Survivor 32- Beauty vs Brains vs Brawn

[declansdad]

She kept trying to dig, albeit it in a pathetic fashion. When she tried to stay positive and encourage the others to keep trying (never getting rude or sniping or blaming or in any way being negative) the ONLY response NBA gave in return was negative. The bit about "the only thing you're good for is cheerleading" was just one more example. Although he tried to say he really meant it as a compliment, it was clear he was slamming her as being barely worthy of breathing the same air as him. Why try to say he was paying her a compliment when clearly he was insulting her? It's hard to be positive toward 2 teammates who openly despise you and one who is just a little more subtle about it. NBA knows nothing about teamwork. He only wants to work with his buddies. You work with anyone who is on your team, even if you despise them, in order to win a challenge.

She was damned if she did and damned if she didn't. If she tried to stay positive and be a team player, they insulted her to her face and essentially told her to shut up, even in the middle of a challenge. If she spoke up for herself, she was being a nagging pest who didn't know when to shut up. I guarantee you, had she been silent, they would have made fun of her and said she was sulking or pouting. There is not one single thing she could have done since the first day she arrived to redeem herself because they acted with a pack mentality as bullies will do and identified her as the weakest link. Sort of like the injured wildebeest. And if you're another potential piece of prey for the predators, you keep the finger pointed at that injured wildebeest because as long as the target is on her back, it isn't on yours.

I'm not saying she was likeable. She was annoying. She was not great at challenges. She was the weakest link. I would probably have voted her out too, under certain circumstances. But NBA and bounty hunter have a level of antipathy and condescension toward her that is so out of proportion that they really have taken on a bully pack personality and it's reached a level that is unsettling to me. I've seen too many people with that personality trait not to recognize it. Alone, they might be okay, but the two of them have found each other and they feed off one another. My hinkymeter goes off when they are onscreen. It just does. But then, I have a major aversion to bullies. I don't have to like their victims in order to see that they are indeed being bullies.

Even if she had never said a word, they would have still treated her like dirt. It's just who they are. No matter what she said, how much or how little she said, if she won or lost a challenge for them, whether she made a valid point or not, it would not have mattered. Her words and actions mean NOTHING to them. Make fire? Doesn't matter. They just know she's the injured wildebeest and it's their instinct to zero in on her. Cydney is a stronger, more physically fit wildebeest and she's fooled herself into thinking the predators actually like her and won't take her out in a New York minute. She's wrong.

Once they merge, it will be interesting to see what happens if the two guys stay together. Soon, people will want to send NBA home because they won't want to keep him around too long since he's a big, strong guy. (Although, I think he's not that great at challenges.) You let bounty hunter throw some foot skin in the water pot with the other players and he's going to be sent packing soon too. They can all three go home next as far as I'm concerned. If you added up the brain power of the entire brawn tribe from the very beginning of the season, you might have the IQ of one average human. And I don't think they're even that brawny.

As much as I don't care for the two guys, she never helped herself and I was happy to see her go.

 

[sasywtch]

I have to disagree on Alecia. I don't think she's a terrible person or anything, and maybe she couldn't change her fate, but she was clearly irritating her tribemates. When you're arguing and not getting through to people, sometimes, the best thing to do is shut up. Especially when they hold your fate in their hands. Personally, I think they made a mistake not voting her out at the first tribal. We also don't know what happened around camp--the two brawn guys really seemed to have had it up to here with Alecia, and she struck me as the type to just pick, pick, pick.

I have to agree. There has got to be more they aren't showing as Scott was the jokster on the basketball team (purple Mohawk, getting everyone up for cheers etc). I have a feeling she did a lot more than what was shown.

 

[lovin'fl]

I don't know. Those 2 guys were on her the moment they pulled up to their camp...saying 'why is SHE on brawn?'. Minute one they had it out for her.

 

[JaxDad]

I don't know. Those 2 guys were on her the moment they pulled up to their camp...saying 'why is SHE on brawn?'. Minute one they had it out for her.

I also thought they were disrespecting her from Day 1 by calling her "Blondie" and not her real name.

She had a tough game to play from the start. Based on the edited version, I'm not sure she even had a chance, especially once they snatched the immunity idol.

 

[declansdad]

I also thought they were disrespecting her from Day 1 by calling her "Blondie" and not her real name.

She had a tough game to play from the start. Based on the edited version, I'm not sure she even had a chance, especially once they snatched the immunity idol.

If she had no chance, that's on her.

 

[JaxDad]

If she had no chance, that's on her.

I guess so. Based on the editing, I think she did what she could. Those guys hated on her for some reason apparently. I'm just not sure why. But I've missed a lot of the season already...

 

[declansdad]

I guess so. Based on the editing, I think she did what she could. Those guys hated on her for some reason apparently. I'm just not sure why. But I've missed a lot of the season already...

From what I have watched, she has been pretty useless in just about everything.

 

[JaxDad]

I thought it was odd that Jeff said he was rooting for her. Does he normally say things like that? I was a Survivor fan the first few seasons then missed many, many others before watching this season, so I am not sure if that was unusual or not. Maybe he just had the hots for her...

 

[declansdad]

I thought it was odd that Jeff said he was rooting for her. Does he normally say things like that? I was a Survivor fan the first few seasons then missed many, many others before watching this season, so I am not sure if that was unusual or not. Maybe he just had the hots for her...

That was a strange comment to make but I do think he does like to see the underdog do well, it makes for a better story.

 

[Mizzoufan]

From what I have watched, she has been pretty useless in just about everything.

She got the fire going, found the hidden immunity idol,she can't help the boys stole it. Was unstoppable at challenges

 

[Aliceacc]

I don't think anyone here is saying that Alecia deserved to win.

Merely that she deserved the respect that anyone on the show should be afforded. She should have been called by her name, not "Blondie." She should not have been made to feel she was useless, particularly in light of the things she did-- she spent SIX HOURS working on the fire and eventually got it started, she found the idol, she worked her tail off in the challenges that counted, she supported her tribemates.

The big manly men who made her feel less a member of her tribe were taking naps while she worked and worked on that fire, sitting on their tushes when the girls found the idol. The NBA pro was unable to hit the target on the challenge where he kept falling off the raft.

She might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I don't dislike her the way I do them. I wasn't rooting against her. I rarely root against anyone. But I hope Karma jumps in on this one.

 

[declansdad]

She got the fire going, found the hidden immunity idol,she can't help the boys stole it. Was unstoppable at challenges

She didn't find the idol, she found a clue. Cydney actually found the box with the Idol and the two jerks found where the key was hidden.

How was she unstoppable in challenges? She seemed fairly useless in most that I saw.

 

[Mizzoufan]

She didn't find the idol, she found a clue. Cydney actually found the box with the Idol and the two jerks found where the key was hidden.

How was she unstoppable in challenges? She seemed fairly useless in most that I saw.

Are we watching the same show?

 

[declansdad]

Are we watching the same show?

What are you seeing?

 

[Kimberle]

The show is kind of off this year. After the crisis, Jeff gives the contestants a lecture on how to stay hydrated, yet during a challenge they are not allowed to drink water?

And, you know you are going to be on Survivor, why would you not bring a pair of shorts or a swimsuit. It is only day 9 and it is getting disgusting looking at the men in their underwear.

Actually, the contestants don't have a say in what they bring to the game. They all come with suites, clothes, etc. The producers go through their suitcases and determine what they bring to the game. I was reading an article with interviews from past contestants. One girl said she wasn't even allowed to bring a bra. Remember, the producers are trying to make "good tv". People in their underwear tread that line....

 

[OhMari]

Actually, the contestants don't have a say in what they bring to the game. They all come with suites, clothes, etc. The producers go through their suitcases and determine what they bring to the game. I was reading an article with interviews from past contestants. One girl said she wasn't even allowed to bring a bra. Remember, the producers are trying to make "good tv". People in their underwear tread that line....

OMG, that is just wrong on so many levels.

 

[footballmouse]

The 2 guys from the Brawn tribe won't be voted out first after the merge. The new teams will want to keep them around for their strength for the challenges. It will take a while for them to realize they are useless and there isn't anyone left on that tribe that would be able to tell the rest of the new tribe members how they behaved back at their camp. That's just my prediction.

 

[lovin'fl]

Unless they, and I hope they do, get divided up...then it may be several brains with one of the guys and several beauties with the other...then they will stick together and weed out the solo.

 

[L&Lfan]

OMG, that is just wrong on so many levels.

But that's entertainment for many of the hoi polloi.

 

[lovin'fl]

So they drop their buffs tonight and prepare for a new twist...what's the twist???