Talk:Gather the Troops/@comment-9949103-20200216032905

............Ugh. That's all I can muster right now. Just...ugh. It's really devastating me to say this but this episode honestly left me feeling SO frustrated!!!!!!!!

On one hand, the dynamics of this merged tribe are super interesting and moving at a lightning pace. The drama has been on like Donkey Kong, and I think the result of this vote definitely showcased that quite aptly. Chestnut's blindside will likely go down as one of the craziest Tribal Councils in your series for sure.

However, the drama of the vote could not take away from the fact that this season is starting to lean dangerously close into Nikumaroro territory after this episode. While, yes, I was quite angry and upset about the loss of queen Eiffel last episode, I can at least confidently say that the episode itself was still very fun and enticing. This episode, unfortunately, was the opposite of that for me.

It was just REALLY hard for me to get through this episode because of how damn unlikable or dry at least 2/3 of the cast have become. Seriously, Ty, Nando, Carrie, and Helen are the only people from this season that I can remotely say that I'm rooting for. And what's even more frustrating is that Carrie and Helen keep getting no screentime!

Instead I'm subjected to the likes of Osamah, Dane, Ryan, Tara Michelle, and Aminah who are either super fucking annoying, super fucking boring, or both! Osamah, in particular, is just egregiously obnoxious and such an asshole. I know that he has zero chance at winning, but him staying this long has been such a fun drain on the entire season that I just can't with him. He's such a waste of space. Tara Michelle, as well, I just really wish she had gone earlier because she's such a dry ass waste of space at this point. Everything that comes out of her mouth is either the equivalent of NyQuil or is just obvious winner fodder that I couldn't be bothered to care about since I don't like her/want her to win anyway.

Nando was definitely the saving grace of this episode, made Tribal Council so intense and fun and really left this overall kind of frustrating episode on a high note and I'm hoping that he and the rest of the Unexpecteds are able to knock the boring "Threats" alliance out of the water and keep them from ruining the season.

I feel bad for complaining so much because I normally am in love with all your episodes and this is probably the first one in a while that I've had a genuine problem with. I know you said earlier that you were getting sad after every elimination when you were writing this season and, after looking at the boot order, I can kind of see why now. All of the best characters have been getting the boot early on and now we're left with....choices xD

Hoping that Nando, Ty, Carrie, and Helen can grab a hold of the momentum from this Chestnut blindside and finally get some power!<3