Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-2091662-20151023034916/@comment-1734566-20151024030249

He didn't idol out his own son, WTF? He offered to play the idol for Wes, and Wes told him not to and use it for himself - which he did, and saved himself in the process. And you really think Keith's "stick to the plan" was the big factor that led to it? No it wasn't; that's a completely false narrative that blows out of proportion ONE thing to make his game overall look bad. Again, he expressed intelligent and reasonable doubt of threats in the game like Jeremy, he did everything it took to save himself post-swap when he was clearly, initially on the bottom of his new tribe, and he switched loyalties accordingly post-merge to get ahead at all costs. If that wasn't an "Anybody but me" game, IDK what is.

And again, I think WA had fantastic editing that kept even the predictable Pagong'ing episodes enjoyable. I mean, sure; obviously if you look at the results on paper, then the four consecutive Pagong boots seemed obvious. But at the time, they edited it so well that there was STILL genuine tension. Remember? The possibility of a Dan blindside in Hali's episode? The genuine possibility that Jenn would suicide herself out to save Joe, and possibly give him one more chance to challenge-win his way to the end? The episode of Jenn's boot was the auction episode where pretty much EVERY major thing in the season - Dan's advantage, Mike's infamous move, Will pwning Shirin - all happened there, so the predictable boot was excusable. And, of course, the last of the Pagongs, Shirin's boot, had that AMAZING Tribal Council and BRILLIANT use of the idol by Mike, which still kept the tension up right up to the bitter end. I remember you being just as captivated as I was, BarBar, at the time they aired - only AFTER all the Red Collars and Shirin were gone did you suddenly start saying, "Ugh, those episodes were so predictable - I hate them." Why the dramatic shift?