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littlecafe · 3 years

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my suband thoughts pt. 2

(me trying to make this post for the 3rd time now) i realized i wrote like a 10 page dissertation instead and i refuse to post all that so i’m just going to copy over a few and keep the rest in drafts for when i want to reference them later

i will include results and elimination spoilers in this post so if you want to avoid those then don’t read this one...i try to keep things spoiler free but i just. have things to say about the results specific to round 2 :-)

jtbc finally striking down accounts on twitter and instagram for posting suband content....i think tumblr is safe bc this website is dead so i’ll continue posting i guess??? they haven’t done anything to that one youtube that’s been posting all the performance videos too so who knows

should i start with more contestant based random thoughts first

i was scammed by jtbc teaser editor bc they used a clip of jeongho “singing” into the mic in their preview and i waited 2 whole episodes (his team performed last in round 2) for me to find out it was a autotuned mic and a vocoder HELP MEEEE SAKJFDSKF at that point literally i could only laugh

but he plays contrabass? he actually majored in contrabass? or maybe that was his old major, he’s still in school atm since wonsang said they go to the same one but he had educational training on it which is really cool

wait a minute......now that i think about it, that same teaser clip also spoiled the result of yeji winning bc they showed us that she was sitting in the waiting room during eliminations even though they haven’t performed yet (which means we knew her team won AND they already showed us all the matchups before so we also knew who she beat) WHO WAS EDITING THIS LMAO and it wasn’t even a accidental leak like she was sitting in the background, it was literally her reaction as the main focus and everything omg

hwang inkyu hello??? he’s movning’s bassist and he has a combined total of maybe 3 lines of airtime so far i wish he’d speak more bc i was so scared he’d get his ass kicked off the show bc he wouldn’t have been able to make a lasting impression but thank god hwanglin picked him up and seems like he’s going to be moving on with his team in the next round too (good for them the stage was so good i wanted to post it but haven’t yet..)

i used to really like movning’s music but their music direction went into a style i don’t listen to much so i haven’t checked into them recently, tbh i didn’t even know they auditioned until i looked at the full list of contestants later because their stage was cut out and only inkyu made it in

park dawool and hwang hyunjo both have galaxy brains and i would trust them with my life - yea i will not elaborate much because this post is already long even after i shortened it bc i talk too much but hyunjo making entire ppt slides? to present her theories and ideas? yea she’s absolutely ready for everything, for real she’s carrying her teams to victory

leenzy’s 2nd round team was so strong that i thought she got to pick really early (since they showed us all the team formations before airing the actual performances with the behinds for pickings and stuff) but she was actually the 2nd to last pair?? so all that’s left is her > the guy she chose to be her opponent, and then the poor guy that gets to pick from the remaining 6 or so and the final team of the ones unchosen

i was really shocked to find out no one wanted nakyung and ahkyung when i thought they were some of the best :-( i really still can’t tell if the mixing of male and female was a good idea esp since it was so skewed male in the first place ugh in round 2 it seems like the girls are getting shafted???

out of the 6 girls (that can be picked since 3 are frontmen!), 3 of them were not picked up until basically the very end when you don’t really have many choices left...nakyung (guitar), ahkyung (drums), and sujin (vocals)...and they’re all really good?? sujin ended up on the second to last team (basically the last team if we’re being honest since the actual last team is sadly the band of leftovers) and i just don’t understand why they weren’t picked up earlier...i can understand sometimes vocalists can get shafted because the show starts out with a loooot of vocalists so it’s hard to find a place for all of them but guitar? drums? u can definitely pick them...there’s literally only 7 or so drummers to begin with and one has been glued to crackshot the entire time

before the season started i was already terrified that the girls might get shafted because jtbc didn’t want girls auditioning in the first place but it was fine in the first round but now the second round made me think about that again.....it’s worse when they spin the whole “yes!! all girl band!! girl power!!!” when the reality was they weren’t picked up this whole time. annoying.

but this blame has to be shouldered by jtbc bc they wanted to keep it all boys but bc of public reactions (rightfully so) they decided to let female contestants audition but then it turned out that they barely pass any female contestants so it’s still terrible?!! i’ll just write this up that teams are still trying to figure themselves out and work with different people for now....maybe i’m just worried for nothing

not to absolutely curse myself but i think most of my favorites might make it at least to round 4 and i feel like a decent amount will make it to semis so haha /knock on wood but i really hope this stays true...i just need nokdu to continue taking care of hyunsang and make city pop bops together because the judges seem to like that so far

i’m just worried about demian....the judges keep saying he’s improved so much but why do i feel like they will cut him as soon as they need to eliminate more people.....i’m not as worried about round 3 (unless his team falls on their face) but round 4 is where i’m really scared...it’s the last round before the real deal and in season 1 the round 4 eliminations hurt so bad...they cut like 9 people or something

i mean he has his own career as a soloist so he doesn’t need a band like some of the other contestants but i think he really enjoys being in a team with others, honestly i don’t even know if his company would allow for him to be in a side band? even if he were to make it? like mone made it but all their members had solo careers and with the rose and woosung having problems it must be way they just decided to stop after the show unlike the other semis teams purple rain, lucy (they did have a vocalist change since joohyuk stayed with his current band gift), aftermoon (but i guess their dj dropped out i don’t know what happend with dpole??), and of course the winners hoppipolla all continued making music together under the same name

honestly if he makes it past the judges i don’t even know if the public would vote for him, atm his popularity with the public seems nonexistent? lol but to be fair, for most contestants it’s like that, but i do wish he’d become more popular

actually should i be more worried for haeun...she plays classic guitar and usually they don’t like classic leaning instruments but she showed she can sing so i hope she gets to stay

there’s danny too but i think i have given up on him making it until the end, the only way is if he manages to stay on teams that win so he’ll never be up for elimination but i feel like they’re out to get him TT_TT

but i’ve condensed my solid favorites to just demian, yeji, haeun, and jeongho...maybe i’ll pick a 5th eventually but i still like everyone i put in my first post! i really want hyunsang to make it far though bc the vibraphone brings me so much joy so he can be honorary 5th for now

about eliminations though, right now the judges have eliminated less than last season which is odd for jtbc because i feel they keep to their formats almost exactly so now i’m just ?????? if there’s still more people currently....what is going to happen? are they going to make the judges cut more during rounds 3 and 4? or they trying to equalize the semifinals teams since last year some teams had 4 people while others had 5? are they going to do the unthinkable and give us more rounds or semifinal teams? (i wish) anyways kinda scared to see what round 3 eliminations bring now...

the actual eliminations have been mostly as expected for me, still sad but i guess since i sensed it coming it became more a feeling of like “it couldn’t be helped” and also early eliminations hurt less in general because you had less time to get to know the contestants which is why i’d rather they just eliminate now than later if they were going to do it anyways like pls spare me the pain (but this is selfish and contestants probably want to stay as long as possible)

one surprising one was ludi??? he’s a dj but he’s literally done nothing wrong so far i was just wtf??!! when they eliminated him like it felt out of nowhere.....i feel like djs have so much potential on this show because of all the sounds they have access too but i guess the judges aren’t found of edm noise

also demian nation we rise at dawn, when he said “i’m not okay” like- this song really meant a lot to him too i hate thisssss

PLS I JUST WANT HIM TO WIN ONCE SO BADLY but next time, thanks to kfans detective work on the teaser, it looks like junseo (the smol piano child) picked him and jeongho to be on his team (maybe there’s a 4th member too??) and i am putting my faith into that team now pls help my winless boys

the fact that jeongho is winless is almost funny to me because it’s also obvious he’s a judges favorite but i mean that doesn’t translate to wins just i’m pretty sure he’ll make it to the end regardless (like bohoon the vocalist of purple rain lost all 3 /technically all 4/ rounds and still made it), he plays bass and no bassist has ever been eliminated on the show yet so cheers to that

round 4 was special since they switched over to a number format and no band versus band i don’t remember if the team with the top points were immune to elimination or not (or maybe just an unwritten rule bc why the heck would you do that to them after giving them the best score) but the rest of the teams were fair game - which is exactly why this elimination round is the scariest and not good for my heart especially after i had spent weeks watching them sing and have fun..........

ok now to complain about the judges AGAIN: why are the judges thoughts on what they want in a band so damn similar anyway?

i mentioned this in my first post already about how i dislike the judging atmosphere

but now i actually see it...in the numbers...like s1 there was a bit more taste diversity within the judges but now i feel like i’m seeing a lot of 4:1 or 5:0 scores so i went to see the breakdown out of the 15 stages we had so far

5:0 score - 6

4:1 score - 7

3:2 score - 2

compared to s1 (out of 14 only because they edited out one pair of battles completely so we never knew their score...)

5:0 score - 2

4:1 score - 6

3:2 score - 6

looking at that...it makes me feel sad....especially in the early 2 rounds it must be demoralizing to keep getting met with 5:0 loss and to be very honest and in s1 the number of 5:0 did increase in round 3 but that was when more teams started to figure themselves out so it makes sense that some would start pulling ahead

i’m really tired of listening to the judges agreeing with each other all the time, it makes it seem like the vision they have for the band was already set from day 1 unlike in s1 where everyone went in with no expectations because it was a brand new program, zero expectations, zero fans, just some kids wanting to make music and that’s what it should be like....music shouldn’t be limiting like this, the judges seem a little closed minded and now i’m 100% sure they have certain band styles in mind (i don’t know if it’s the judges only or if it’s jtbc producers too that’s causing this)

and i see other ifans saying this exact same thing on twitter now too so it’s not just me that picked up on this so safe to say we can’t all be extremely sensitive right

like the contradictory comments -

dongheon’s 2nd round team was told their original song was great and lovely but they brought nothing new to the table and that it was too standard, “just like any other rock/rock ballad song” when i thought the leenzy’s team (the one they went up against) also had a pretty standard? pop rock song? absolutely nothing wrong with it either, even the judges said that the song was not complicated at all but complimented them on their “band feel” so i guess as long as they enjoyed the vibe of the team and it suited the type of band style they have in mind it’s suddenly fine to make a simple song

i’m not saying her song was worse than his (i enjoyed both and seeing original songs performed make me very happy), i’m just a little confused at the judges comments for them both especially when one performed after the other, you really don’t see the bias in your words?

dawool was told his song composition in the first stage was a little too...nuanced(?) and that they wish he could just keep thing simpler even though he thought he toned down already and kept things simple, so round 2 he decided to just work with someone that makes mainstream music (davii) to fulfil what the judges want

seulong’s 2nd round team decided to go heavier on the instrumental side because they figured they didn’t want to go head to head with one of the favorite vocalists of the show (sorry yeji, ur my queen but ur also the judges’ queen too :---( ) but got criticized for a similar reason...yoo heeyeol saying that their composition was “fun for the brain” but if he were thinking about the general public he doesn’t think they would like this type of music, literally saying that the general public do not have the music knowledge or brain capacity to understand all the skill based playing going on musically and so won’t enjoy it because it wouldn’t appeal to their hearts................(ok sure call us dumb it’s true but won’t appeal to our hearts? music can sound intricate and fun? we can enjoy some funky strings guitar riffs without actually knowing all the details ya know)

they also kept telling them (seulong’s team) “oh i loved this” “i wish there was a band like this” “very cool” and gave them no votes??? if you wish a band like this exist then why? would? you? not? vote? for them??? like i can’t tell if those were consolation comments or what

man judges rant ended up being long asf and i’m usually not affected by them and what they say but i was already feeling an odd vibe from the beginning and now seeing 5:0 after 5:0 after 5:0 really did it for me

overall, a not very fun post to read through it’s just more ranting than anything....i’m dying for a big pop off performance so i can successfully gauge the public opinion so far but i’ll refrain from posting my guess until at least the end of round 3, also i believe the team vibe usually outweighs solo popularity but we don’t know any teams yet (at least i can’t guess anyone yet like i could in s1) so we will still have to see!!

i’m pretty sure only i would look and read through these long ass posts of mine lol but if anyone makes it this far i hope you enjoy my crazy ramblings and see you in my suband thoughts pt.3

#me: copy over a few / the read more in question: still 50 pages long WHAT AM I DOING WRONG #i will just blame the pictures to elongating this post sajkhdsf #abbreviating so this post hopefully won't be in anyone's tags i hate tumblr tagging system #this is literally just me ranting about the judges for half of the post #i'm usually indifferent towards judging panel but compared to s1 this year's is soooo off lmao i hate it actually #tea talks

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ts-crossroads · 6 years

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Episode Five - “All In The Spirit of the Game” - Johnny

And the resume has begun. I’m glad I can start to get some moves out of the way earlier so I don’t have to to balls to the wall at merge to prove I’m a player. I’d rather make big moves before merge, make people trust me, and then play a game behind the scenes at merge. I don’t wanna be the big guy at merge trying to make moves to have a shot to win. If I get some big moves done now I can lay low at merge. So let me just be cocky for a second. I take FULL credit for that Bran blindside. Johnny and John were voting Brandon. They didn’t wanna ruin trust with Ryan but I just kept throwing more seeds out there and it fucking worked. You know. I didn’t think this day could get better... but it did my friend. It so, so did. Ryan comes to me and blows Johnny and johns game up. Suddenly I now have so much idol info. John has an idol half, Johnny has an idol. Ryan even told me he’s got a half!! I ended up telling Ryan about my half. I figured he told me all this info. I had to tell him something. I gotta keep this dude close cause he’s my key to an idol. He told me I can have his half when we wanna combine it. My next move is to split votes and blindside John or Johnny. That is the best case scenario. Man I feel at the top of the world. I hope Ned and Dane are doing good. I really wanna reunite with those guys soon. If we can get me ned Dane autumn Haley Brandon and Ryan as a strong 7 we can very easily run the merge. Man I’m playing too far ahead but how can I not? Everything is falling into place. And last night I thought I was doomed if Brandon went home. Suddenly everything has changed. I feel like a king.

I'm kinda annoyed. Woohoo tribal went to plan, but the first fucking second Haley gets onto this tribe one of Stoner, Autumn or BDC were telling her that I saying all these negative things about her. Because I was telling people Haley was very OTT and caused paranoia on our tribe, essentially telling the truth, but also REALLY trying to convince people that the Fatum four wouldn’t be an issue if Ryan, John and I survived tribal council. So then I went to her about it, and I told her the biggest reasons I did it were because I didn't want anyone to suspect that we were close, and I also wanted to mask any thoughts on the fatum four to keep John, Ryan and I safe,, and she was like “I don’t believe what these people are saying because I know how close we are, and it’s just their attempt to swing my vote." And I was like SUREEEEEEEEEEEE...... She should definitely trust me because now i'm 100% sticking Fatum strong, and I am not backing down, because whoever did this really pissed me off, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it and make sure that person goes home! You won't like me when I'm ANGRY!!!!! I really trusted those three too, so it annoys me to see one of those three just jump at the opportunity to throw me under the bus. I think it may have been Stoner, which would really piss me off to the core because I trust him more than I trust most people, even including some on my tribe. Honestly, stoner gives me a BIG manipulator vibe. Like a BIG one Because he's really good at building those relationships with people and people not realizing he's got that bind with everyone. He's come in 2nd 1st and 12th due to an idol play ffs, so he's clearly good at Tumblr Survivors, and I'm looking out for it AGAIN this time around, because I'm starting to really not trust him, and if I can manage to blindside Stoner if we lose another one, that'd be HUGE for my game. Also, John told me all of this Haley nonsense was going down so big shoutout to my man John. John also said that Bran, after tribal council, swore up down left and right that he never wanted something with Ryan, Stoner and Autumn, which is most likely Stoner making up another lie, and that being the reason we kept BDC over Bran. I get the feel that Stoner would do nearly anything to stay in the game, so I'm just going to continue to talk to him like he's got my trust more than anyone else's, but if we lose another tribal, I might wanna see his snake ass out the door

Ok. So I really don’t wanna lose this immunity challenge. The imperium majority of 4-3 is planning on sticking together but I really don’t wanna vote out Jake, rebecka, or Julia. I was thinking maybe Julia if it came down to it, but I’ve gotten closer to her now and wouldn’t want to see her go. Ugh. Hopefully I can just pull out a win in Simon.

I feel there are so many things to talk about since we've left off, and I've been thinking about so many of them since tribal ended, and I may or may not have forgotten if I made a confessional. Oh well... I'm just getting really over this, and this may be the most pessimistic attitude ever seen in a tumblr survivor ever, but this has really been ruining my night to the core. I have been to THREE tribal councils in a row, and the second the challenge got announced, I got really excited because it's about will power and getting good at challenges, improving your scores, and beating the other tribe in a head to head matchup, but of course, my tribe proceeds with the following: "I've never really played any of these games :/" "Sooooo just so you know ... I am known for getting the worst score in every challenge in my first season. Every challenge was a flash game So this won’t be good for me" "I’ll do whatever y’all want . I’m not the best at flash games" "I'm not great at flash games either. Tetris is my worst" This is from FOUR of the other SIX of my tribe members, to where Ryan is really trying, because he's a comp beast, but of course the rest of my tribe has pretty much thrown in the towel or they think that someone is going to carry them to this victory.. AND THEN OF COURSE in my state of depression of inevitably going to my fourth tribal council in a row, I tried to delegate to everyone what they should do for the challenge, but now this might put a target on my back, and they won't even try anyways, so what's the fucking point? Now here's the absolute worst thing that I am going to say tonight... I just KNOW that if this tribe continues to lose challenges, we're going to vote out BDC, and then probably Autumn, and then if we lose again it might have to be Stoner, and then guess what happens? The Fatum Four make merge woohoo, but we're the obvious targets. We're likely just going to get picked off like old school survivor, like a good ol' pagonging, and I'm about to get fucked. I don't really know what to do, and I'm sure I'll figure out something, but everything since this break has ended has really killed my mentality, and I'm not happy about it. I am fully prepared to lose this challenge, for a fourth straight loss, and then I'm going to have to vote out someone I don't wanna vote out, but whatever. It's all in the spirit of the game. *rolls eyes*

So i told autumn about my half idol. Merge is looming so I need people to know they can trust me going into merge. If it puts a target on my back so be it but I think I can trust Autumn. Ryan also knows about my half but I know about his half as well. I trust Ryan has my back, he seems genuine with me. I really wanna merge. I’ve merged every time I played and I don’t wanna stop now. I think I’m in a good spot. I seem to be good with the johnnies as well with my core 4 (autumn, Haley, brandon) with Ryan as a potential 5th. I am hoping a 3-2-2 split so we can avoid idols.

In the midst of me being all depressed and whatnot of our tribe losing, and knowing we're going to tribal, i get this: On 12/27/17, at 3:30 PM, Owen (Crossroads Host) . wrote: > You have been selected to receive this round's reward!! Here is your reward offer: you can choose to gamble an ANONYMOUS disadvantage to your flash game score, in order to receive a personal reward. If you choose to take the personal reward, your flash game score will be reduced by either 10, 15, 25, or 50 percent - this will be generated randomly. You must submit this decision by the time your score is due (10 PM EST), and you may NOT share this information with ANYONE. It will not be revealed that you have taken a disadvantage, it will just adjust the score shown. So what do I do? I obviously take it! I don't give a fucking shit anymore about this tribal stuff. If the people on the bottom don't want to try, then I'll gladly take a tribe disadvantage to make sure I can get an advantage for me and my alliance members. I would love for a vote steal or something like that.. idk, I'd just be excited with anything at this point. I've got an idol, and a resting idol, and now this, and I know Ryan has a full idol now too, so there are plenty of good things going on right now, but some secrets have to stay with me, so this is good. I should start making a chart with all the information I have saved in my brain because i'm starting to lose all of it LMAO

So I'm just shopping at Target and drinking my Smoothie King when I see a notification from Owen: "You have been selected to receive this round's reward!! Here is your reward offer: you can choose to gamble an ANONYMOUS disadvantage to your flash game score, in order to receive a personal reward. If you choose to take the personal reward, your flash game score will be reduced by either 10, 15, 25, or 50 percent - this will be generated randomly. You must submit this decision by the time your score is due (10 PM EST), and you may NOT share this information with ANYONE. It will not be revealed that you have taken a disadvantage, it will just adjust the score shown." Since I'm already a Tetris god (literally all I did in high school was play Tetris), I think I can risk having my score lowered. Most people wouldn't risk their already rocky connections on a swapped tribe for an unknown personal advantage. https://i.redd.it/ejeax09ea4vy.gif However, I've already TOLD my tribe my highest score- and I won't be home to try to raise it. In addition, nowhere in the message does it say that I am the ONLY person to receive the reward. For all I know, everyone has been given this same temptation, and if I take it, they won't trust me anymore. I think what I'll do is accept the offer, but use the challenge advantage I have stuffed in my back pocket to try and offset the disadvantage's effects. Hopefully this works out well.

I’m so happy we won whew but I’m also very nervous bc I STILL haven’t been to tribal yet (along with 5 other castaways-the original impala tribe members) therefore I’m not standing out whatsoever and I’ve had no chance to strategize or make moves. A FTC speech from me rn would not sound too impressive. I can’t believe we are at final 15 (?) though, that’s insane. Hopefully the other tribe having tribal gives me some time to relax. The break in this game literally ended after I started my Christmas vacation. I won’t be at my house (aka somewhere with access to WiFi) until January 3rd. That’s an entire week from now, so unless I can be excused or given opportunities for mobile play, I’m screwed on a personal level and I’d be putting my tribe at a disadvantage. I feel like I’m not contributing as much to my tribe as the other castaways, but I’m so busy! A few challenges ago, with the scavenger hunt, I sat out. And then this challenge, I was the lowest wager on our entire tribe, betting 1 point. The other tribe put their highest wager of 7 on flappy bird (my only mobile option) and gained 8 points for their tribe. It didn’t do anything, since we still won the overall comp 41 to 15, but still, I hate that me and Jake were the only ones not earning points for our tribe. I don’t know if the rest of the castaways look at me like that. And it’s a tricky time period in the game, because if they do, it could make them think in 2 different ways. The first would be negatively, because if we want our tribe to be strong and win, we don’t want someone bringing down the win streak, or the second being positive, because I won’t be a challenge threat when it comes to individual immunities post merge. Hopefully (if I’m still here by then) I can turn things around on them and show them I’m here to compete, but for now, I have to do the best I can with the resources I have. I also am excited about this coin advantage I received! I’m excited to see what it is. I hope it’s something big like a half idol, bc I’m pretty sure ned has the other half (?) I can’t actually remember. I hope the other tribe votes off an impala member. I know that sounds awful and I have been going back and forth for a while on it, but getting down to the end, I can’t be compared to 5 players with the same pre merge game, it’s not impressive to a jury. Between Chris and autumn, I’m torn. I have no relationship with autumn so her leaving would not hurt me at all. BUT even though I’m close with Chris and semi trust him, I know he has won and he has been playing hard this game. It’s tough, which I guess is why I’m glad Fatum is choosing it and not me. But if fatum doesn’t choose one of them, it’s their own faults if impala sweeps through merge and dominates the rest of the game. I still can’t believe all of us are here. And they have only had a few opportunities to get rid of us, but with how powerful we are, I’m really surprised they haven’t taken any chance they could. “They” being fatum members who were not original impala. I don’t know what Julia, rebecka, or Jake would do, but I really don’t think they would turn on each other. Not without a fight at least.

Tag urself I'm me accepting a reward getting a disadvantage on my score that no one knew about and still winning it hehehehe my reward was a coin idk what that means this game is a doozy I don't have any allies I'm literally just here for the ride I guess wow

BDC[12/27/2017 11:16:33 PM] BDC: I’m about to either make a big move [12/27/2017 11:16:38 PM] BDC: Or get myself voted out [12/27/2017 11:16:48 PM] BDC: We shall see [12/27/2017 11:20:07 PM] Owen (Crossroads Host): :O [12/27/2017 11:20:08 PM] Owen (Crossroads Host): what is it [12/27/2017 11:20:31 PM] BDC: Well first I just need to talk to Ryan [12/27/2017 11:20:44 PM] BDC: And see if we can mend things [12/27/2017 11:21:34 PM] BDC: If we can, I know Ryan Johnny and Coffey are close [12/27/2017 11:21:43 PM] BDC: I wanna blindside stoner [12/27/2017 11:21:52 PM] BDC: For fun [12/27/2017 11:22:06 PM] BDC: And that og tribe hasn’t lost anyone [12/27/2017 11:22:19 PM] BDC: Like him or autumn has to go [12/27/2017 11:22:45 PM] BDC: John and Johnny saved me last round so maybe if I save them this round it’ll be even [12/28/2017 12:19:14 AM] BDC: I lied [12/28/2017 12:19:17 AM] BDC: Fuck Johnny

I.... feel like I do so much acting on this tribe and play all sides. The guys are cool or whatever but at the end of the day I just want to go survive and see my original alliance aka Mystery Inc be reunited. Am I crazy about Chris' split vote plan? Meh cause the last split vote I did wreckt my game #athenahimalayas Do I care about saving Brandon? Not as much as I care about staying alive myself. Am I here for blindsiding John and Johnny? Not really but my loyalty is already spoken for I keep telling myself that I'm protecting me, Ned, and Chris rather than ruining other people's games. I'm a savage with a heart so I'm not exactly tribal material because I get caught up in mercy and pleas but also strategy and big moves. I actually have better relationships with John and Johnny than I do with Ryan and Haley BUT I don't see a future with John and Johnny. I think we've done all we can for each other and I believe me, Brandon, and Chris are preparing to go the distance. Chris is coming up with plans while Brandon actively secures relationships w/ Haley and Ryan so that the 5 of us can work together. Meanwhile John and Johnny are just asking me a bunch of leading questions. I JUST WANNA TALK TO NED AND BE BACK ON IMPERIUM!! FATUM ONLY KNOWS HOW TO FLOP AND THATS NOT APART OF MY BRAND BUT IM STUCK HERE http://media0.giphy.com/media/D3ggX9iWqOHza/giphy.gif

*Skips to another idol search* Owen: Johnny, would you like to insert a coin? Johnny: Hold on lemme ask my consultant. *Johnny runs to Andrew bae* Johnny: Hey Andrew, I have this coin that I got from a random person one hour ago, and now Owen wants me to insert a coin into a dead arcade machine to either get a prize or punishment. I have a 1/10 chance of getting a half an idol, but it's made public, or you get a a challenge advantage/disadvantage, blah blah blah, should I take it? Andrew: Meh. You can only play in a main so many times, so ya might as well. Worst thing that happens is you find a half an idol and they announce it publicly *Johnny inserts coin, gets half an idol, Owen announces it publicly* VDFJKLSNVJKLSNDFJKLNSVDJKLNFJKLNVJKLSVDNSNDFJKLVNSJKLDFNKJLVSFDSNVJKDFNSJKLVNSDFJLKNVSJKLDNVJKLNSDJKLFNVJKLSNDFJ WELP! I've got another half of an idol, and boy oh boy I wish people didn't know about this one. Here's my big dilemma here. Haley has previously given me a half an idol to form a whole one, so i feel I'm the biggest asshat in the world if I don't give her this one, but at the same time, I'm still sitting on this egg, where if I survive another two tribal councils, then something is going to pop out, which can be a good thing for me, and I'm really NOT trying to give that up, especially if the thing that pops out is a half an idol, because I would love to have two. It'd be a Survivor Dream come true, but I also don't wanna get too carried away. I think if Haley brought it up, I'd end up giving it to her out of .... y'know, not committing Survivor Suicide and pissing off an ally, plus I think this thing I'm sitting on in this egg is an advantage like a special idol, and it may not even be a half an idol, who knows? But I still wanna play every situation the best I can, so time will tell how this all pans out. I'm sure i'll write more neurotic confessionals about idols as time goes on until I find out what's in this STUPID egg! All for now! TA TA TA from Johnny xoxoxox

DAMN! I have a lot to say. I will start with last round because I got too busy to submit a legit confessional. So I came into this new tribe completely frazzled and on the bottom. I had Bran from my OG tribe who never spoke, Coffey who I voted out of a game like 3 years ago, and Ryan who I also voted out of a game and put up for nomination a couple rounds prior. So to put it nicely...I felt FUCKED! But luckily my angel is on this new tribe. Chris is my savior. We had exchanged snapchats back during round one and he was the person I had talked to most that round. So I put my entire game in his hands. He definitely took control of the round and made sure he had Autumn, Coffey, and Johnny on our side. This was easy because Bran came off CRAZY from the get-go. He was trying to pit everyone against me the entire round without even getting to know anyone first - which comes off as shady. I, on the other hand, just got to know everyone on a personal level so when it came down to the vote, they WANTED to keep me over Bran. I may have taken a back seat in this new tribe in the strategic aspect but I definitely did not stop my social game. When the votes came out, the plan all worked out and Bran was vote out. At the same time, Johnny and Coffey voted Bran and lied to Ryan all round which fractured that relationship. I made sure to message both Coffey and Johnny directly after the vote to literally bow down to them and thank them for saving me. I pretty much told them that I owed them my life.

MERRY CHRISTMAS BITCHEZ! What an eventful holiday. The entire family came together for a Christmas feast. Obviously, the feast was nothing but dramatic. Sitting at the head of the table was Chris because he thinks he's the old, wise father who can survive anything. He is the most respected member of the family and literally everyone goes to him with advice and ideas. Next down the line was Autumn. She is the only daughter to Chris and his prized possession. She will do anything for her father and does not like when anyone talks bad about him. She is definitely a daddy's little girl. She is also a charmer; she is the sweetest girl you will find in the neighborhood. Next to her was me, Brandon. I am the husband to Autumn and the son-in-law to Chris. I managed to pick up Autumn when I moved into the neighborhood and it was love at first sight. I also became fast friends with her father. However, I am greedy and Chris is quite rich so I am pretty envious of his position at the head of the table. There is nowhere I would rather be. Sitting right beside Chris on the other side of the table was Ryan. He is Chris' youngest son and Autumn's brother. He left home right after high school and never turned back. He loves his family but he separated himself from them. During the holidays, he tries to make mends which usually lasts for a month tops after the new year. Right beside Ryan was his new girlfriend Haley. This was Haley's first time meeting the family and she made quite the positive impression. The entire family loves her almost as much as Ryan does. However, not the entire family is quite as loving and accepting. Next to Haley was Johnny. He is the first of the twins and he doesn't really get along with the family. He tries to keep things on the down low by lying about his issues but they run very deep. He had a flask in his pocket throughout the day so he could drink away his problems. He stole money from Chris and tried to get Autumn and me divorced last year. The family doesn't like him very much...they tolerate him. Finally, at the far end of the table was John, the other twin. He is the nicer of the twins. He tends to keep to himself and not really take sides. However, everyone knows he will fall on the sword for his twin brother. ~~~~SECRET SANTA~~~~ Following Christmas dinner, the family headed outside to compete in the 66th annual neighborhood Christmas games. We all tried to come up with our best strategies but we lost to the rich family next door. (They win every year). So right after the loss, we all headed inside to do Secret Santa. It was quite the tradition. It was also quite shady because not everyone got something. First was Chris. He was given a disadvantage in the upcoming family game night. Haley then received a huge advantage granting her half safety. I received two disadvantages. Finally, Johnny received half safety. ~~~~GAME NIGHT~~~~ In preparation for family game night, the family began to strategize (things got serious at game night). Tired of the twins' antics, the entire family decided to put aside their issues to turn on the twins. However, afraid of the advantage, we decided to make it look like nothing was wrong and that everyone was actually targeting the two new family members. If everything works out the way they should then Chris, Ryan, and Haley will side together, myself and Autumn will side together and one of the twins will be the loser of Game Night. BDCFor real though, I have worked very hard this round to set myself up in a better spot. I am the only one left from my tribe on this new tribe now that Bran is gone which puts me as an easy target. The second we lost, I messaged Chris and told him that we should create a chat with Autumn as the core three of the tribe. I want Chris to continue to believe that I am his slave in this game. I am the Natalie to his Russell. He will not see me as a threat as long as I bow down to him. At the same time, I made sure to message Haley and Autumn about their days. I want to continue to work my personal connections with the girls so they trust me and like me. The biggest news of the night though is that me and Ryan called and hashed everything out. We agreed to put the past behind us and actually work together to get out the two people who are playing the game way too hard and being way too shady - Coffey and Johnny. They saved me last round, but now they are after me for some dumb reason...don't come for me!!! So if everything works out the way I want it to, the votes will be split between the two Johns and one of them will be gone. I am personally hoping to see Johnny leave because he is ~SHADY~. As far as the game is concerned, I think I am setting myself up to be in a pretty okay position come merge. I am probably perceived from the other tribe as being on the bottom because I am the only one left from my OG tribe. I am perceived as having absolutely no power because of my strategy of bowing down to everyone's feet. Plus everyone thinks me and Ryan hate each other so now that we are semi working together, that will help both of us make it further. I am hoping I can at least make merge at this point because I have tried really hard to solidify my relationships which will definitely come in handy at that point. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst - like always!

I’m still shook that I haven’t gone to one tribal this season. Like. Whoa. But it also sucks a little cuz I’m not going to have as firm as a grasp on who is loyal to me and who isn’t come merge. But still. Being safe is pretty nice.

I'm getting really nervous for tribal. No one is giving me straight answers. Stoner and Autumn said they wanted to vote for BDC way too quickly for my liking. Haley has BARELY spoken to me since she's gotten back on this tribe, and Ryan hasn't spoken to me period since tribal council. I think I'm just going to tell Haley i'm giving her the half an idol I got last night, but waiting until after tribal, just in case, because I have no idea what's going to happen, and maybe if something is happening, she'll be more inclined to keep me because I haven't given it to her yet, and then if I make it past this tribal I think I'm going to give it to her. Tbh, she's the reason I have a full one in the first place, so it's only right of me to give her one too. I just wanna survive this round so bad because I'm feeling paranoid, and getting that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach i don't like getting in games premerge, but it's happening. oh well. only time will tell

STOP JOHNNY STOP!! YOU'RE BEING SO STUPID! Idk why I'm being so paranoid because like ..... this tribe is so easy. No one is going to do something that RASH this early in the game, and now I'm just getting the CRAZY PERSON EDGIC VNDFJKSLNVJKLDSFNJVKLSNDFJKLVNSJDKLFNVJKLSNDFJKLNVSJKLDNFJKLNSVDJKLNFJKLSNDVJLKNSDFJLKNVSLJKDFNVJKLSNDFJKLNVSDJKLNFVJL It's cool. i'm breathing again. After talking to BDC, he said it seems clear that him and Ryan are going to be targeting each other for their final showdown, and i'm ready for it. I just have this vision of me at tribal council, and then a Johnny pops up on a parchment, and I'm going to go home and cry, and I don't like crying, so I'm preventing that from being a possibility. We'll see. I just need to sit here and just wait and let people run around to figure out if it's BDC or Ryan. I'm hoping this is all truth and honesty right now. I don't see this many people turning on me this quick for no reason, and now that I have an idol CONGRATULATIONS OWEN YOU'LL BE GETTING THESE KINDS OF CONFESSIONALS FOR THE REST OF THE GAME

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So, after last tribal Bran and I were blindsided with Bran leaving 5-2. Leaving me on the outs. So I go to Stoner and tell him everything I know. That the John's are using Haley, that they have 1.5 idols, that they were so messy on the last tribe we were on. I call Haley, we talk the second she came back. She literally told me Johnny PMd her while we were on call that "it's okay Ryan's not around right now" when I was around all day and night! It took a day for Coffey to PM me and two days (on Christmas dinner) for Johnny to PM me. So fuck them. I call with BDC tell them that they're targeting him, and it works since they're not actively talking to BDC anymore. Coffey gives me his idol half which lol I'm still going to fuck you over. So Haley/Stoner/BDC/me/Autumn and I decide to form a 5 person alliance to get Johnny and his idol the fuck out of here. It's probably not the best move for merge coming back I've felt so empty this game, like I already won and recently and I can't put so much effort into this game... but now I found my motivation, which is revenge. Love you as a friend Johnny but you don't fuck with me and I don't follow anyone.

my tribe won again twirls nothing much has happened really no game talk since we haven’t lost yet so um goes back to playing my switch

i got half an idol in my pussyyyyyy @cole

Well this round I definitely felt like I was going to be at the bottom coming back since I didn't really have my tribes trust. Turns out that I'm actually in the numbers and Johnny is so fake he thought this would be an easy vote this round but he's at the bottom. I'm just happy to have the fab 5 which is stoner, Ryan, bdc, and Autumn.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Kr9Qmhe3Q

It’s a FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC feeling to have a hidden immunity idol in possession. I have my safety net. Even better, Johnny gave Haley his idol half to earn trust... we’re one half away from a SECOND idol. Ned had his half from before swap so I could very bring these two halves together, and then I’ll know where another idol is. The plan is for Ryan, Haley, and myself to vote Johnny. If an idol is played, we have Autumn and Brandon voting John. It’s foolproof IF no one flips. And the only person who would possibly flip is Ryan and I quite frankly don’t see that happening. Unless he’s playing me but I just don’t see it happening. He’s leaked so much info to me since last round. If by chance John and Johnny both play an idol, they should be voting Brandon... so I’m safe either way :)

Based on the abundance of people looking in the storybook this round, I think it's pretty clear that the "personal reward" was just a coin. I ended up not taking the temptation, because I quickly realized that it was offered to everyone, and I didn't want to look sketchy or avoid losing immunity. Regardless, I already had a coin, and I ultimately decided not to use it because I don't want to put a target on my back by accidentally rolling a public advantage. Seriously, the second Owen started screaming "HALEY HAS A HALF IDOL" and "BRANDON HAS A CHALLENGE ADVANTAGE" my brain just went: https://media.giphy.com/media/DdQJi7npuyvPW/giphy.gif Sam and I have also gone back and forth recently talking about how much we love each other. I really do think we have a lot in common and I think she's an amazing person. It's just... the only other time she's ever said such nice things to me, she backstabbed me that day. I'll keep her handy as a possible side ally, but unfortunately, there's literally nothing she can do to make me trust her again. I guess we'll keep up this fake front of "You're my best friend!!" until one of us blindsides the other, and I just have to make sure I'm the one who strikes first. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aTZsB3eg8_g/TnZgu37177I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/XfuJAgWQmOU/s1600/staceysurvivorsleep.gif Right now, my goal is just to win out until the merge and really start playing hard once that happens. Even then, not doing anything until the merge and riding to the end in a solid onion alliance probably won't net me the win, so I need to risk it for the biscuit and make sure I'm the one calling the shots.

WHY DOES THIS TRIBE SUCK. Why is fatum cursed. What did we ever do to DESERVE THIS?! Last round Johnny and I blindsided Ryan and I knew I would have some damage to fix. I talked to Ryan the next day and he was very upset that he was the only one to do what he said he was going to. I sent my half idol to him in order to let him know just because I voted against him then didn't mean I was against him. Haley came back, which is exciting yet scary. Idk what she's going to do or if I can fully trust her again yet. I got on call with her and she said people have been telling her johnny was going around calling her crazy. I am also a bit guilty of that because I told people about the nicole vote. I'm just hoping people aren't going to sway her because she could be easily swayed by someone like chris. We lost by a landslide and this vote is looking like it's Brandon vs ryan. Frankly I am terrified. Stoner says he is going to vote for Brandon but I'm terrified that haley might flip or Brandon could play an idol. This seems too easy. I'm hoping all goes our way tonight

Well fuck this, I'm out. I saw this coming and just didn't play my idol, and I'm sure they were all SHAKING in their boots because of it too. The cast was boring as fuck, none of them are people I think I wanna be friends with after the game, except for John. Thanks for having me. Ryan is an overemotional cunt who needs to get outside and stop playing games. I play a game every three months and now I think it's safe to say I have very few left in me, and I'm glad this game happened to give me that closure.

So Bran got voted out and I’m so conflicted. On one hand I’m really sad because Bran was going to be loyal to me as being a fellow hunty of his, but on the other hand I’m glad he’s gone so now I can be more of a free agent. The only thing holding me back from being completely free is Ryan. He’s a huge competition threat and if people don’t get him out he will steam roll the merge. Also side note on this tribal: I have yet to converse with Brandon but I already know I don’t want to. His fucking introduction into the game was extra, his voting confessionals are extra, he is so extra and not even in the cute way. He uses “💁🏻‍♂️“ unironically and I want to throw up, our arsenic into it, and eat my throw up just thinking about it. ANYWAYS! I’m immune again and honestly I’m getting really bored. Invite just tapping my feet doing challenges and waiting for the merge where I can finally socialize and strategize and fuck up my game like usual. I think I’m considered one of tumblr survivors worst players but this season I’m here to prove to myself and everyone else that I will play a game that will get me the win, it may not be flashy flip-floppy ways like the old days, but I will win.

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