Talk:We Need to Build Rome in a Day/@comment-26485526-20190813175805

https://youtu.be/cVeNxu9UDyc

I saw this coming, but it still stings. Just fuck.

I want to commend you Tangle for writing Byron so well. It takes a lot for me to be able to relate to these athletic jock characters, but here we are. Byron reminded me so much of myself in that he is paranoid and his mind always jumps to the worst case scenario, but when things are going well, he is on such an emotional high. His relationships with Johannes, Sasha, and Kendra were all great to see, and I liked his compassion towards Anastacia. That's another thing I really liked - his empathy. He got too emotionally invested in the people around him and the connections he built were too strong to be ignored. That's another thing that makes me relate to him as well - I'm an emotional person and it's hard for me to not empathize with people. As much as I hate that Byron's gone, it was the right move for the pre-game as a whole because without him, the anti-pre-games are not as tight. It's just that I was not rooting for the pre-game whatsoever, and given how strongly I related to him, and that's why I hate this elimination.

Maybe it has to do with the fact my mind always jumps to the worst case scenario, but given how Hazel was talking about making a move, and how Kendra was talking about wanting to be seen as strategic, as soon as Byron's name was brought up, I saw this coming. It just sucks that I was right.

I think this was a bad move by Hazel - not just because the pre-game got back together, but look at her voting history over the past few tribals:

F9 - Byron

F10 - Jacob

F11 - Winona

Hazel is at the point where she is starting to come off as a flip flopper, and I wouldn't trust her as far as I can throw Winona's ego - especially if she aligns with Misty and turns on Adrian/Jason. You could argue that she didn't quite flip at the Jacob vote, but she was hardcore playing both sides at the Winona vote, and should come across to Adrian/Jason as a flip. Not counting that though, but even flip flopping twice at 2 straight tribals should be a major red flag to people, and it saddens me because given how smart Hazel is, I fear that the pre-game will remain in pwer, which... YAY! (eye roll) This would also mean yet another instance of Misty talking about turning and not following through.

As for Kendra, this was the right move 100%. It didn't matter what she said, a vote against Adrian would be seen as purely emotional. It just sucks that Byron had to take the fall. WHY DID ANASTACIA HAVE TO LOSE IMMUNITY?!?!

Nice to see that Ana finally seems to have found somewhat of a personality - just a little too late, I think. She's using the Joe Anglim strategy, which is just bad gameplay overall. She's now at the point where she played herself into a corner. She has to win or she goes home, but if she wins, she's more threatening. She should have held back in challenges from the start and played a social game, but I guess that's difficult when you forgot your personality and had to wait for a mail carrier pigeon to deliver it to you... for a whole month.

Hopefully Hazel does make the questionable move and flip to take the pre-game out of power, or Ana loses. I'm excited for the rest of the season, don't get me wrong. Just a bit down that Byron's gone.

Keep up the great work, Tangle!