Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-26497595-20160502102657

Home stretch! It's seemingly becoming a closed case on how this season will turn out, but if we've learned anything from this season it's not to make assumptions. We've seen a lot of asses made out of u's and me's this season.



'''1. Tai Trang - '''It's possible that everybody's favourite is going to go out of the game looking like a total fool, but I refuse to bank on it. He has two potentially life saving powers in the game, he only needs to use one at a time and he's only got two weeks left to use them. Unless something goes horribly wrong, Tai HAS to be safe this week.

'''2. Aubry Bracco - '''She's finally taken out her great white whale in Julia. It seems like everybody but Jason wants to go deep with her, but should they? The answer is no. Too bad they aren't seeing it.

'''3. Mark the Chicken - '''Julia threatened Mark's life and now she's out of the game. So long as Tai remains, Mark should be safe, and I'm pretty confident in Tai's safety. Not to mention if Mark were to be killed it would be the single most heartbreaking thing ever shown on survivor; beyond Penner or Skupin's (at least in 2001) medevacs or Terry leaving for his son or even Rupert's first trip to jury. I can't think the editors would make such a fun story out of Mark just to have him be murdered and devoured by the end of the season.

'''4. Michele Fitzgerald - '''FINALLY we're seeing some game from Michele. It's nice to see her eventually emerge as a character, but remember the last time somebody suddenly arose and got a lot of airtime when facing a swing vote position? Who was that? Oh, right, it was Nick. It's true that she made a move to prove loyalty to Aubry and Cydney, but was it a good idea to do it by selling out her closest ally? It's an open secret that they were a pair and, as hard as it was for Michele, when it was necessary she put Julia down like a dying dog. An observant player like Aubry will realize that if Michele can do that to sweet young Julia, she can do it to calculating, strategic Aubry.

'''5. Kyle Jason - '''He's so close to fulfilling the underdog role perfectly. I actually think he can really do some damage in a final tribal council, especially after the excellent performance he made in this episode. He isn't as terrible without Scot, and we saw he wasn't the one getting the blame for the camp sabotage - Scot was. Combine that with his 2+ locked up jury votes and Jason could actually stand a chance. That being said, the odds are really stacked against him, and I never bet against the odds...

'''6. Cydney Gillon - '''...Except for all the time! I'm making a ballsy call here; I think Aubry will make another huge move this week to remove her greatest foil from the game. She and Cydney have played almost the same game since Nick's elimination, and it looks like they have similar jury reputations. It looks like Cydney will force Aubry to make a decision in the coming episode, and I think she'll really come to regret it when Aubry does.



Obituary - Julia Sokolowski

Somewhere in Boston last week, a sorority burst into tears at seeing their sister launched out of the game. What I wouldn't give to be there to comfort them. *sigh*  