Now, for the real star: Max.
Max, I'm not sure if other jurors share my sentiment. But, I have a feeling you will be coming into this final tribal council as the star which has not yet been viewed with a telescope.
So, I hope the jurors will allow me to set up my planetarium and let me credit you in this game for a little bit.
In my opinion, you played a far better social game than Ikah, even though you also didn't say a word to me in this game essentially after the merge. Though you stood on the same grounds as Ikah, I'm aware that you still held the trust of people like Nick (who was the most overly trusting person in this entire goddamn game, by the way. Seriously. But that's beside the point). You played the middle phenomenally even though your votes always showed where you stood. You were respectful, and you're a kind person.
It sucks that you had to go against me, but it clearly was the right decision.
You always knew that Ikah would be a target ahead of you, and I honestly can never think of a moment when I was still in the game in which you were an actual target. If you were even getting votes, which I'm not sure you did while I was there, it was because of a fear of an idol play and not because you were actually a target for us.
You were so under the radar, so behind the scenes, that we never even fathomed you could be someone who would be absolutely kicking ass in this game the whole time.
When I left, I said that the semi-threats would win this game.
When will people realize that people are threats because they did not manage their perception to other players? I was a threat because I allowed people to see me that way. That was a flaw.
Ikah allowed people to see him as a threat. That was a flaw.
You never allowed people to view you as a threat. You flew by this game unscathed. You weren't a target not because you weren't a threat, but because you didn't SHOW that you were a threat.
In my opinion, you, out of all 22 people in this game, deserve to be the winner of Mud's Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, because you were never a target, you played the best all-around game, and you were loyal to the people you were with the whole way through. You don't have a win to your name like Ikah, but you don't need one.
At the end of the day, we played ONE season. We played Heroes vs. Villains. And the player who played the BEST game during THIS season was you.
No questions, your honor. Best of luck to Ikah and Max.
#transisbeautiful