Talk:Another Day, Another Idol/@comment-9949103-20191102002559

YES! Now that is another Tribal Council for the books! Loved it<3

Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the transformation that Aneal went through from his over-the-top, frantic self in the Maldives to his more calm and calculated strategy here in Hashima. He really did grow on me this second time around, but I think that he ultimately overplayed himself into this situation.

Opening up, Aneal had already expressed distrust with one person in his supposed alliance, that being Sterling. However, soon enough, Aneal's talking about how he doesn't have trust in Adrienne and Gemini now because they're too close. Along with that, he also squeezes in the fact that he still wants Auggie and Kevin gone first because he doesn't trust them EITHER. Seeing a pattern? Aneal got way too cagey in these last couple of rounds, becoming very suspicious and paranoid of almost every member of his alliance and I think its this distrust (Along with Elliot's big mouth) that ultimately caused most of his allies to lose trust in him. So as annoyed as I am that Auggie and Kevin remain in the game, Aneal pretty much got himself into this situation.

I must say, even though he's been fairly quiet, Sterling is playing a very strong Sandra-esque game with how well he's been able to slip into the background and cause chaos from behind the scenes. He did it with the Sylvan vote and he did it here too! Even though he has enough bitchiness to easily fill up a high school burn book, Sterling is actually playing really smart and I think that if people view him as this slimy, untrustworthy, pampered dude at this stage of the game, he could very well be dragged to the end as a "goat" and end up actually having a case to win. Either way, I'm still totally rooting for Sterling and his shit-stirrer antics!<3

Now that we're down to the final six, I'm honestly not sure what is going to happen. I'm convinced at this point that Elliot and Auggie are out of the running to win. I mean, Elliot has gotten the same amount of confessionals in 10 episodes that Kristine got in her ONLY episode, so that speaks for itself. Auggie is a complete clown and him winning this season would be incredibly out of nowhere and would honestly ruin this amazing merge phase that we've gotten. Plus I don't think he would get a lot of votes anyway.

As for the other four, I'd be pretty surprised if Kevin won, given how much he's been undermined and made to look like an idiot so far. He's been pretty bad strategically and I don't really see a lot of the jury respecting his gameplay, especially with how he backstabbed Jack.

Gemini as well would be a really weird winner, mainly given her complete nonexistent edit for the first half of the season. I just don't know how I feel about a person like that getting the win, even if they have played a really solid game throughout. I'd be really surprised if she didn't end up as one of the final jurors.

To me, I think it's between Adrienne and Sterling, with Adrienne being the more likely of the two. Given her growth that she's gotten since episode 1 and her ability to bounce back after she was saved from elimination with Gemini's idols, I think that she has done a good job at playing an underrated social game, which was highlighted by Auggie this episode when he said that "she's friends with everyone" and "that no one's concerned with her". I think she's still being highly underestimated and though she is a bit naive and headstrong at times, she has tended to always make the right decision when it comes time to vote.

Sterling is also a likely candidate, but his edit has been a bit more lackluster than Adrienne's. Given his Sandra from HvsV type arc though, I could definitely see him sneaking his way to the FTC and securing himself enough votes as a "harbinger of background chaos" to get himself the win.

I'd be pretty happy with Sterling, Adrienne, or even Gemini winning though, and I really hope it's one of them because the other three have honestly been really pathetic for most of the season xD

Keep up the good work, Wafflez! Can't wait to see how this pans out. :)