So yeah. I lost the immunity challenge, which was most certainly an incredibly unfortunate occurrence. Hilariously enough, though, somehow I think I managed to flip the tables.
Kelly ended up winning immunity, so that challenge did not scar me for life with a Natalie immunity win. If that had occured I would regret not voting her out over Edgardo in F5 for a while, since Kelly came to me a few hours beforehand and suggested switching the votes to her...to be honest, that might not have been a very bad idea. but I was obsessed with the idea of outlasting Edgardo and making him feel like a moron for flipping. Natalie sucks, but I don't care that much about spiting her. It likely would have been better, however, logically, to keep Edgardo in the game considering Natalie is more intelligent than he is and likely a bit better in challenges like puzzles, and considering I knew it was a memory thing and spent hours preparing useless notes, I still decided to keep the more brain-inclined one. It was more of an emotional, rather than a logical, decision.
Regardless, she did not win and my worst nightmares were not realized - I still had a chance. Kelly had prior discussed forcing a tie with me against Natalie, right? So perhaps I wasn't doomed after all!
We talked a bit, and she decided that she did indeed, want to keep me in the game, however she didn't want to force a tie. Oh god. That meant all my hopes of surviving lied on...Denise. To be honest, I don't blame Denise at all for wanting to remove me from the game - it's probably a pretty smart move, but I think there are actually advantages
and disadvantages to keeping me around, which I will get to soon.
Unfortunately, Denise was deciding not to budge and that I was Fabio and simply
must be exterminated! Rude. Sure, it's a
compliment, but it still doesn't feel very good. Anyhow, ultimately it came upon my shoulders to try and convince her to keep me in this game over Natatard, The Worthless One. Like really if she ended up winning this game I would die lol. And not in a good way.
Ultimately, my goal had to be to convince her that keeping me had more advantages than keeping Natalie, yeah? Inititally I went with the jury-votes approach. I have maybe 2 votes on lock, whereas Natalie for sure wins if she gets to the end. Like really, I do
not think I'm as much of a threat as these people make me out to be. Yes, I likely have all three Kidd votes, but Colby? Never talked to him. Edgardo? ...Who knows what he's thinking. Natalie? Hates me. And actually I guess I might have Kelly/Denise, nvm, I am actually a threat alol. But it doesn't really matter, because I tried convincing her of that anyways. She basically ended up saying
"well i will lose to both of you."
And that's when I think I found my first "in." Sure, there wasn't a
logical in yet, but there was an
emotional one that I could exploit. I basically went on a tangent over if she felt she was going to lose, why would she want the person who's trash talked her the whole game,
Natalie, to win over me? Now obviously this is all hilarious coming out of me, considering I've probably done even
more trashtalking than Natalie, but it's like, she doesn't really need to know that? This led us into the final course of the conversation, in which challenge strength came up, now, apparently, I am more of a threat than Natalie, but that simply isn't true.
This is where I brought meta knowledge into play. The final challenge of last season was some kind of strange puzzle mindgame
monstrosity, and we all know how well I fare in those. And we know how well Natalie does in those.
This was when I finally managed to start turning her over to my side. If it's the same as last season, when they've used many recurring themes from it this season, then Natalie has a very strong chance to win, and I do not, right? Now, clearly, there's actually a pretty decent chance of there, well,
not being a puzzle as the final challenge again, but whatever. I'll just plant the possibility into her mind and hope for the best.
And if it's endurance? They set a time for the final challenge last season! Meaning, we would all arrange for it to be at a time we had free time. Also, ANYONE can do well in endurance. Natalie could do just as well as I if she was determined to. That's the whole point; that's why it's called
endurance. I neglected to mention the possibility of flash games because
A): I'm really fucking good at those and
B): It's probably not gonna be one lol.
Then she gave in.
"If you can convince Kelly I will go for it." lol ding ding ding. I already had Kelly convinced, now all I needed is you. Vic-tor-y! So I immediately consulted with Kelly, and then she had the idea of making a group chat and having me say
"You both said you'd do it if the other would lol." Which...yeah, I really couldn't have pulled
any of this off without her. Sure, I did have some influence, but without Kelly's help, it would have been
totally null and void. She's my freaking hero!
So I waited a few minutes, to pretend I was talking with Kelly, since I told Denise I was only talking to her or something like that, i don't really remember. But either way, I didn't want to wait too long because she might go to bed or something, and that would just be ever so unfortunate! I couldn't let her just go to sleep on me and ruin all this! So I made my move a little earlier than I had first anticipated out of that fear, and added both of them to a chat, and...boom.
I won. The group chat was mainly for Kelly to further convince Denise, and apparently I made
"interesting points." So, yeah, go me! I'm ever so interesting and amazing. ^.^
Ultimately, Denise was converted over to our side. I showed them LJ's submission from last season and that was the moment that I got my ass out of the frying pan. That was the moment I truly became safe. That challenge was clearly not something I'd do well at, and if it's anything remotely as extravagant, I'm
fucked! So...that's when it happened. They talked it over some more, and all went according to plan.
"If you're down, I'm down." Said Denise, and all clicked into place.
My horrible fate was averted. Kelly agreed, and...kaboom. The plan to vote out Natalie was set in stone. I feel amazing. There is
no reason for them to lie to me! There are no more idols, there's like,
nothing! Unless they feel like blindsiding for no reason which alol would be so dumb I don't even want to consider that as a possibility. There is a small chance of their minds changing prior to TC...but since Natalie
never logs on to AIM, the chances of that are really fucking slim. How can she change people's minds if she's never there? Hahaha. So, unless something absolutely
improbable occurs and she logs on for once in a blue moon, I'm feeling pretty safe.
And I couldn't have done it without Kelly. She is literally the best person in this game
(no offense everyone else) and is a totally phenomenal and amazing human being. I wouldn't rather have anyone else for an ally tbh. If me and her can sit in the final two together, that would be
so amazing I would just cry tears of joy lol. She's the absolute best and I'm not afraid to admit that. Altho I'll feel like a total moron if she actually hates me and is making fun of me in her confessionals LMAO.
Either way...should tonight go as planned, one of me or her will be winning the game! And I love it. That's all I wanted. The horrible, disgusting possibility of a Natalie win has been averted, and unless for some strange reason, the jury has decided
Denise is more worthy of a victory than myself and Kellygoddess, then...we're set. One of us will win this game. I'd love for both of us to sit in the final two together, but like, that's only gonna happen if I win the final IC. I know her and Denise won't take me to the end - like, I wouldn't either if I were them. I
wish she would if she won, but I don't expect her to. But I'll take her if I win, because like...hello?
Awesome. It would be like, the best final two, in the history of, well, ever!
sorry charlie
Like, I definitely think I have a stronger chance of victory against Denise. But I really don't care. Kelly is perfection and us being the final two would be the best thing in the history of, well,
time. So if I win the final immunity challenge, I'm taking her for sure. Hopefully it actually
isn't a puzzle and is endurance or something. Tbh I'd rather it be a flash game than endurance - endurance is stressful as heckie, and flash games I'm decent at I think. I mean,
563, hello?! Yeah, I'm definitely pretty freaking awesome. ^.^
So yeah, tonight Natalie is going to be crying. And I'm going to be relishing in it. I hope she writes up paragraph after paragraph of teary rage. I'll bask in her despair. She'll be
so pissed off about it and that's hysterical to me! I can't wait. I mean, I definitely hope you post TC like...Iunno, 6 hours early, so there's no chance of things changing back to me! ^.^ That'd be pretty amazing, don'tcha think? All I need is for this round to go as planned and me or Kelly will win this game, and I'll be content with either of us winning! Sure, I'd rather win myself, of course, but like, if she wins I think I'd be at least half as happy as I would be if I won, hehe! So yeah. I just need this to go my way and then I need to fight my ass off in the final immunity challenge.
Oh yeah, nevermind - it can't be a flash game because uhmmm I think Kelly asked Jeremiah, it mighta been Denise, and apparently Jeremiah said it was live. ugh if there are puzzles involved I will totally be pissed off. Bleh. I just have to hope it's something that I won't suck at. That's basically all I can do. For tonight, I'm hoping for the best, and then next round I'mma have to do the same, hehe. Let's see what happens!