Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20150521031829/@comment-1294345-20150529093932

UltraBubbles wrote: One should look at this cast as a collective, not as individuals. These 20 people are a great mix and represent a lot of what we love in this show. Nitpicking on people like "Oh my God, Kelley got in over T-Bird" and whining about a Shane Powers-less element to this season is really showing personal bias on behalf of many of the people complaining.

If you like this show, you will like the cast. If not, then you shouldn't be complaining in the first place. It's a great cast as a whole, and a great cast provides great TV, Keep in mind that people are inevitably going to get overshadowed in the edit, and people are going to get airtime. For all we know, we may see nothing from someone who got a lot of airtime in their season like Ciera or Kass, and maybe we'll get to see a ton more of Monica Padilla! We have no way of knowing until the season arrives. And even if someone like Wentworth or Monica DON'T get a lot of screentime, at least we won't grow that attached when/if they get booted off, because it seems like a great many of the people don't believe they should be competing. They have just as much right to be out there as anyone else.

The rampant amount of fallacious assumption here truly baffles me. I don't mean to take away anyone's right to having an opinion, but I think everyone should keep an open mind, and if we do, we'll enjoy this season that much more overall. Personally, I see the cast differently. This cast of 20 has two per archetype:

Old School women (Kelly and Kimmi)

Purpley Edited women (Monica and Kelley)

Nerds (Spencer and Stephen)

Female of color superfans (Tasha and Shirin)

Strong older men (Savage and Terry)

Female villains (Abi and Kass - them hugging btw should be appreciated more)

Male with issues (Varner's sick mom and Vytas being Aras' antithesis)

Gamebots with no personality (Jeremy and Joe)

Pure duds - good TV, zero nutritional strategic value (Keith and Woo)

Cunning women (Ciera and PG)