Episode 2 Thoughts/Updates

[Charity]

Post thoughts for episode 2 below

[Charity]

Zaxxon Tribe Updates/Thoughts

The alliance was formed between Alexander, Antoinette, and Gaston. All three individuals in the alliance feel very loyal to each other. Alex and Gaston have discussed the fact that Jumi shit talks people, but I’m not sure what this will lead to. Jumi could potentially be in trouble if this circles around and people decide to act on it, which sucks because I LOVE Jumi with a burning passion.

Ali LOVES Jumi and still seems to trust her the most, but he also super trusts Alexander. Alexander honestly seems to be on top of the tribe while Antoinette seems to have moved down to being in the 2nd best position. Ali is a lower/middle tier player at this point.

Marcellino loves Jumi and wants to try and make an alliance soon. He wants to keep playing villain and keep lying about the idol clue. He is going to make an alliance soon, not sure with who. I wonder if Alex will expose Jumi to Marcellino?

Power Rankings:
Alexander
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Gaston
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Jumi/Marcellino




Galaga Tribe Updates/Thoughts:

Kilby told Taylor about the guys alliance and Taylor’s plan is to subtly dismantle it. Kilby plans to vote with the girls if they go to tribal again.

Spitzer is not playing as well as he was round 1. His persistence towards sticking with the guys alliance has put Kilby off, and could spell danger down the line. Ryan is still very much against the women, and I still have yet to get a read regarding Jackson's opinions.

Gina continues to step up her social game, but I don't know if this is enough to sway either of Spitzer/Ryan to keep her.

No other interesting updates for this tribe. Ryan and Joshua totally bombed the challenge so they’re both paranoid asf.

Power Rankings:
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Taylor
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Ryan and Spitzer I guess?
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Jackson/Gina.




Xevious Tribe Updates/Thoughts

Everything is still the same with the pink tribe as well.. no new updates. People just chit chatting today. See episode 1 for the dynamic on this tribe.

Power Rankings
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Everyone else. It's Van/Malkon vs Ben/Kari at Nicholas's whim.

[Charity]

Tough decisions ahead for Nicholas don't envy his position, but acknowledge that he's in a super powerful position right now. No clue who he'll side with yet.

[dara]

My too early prediction: Ben already wants to tell Van that Malkon is the vote (huge mistake), I think Malkon plays the idol and gets Ben out. Unless Nick steps in to warn Ben before he does that, then they’re leaving Van in the game blindsided.

[jordan]

ZAXXON Tribe thoughts

Why does Alexander keep calling Antoinette, Aunt-O-Netta🤷🏻

Speaking of Alexander, I had a feeling he wouldn't necessarily bond with Ali. Ready for Ali to realize it and go head to head with Alexander, but he seems clueless. Honestly, they could both bond over past rocky relationships with Nicholas. Though he states feeling closest to Gaston.

The forced bromance between Alexander and Marcellino, saw that coming for sure... can't wait to see how it develops. Though Jumi might be planting some doubt in Alexander's head about Marcellino's alleged blue lives matter shirt.

According to Alexander, Jumi kind of scares him. I think she has a great intensity, and I'm sorry the men feel threatened by Jumi being strong minded 🤦🏻

Ali on the other hand loves Jumi and calls her his soul mate and final two. She's allowing it for now, but we know who will be taking the reigns in this duo.

Ali thinks Alexander is boring...but cool. Wants to work with him for now. His opinions are kind of wishy-washy. He says one thing, then contradicts it. Seriously, this is what leads players to get frustrated with Ali. He feels least connected with Antoinette. He wants to hide behind Gaston as he views him as a big threat.

Update on Marcellino's kid. Everyone reports cuteness, sweetness, ECT. Except Ali, he said he was super annoyed by the distraction in his confessional. But of course, Ali knows how to be fake to his friends...#noshade but #shade4sho

Antoinette believes Marcellino is the best person she has ever met. Although she has good bonds with a majority of her tribe, she seems to have chosen Gaston as he closest confidante.

Gaston and Antoinette are the wolf and sheep alliance in my mind. But who's the wolf and who is the sheep? Will Antoinette end up being the wolf in sheep's clothing? I know Gaston thinks he's the wolf.

Speaking of Gaston, why is he so swarmy in all of his confessionals? He exudes confidence...but the game is just beginning...he thinks he hid his threat level by coming second in his heat on the first challenge, but I believe everyone on his tribe see him as a threat and luckily just want to keep him as a shield right now.

Gaston wants a trio with Alexander and Antoinette, but worried they might get closer to each other than to him if he doesn't maintain the individual relationships. Control freak vibes. He is also another one who can't handle Jumi's opinions calling her 'abrasive at times'

Jumi! Seriously, never change! I didn't know she was winner of the survivor reel foot live game! Impressive! She likes Ali and Antoinette. Used to hate Alexander, but maybe not so much now. She wanted Gaston out because she thought he might know about her live game experience, but now wants Marcellino out because she has pinned him as a possible Trump supporter.

Jumi is so entertaining to listen to, but hopefully her telling her tribe her speculation about Marcellino instead of directly asking him, doesn't bite her in the butt. Especially since Marcellino has the idol!

Marcellino believes the tribe thinks he's stupid, which is what he wants. Also wants Gaston as a shield. Feels close to Antoinette and calls Ali out in his confessional for not being genuine.

It's so hard to say who is doing the best on this tribe. Gaston is pegged as a threat, but not being directly targeted. Antoinette is good socially. Marcellino has protection. Alexander has been climbing up the social ranks. So it looks like Jumi and Ali may be in trouble. But for now ZAXXON is safe from tribal.

[jordan]

GALAGA Tribe thoughts

Petition to rename GALAGA Tribe KILBY, anyone?

This tribe seems much less social than ZAXXON and everyone has hitched themselves to Kilby. Everyone bows down at his feet. He literally has so much power and social capital. Honestly the other tribes might be doomed if Kilby is able to walk into a swap or merge with so much blind loyalty.

Watching Gina learn the game of survivor is adorable, but also troublesome for her longevity. She sees Spitzer as the biggest threat, but also values him as a challenge asset. Gina is closest to Kilby of course.

Jackson seems to be playing the most low-key, but possibly the most flexible game on his tribe. He really likes Taylor. Was a superfan of Ryan in his BBCan season, but knows the potential threat he has. Thinks Kilby is super funny. He's also down to work with Spitzer. Jackson's confessional was so full even he was yawning throughout.🥱

Spitzer on the other hand has much more entertaining confessionals. He seems to allude to possibly throwing challenges down the road to make sure he is not in a Tandang situation. Now that his tribe has won twice, will he keep winning to stay on par with ZAXXON or try to shake a number?

Ryan believes he is running this tribe with Kilby and Spitzer. But Kilby has spilled his plan to target the women first to Taylor. Will that be his downfall? We can only hope. Also Why does he find it odd for production to be on Skype calls listening when he was on a show full of cameras watching his every move and broadcasted to Canada?


Taylor has Sophie Clark potential, but those are big shoes to fill. What will she do with the info that Ryan wanted to target the women? I hope she doesn't rely too much on Kilby throughout the game to strategize. Although she really seems to be drinking the Kilby Kool-aide. She can lead the charge to make moves without him...I feel it!

Kilby posted he hates his tribe and that they are so stupid... can't wait for his next confessional!

[jordan]

XEVIOUS tribe thoughts

XEVIOUS is such a mess! I had such high hopes for this tribe.

Nicholas was the MVP last round strategically getting out his target and building trust with every member of his tribe. Unfortunately, now that they lost, he has to decide which relationship to cut ties with. He essentially has two sets of duos who believe he is the third with them.

Ben doesn't realize how close it could have come to him leaving last round. Having the vote go the way he wanted last round has given him a false sense of power. Now he wants to take out Malkon, who has an idol. This could be disasterous for Ben if Nicholas tells Malkon.

Kari has dubbed Nicholas and Ben as her guys. She feels indebted to Nicholas for saving her from what she thought might be a 3 to 3 tie last round. She probably feels good about having the numbers for the vote, but that depends on if Nicholas is actually with her and Ben.

Malkon loves Van and sees Nicholas as his number one on the tribe. Like Kari, Malkon believes he has the majority going into the vote, but that depends on which set of two Nicholas decides to go with. Malkon had so many ups and downs in the first round, there is no telling how he will act this time.

Van- I was using non-binary pronouns for Van, but saw in her first confessional she had edited text about herself saying "not playing as hard as she should be" in reference to herself, so oops. Sorry about the confusion, Van! I love her earnestness and she pops in personality much more than what was originally showcased in her viewers lounge meet me. She loves Malkon and Nicholas, and has had good conversations with Ben.

Nicholas has said he likes the idea of Kari and Malkon going after each other and he isn't opposed to telling Kari about the idol that Malkon found. Will he take out a threat and an idol or is Malkon more valuable as an alli in the game. Nicholas is playing such a fantastic game at this point...if only he can salvage more of these relationships by not going to anymore tribals.

[aubra]

I can see Ben or Van getting the boot here with Nicholas not wanting to let go of Kari or Malkon yet. But that'll piss off one of the bigger players so probably wouldn't be a great move. Kari loves Ben and Malkon loves Van. Nicholas managed to pull off Malkon being okay with the Aly boot which was impressive, but Malkon already wasn't connecting with Aly. I don't see him letting go of his niche video game buddy so easily. The best move would probably be to blindside Malkon or Kari although it will suck for us to lose one of them so soon. Van and Ben won't be as vengeful when blindsided imo or atleast won't have much power to do anything about it. Nich stated last round he wouldn't mind Ben going next so I could see him going that way but no clue how he'd make that happen and still salvage his relationship with Kari. It'll be interesting to see what happens. I predict a Malkon blindside.

[Charity]

Malkon is SUPER paranoid... but Nicholas exposed Malkon's idol to Ben/Kari so he has every right to be paranoid. Those 3 are going to try to make him feel comfortable... BUT the fact that they're doing this 5 hours after Malkon clocked that something was off was a horrible misplay on their part. I will be shocked if Malkon doesn't play his idol and Ben goes, but Malkon has a history of being paranoid so there's the chance he goes against his gut. AHHHHHHH!

I didn't know what Nicholas was thinking until he told Ben/Kari about the idol, but now that he's told them there's really no way he can back out. He is locked and the only thing that can help him recover is if Malkon leaves. Nicholas revealing this information could've been a costly mistake but we won't know till after tribal.

[Charity]

Malkon's paranoia is boiling over..... oh my god. He says all the cues are there but he just wants to trust Nicholas with his heart. This is a matter of logic vs personal feelings, and he's such a nice guy idk which side will win. Ugh poor guy