a showmance even though they are 7 years apart. I have a few Aunts/Uncles that are 6/7 years older/younger, and they are perfectly happy together. So yeah, Matty's attempt to throw shade at Tanner for his relationship with Riley because of their age difference was quite unsuccessful, in my humble opinion.

In any event, I am super stoked that Matty's gone! I say this mostly because whatever happens now, I feel like I'll be pretty satisfied with whoever wins, which is always great to see.

Riley's guaranteed Final Tribal Council from where I sit because Kelsey sees Tanner as a massive threat, and Tanner has expressed multiple times that he'd take Riley to the final two. To be fair, I don't think it would have made any difference if Riley voted with Matty or not since Matty would have taken her to the end as well.

Riley's game-play this past round though, it was pathetic. I get the fact she felt as though she was in a pickle and had a hard time deciding which of the two to take. I don't think the move she made by itself was bad, I think it was the way she went about making this move.

For some reason, Riley seems to be completely against the idea of being honest with her allies about what she's thinking. We saw with the Debbie move that she completely went behind Tanner's back for no logical reason, and we saw it here too with Matty. The thing is, even though Tanner telling Matty that he's going was a dumb call, since it was out in the open anyway, there was no reason for Riley to hide it from him anymore because even though Matty was pissed, he was pissed at TANNER more than anyone! Since Riley was leading Matty on and allowing him to believe that he'd be making fire against Kelsey, as we witnessed, Matty now feels completely betrayed by Riley! If she would have just said "Yes, you're going" after Tanner let the cat out of the bag, it would have softened the blow, and he would still be less mad at her than he is at Kelsey & Tanner. As such, since I expect Matty to be an extremely bitter juror, I feel like he could potentially cast his vote for Kelsey or Tanner because at least they were honest with him the whole time. But with that being said, I feel like Matty will be the swing vote at FTC in all likelihood, so it'll be interesting to see what he does.

But yeah, I feel like voting against Kelsey would have been a bad move for Riley since she would have betrayed Kelsey's trust for the 2nd Tribal in a row, and she would have betrayed Tanner's trust for the 3rd Tribal in a row, which is just horrendous jury management. So while voting against Kelsey would have done Riley much more harm than voting against Matty did, I feel like if Riley was honest with Tanner about the Debbie vote, then she maybe could have pulled off getting rid of Kelsey this episode. But since she wasn't honest with Tanner about the Debbie vote, then this was the situation she left herself in.

Looking at the jury now, I don't see Riley beating Kelsey any longer because of all the jurors Riley has burned along the way. While Riley would probably be able to salvage a couple of jury votes, Kelsey's underdog story and the fact she had to fight her way up from the bottom since the very beginning would probably give her the win, especially if Matty is still extremely pissed off at Riley and ends up voting bitterly.

So with that being said, I think Riley's best chance of winning is against Tanner because they've been so closely aligned for so long. The thing is, people (including Kelsey) were more open with the fact that Tanner was such a big threat in the end, so Tanner would have that going for him if he gets to the end. But with that being said, I feel like Riley has bonded better socially with the jurors than Tanner has. So if it is Riley/Tanner at FTC, I see the vote being 4-3, but I have no idea who would come out on top as it would totally depend on Riley's FTC performance considering her late-game betrayals.

So excited to see how this all turns out!