I'm such a believer in karma that the very action of typing out that title has me worried that karma's going to come around and bite me in the ass for it somehow. But the thing is, there's something to be said for being (or at least trying to be) a good person. See earlier posts about how Colton is not a good person. Alicia also. Bad, bad humans. So when they're bad on their own, the two of them together are evil (see last post).
It's one thing to plan to vote someone out. Normally, the plan goes forward and even if the person knows they're getting voted out, the day progresses like usual. Not with Colton & Alicia. They have decided that they hate Christina (well, Alicia has had a hate-on for Christina since day one)... which I don't really get. To me, Christina seems pretty likable. Maybe that's why they hate her. So instead of just letting things fall where they may, Colton & Alicia were SO mean to poor Christina. Like, SO mean. Like wicked step-sisters mean. Like, telling her to her face that she's going, that she's awful, that they hate her, that she might as well "fall into the fire" for all they care because she's going home one way or the other.... and on, and on, and on. Straight up bullying. Given all the attention to bullying that's the zeitgeist these days, it's amazing. And really, for a gay guy to be that big of a bully is something else. He's obviously never had to face this kind of situation & doesn't know anyone who has either (those aren't the "people he associates with" after all). And the thing is, if the tables were turned and Colton was getting bullied, he'd totally cry. Christina, on the other hand, was so incredibly gracious. She took it all and shrugged it off - even though it would make most people either punch Colton/Alicia.... or cry... or give up. She said, "My parents didn't raise me to quit." And you know it makes C/A crazier that Christina doesn't give them a reaction. Not only that, when Colton wasn't feeling well, Christina was the first one there to comfort him. Would you have done it? Comfort your own bully? Did you buy it that she was doing it out of altruism or was it an act of desperation to stay in the game? I lean towards altruism. She's no dummy and knows it can't hurt her chances to be nice to Colton... but at the same time, no one would believe that he'd change his mind over a few head pets, would they?
Here's the other thing I couldn't stand.... The way none of the other guys stood up for Christina when she was getting bullied. Jonas, Tarzan & Leif are not stand-up guys at all. For some, crazy, obscure reason that I don't understand.... Tarzan is totally down with Alicia and Colton. Now, either Tarzan's way more clever than I'm giving him credit for & looking down to the end-game where having those jerks around is a good idea.... or maybe they're more charming than the TV edits are giving them credit for... ?? I just don't get it. Leif... well, see last post. Our phlebotomist ain't that bright. (Though, as an aside, I do love that he sleeps in that box all the time like a tiny plebotomist vampire.) Jonas is in it for Jonas... and I mean, I get that to a point. Jonas is playing a strategy of not making waves, not getting in anyone's face, staying under the radar. So standing up to the bullies certainly wouldn't fit into his strategy. Thing is, all of these guys could have done something.... Even at one point Tarzan tells Christina that no, he wouldn't be her friend in real life, but that he respects her. OK. Weird, right? Is Chrsitina actually worse than we're seeing? Damn edits.
So then Colton goes down with a headache and abdomen pains.
Wait.. there was some other stuff too. Not really much to say about the other tribe at all. They're happy, they win everything. They won ice cream. (Which made me think, man, I'd hate that. What if you were lactose intolerant/allergic to dairy and you haven't eaten normal food in weeks and all of a sudden... here you go - all the ice cream you can eat! It would kill me. I'd totally eat it too, then pay for it later.) The best part to mention about the reward challenge is again how awful Colton & Alicia were. First, they were AWFUL at the challenge. Like, not even close. Terrible. Jeff even called Alicia out for being "pathetic". Christina wasn't super hot at the challenge either, yet somehow Colton & Alicia saw fit to blame her for the team losing and for making fun of how bad she was. Hello pot, meet kettle. And every time Christina would jog back, Colton would whine at her, "Ruuuun-uh". Yeah, more awful.
Right. So yeah, Colton later went down sick. Christina pet his head. And then it turns out that it's appendicitis and he has to be stretchered on out of Survivor. Buh-bye! Obviously, I'm not at all sad about it. I mean (karma warning), I don't wish life-threatening illness on anyone, but uh.... it's kind of like karma 1, Colton 0, right? The next lovely thing was that he chose to keep the immunity idol as a souvenir instead of giving it to Alicia, which really got her leopard underpants in a knot. She outright said she didn't care about Colton and that she was just pissed that he took the idol. Heh heh. Then, all of a sudden, as happens in Survivor, the tables are turned. Now Christina looks like the better person to keep around than Alicia because Alicia has more relationships in the other tribe. It looks like Alicia will get voted out! Yay, right?
Well, sadly, not yet. Just to keep us on our toes, Jeff throws another twist at us! The MERGE! Gah! All 12 people are one tribe again and there are 6 men, 6 women. So it's lovely to see what'll happen.... if the women will stick together (I think not) or if the men will stick together (I think not) or if these new tribe alliances will have any glue (Salani, maybe....). Will Alicia be able to worm her weird boobs back into her original alliance, or will those girls see through her (I hope!) and not trust her? What'll become of Christina? She's a perfect person all of a sudden to NOT vote out. Now that it's an individual game, you want to keep those people around - the ones who don't stand as much chance of winning challenges and who don't have a lot of love. Plus she's an easy vote. The first people to show her some love will have her loyalty. A dude like Jonas should capitalize on this. Things don't look as good all of a sudden for some of our stronger competitors who'll be seen as a threat. Mike, Jay, Troyzan? Tarzan looks like he has a hissy fit next episode and "walks alone".... leaving his alliance entirely. He's some good TV. What the hell is he wearing on his legs, by the way? Pant pieces? Not sure. It's like legwarmers....
Anyway, it's anyone's game once again. I still want to punch Alicia in the face. Oh, and the best part of Tribal Council (in which the teams merged and there was no vote-out because of Colton) is when Jeff told everyone of Colton's appendix, leading our ever-SMRT Kat to do blondes everywhere no favours by opening her eyes wide as saucers and saying, "What's that?" Someone points on her body to where her appendix is. Oh. Then a couple of others say how they've had their appendices out... Kat's eyes grow big again. Jeff: Kat, you look worried. Kat: I'm just worried about how to make my appendix not get sick and have to come out. It seems everyone else has theirs out except me!! Poor thing. She's actually more and more endearing. I'd way rather get stuck anywhere with the dumb blonde than with the awful bullies. At least Kat's not mean. At least now we're one meangirl down, one meangirl to go.....
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