User blog comment:SevereWizardShark/Survivor: Barbados/Tortuga Q&A/@comment-28913090-20200206071725/@comment-30438246-20200206170552

Was Casey purpled on purpose or was she just boring to write?

LMAO I love this. So, I think I did specify in an authors' note way back when, but she was actually originally meant to be completely purple. Like, zero confessionals, zero screentime, basically zilch content. However, once I started writing Episode 4, I started thinking, like, if I don't like it when people are purple in Survivor, why should I do it in my writing? And so I decided to give her like a tiny bit of mini-storyline at the last second, with 5 confessionals in the last 2 episodes. This worked out well anyway because I didn't want to give Millie a ton content in Episode 5 since she was out of the loop in that tribal and I didn't want to have to make her constantly making incorrect calls throughout the episode.

Who was your fave to write in both seasons?

For Barbados, I'd easily say Fabian and Shonda. I really liked both of them a lot, and if I ever do an All-Stars or Fans vs Favorites season, they'd be on the list of potential castaways for sure, because I thought they were both really fun. I wish one of them could've won, but on that same token, I think losing does improve their stories cause now there's more on the line for them if they ever play again.

Biggest regret?

I touched on this with my answer to Uke, but I hated the Victor medevac. So boring, I mean, for a medevac, which is supposed to be a powerful moment, it felt really dry and boring. I also wish I had made Jordan and Jessica just more.. interesting. Jessica you could at least classify as a decent villain, but Jordan... idk I just don't think he brought a ton to the table. So I just wish I had gone a more interesting route with him, or maybe just flat-out replaced him with a different castaway who would've been more rootable.

Tortuga I don't really have any regrets, but, if I had to pick, I think I did rush the premiere a bit. We didn't really get a good introduction to some people like I should've, like, we got one confessional from Dustin and one from Darold, but like... then that was it. Like it's the marooning, it's a huge moment, and the part where readers are supposed to get sucked in to the story! And I feel like it did fall flat a bit. The marooning for Season 3 will be a lot bigger, longer, better, it's gonna be fun.

Who do you think was overrated/underrated in both seasons?

Hmm... this is a good question.

In terms of overrated, I was surprised that a lot of people were fans of Ulyssa. She wasn't initially meant to be that good a character, or super rootable or anything, but people liked her a lot! Same with Darold and Dustin, like, they weren't meant to be unlikable by any means, but I just didn't think people would actively root for them.

For underrated, I didn't see a ton of Fabian love over the course of Barbados, which was a bit unexpected, as he was my favorite to write once Shonda left. He wasn't disliked or anything, he just wasn't pulling people in by any means so I guess that shocked me a bit. Aside from that, I think generally, if there's a good character, they got the love they deserve, so there's not too many people I found to be underrated.