[Epic.]

32. Scott

*featuring me as Lightning not being able to understand a single sha-reason why Scott's been around this long

Now in all fairness I don't dislike Scott. But when I take a look at these NINE other nominees, he's suddenly trash by comparison and I don't know how I as the second last to save/cut was the one to get rid of him. He also should've been out much sooner, much like the other 9 I previously nommed when it was my turn.

This kind of bugs me a little, but Scott's RoTI debut is so swept under the rug nowadays, simply because of his AS portrayal being much better received. I make no reservations about it though; Scott in RoTI was AWFUL! Someone who goes out of their way to lose challenges just to 'give the other team a false sense of security' is not a threatening antagonist! And no amount of melodramatically brash confessionals about how evil you are can change that. Scott as an antagonist borders more on cringey rather than creepy.

And outside of being a poor antagonist, did Scott really have any other merit as a contestant? Heather, Alejandro, Courtney, Sugar, the Ice Dancers and even MAL all still had traits to them apart from being villainous when that role was their's. It makes Scott so bland and uninspiring for me, and him and Mike were the key offenders at ruining RoTI and making it one of my least favourite seasons. The amount of exposure given to Russell Hantz in denim was too much. What makes Scott's bland unlikeability more upsetting is the antagonists RoTI could've had instead of him. Jo or Lightning were much more entertaining as villainous characters than Scott ever was but for some reason he was still favoured and got all the way to the final 4 despite having ****ty strategies and no friends for the entire duration he was there.

He easily would be a bottom 5 character for me, but then AS rolled around and suddenly I and many others were liking him! He was funny, charismatic, and incomprehensibly STUPID, and in a season that was stupid already, he fit right in and was a welcome drab comic relief in an otherwise dreary season. But a decent season to follow on from an utterly abysmal one does not save Scott from this obvious cut, so I'd still say he's a mediocre character that's more of a 60-64 than a bloody 31-35!

[montblanc]

what the absolute **** at these noms

[sleleen]

bump

[montblanc]

confused, do i save one or two?

[sleleen]

Originally Posted by montblanc

confused, do i save one or two?

yeah save two you just cut one

[montblanc]

thanks slay

cut ennui sadly

[Epic.]

Ugh I was so certain I was finally getting rid of bland Dawn</3

[sleleen]

mess mont why do you keep saving Dwayne

[Epic.]

I love Dwayne, mont is doing the right thing by keeping him alive over and over

[RileyH]

Originally Posted by montblanc

thanks slay

cut ennui sadly

choke

[RileyH]

Junior

WHY was he still in in the first place? He literally adds nothing to the season whatsoever, and the Father / Son duo is outshined by the Mother / Daughter duo, and I cut Taylor AGES ago. I don't have owt else to say bc he is irrelevant

[Morgan.]

Jacques

Don't get me wrong, the Ice Dancers were one of the better teams of RR. Every series needs its villain, and they played a good role in that, but to be quite honest I think Jose was much more effective as a villain than Jacques and I think she shone more than he did. Not sure why, he was just less impressive as a character.

[Morgan.]

Sugar just didn’t click with me as well as the others did.
I think what killed her for me was the whole ‘being gross’ shtick, which put me off Owen. Maybe it’s a shallow reason to dislike a character, but yeah, it meant that half the time she was on the screen, I wasn’t enjoying her.
I did find her funny that aside though. I dunno why, but the line “WAIT that’s just Scuba bear-“ when Bling Bear is introduced makes me laugh for some reason (shoutout to Scarlett asking “Isn’t [Pasta Bear] just Bling Bear wearing a-“ )
-Max swaps teams- Sugar: THEIR LOVE WAS SO BEE-YOU-TEE-FULLLLLLLLLL
Pasta Bear: -hungry for pasta-
Sugar: BACK OFF FURBALL! This ain’t dinner for two
Sugar: I got great show ideas! … people tell me their problems and I just yell, “SUCK IT UP!!!! ”… I’d watch that! ”
Her cackling so loud at Max when he moved teams was a tad funny
Her waking up a rattlesnake to attack a lion for literally no reason ❤
Sadly her comedy was situational for me and I wasn’t too big of a fan of her ‘gross’ traits. And she didn’t have any notable interactions with other characters (besides that odd alliance-members-turned-enemies thing with Sky post-merge but meh ) or truly any ‘story’. And in a thirteen episode season, not everyone needs full development or story – especially not comic relief (and a good one, at that). But when I can find myself not liking Sugar for her comedy and there’s not much else going for her, I have to cut her now. She’s got a respectful placing, IMO – and while maybe she should’ve been cut next round, there’s no guarantee she’s being nommed. (Although on that note, I simply liked other characters a lot more than Sugar out of the list of noms – I was only possibly gonna cut Dwayne over her.)

[Morgan.]

Just waiting for Mont's ennui Writeup, and then monts 10 noms. The last nominations of the entire series.

[Withano]

Has cody won yet

[sleleen]

Originally Posted by Withano

Has cody won yet

he was out like first

[Withano]

Originally Posted by SlayBB

he was like first

These are the words i chose to read

[montblanc]

31 - Ennui

This is the first cut that I actually feel bad for I love Ennui! Him and Crimson were such a good background team and were definitely one of my picks to win. The only reason I cut ha was because out of the him, Dawn, and Dwayne, three characters I really like, he was the least relevant.

King of the underworld!

[montblanc]

why does it say draft

[sleleen]

mont did you send your noms in?

[Morgan.]

^ no

[montblanc]

sending now! i deserve the drags for that wait

[Epic.]

Originally Posted by montblanc

sending now! i deserve the drags for that wait

you're probably gonna get drags for the upcoming list too

[sleleen]

oh btw blurry ah have 2 save and replace left so can I use one and use a revival for t’other or do I have to use my 2?

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by SlayBB

oh btw blurry ah have 2 save and replace left so can I use one and use a revival for t’other or do I have to use my 2?

You don't HAVE to use them??

And shurrup about revivals I've decided against them bc I can't be arsed to reorder the op, I don't want to cancel out writeups people have already written, and there's already more contestants in the final than I originally planned to have.