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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 1, 2015 4:38:31 GMT
142: Jonathen Penner (Micronesia): Don shows up in the nick of time to send me his cut. Woo woo!
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 1, 2015 4:47:48 GMT
141: Drew Christy (San Jolly Rancher Del Skinnydipping): God, where to begin. Drew Christy has probably one of the most glorious crash and burn story arcs in the history of Survivor. He spends the first three episodes being a lazy ass and just rubbing people the wrong way.
But then we get to episode four. Dear god episode four. "We're a Hot Mess." I'm thinking "D.O.O.C" would have been a great little subtitle to that now that I think about it.
Let's recap.
-Hunahpu loses flint. -Hunahpu finds flint -Drew trys to trade it for fishing gear because "no one on his tribe has the balls to ask" and Jeff makes him look like a total fool. -Drew gets sent to exile with Jaclyn -Drew ogles over Jaclyn, his buddy on Hunahpu's very VERY committed girlfriend -Tells her he's gonna throw the challenge "to get out the snakes in his tribe" -Badass helicoptor shot of Drew on the rocks with Jaclyn on her side like a fucking action movie poster -Drew throws challenge very blatantly -Trys to force the vote on...wait for it...... -"KELLY IS THE MASTERMIND" -Is convinced there's a majority girls alliance even when it's logistically impossible -BASICALLY I'M A BADASS AND A MANIPULATOR OF THIS GAME -Basically...he's a moron -The girls b/w Jeremy form a voting bloc and vote him out -His paranoia of an all girls alliance forms an all girls alliance -LOLWUT
Thus ends the story of Drewche Christy. He's getting cut here because as great as that episode is, that's really all we see of him besides those brief glimpses in episodes 1-3, plus he's only around for four episodes anyway.
God bless you Drew Christy.
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Post by kass on May 1, 2015 4:54:29 GMT
140. Jenn Lyon (Palau): First of all, RIP sweet angel. I love Jenn. A lot. She's definitely a great, fun MORP/UTRP character but was unfortunatey overshadowed by literally everyone else in the F7 sans Gregg. She had moments though and when she had em', they were great. For example...
*Stephenie comes over to Koror and HAS FRIENDS and Coby takes her aside to spill the tea. Stephenie returns to Jenn and Katie to spill the beans again.*
Stephenie: Coby says you guys are jealous of me Jenn: He...what?!?! *laughs dismissively*
At F4 *Tom wins immunity and Jenn goes HAM* Jenn: Hey Tom did you know that Ian was voting you out if you didn't win today? Tom: Wut? Jenn: *shocked* You mean...he didn't tell you?!?!?! He told me and Katie that if you didn't win, it was you going.
*cut to Tom awkwardly mind maiming Ian for the rest of the season*
So yeah I really like Jenn. I thought she was a great character from what they showed of her and I wish we had been able to see more. RIP sweet angel. Forever missed
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Post by tbird on May 1, 2015 15:03:56 GMT
139. Kathy Sleckman (Micronesia): Great woman. Very involved with the community after her time on the show, and really is just an overall epitome of a "Fan" but her time on the island was marred by her going through a lot of mental stuff, which felt a bit exploitative. I think she'd like getting 139th because people genuinely liked her. I think she'd like that she'd like it even more that she got 139th in spite of a lot of private issues being put on display, not because of it.
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Post by Austin on May 1, 2015 17:37:37 GMT
138: Tina Wesson (BvW): Gonna run the risk of an idol here, but her time has come. Let me put this out there: I LIKE TINA. She is a GOOD character, and 138 is a GOOD spot. But she’s not Top 100, and she’s definitely in this ballpark.
During the pre-merge, Tina was a fun character. Pre-swap, she was running the favorites tribe, with Aras, which is kinda funny to think considering they were the two winners, and you’d think they’d be more wary of that. But she didn’t have too much going on pre-swap,aside from whooping Katie in a few challenges.
When they do swap, the best of Tina occurs. She’s so deadset on hooking Katie up with someone, anyone, and her crazy old mom routine is pretty funny, and its genuinely adorable. Especially because she wants to hook Katie up with Vytas, the only guy on the tribe, who’s an admitted flirt - just a lot of fun. At any rate, again, Tina’s running the tribe, helps keep Vytas in to protect her alliance with Aras, yada yada yada.
Then comes merge, and Tina...hits a bit of a bump. She seemingly cluelessly says “You’re gonna get 5th over Gervase, Monica” - which, y’know, I kinda get since the last time she played for any significant amount of time, a lot of people were OK with merely making Top 5 or whatever, but c’mon. You got Mitchell ooted, you know how this goes. So when Monica (and pretty much everyone not in her and Aras’ four) defects to the other side and blindsides Aras, Tina is pissed. But...I don’t know, it sorta rung hollow, because she wasn’t making them believe she was with them to the end. It’s short-sighted of her to say the stuff she was saying, and this kind of stuff does detract from her character, for me, because she was so clearly running the tribes before, and it kinda came out of left field.
In her first boot episode, Tina’s fun, doing what she can to survive, being immensely proud of Katie - both of those things were good, I definitely liked her determination, but the edit was kinda obvious that Tina was definitely going, fake idol or no. Her shouting she wished she had it was a fun moment, though, and it seemed so genuine.
Tina then goes to redemption island, ruthlessly cut the three people she was aligned with, INCLUDING HER DAUGHTER, out of the competition, and returned to the game. A minor moment that I really liked was when Caleb’s tower falls, she just sits on hers, swings her legs, and starts counting down to the finish. (Underrated Caleb moment too, not giving up against seemingly insurmountable odds.) Also something fun was when Laura begs to return to the game, and Tina goes “lolnope.”
Upon returning to the game, Tina promptly...doesn’t really do much, survives a single vote, and is eliminated in fourth, one vote away from winning the game. The only thing notable here was the final challenge, when Tina has a grin on her face the whole time - again, she’s just such a sweet, genuine person, I adored that.
Ultimately, Tina’s a good character in BvW, and has some adorable and badass moments. But she was underedited for a big portion of it, no one thought she was going to return for exactly that reason, and she has some negative moments that detract from my overall enjoyment of her under the radar fun-ness. I don’t think she had enough impact to warrant a Top 100, or even Top 125 spot, so I’m cutting her here.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 1, 2015 17:41:32 GMT
You're so lucky I only have one idol left.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 1, 2015 17:49:53 GMT
137. Lisi Linares (Fiji) - Lisi was good for a lot of LOLs. Her faceplant off the podium during the immunity challenge and her sleeping while the Four Horsemen found the HII were classic scenes. But she also brought a non-entertaining nasty streak with her, and it was directed at the African-American members of her tribe, which made it even worse and uncomfortable. She also basically quit, then denied wanting to quit when it came time to vote her out. Overall, she gave us some classic humorous moments, but her borderline racism means I cannot let her into the top 100. Sorry.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 1, 2015 18:28:05 GMT
THANK YOU SO MUCH LEX. Started watching Fiji solely so I could have have it be valid. She's everything I hate about cringe comedy and is such an unnecessary bitch to people.
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Post by Host Brian on May 1, 2015 18:36:37 GMT
136. Butch Lockley (Amazon): I like Butch. He gave us the Butchdance and forced everyone to gather firewood. He was a nice guy. He voted for Matt at FTC. He refused to look when Heidi and Jenna got naked. However, he was mostly UTR and outside of a few funny moments, he didn't do too much.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 1, 2015 20:50:16 GMT
135: Aras Baskauskas (Panama): I'm too lazy to do a write up now, so I'll do one in a bit.
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Post by kass on May 1, 2015 21:16:57 GMT
134. Marty "Mr. Farty" Piombo (Nicaragua): So I kind of like Marty in retrospect as a lulzy fail who thought he was running shit. That is, until he got #JaneOwned. In all seriousness though, Marty and Jane's feud was so great because they were both just awful and mutually destructive feuds is def one of my fave things. Marty gave his idol to Sash for some reason and I think he got it back(?) and then didn't play it soooo. Lol. Clearly though he's not the best male Espada (Dan Lembownage still going strong y'all) so good. Marty's alright as a douchey CPN bot but I wouldn't want him to return.
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Post by tbird on May 1, 2015 23:20:48 GMT
133. Keith Famie (Australia): Keith was basically Butch 1.0 except instead of being weird about firewood, he was weird about cooking. When Jerri cooked tortillas for everyone, Keith threw a little private hissy fit, but really he was more of a hanger-on in the larger story about Colby and Tina. I have a few more "housekeeping" cuts to make before top 100, and Keith is the first to go.
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Post by Austin on May 2, 2015 17:09:35 GMT
I just wrote a pretty long writeup, then realized in the process it was too early. So sorry, this one's gonna be a bit more abrupt.
132: Courtney Yates (HvV): Courtney was fun in Heroes vs. Villains - she wasn't shown as much as she was in China (granted I'm only a handful of episodes in) but she did have the same biting tongue in HvV. I also think, being the last boot before merge, Courtney showed a lot of people that yes, she knows how to play the game pretty damn well - which is fun in comparison to her original intent of going pre-merge and having a nice vacation in China. Ultimately though, she fell victim to trying to beat Sandra at the gameplay they both did, but if she made it to merge, I think there's a good chance Courtney wins HvV, which would've been really cool in my opinion. Still really good, but ultimately her impact was limited here because of where she was booted, and also in part she was sacrificed at the altar of Russell.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 2, 2015 22:48:03 GMT
131. Bruce Kangai (Panama) - Bruce was a lovely man stuck on the most dysfunctional tribe in Survivor history. That's not to say he didn't contribute to the dysfunction. From drinking wine with BobDawg to fighting with Aras over spending time on his Zen rock garden to fighting with Courtney for desecrating his rock garden, Bruce definitely helped give Casaya its..."unique" personality. Unfortunately, Bruce will be best remembered for being medivaced for severe constipation, which is a bit embarrassing. Great guy, but if he'd been in any other tribe than Casaya he'd have been gone by now. Top 150 seems fair.
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Post by Host Brian on May 3, 2015 6:01:50 GMT
130. Malcolm Freeberg (Phillippines) Malcolm is a pretty fun guy, and he gets a lot of screen time, but he was outclassed in most categories that defines a great character. Arc? Denise had him beat there. Narration? Penner. Humor? Penner again, and Abi. Lovable-ness? Russell Swan, Denise, and Abi. Malcolm does bring a lot of solid but not great moments to the season, and is a key part, but considering pre-swap and post-merge he was Denise's side piece and she provided us better narration, a better overall arc, and made the season a lot more entertaining. Malcolm is a good character, but not a great character.
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