User blog comment:MightyUke416/Mozambique Original Boot Order/@comment-30722789-20190805183118/@comment-26485526-20190805185650

At post-swap Makhuwa, Brendyn just spent a lot of time playing both sides, and the "bullying" story that happened in the published draft did not exist in the original.

At the swap itself, Brendyn would've noticed Penelope running over to Irene and giving her a hug as soon as she noticed they were on separate tribes, and Brendyn would have had a confessional about Penelope being unreliable. Brendyn was more debating flipping to get rid of Penelope, but stuck by his original tribe to get rid of Francine because he saw how intelligent she was, and viewed him as his biggest threat if she were to make the merge (Francine was not originally evacuated - it was a double tribal council).

Penelope was completely useless in the next immunity challenge, which was the final straw for Brendyn, and he demanded that she go home. He already wanted her out because of the hug with Irene, because it cemented in his mind that they were probably the tightest duo in the game, so he promised his original Tribe he was still with them, and insisted on Penelope going because they still had the numbers. Ricki and Jimmy were put off by this, and toyed with the idea of getting rid of Brendyn. But when Jimmy asked Penelope straight up if she was more loyal to their alliance on their tribe, or to Irene, he couldn't get a straight answer, which sealed her fate.

After this vote, Brendyn went right back to playing both sides. Instead of trying to target Jimmy or Ricki, Brendyn was sucking up to them (and the original Senas). As Brendyn didn't feel like Leah was that useful as an ally, he played up to the original Senas that he wanted her out because she was "such a bitch." However, Constantine's and Sky's relationship only grew stronger, and they were unable to hide their showmance (although they did try to). Brendyn caught them kissing before the immunity challenge, and although he did think about voting Leah out with the original Senas, he stuck by his original tribe and voted out Sky.

At the merge, Brendyn continued playing both sides, because it worked so well pre-merge and he wanted to be in control. The consensus was voting out Cassy for having the least amount of connections and being such a big challenge threat. However, Ricki convinced Jimmy that Brendyn was not to be trusted and that he needed to leave now, so the two of them gathered Cassy, Kane, Jimmy, and Constantine, and blindsided Brendyn 6-5. Constantine was already furious for Brendyn lying to them and voting Sky out (which he voiced to Kane in private), so his voting confessional would have been along the lines of. "This is for Sky, you piece of s***!")