Survivor: Book Smart vs. Street Smart

 is the first season of Sam's fanon series.

Survivor - an ever-evolving mental game, with two main approaches: book smarts and street smarts, both of which are needed to win the game. Set in the heart of Fiji, two tribes representing these different ideologies will compete against each other. Which will be most effective in winning the game?

Twists

 * Book Smart vs. Street Smart: The castaways were divided into tribes based on how they solve problems in their daily lives. The tribe uses their book smarts, while the  tribe uses their street smarts.
 * Hidden Immunity Idol: Each tribe will have a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden in a way that it will require their tribe's designated problem solving method to find it. For the Nanuma tribe, the idol is in a locked box, with the combination given in the form of a rebus puzzle or riddle. For the Makawa tribe, the idol will be hidden in challenges, while the clues will be hidden at camp.
 * Tribe Expansion: On Day 10, fifteen of the seventeen remaining players were randomly spread across three tribes of five, introducing the tribe.
 * One-time Exile Island: The castaways who did not receive a buff during the Tribe Expansion were sent to Exile Island. There, they could find one of two advantages concealed in coconuts: one that must be opened at the Double Tribal Council and the other that must be opened upon returning to their new tribe camp.
 * Double Tribal Council: On Day 11, two tribes will go to Tribal Council and will vote somebody out, with those that were exiled replacing the newly voted out castaways.

Castaways
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Author's Notes

 * The tribe names mean "to think", "ancient", and "broken" respectively.
 * Interestingly enough, Makawa is the name of a tribe in the French Survivor.
 * This season was initially conceived as Survivor: India in 2016, with 18 of the 20 castaways this season competing. The earliest time that I started drafting a Book Smart vs. Street Smart themed season was around 2017, with the season entitled Survivor: Street Smart vs. Book Smart and set in Madagascar.
 * As much as I would love to share the results of Survivor: India, I lost the file years ago.
 * Survivor: Street Smart vs. Book Smart never made it past the planning stage: you can see my notes here.