[jet]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Well it's the only reason why James in even gonna get votes in the final imo.

And some people thought that Cristian was boring.

You do realize you are disrespecting many of James's fans?

[Stormy]

Originally Posted by Ironman25

You're right, James never said he had any interest in a friendship with Austin outside the house.

James is quite bright and someone who plays to win. I suspect that James examined the demographics of likely voters and also determined which strategies/interpersonal dynamics that led past housemates to success in the house and continued success after the series. From this information I suspect James planned his strategy (including options depending on a few variables) and has stuck to the plan. There have been a few times I think he has come close to breaking.

You're giving James too much credit.

He most likely went in with a plan to be the 'good guy' and avoid losing his temper...which is what he tried to do.

Austin clung onto him...he was bored and having some fun,...and it turned into a bromance....but in no way does James think of Austin as anything more than 'my mate in the house" as he keeps saying.

Austin kept pushing the friendship outside the house...and when he pushed too far, James tried to set him straight with the 'we don't really know each other" talk.

Austin, and the public, made more of the 'bromance' than what it was and are villifying James because he didn't share the same feelings as Austin.

That's were all the 'slimy', 'massive game playing', 'machiavellian strategist' bullsh!t comes from...when it is probably just a case of one guy thinks the friendship is serious while the other feels it's just casual. When the guy who thought it a casual friendship got super annoyed with his housemate, he put him up. No betrayal, no massive well thought out strategy.

As James told Austin many times, he wouldn't have been bothered if Austin put him up. James hangs around Austin because there's nothing else to do and it's good for a laugh...but he hasn't connected to him emotionally at all....and he's never pretended to.




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[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by jet

...That he would nominate Austin to gain votes. He's a smart guy, and he would know that nominating his best friend would lose him support and only make Austin fans vote even more to save him.
and why would he nom Austin, who was in the top four to be saved? It's so ridiculous his reasons have to be genuine...

If you look at what the others who nommed him said it shows how difficult Austin was being and how bad he was making people feel:

Bobby: he has an ugly side, a temper, refuses to accept people have a different opinion to him; no need for him to shout and scream and swear at people.
Natasha: he's carrying around a lot of hate and anger that explodes into the house several times a day and when he's unhappy the whole house hears about it.
Clovie: the way he addresses other HM's is unsettling, when he pops at Chloe (Stevie said) it gets his blood boiling
James: the way he treats people and goes off isn't acceptable, its hard for me because I have to make the right decision and as much as I love him how he's behaving is wrong.

James would also have known that Austin was going to get nommed and be up anyway, regardless of whether he nommed him or not.

Conclusion: James was genuine because otherwise it doesn't make any sense.

Exactly , all the HMs can't all be wrong about Austin behaviour, so I don't know why James is getting all flack for it, I know hes his mate in there but at end of the day it's a game.