truthaboutluv

Venus is going to overplay and make the votes go right back on her, when everyone was ready to go for Mo. And that is EXACTLY why Tevin's been ready to be rid of her for so long.

Tim that's EXACTLY what they've deduced from you guys - that ya'll aren't willing to vote a Siga. Now why would Nami and old Yanu allow ya'll to stay Siga strong? Dead at Hunter going, "Nami's a mess, Soda hates Venus, Venus hates Soda.."

I'm pretty sure it's just for this tribal council.

Ben may talk Siga into trouble by being so cagey about mentioning a name.

Go old Yanu - they all made the merge, as sucky as their tribe was. I think Venus might be in trouble, except we saw Tevin and Hunter talk about wanting to get rid of Soda way back when.

Told ya'll, never underestimate the puzzle as an equalizer. eta: Nevermind, Hunter's on the last part of the puzzle. This is over.

Wait, all the guys ended up in one group, save for Charlie and poor Charlie, alone with only the women. It'd be hilarious if the women and Charlie win. eta: Listen, it could happen at the puzzle.

I'm calling it right now that whatever group Hunter is in, will win the challenge.

Tim is smart to play the, "I'm just listening but I'm not saying anything" game. I get that Venus wants to find a path to get ahead but she's talking way too much. eta: And just as I'm typing this, Moria basically just confirmed that she thinks Venus is too crafty.

Hunter's worried about getting caught trying to find the idol but Soda and Venus are too busy snapping at each other to even notice Hunter.

Actually Q, if you've been watching recent seasons of Survivor, you'd know this is a pre-merge situation and this doesn't guarantee you've made it.

It makes sense for Hunter to try for this. Even if he loses his vote, he has the ability to get the idol when his trible loses. And if he wins, well he has an advantage.

Wait, I can't remember, doesn't she automatically get the idol now and her vote because they've lost?

Tim, with Gem coming for you, I don't know if that journey may be a good idea. She'll probably try and plant seeds against you while you're gone.

It was totally giving dramatic, inspirational sports film.

Soda stay doing the most over these rewards.

Damn, Tim clocked Gem hardcore. Now she's going to try and come for him. Tim's just blowing up Gem's entire game right now.

Tim we didn't know about your No.2 habits. Thanks, no thanks for that overshare.

I have a feeling a tribal switch-up is coming, which will be interesting regarding Hunter's status if he gets switched to a different tribe and beach.

I adore Hunter. He has a wary snark that's awesome. That conversation with him and Venus was hilarious.

Of course the woman who keeps telling everyone she's not playing Survivor for the money because she doesn't need it, would casually decide to lay around and not look for the idol.

Absolutely, but that's my point. Many are trying to judge those who speculated on what was happening and yes, may have made snarky jokes with their conspiracy theories, as being awful in light of her cancer reveal. And are now trying to shift the narrative into, "evil, awful people online made fun of this poor, sick woman." And my point is no, people were suspicious and ran conspiracy theories because the Palace tried to straight up lie to the public with a fake photo. Hence my point that this feels like gaslighting. So now suddenly no one can bring up how, "um, the Palace tried to peddle a fake photo to news agencies - why?" Because to do so, suddenly means you're attacking a sick woman? Yeah, no.

Yeah, especially when they tried to peddle a fake photo of her and her children to international news agencies. I like how that's conveniently being ignored to gaslight the public in the wake of her admission. That multiple reputable international photo agencies killed the Mother's Day image, questioning its validity AND made clear that they requested the raw file to understand how much manipulation had been done to the original image but Kensington Palace refused to provide one. That is actually when the photo agencies killed the image. When KP refused to provide a raw file. And that is also when social media went crazy with the conspiracy theories. And despite claims that it was just some light photoshop and everyone photoshops images - the Associated Press laid out clearly their reasons for killing the photo was not just due to some light photoshopping but full manipulation of the image. I observed this whole situation passively on social media because yes, social media is toxic and so I limit my engagment with it significantly. But I can say with absolute certainty that this ONLY became the shitstorm it did after the photo fiasco because of course, at that point people started wondering what the hell was going on over there and where was this woman that they needed to be trying to pass off fake photos of her. I do not remember seeing any demands to see Kate's medical records or anyone calling Kate a liar. People were saying the Palace did something to her, because yes, many people online love a good conspiracy theory and let's be honest, there are people to this day who insist and truly believe the Royals murdered Diana. And I find the comparisons to Chadwick Boseman incredibly disingenous. People saw Chadwick and so many were very much commenting on his appearance because it was clear the man was scary thin. And yes, because there are plenty of assholes online, some mocked and made fun of his appearance while many others were genuinely concerned and suspected he was very sick. People were not making fun of Kate's appearance because that's just it, no one was seeing her. Now I don't know what the women on the show were saying, because I can only tolerate these women sporadically, so maybe they were hateful or awful towards Kate. But if all that occurred was the general sentiment of, "Where the hell is this woman and what is really going on here," then I see zero reasons anyone owes any apology. Because that situation was suspect and it was made suspect by the Palace's piss poor handling of the situation, IMHO.

Chile, I've seen many oddballs on this show (Brandon Hantz comes to mind) but Bhanu is a special type of nutty. If this is a performance, it's a very odd one to choose.

Damn, I really wanted to believe there was at least one IC Yanu was able to not suck at. Clearly I over-estimated them.