Why hello there jury! :)
First off, I would just like to say that I'm happy I got to know each and every one of you, except for Jay. :) Now, let's get into the game play part of why I deserve to win.
Going into the game, I was very close with Halloween, as you all know. I was also close with the other Nick and really wanted to go far with them. Clearly that didn't work out too well as they were the first two boots.
Yes, I was evicted. However, from being evicted I learned 2 things about this game.
1. I needed to be less aggressive.
2. I had to strengthen my relationships.
Those were the 2 main things going through my head as I was making every decision I made.
Now as for alliances, right when I came back into the game I really wanted to work with Ryan and Jabbar. This wasn't a forever thing, but I knew they were in control of the game based on conversations I had with prior evicted houseguests. I successfully managed to build strong trust between the both of them.
There were obviously other people in the house besides them. The duo of Jake and Joel, and the duo of Emmett and Brian. When Emmett won HoH, I knew I didn't have a strong enough relationship to be safe. I asked Ryan (who was close with Emmett ATT) very subtly if he could ask Emmett to not nominate me. I don't know if that helped my case or not, but I wasn't nominated. I used Emmett not nominating as an opportunity for me to tell him I wanted to work with him.
At the double eviction I became very close with Jabbar. The double eviction HoH is the only competition I threw all season because I knew either Ryan or Jake were going home unless they won both competitions, which they didn't. I knew I had to get into finals with Brian as soon as I entered the house if I wanted to win. I evicted Ryan for that reason, and for the reason I thought he was too close with Emmett for my liking. I knew Jabbar and Ryan weren't as strong as people thought they were. I was going to side with whoever approached me first to take the other out, luckily for me Jabbar approached me, who I wanted to and we got Ryan out.
At final 5, I used Brian's HoH to strengthen our relationship, similar to what I did with Emmett. My plan was to ask Emmett for help, and to basically tell Brian how I felt about us making final 2. It worked and I was safe for the week. Jake going was no big deal, as he was too aggressive for my liking and only thought of himself.
At final 4 I really thought Jabbar would have nommed me, he didn't, which surprised me. I finally won a competition and evicted Emmett because I KNEW I wouldn't win against him, especially over my other pick Brian.
At final 3 I really wanted to keep reminding Brian that I wanted him in finals, and that it was best for him to take me. I didn't know if Jabbar was in his ear also, but I had to prepare for the worst. I was hoping to win HoH, so I could say I was never nominated since coming back. Sadly I didn't, but there were no other options!!!!! My conversations I had with Brian helped bring me to the final 2!
I deserve to win over Brian because I improved my mistakes, unlike him who kept making the mistake of yelling at people and getting nominated. I was never nominated until forced to be nominated. And I feel like as a returnee, and everyone here voting to evict me (not saving me), or nominating me, I had to repair relationships, and I had to do it FAST. And I did exactly that. Brian could have changed his relationships whenever he wanted to because I know some of them weren't the best, but he never successfully did that much to my knowledge.
Please ask any questions, I will for sure answer. :)