Talk:The Merge/@comment-9949103-20200125195452

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn you, Wafflez! Damn you to hell! Jesus, I mean I should've expected it since I literally love 90% of this cast right now but still, UGH! I'm not happy about the people who left this episode, ESPECIALLY the first one! Ugh, I guess I'll just get on with it though:

Eulogy to Clark: Seriously, I just went on like a essay-long praise of him after the last episode, talking about how he was such a great character and then he fucking leaves one episode later. NOT HAPPY! In all seriousness, while I do understand why he left the game and, given how bad the Caribou tribe was doing and how negative Clark was for most of his time on the show, I'm honestly peeved to see the temptation twist come back again. Especially since I always felt like Anambas was such a great way to put a cap on that twist for your series, so seeing it both in Darien Gap and here has pissed me off more than a little, and not just because it took away my favorite player again after Whitney in Canada. Again, I get why Clark took the money and I don't blame him, I'm just high-key annoyed that we're not going to be getting any more of him and Nancie or his interactions with anyone since, quite honestly, he was easily the most interesting and complex character after the last episode. It just feels like kind of an underwhelming way to end his story :/

Eulogy to Wylie: Oh, Wylie. Dear sweet stupid Wylie. While I'm not NEARLY as pissed about his hilariously idiotic exit as I am about Clark's, I am going to really miss his presence on the season, since him and Helen were definitely the stars of Nunavik during the first two episodes. Although, watching him get his ass played and handed to him by Carrie and her fake idol was WAY too sweet to not deserve an equally as satisfying blindside. He'll have a lot of time to think and even sing about that back on the streets though so, I mean, we know who the real winner is xD

This merge, temptation aside, was VERY jam-packed and exciting though. I'm seeing lots of foreshadowing and little hints of things to come and I am so giddy to see what comes next (Especially since I know that you just posted another episode).

Starting off with the move itself, I think the Sallirmiut Four, Carrie especially, played this vote incredibly well. Of all the people to be finding and making fake idols, Carrie is the last person I'd expect to be doing that so I am loving seeing her indulge in her more riskier "ballsier" side to try and get things done. She's playing really hard, but I honestly don't think anyone is still taking her seriously which works perfectly for her! The other three guys are also great, with Ty and Ryan the iconic strategic gay duo and Jin the compulsive liar. I ultimately think that Carrie made the right call in convincing the boys to stay with the Wylie plan. Chaos is great, but the more that he stayed in the game the worse off it honestly would've been for her, so she definitely made the smarter choice.

Speaking of "smart", I'm proposing a motion to strike that word from being anywhere in junction with Dane or Tara Michelle's names because GODDAMN they are playing so STUPID! They literally just played right into Carrie's emotions, not only turning on Wylie but leaving Helen AND Stephanie out of the loop! Not only that, but they've basically handed all the power on the tribe over to the Sallirmiut Four because all they need now is for either Helen or Stephanie to flip to them and now they have the numbers. So dumb, they're reminding me a lot of Sash and Brenda (though less cocky) with how much they keep openly flip-flopping and overtly lying to people they're supposed to be allied with. I think, and hope, that at least one of them will be having an imminent downfall soon.

Over on Netsilik, things are pretty much the same as they were last episode. I'm definitely rooting more for the popular group (Osamah, Chestnut, Savana) over the dweebs (Nando, Brandi, Aminah) just because I think the popular group has the more interesting people and dynamics. Every single one of them has expressed misgivings or future worries about their alliance so it's really unclear, and also really exciting to me, to see who, if any of them, might turn on the others and when. They're definitely being smart though about trying to rally Nancie to their side.

Aminah is okay still, even though she was all but invisible this episode. Brandi and Nando, however, are really just taking up extra space at this point. It infuriates me how disgusting one is and how boring the other is given that Clark, who was, say it with me, the most interesting character, just left and they're still left running around and sucking the life out of this incredible season with their old, gross, selves. Hopefully they either get booted soon, or in Nando's case, the next reward is a personality because he is in DESPERATE need of one.

Super excited to read the next episode, especially to see Helen and Stephanie's reactions to being left out of the vote (Which hopefully means more airtime for both of them because the lack of it this episode almost gave me an aneurysm).

Rooting for Carrie, Ty, Ryan, Jin, Helen, Stephanie, Osamah, Chestnut, Aminah, and Nancie!<3

I'm kind of rooting for Dane and Tara Michelle as well, but I'm more so rooting for a swift downfall as payback for them playing so stupidly so far.