Monday, November 26, 2012

Survivor: Philippines...Unlikable Dead Weight

Pete was a casualty of his own arrogance and his allegiance's mistreatment of its fringe members, who predictably grew sick and tired of being bullied and created a majority against the Evil Three, which is now down to its last member.
Abi owes RC, and her clue to the location of the hidden immunity idol that she later found, to her continued presence in the game. She sucks at challenges, so her only hope now that her idol has been played is that the Survivors aligned against her change their current stance regarding the kind of game they want to play.
Denise announced at Tribal Council that the prevailing strategy is to not allow the dead weight (those that contribute and/or accomplish nothing) and the unlikable (those who behave without consideration for the feelings of others) to make it to the end. No one disputed this, or even looked like they were in disagreement.
After calling Abi out on her shameless sucking up to the jury, Jeff attempted to help her shift some of the blame for her behavior to the cultural differences between her and her tribe mates. She was nasty to anyone that did not say and do exactly as she demanded, she bragged incessantly about the reward that her team won without any help from her, and she behaved like a princess after the reward, refusing to help with the work at camp because she wanted to enjoy whatever time she had left. Selfishness and entitlement are not behaviors that result from cultural confusion. They are character flaws that put Abi squarely into the dead weight and unlikable categories that Denise spoke of.

Jonathan was right. Abi will not win this time. No matter how long she lasts.

Note: Once again...Thank you to the artistic geniuses over at survivorsucks.yuku.com for the excellent gif of Denise.

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