Day 7 Confessional - Ace Gordon, Master Benchwarmer
Jun 26, 2015 3:32:21 GMT
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Post by pureaceg on Jun 26, 2015 3:32:21 GMT
I was a little worried about my position in the tribe before. Now that I'm sitting out a second challenge in a row, I'm even more worried about where I stand.
My strategy coming into this game was to lay low and play at weakness. But after a 7-2 vote, I'm not exactly laying low anymore. It does me no good to play up challenge weakness anymore simply because I feel like I am a target, no matter what antics and whining Morgan is baiting. I fear that Morgan's self destruction may work too well for her, and people will view her as a non threat that can be disenfranchised and ultimately cut before a tribal merge. I've been considerably more level headed about my role at the last Tribal Council, but I can easily be targeted because of that.
Without the opportunity to show how useful I can be to the tribe, I will have fewer reasons for them to keep me around. I've played at weakness so well that I may be seen as actually weak in challenges, if stronger socially. I can track the logic well enough. The words may not be on the screen, but I can see letters begin to form.
I may be reading too much into Whitney's choices for this challenge, but I can't help but feel that her original choices are who she feels closest to. Considering that I haven't spoken one on one with Whitney since the fire making challenge, I can't really be surprised that she doesn't consider me an ally. It doesn't help that I voted against an alliance that she may or may not actually be part of. Again, we have evidence of a pecking order that I can do very little to reverse without being given the opportunity.
All I can do right now is place my trust in my tribe that they'll eliminate Morgan over me if we go to Tribal Council, and then hopefully from there, I can work something out with Shirin and Hali. Surely Hali knows she's not very high on the pecking order, either - and even though no one has said it yet, I'm sure that her being sent to the Secret Place the last couple of times means she has something up her sleeve that they'll want to eliminate sooner rather than later. I've already done what I could to explain to Shirin that I would certainly keep her safer than Sash or Coach would. If I can keep the two of them on my side, maybe one of them can sway Whitney or Rod as well.
I can't go down without a fight, even if my tribe wills it. But I can't overplay my hand. I've apologized to everyone that I've felt I owed an apology to, and everyone has taken it well. Sash has called me honorable - fancy that. Perhaps I've earned enough points with Sash and Coach that they will pause before considering to vote me out.
Really, at this point it's all I can hope for. Until then, I must control what I can control, and that's my outward attitude.
My strategy coming into this game was to lay low and play at weakness. But after a 7-2 vote, I'm not exactly laying low anymore. It does me no good to play up challenge weakness anymore simply because I feel like I am a target, no matter what antics and whining Morgan is baiting. I fear that Morgan's self destruction may work too well for her, and people will view her as a non threat that can be disenfranchised and ultimately cut before a tribal merge. I've been considerably more level headed about my role at the last Tribal Council, but I can easily be targeted because of that.
Without the opportunity to show how useful I can be to the tribe, I will have fewer reasons for them to keep me around. I've played at weakness so well that I may be seen as actually weak in challenges, if stronger socially. I can track the logic well enough. The words may not be on the screen, but I can see letters begin to form.
I may be reading too much into Whitney's choices for this challenge, but I can't help but feel that her original choices are who she feels closest to. Considering that I haven't spoken one on one with Whitney since the fire making challenge, I can't really be surprised that she doesn't consider me an ally. It doesn't help that I voted against an alliance that she may or may not actually be part of. Again, we have evidence of a pecking order that I can do very little to reverse without being given the opportunity.
All I can do right now is place my trust in my tribe that they'll eliminate Morgan over me if we go to Tribal Council, and then hopefully from there, I can work something out with Shirin and Hali. Surely Hali knows she's not very high on the pecking order, either - and even though no one has said it yet, I'm sure that her being sent to the Secret Place the last couple of times means she has something up her sleeve that they'll want to eliminate sooner rather than later. I've already done what I could to explain to Shirin that I would certainly keep her safer than Sash or Coach would. If I can keep the two of them on my side, maybe one of them can sway Whitney or Rod as well.
I can't go down without a fight, even if my tribe wills it. But I can't overplay my hand. I've apologized to everyone that I've felt I owed an apology to, and everyone has taken it well. Sash has called me honorable - fancy that. Perhaps I've earned enough points with Sash and Coach that they will pause before considering to vote me out.
Really, at this point it's all I can hope for. Until then, I must control what I can control, and that's my outward attitude.