User blog comment:MightyUke416/Survivor: Advantage Island - Uke & Just/@comment-26910098-20180325004505/@comment-26485526-20180325011930

Viola: She was a big time strategist from the get-go, and she always wanted to make sure that she was the one in control of the game. On the first day, Heather & Isaac gathered a majority of 7 to form an alliance, mostly against Troy. Believing that Heather and Isaac were too smart and strategic for their own good, Viola and her number one ally, Juarhala, gathered the rest of the tribe, and orchestrated a split vote against them. As such, Isaac was blindsided after a 4-3-2 vote, leaving Heather on the bottom. Viola was then hell-bent on making sure that Heather was the next one to go. However, on day 7, Troy had a massive argument with Daniel, and most of the tribe took his side. When Mixtec went to Tribal, Viola relented and voted for Troy with the group. However, she did get her way at the very next vote when Heather was sent home, despite the double vote that Heather received at Advantage Island.

Come the tribe swap, Viola looked like she was in danger as her and Gavin were the only original Mixtec on the tribe. Luckily for her, she received the Express Pass on Advantage Island. Even though she couldn't vote at Tribal, she helped Gavin secure the numbers to ensure that the numbers were turned against the power duo of Alistair and Dianne, the later of which was blindsided 4-2 after Ruben used his vote steal to take Paul's vote and use it against Dianne.

Viola was then comfortably in the numbers and was in a position of considerable power come the merge. She was one of the swing votes right at the merge, and chose to eliminate Alistair for being a massive threat. At the next vote, the two outsiders, Daniel and Paul, made a deal with her, Juarhala, and Gavin, to try and target the new power duo of Akina and Nathan, and also because Daniel and Akina were in a heated rivalry at this time. The majority of the tribe came on board, and split the votes between them, sending Akina to the jury.

After Nathan called Ruben out during his boot episode for having the most power, Ruben did the same with Viola, to try and take her down with him. Since most of the tribe (aside from Ruben's close allies) saw him as desperate, Viola was still in the majority. Things went haywire for her however, as she was unknowingly manipulated by Phyllis to play her idol on Juarhala so that all votes except Phyllis' would be nullified, allowing Phyllis to eliminate her number 2, Gavin, sending him and his idol out of the game.

Although Viola stayed in the majority after Juarhala found a Steal a Vote advantage on Advantage island, allowing her to steal Ruben's vote and use it against him, Marielle did the exact same thing to Juarhala at the very next vote, putting the numbers at 3-3. At this point, knowing that both Paul and Daniel were great in challenges, Viola made a deal with Marielle to go to the final three with her so that the tribe can avoid rocks at the vote, and Paul was sent home, followed by Daniel. After Phyllis told Viola about her lack of strategic game for the most part, on top of the fact that Karlie was extremely likable, Viola decided that Karlie was a bigger jury threat to her than Phyllis, and joined Phyllis and Marielle in blindsiding Karlie.

At FTC, although Viola's close allies, as well has her chief rival, Ruben, praised Viola's strategic game, quite a few jurors chastised her for being a snake and a backstabber, compared to Phyllis who was still strategic, but was also kind and considerate to most of them. Viola also got somewhat defensive during the FTC, which turned some jurors off. In the end, she retained the votes of Juarhala, Gavin, and Ruben, which was enough to beat Marielle, but not enough to beat Phyllis, who received 5 jury votes to win.