1. Yes one vet down....however many to go.
But seriously, I don't
want this to become a whole Vets vs Newbies thing but that also has been guiding a lot of our relationships and alliances. What I feel about it is kind of irrelevant in a way because there will
always be someone or several people that look at those kinds of divides..and you just have to roll with that sometimes. With that in mind, making sure that one of the vets left last night was definitely important because if I end up with somewhere with a vets majority then that is such an easy excuse to use to kill me. I'd much rather be the one holding the power.
2. For the most part I do think that was a consensus decision with our alliance. Almost everybody said they connected with Hannah the least so that was the name that came up the most. Some didn't talk to Tai as much and others it was Rocker, but Hannah's name was universally out there. Part of me always feels bad killing them off... and sidenote: I used the term killing a lot to describe eliminations and last night my tribe was like um Sherri???? I didn't even realize people would think that was weird but I guess it's a bit morbid
). Anyway, Hannah was a sweet girl but it had to happen.
Even if we seemed to all be on board with Hannah, I still think I had a key role in boot in just keep everyone on track. There was a lot of paranoia with the idol and just general tribal paranoia I guess. I knew we had nothing to be afraid of but I also couldn't be too blasé about the idol stuff so they thought I was concerned too. BUT people were starting to freak out, at one point Shamar was like why don't we just do Tai instead??? But I made sure I put my foot down very quickly in all those moments. Keep calm, #StickToThePlan and don't let the confusion hurt us.
I do think it was the best decision for my game for a couple of reasons. The first was like I said, I just didn't connect to her that much. Because of that, I couldn't really see much long term potential in an alliance or bond so there was no real reason to keep her around. The other part is that I don't think the vets on the other team were too happy with our decision lol. Matt has been filling me in with all these hilarious stories of Missy trying to get information from him or telling him what to do and all that and THIS time she was really not happy and was like we need to vote out Tai next!!!! Matt's just trolling and playing it up too and is all like oh sorry if you liked Hannah
I think Tai is super friendly.
Like I haven't even spoken to Missy but I can FEEL her frustration oozing from her. The thing is that Hannah was clearly in a solid and safe alliance with the vets. Tai on the other hand, has admitted to me that he felt like he was on the bottom. Aurora has told me she didn't really connect with Tai AND Tai has been giving us a bunch of information too. Those are the kind of vets I want to work with so I'm glad we didn't get rid of him. I don't think my Steph was too happy with Hannah leaving either but if our veteran partners think we're just going to do everything they want...well they got a big storm coming.
3. The boot definitely solidified my long term plans and it also made me feel a lot closer to my OG Puka crew. I know I've been a bit hesitant to trust them fully but I definitely trust them a lot more after last night. Part of me thought that maybe we should be killing one of our own to appease the vets on our tribe but fuck that lol if we go to tribal again I'm more than happy to kill another vet and try dismantling the majority they formed on that first tribe.
I wouldn't say I'm open to working with
anyone in this game, but I have wanted to make use of this swap tribe and form good relationships with people from the other OG tribe. That didn't really work with Hannah and I'm not really feeling it for Aurora now either. Rocker maybe? But mostly Tai and Stephannie are the ones that I trust the most and really want to scoop up as allies. If a swap is coming soon then I definitely want to be able to rely on them and really build something that will help me in the long run. I also would think that in the case of any of my OG Puka turning on me for any reason, they'll let me know instead of going along with their plans. As the great Kim Spradlin said...I'm keeping my options open!
4. Once again, the whole partner situation is so complex and strange. As I predicted, we're not always going to want the same things and I really don't think Steph would have wanted me to kill Hannah last night. We're always going to be bound together by the desire to claim this immunity...and of course this idol we'll have until F14...but I'm not sure how tight allies we are going to be beyond that? Obviously I want to make an effort but already I'm seeing our goals not lining up and that could cause problems. It shouldn't be that much of a problem until we're actually on a tribe together but it still complicates our relationship.
We have exchanged tidbits about our tribe and relationships but I think we're still holding back a little bit. I know that she and Wardog are close so I'd say she would like us to work together at some point. Apart from that, we've only really discussed the targets on our tribes but nothing too in depth. Once again, the idol and desire to win that immunity has bonded us together....but without that....what are we...
who are we?
Sherri is feeling deep today...
