I just need to say this was the best ep so far. TRANSCENDANT.
1. Kelli. This was a STAR MOMENT for a STAR. I don't think anybody in the history of survivor has done the "I'm gonna act nervous to make them comfortable" in such an iconic fashion. The menacing music playing over her meditating REALLY loudly was such a purely joyous moment of editing. #AreYouSingle#CanYouComfortMeImVeryStressed
2. Aileen, I don't care about the Tits tribe anymore the Rebs outsold them heavily tonight. I still don't think this girl has received a confessional but she is also a STAR. I was screaming and cheering when she won HER TRIBE'S ONLY POINT at the reward. The editors curated her moments tonight carefully giving us a LOT of iconic faces. She was giving me splozojames50 severely when she was just like, "The three of us girls on Ray, done." and I was also EXTREMELY there for her referring to Peta as P, are we going all on P? At least she got the ONE aired voting cf #NotInBarbieLand
3. Peta, she's also kinda robbed and gone too soon, but I'm still in denial because there's like 9 women still there so we can afford to sac a few. I really liked Peta though in this one episode arc, very stank and overconfident, I almost wished she had played the idol. I don't blame her for making herself a target by wrapping her little legs around Alex.
4. RAYMOND. He really yanked that best man award today and ran with it, I LOVE how spun out this man constantly looks and his random duo with Kelli is the new best alliance on this season. I'm also just cackling for no reason as I cast my vote #HeyPetah
5/6. Valeria and Viola, kinda UTR again but still cute girls doing cute girl things, they feel more Shonella coded than any of the higher-profile female duos of this franchise and I don't hate it. The editors know to at least give them a little UTRfun scene every ep
7/8. Caroiline and Kitty, another iconic female duo that's a little more understated in the edit, they slipped a little for me today by working with the ugly men but I'm still feeling them, hope they run the Tits tribe into the ground.
9. Alex, the editors need to stop trying the hot but stupid storyline with Nathan when he's right there, I loved how devastated he looked after the vote reveal.
10. Jaden. I loved his very random screentime today being like, the only one on Tits with a confessional, I hope it's foreshadowing that he votes out Mark for taking his spam
11. RiRi, I loved her very UTR but extremely pivotal to the vote presence today, she looked so stank in her North Face at tribal I was here for it.
12. Kirby, she did kinda girlboss today and I like her, something about her lesbophobically feels too similar to Big Brother Kaycee, but I guess this is like, Kaycee if she turned on her awful alliance. She's also a bit Borelle coded and I feel like she's gonna vote out a lot of women but I like Kirbs #ThisIsntLoveIsland
13. Sarah, still like her, she was highkey being shielded from the negativity the rest of her alliance got and was delusional in a cute way #EdgicallyViable
14. Feras, honestly kinda feeling him? I was expecting a more annoying gamebot but I was here for his lack of poker face at tribal, I also think he's getting island hotter and like, does he stan George becuse he's one of us?
15. Scott, still hot and completely irrelevant as men should be in this franchise, I do feel Kelli for needing his comfort
16. Tobias, still a little ugly but I did smile when he flopped severely at the slingshot
17. Winna, I'm so sorry sweetie but you just weren't there and the other tribe rly outdid you
18. Garrick, still a disgusting pig BUT I did love that first strategy scene he had with Feras where you could practically see the cue cards he was reading off
19. Nathan, see Alex he was outsold tonight and is also uglier. I did appreciate his willingness to scoop Kelli up as a number though, good taste
20. Chaz - still kinda ugly and alligned with Bad People but quietly
21. Mark, I mean when you use Nair like that it does make you fast in the water. He looks like a whole ass manatee
22. Eden, horrible annoying and ugly, he should name his alliance Mask because he looks like that boy with elephantitis, starring Kitty as Cher. Was laughing as he almost flopped the puzzle
I miss Jess and this boot order has been a little sad but I still have faith.
1. Jess. #GoneTooSoon it's a tough race for best second boot of this franchise but I think she takes it. Bespoke MORN back to back edit, bespoke stankness, bespoke targeting one of the ugly terrible men even though he saved her yesterday. Iconic tribal performance and exit. We didn't deserve her.
2. Kitty. I am a #KittyTruther , even though I don't think she has received a CF yet they wanted to make sure we knew she literally invented the split vote today. Watch this space because her rise will be meteoric.
3. Aileen - two seasons ago the show delivered us an asian woman whose content was almost completely restricted to being clumsy in challenges, this might be the second coming of Melissa Chiang.
4. Caroline. This was her cooldown episode after her landmark Liz-esque edgically viable quiet premiere episode, I don't know if she's gotten a confessional yet either but she has clearly been established as being in the mix and having opinions.
5. Kelli - definitely a cooldown episode for her as well but they needed to remind us that she's really annoying. She has Alex PRESSED and that hateful confessional about her felt like lowkey the most important one of the episode.
6/7. Viola and Valeria, they ALSO got considerable cooldown today but I did love them just dancing.
8. Sarah, she has entered the field as a contender now that she got that iconic 10 minute long confessional. I am questioning her taste level but like, go on girl get that old man.
9. Winna, he can keep the best man award for this episode because of him reinventing the idol finding process, I respected that he was like, idgaf I'll just go get it tomorrow. Also reinvented strategy by voting for Nathan???? Like where did that come from
10. Alex, close contender for best man award, my eyes also immediately went to his balls.
11. Nathan, they are definitely trying to re-vamp the Simon edit from last year with him and it's not quite hitting the same, but I did apprecite the heartfelt sepia tone flashback to Frankie laughing like 12 hrs ago, and then him being like yeah she was hot.
12. Jaden, he's fine I guess
13. Peta, hasn't given anything really but have to stan her name and being a slut
14. RiRi, she's also fine I guess
15. Scott, hilariously irrelevant but I did actually manage to notice him on the screen today and remembered his kinda funny introduction in the arrival to camp scene yesterday, he's cute ig
16. Kirby - a woman
17. Raymond - his screentime today was kinda random and funny, don't hate him yet we can let him cook
18. Tobias - kind of chunky and ugly with bad tattoos but hey, my girl Sarah just said nice things about him for like 20 mins of the episode so he's probably alright
19. Feras - kinda get bad vibes from him but still kinda #undecided
20. Chaz - hasn't rly done anything yet but is alligned with Bad People
21. Garrick - only slipped upward by being irrel but I haven't forgotten he's a cop
22. Mark - that's the bald guy's name right? Ugly and has too much screentime, you could tell he was way too excited to get rid of Jess
23. Eden - horribly ugly man who invented Zionism with his invisible hand, the tribe really chose bullshit and lying when they kept him and Jess spilled #FreePalestine
1. Jessica - an absolute MORN star. I actually shed tears when she mothered this vote and survived. We need more of her #lectures
2. Caroline - they thought they could #CarryCaro but she said #FuckOff . We love a midwife and her iconic smirk at tribal council gave me very Dr. Alison vibes.
3. Kelli - the editors knew she was the star of the Rebs tribe and said nobody else needed content, and they were correct
4. Valeria - Of course we are here for #TeamV and she gets the higher ranking because of her fierce cyan coat moment.
5. Viola - see above, this is also obviously a star, the editors giving her that first cf was portentious
6. Aileen - She may have been UTRA ( #UnderTheRadarAsian ) today but I have my eye on her. I loved when she flopped making fire and her non-Australian accent slipped out.
7. Kitty - I was really here for how I had no idea who she was or what her name was but she kept popping up in shots next to Caro giving a lot of intensity in the face. Then they subtitled something she said for no reason and I was like this is kitty kitty purr boots down sister.
8. Winna - he can get the #BestMan award for the premiere, I was here for his UTRA alliance with Jaden and the scene where Jessica looked on stankly as he spoke Thai. That's a winna
9. Nathan - I feel like he's gonna end up being obnoxious but I actually thought he was kinda camp and funny.
10. Frankie - I loved this CPN stank queen until it became a her or Jess thing, then it had to be her I'm sorry. When I first saw her she gave me shades of Borelle from a few seasons back and so when Jessica said we have to get rid of the strong girls, it resonated with me strongly.
11. Jaden - I'm just gonna close out that minority alliance that got blindsided here because Jaden also seemed fun, I loved when he didn't know who Jess was
12. Peta - Wraps my leg around my man like Peta
13. Alex - probably just gonna be hot and boring but hasn't done anything wrong yet.
14. Sarah - I liked how she looks a bit like fat Ashley from HHH but like, less fat
15. Raymond - wasn't his name Veidt when the cast was leaked? I'm curious
16. Feras - I can sense the annoying gamebot emnating from his essence but I guess he's a George stan and I can't disagree with that. George is an inspiration to me as a Muslim woman too
17. Rianna - but you can call her RiRi
18. Kirby - she can go here because that's still a woman I guess but she also gives a bit of Borelle energy. #WorstWoman ??
19/20 . Tobias and Scott. Honestly don't remember who either of them are sorry. Apparently everyone got a CF today??? So good for them but I don't remember these.
21. Eden - we're getting into bad territory now, he seems really crusty and tryhard but I fuck with him a LITTLE for being the first one to say Save Jess
22. Mark - ugly and bald, will get annoying quickly as well
23. Charles - you can tell this is gonna be an awful gamebot in like .3 episodes
24. Garrick - ACAB, he really said he profiles for a living
And that's just my truth. Honestly this was a really good premiere and I'll be back tomorrow.
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