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panurge46 wrote:

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Cirie supporters are still holding on. Surprising. Cirie isn't winning.
- She was shown talking very heartlessly about James and Alexis. That was almost Lisi wanting Gary gone.

- Parvati saying "You're in trouble" to Cirie as she went to the bench sounded a lot like Tom to Gregg.

- She decided that Alexis would win over Amanda, a big decision but she didn't get a confessional to talk about it.

- Her conferssional about not being afraid anymore, not seeing everything as a threat is an end of story confessional, not a game winning one.

- Once James is gone, she gets to say no words of sympathy, only finds herself in an other impasse if Erik wins immunity. No talk of what then, only afraid of women having to eat each other.

- For the first time in 2 seasons, Cirie is shown to be out of the loop, worse she is edited as being the one fooled because she opened the door to Parvati's diversion about Amanda needing to go wash herself and then Cirie put the target on Amanda at TC.

- Cirie, the one who had the reputation of being the biggest jury threat, is shown afraid of Amanda's jury appeal.

Need more? Cirie won't win and I've been saying that ever since we heard everyone saying booting Yau Man was idiotic. It's unfortunate but it is what it is.

Parvati wins:

- She got fleshed out more as a person and not just a schemer with her scene hugging James.


- She continued to control the game even if others don't see it because Alexis left, not Natalie as Amanda wanted.

- We constantly hear her thinking of the end game.

- We had heard that her alliance with Amanda was unbreakable and she proved it while Amanda doubted her.

- Camera shots after the reward made it appear as if Amanda and Parvati were in agreement with a plan for Amanda to go to exile island.

So, Parvati wins... unless Amanda does!

Remember how I mentioned that Amanda could have been partially hidden as an editing strategy? Maybe we missed that editing plan because we worked under these assumptions:

- A Fan would win if they could use their knowledge of the Favorites' game to their advantage.

- A Favorite would win if they could improve their game, surprising the Fans.

We forgot that Amanda didn't fit into either scenario. In fact, she had the best of both worlds: She knew the Favorites' game because she was a fan herself. She had game experience but no one knew her game since they were in Micronesia while China was aired. As I've said, the editors could have chosen to hide Amanda's role to fit an unknown player, an unknown threat. Also, let's not forget that, even if Amanda didn't have great visibility, she was always part of the big story of the season, the couples' alliance.

Now if that isn't enough to worry you, can I attract your attention to a very telling animal imagery:

Erik had won the IC, Jeff had just said that one of the 5 women was leaving and we returned from commercial to a hundred of fishes swimming in confused circles, perfectly mimicking a women's alliance in turmoil. Then, we see a sea turtle swimming alone, straight ahead. If I recall, the tortoise did have a slow start in its race against the hare!!

So, with shaken confidence, I still think Parvati wins... because Amanda will lose the jury vote! That's Amanda's weakness and all the talk of her being unbeatable is for the last surprise Tribal Council of the season. This season of blindsides can't end with an open and shut case. Well, probably not.

Perhaps though the show is going to add doubt about Amanda making the finals. Also, perhaps they want to remind us that last time Amanda made the Final 3, she didn't do so well. They could have a confessional in the Final Episode where Amanda talks about wanting to do a better job at the FTC this time. And there are two things if the tortoise is Amanda, JFP made a comment "about slow and steady wins the race"

Eliza also at her final tribal council talked about how some underestimate their social game and bring likeable people to the end. She said you going to make a Million dollar mistake Again." So perhaps the editing is setting Paravti up for such a million dollar mistake? Who knows.

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