S44.E09: Under the Wing of a Dragon LIVE CHAT

[Lantern7]

Danny with the title quote.

[LadyChatts]

I like that Frannie is recognizing that Tika is playing the middle, and that they will go to the end if they don't get one of them out.  Danny disagrees that they are a threat right now.  Can they vote Danny out?  He's not as smart at this game as he thinks.

[MerBearHou]

Poor Kane — “here’s my fake idol”

[truthaboutluv]

Seems like only Frannie is wising up to the fact that Tika is going to run shit while the other two sides destroy each other. 

[Lady Calypso]

Oh, Frannie's smart. Now that she's away from Matt, we can see they voted out the wrong person in that couple first. Frannie is SO right about Tika being dangerous and nobody is listening to her.

Frannie, you can bond with Carolyn over not being listened to.

[iMonrey]

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Great, now they’re sweating advantages that aren’t even in effect. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

That's why it's not longer possible to strategize successfully.

[Carey]

Man, I hope this works for Frannie.  Danny might want to listen since he seems to be the most vulnerable

[Lady Calypso]

So, Yam Yam wants Kane out JUST because he wrote his name down.

Carolyn wants Danny out because she perceives him as the bigger threat.

[MerBearHou]

Carolyn saying “we’re all sneaky” — finally, someone says it!!

[LadyChatts]

Yam Yam wants Kane out because Kane was playing the game and put Yam Yam's name down.  Carolyn doesn't think he's a threat and wants to vote out Danny.  I hope Carolyn wins this one.  I'd like Danny gone for dismissing Frannie, and also so Yam Yam doesn't get his way.

[truthaboutluv]

Right Carolyn? Yam Yam is all, "you put my name down, you must go." Yeah, Kane's such a big threat compared to Danny.

[Lantern7]

I can’t keep up. I need a whiteboard. Or maybe one of those walls with pictures, pins and lots of string.

[iMonrey]

Hmm. Whenever someone starts bragging about having all the power they usually go home. I think Frannie probably has the right idea, get rid of Tika.

[susannot]

I think Carolyn will win this argument.

[Lady Calypso]

Honestly, I do think Kane could be a threat, but Carolyn isn't wrong in that Danny is a bigger threat. He's done well on challenges thus far compared to Kane, and Danny has more goodwill with people. Kane's definitely a threat, but not before Danny.

[LadyChatts]

Just now, truthaboutluv said:

Right Carolyn? Yam Yam is all, "you put my name down, you must go." Yeah, Kane's such a big threat compared to Danny.

Yam Yam must have gone to the Lex van den Berghe School of Holding a Grudge Because Your Name Was Written Down.  

[Lantern7]

Any fake idol should have a “tell.” Otherwise, the whole thing is a crapshoot, and it gives Probst a way to affect the game directly.

[truthaboutluv]

Definitely not sure how this will go. Because the Ratu 3 are thinking of splitting the votes for either Danny or Heidi. Soka wants to split for Kane and to flush out Jamie's fake idol. And no clue what side Tika is going with so any one of Danny, Kane, Heidi or Jamie coud be eliminated. 

[Lady Calypso]

1 minute ago, susannot said:

I think Carolyn will win this argument.

I hope she does. I'm kind of tired of people not listening to Carolyn. I get it's a game and all, but she really ISN'T wrong.

[willco]

Jam Jam always wants to vote for someone who voted for him once ! Does he not understand that that isn't really a smart way to play the game ? 

[LadyChatts]

Just now, Lady Calypso said:

Honestly, I do think Kane could be a threat, but Carolyn isn't wrong in that Danny is a bigger threat. He's done well on challenges thus far compared to Kane, and Danny has more goodwill with people. Kane's definitely a threat, but not before Danny.

I don't even know if Kane's a big threat.  He's mostly been going along with where he thinks the numbers are.  Danny has come close to winning immunities, was crucial in pulling off Brandon's blindside (a move that could have backfired and might still since he doesn't have the idol for himself), and is playing the game.  I won't say he's super strategic and is doing better in his own mind than he is in the actual game, but he is a bigger threat than Kane I'd argue.  Carolyn is right about this.

[jsm1125]

How is Carson never an option to be voted out, not even by Frannie, who wants to split between Carolyn and Yam Yam?

[iMonrey]

I won't be sad if/when Jam Jam goes. He's not as amusing as the show seems to think he is. Or as he seems to think he is.

[LadyChatts]

There's 15 minutes left and TC is starting so something is going down tonight.

[Lantern7]

Music working hard to amp up the suspense.

[Lady Calypso]

Just now, LadyChatts said:

There's 15 minutes left and TC is starting so something is going down tonight.

Looks like some advantages are being played tonight. Maybe even a tie vote.

[MerBearHou]

I swear, the camera work on this show never ceases to amaze me.  Love the overhead drone shot of the torches walking into tribal.  

[DEL901]

It was a crappy rice negotiation.   No one negotiated with Jeff…the just started listing names.  

[truthaboutluv]

Matt's hair seems to growing by multiple sizes every tribal council. 

[LadyChatts]

What I don't like about the fake idol is I don't think it's fair that someone can play it and not have another way to save themselves.  Like, Kane or Jamie or whoever could opt to play their SITD (well, not Jamie) but if they think they have a sure fire way of being immune then why would they take that route.  I hope this is the one and only season for that.  Players hiding them is different.  Production needs to stay out of it.

[iMonrey]

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There's 15 minutes left and TC is starting so something is going down tonight.

Yeah, I smell a re-vote. Maybe Frannie's plan goes down.

[Lantern7]

Carolyn with the crazy rice eyes . . . 

[Straycat80]

There’s definitely tribal bonds still going on. There shouldn’t be at this point. 

[Lantern7]

Probst with his own crazy eyes . . .

[Carey]

Shut up Yam Yam.  Though to be fair, in a real-life era, Yam Yam would be great to have a drink with or socialize or whatever, but man, it's tough seeing him in action here

[LadyChatts]

3 minutes ago, Lady Calypso said:

Looks like some advantages are being played tonight. Maybe even a tie vote.

They showed a hand casting a vote right before everyone walked in, so I wonder if that's foreshadowing to a re-vote.

[iMonrey]

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Shut up Yam Yam.  Though to be fair, in a real-life era, Yam Yam would be great to have a drink with or socialize or whatever, but man, it's tough seeing him in action here

I don't know, I think what you see is what you get. He's a lot.

[Lady Calypso]

Well, this discussion is going on longer than expected. It looks like it'll be a normal vote, they just decided to waste six minutes on this talking and metaphor and same old same old.

[susannot]

 

2 minutes ago, Carey said:

Shut up Yam Yam.  Though to be fair, in a real-life era, Yam Yam would be great to have a drink with or socialize or whatever, but man, it's tough seeing him in action here

Awww.  I love Yam Yam.

Edited April 27, 2023 by susannot

[Straycat80]

Uh oh, whispering starting up. I hate that. 

[Lantern7]

Wow, editors are having fun tonight.

[Lady Calypso]

Man, we managed to get away from the Live Whispering at Tribal for a season, maybe two? Now we're back to it.

[iMonrey]

Oh here we go with the whisper chaos. Jeff loves this. I don't.

[LadyChatts]

Carolyn wanted a nod.  Frannie and Kane start whispering.  Good enough I guess.

Dang it, I thought telephone at TC was dead at Survivor.  I have a feeling the vote isn't going to be this complicated.  Or didn't start out that way.

[Carey]

Every-so-often...I wait for the words or for the infamous saying....

"Oh no!  It's Boston Rob's music!"

[LadyChatts]

Jamie is definitely playing the extra vote.  I think idols are going to come out but maybe not re-vote.

[Lady Calypso]

Was that Jaime who just broke out Lauren's second vote?

[Lantern7]

Just now, Carey said:

Every-so-often...I wait for the words or for the infamous saying....

"Oh no!  It's Boston Rob's music!"

He had music? Since when?!?

[Straycat80]

What is with the very loud, suspenseful music in this episode? Geez.

[Lantern7]

Nobody blinked!