Talk:A Gift of Good Intention/@comment-9949103-20190626163723

Again, another stellar episode, in spite of the overabundance of Derek "Inability to say anything nice about anyone" Dumbledore. Diadem is definitely bringing the drama which I am totally here for because they're my favorite tribe.

Up until this episode, I really didn't have an opinion on Alejandro. I can see why you purpled him until his boot though because he quickly went from quiet to uncomfortable real quick. Someone is going to have to scrub that island real good after everyone leaves because only God knows what that man might be carrying around with him from all these sexual stunts and "fluid donations".

Once again, Olivia is a fucking strategy queen icon and her entire ploy of commandeering the vote onto Alejandro while insisting that she didn't make a deal or play the game was hilarious. Even though she has a very over the top demeanor to her, I can't help but find myself laughing out loud at a lot of her one-liners and confessionals. After this episode, I'm feeling confident that she's making it far in the game (Fingers crossed!)

Derek, on the other hand, continues to violently hand-fist into everyone's heads why he is such an unlikable waste of a half a person. The whole idol search in the very beginning of the episode was just a summary of exactly what makes him so shitty. Searching for the idol again like a worthless fucking gamebot? Check. Needlessly insulting his tribemates both in his confessionals and to their faces in a very not funny way? Check. Insisting that Betty was a waste of a player to find the idol and that found just by "dumb luck" when he also stumbled upon his idol by "dumb luck"? Triple check. On top of everything else, he just has such misplaced arrogance all of the damn time. If there is one thing I'm confident about, it's that Dumbledore here ain't winning. He'll get his downfall some way or another unless Wafflez wants to single-handedly ruin what has been an amazing season so far.

Even though I'm glad Alejandro went and not someone I liked, I think it was a VERY bad move for Priority One to give into Olivia's demands and vote him off over Walker. Especially considering that none of them, bar Dakoda, know who has the Excursion Card. As Dakoda said, there's literally no reason anyone on Diadem, aside from Derek, would want Walker around so keeping him around for another vote is very risky on all of their parts. Plus Alejandro had no sense of the strategic game and, though creepy, was relatively harmless in the greater sense of the game. Interesting to see how this plays out in the future for Priority One.

The idol antics on both tribes were amazing though. I'm glad that the other Pamonas finally got up off their asses and actively prevented Derek from finding another advantage. It is always kind of frustrating seeing players like Ben or Rick go off and find all these idols while the others (Chrissy) just sit back at camp, knowing full well that people are looking for idols, and do nothing about it. Glad that Betty found the idol to just spite Derek, but giving it to Ashley definitely showed how much of rookie she is. And given how fast Betty threw Halle under the bus, I honestly think getting rid of her might be in Ashley's best interest. I hope not though, Betty is amazing and I'm not about to lose her just yet!

And don't even get me started on Diadem's idol drama. I absolutely loved how you've set up this whole mystery surrounding who has the idol. The whole scene with Dakoda finding the idol in Alejandro's bag but then it being gone only minutes later was SO good! I have some theories about who actually has the idol, but I'll save that for a different comment.

Overall, another amazing episode. I'm loving this season so much so far and if it continues on this trajectory, then it very well might be up with Canada and Maldives for my favorite seasons of yours.

Go Betty, Benny, Ashley, Elvis, January, BG, Peter, Dakoda, and Olivia!<3