Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160311105314/@comment-27638357-20160515171712

It's been a long time since anyone posted here but I'm surprised at the amount of backlash this episode has received. I'd like to bring up a few points here:
 * Part of the greatness of reality TV, for me at least, is that the hero doesn't always win. Whereas in fictionalized shows, the hero almost always comes up on top, the greatness of shows like Survivor is that it's very possible for the villain to prevail, because Survivor isn't a movie. To see the "bullies" win the vote against Alecia was cool imo because it really set the stage for a larger arc. It's tiring to see these people portrayed as villains always being eliminated in rapid fashion, because it doesn't add much to the grand scheme of things. The larger narrative is really what does it for me, and I think having villains you can root against going forward is great. Without heroes, there'd be no villains, and the same is true vice versa. Part of what makes stories great imo is when you have heroes and villains, and we can't just whittle down all the villains in the story.
 * I don't get all the support for Alecia. I really don't. Just because you hate Kyle Jason and Scot doesn't mean you're obligated to like Alecia under any means. I don't get why people have to side with one fence or the other. Alecia to me is Abi Maria plus an underdog story, and it just really goes to show that people here will always sympathize with the underdog here regardless of their personality traits. If someone can explain to be how Alecia is not an underdog version of Abi Maria, please tell me.