Talk:Hit By the Reality Truck/@comment-27391152-20191220143417

Oooooh girl do I have a lot to say about this episode. Firstly, wow, that tribal put the last one to SHAME. Iconic. Before I go into my thoughts (#OpheliaWasRIGHT!), I'll just say that Hwanjie absolutely needs to be nominated for best tribe at the next fanon awards because the story arc so far is absolutely incredible. Like from this tight-knit family who struggled to vote each other out to... this. Like, it could not have been crafted ANY better and I am beyond excited to see how it all plays out over the next few episodes. Amazing!

As for the outcome itself, good riddance! That accusation at Tribal Council was unwarranted and ridiculous. Like, do I understand maybe where he could get his assumption? Sure. But in no one did that give him the right to attack Ophelia and put those labels on her based on pure observation. Like... what a leap in logic lmao. I was never particularly fond of Patrick and trust that he will not be missed after that showing.

Okay, I just want to say that I feel like Joanne's whole wanting to go home to "help the tribe" is a bit ridiculous. If the whole reason you want to go home is for the benefit of the tribe, then WHY would you still want to go home after almost every single person is showing you just how much it DISBENEFITS THEM for you to go! I think it could be argued that every single person on that tribe would be in a worse spot, I guess besides Patrick, if Joanne were to go home. Besides, winning challenges is only a small part of Survivor, and I think being a unified, functioning tribe is much more important and whether she wants to admit it or not, Joanne asking to be voted out caused the tribe to crumble. AND NO, it is NOT Ophelia's fault (I'll get to that). Honestly, I think Joanne just couldn't handle the guilt of being responsible for heading to tribal every time and THAT is the true reason she wanted out deep down. And in that respect, I honestly have a lot of empathy for Joanne because I can fully relate to feeling like I was more of hindrance than a help to my team before. Honestly, I also believe that Joanne truly did think she was doing the tribe a favour by going home, even if I don't think that's the actual case. So, no, I don't think Joanne's an evil, selfish person or anything, buuuuuut I do think she didn't think things through very clearly lol.

Now, Ophelia. Can we stop attacking her for trying to not put herself in a position where half the tribe was all but guaranteed to write her name down at the subsequent tribal council? Thank you! Was Ophelia selfish? YES! HELLO, IT'S SURVIVOR. I am shocked at how much hate she is getting for... not willingly throwing her game away? Like, if one of MY allies came up to me and told me they wanted to go home, I would certainly not go along with it without trying to turn things around. Like, if it was a matter of Joanne's mental health or safety, in THAT case I think it would go beyond the game, but this was something so trivial and nonsensical that I don't blame Ophelia in the slightest for going through with her original plan. And I don't blame Cristian or Cleo or anyone else for doing the same. Sue me.

I do think the majority of the tribe made a mistake here though. Cristian, I think, would've had much better luck had he stuck with sending Joanne home, which puts Ophelia squarely as next to go with very little she could do about it. And as for the others, I feel like Joanne's not going to be very cooperative now and that's probably gonna spell trouble for them down the line. As frustrating as it may be for Joanne do something like this, I think for those who weren't in a do-or-die position like Ophelia, sending Joanne home was the way to go. ESPECIALLY for Ares, like, boy watchu doing?

Eeeek I haven't even TOUCHED on Jeonsa sjaksdlkshnkdshd. Guess that just goes to show how phenomenally Hwangjie was written this episode! Jeonsa was pretty tame this episode tbh, not a whole lot going on. Alissa is still her annoying self and Mercedes is a queen. We love that.

I LOVE THIS SEASON OMG PLEASE KEEP UPDATING AT THIS RATE I LOVE YOU BLAKE <3