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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Quite possible.
I'll admit, I was really glad to see Shannon voted off. What an arrogant moron. I had a sense he wouldn't make it as far as he thought he would, but I didn't see him out this quickly. Brenda was smart to try and save herself by getting him out, but he sealed the deal for himself.
I think I'm seeing Jud/Fabio go further than I thought he would. Sure, he's a surfer dude, but he seems to be making it work for him. He's willing to let everyone think he's dumb (maybe he really is) -- “I don’t care what my nickname is. I’m going to win the million dollars. So I guess my name’s Fabio.” Is that the "Million Dollar Quote"? (Almost every season, there is a quote tucked into the first or second episode that foreshadows the winner.) He seems to have an attitude of get-along to go-along. Other than NaOnka, people seem to like him. (And her dislike of him seems to be making her look foolish to everyone else.) Most importantly, others don't seem to see him as a threat; I think they probably see him as someone easily used. If he's smarter than he appears, he can make that work for him.
One thing I've started paying attention to is the editors' use of animals with regard to certain castaways. (I didn't notice this on my own; writers at Reality News Online have been talking about it, but I've started really paying attention and thinking about what the animals might mean.) Sometimes, these associations just highlight what's going on at the moment; other times they are more significant foreshadowing. For example, Brenda was associated editing-wise with a snake quite a few times last night, especially when the plotting was going on. The snake reappared as the team went to Tribal Council -- a hint that Brenda would be the one to survive?
In both episodes now, Jud has been associated with a monkey. That seems to fit -- monkeys are playful and kind of goofy. They stay up in the trees (think Jeff's comments at Tribal Council). But they can also be smarter and more tenacious than they appear at first glance. (And they can see what's going on around them from the trees.) They don't seem threatening in the same was as, say, a snake. They have a way of outwitting, or at least frustrating the plans of, those who are supposed to be smarter (i.e., humans). Maybe I'm way off, but I'm keeping an eye on him.
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Good points! (Didn't really mean to quote the whole thing...oh well - takes too long to fix on the phone)
Ahh.... NaOkna...why must every season have "that woman" who picks fights with people, takes offense to everything, and sees slights where OBVIOUSLY none were meant. In fact, SHE started it with Jud when she stole his socks, then flipped out on him. WTF? Oh, and just
at the idea of taking minorities to the finals as your alliance.
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