[MB.]

also, nothing that Ben said tonight made sense to begin with (I'm not even going to start with his nonsensical bunker analogy, or that "I hate Rob! Rob is an alpha male and he must die!" confessional that seemed to come out of nowhere and lead to absolutely nothing), but above everything else, I can't believe he gave, in earnest, a "Parvati has to go because she's so sexy and seductive and I can't control my boner" confessional in the year 20-fricking-20

[Braden]

Another enjoyable episode, despite a **** boot order thus far (though, I can't be too mad at that when EOE means I can watch Danni be proud of herself for catching a tiny fish )

I was invested in Sele at the beginning of the episode, and I was hoping Adam would blindside Rob and take him out. Then he ruined it by crawling up his arse and spoiling the Parv vote—it was a silly move, and I was fully expecting him to go until Ethan's votes were read. It was nice to see Rob blindsided, though. I didn't like the way he spoke to Michele and Jeremy after Adam divulged the Parv info. He's somewhat entertaining and a necessary evil, but his aggressiveness makes him quite unlikable.

I thought the scene between Tony and Sarah was hilarous, and my arsehole clenched the entire time Sarah was at Sele's camp, lmao. I would be lying if I said I didn't love it, but it was soooo random that Natalie chose her to retrieve the advantage. Also, I am definitely going to lose track of all the advantages and fire tokens in the game, especially because they're not being used. Like, even with Denise and Adam's idol, I thought that it had to be shared...so I thought it was so random that Adam just gave it back to Denise in that flashback. Hmm, we'll see how it all turns out.

Right now, some speculation regarding EOE (I'm not spoiled so feel free to look below if you wish):

Spoiler:

I would be surprised if Natalie doesn't return to the game at some point. Her edit is pretty solid, and I'm sure she has enough fire tokens to buy an advantage in the comeback competition.

[starry]

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

-I have mixed feelings about those advantages. Yes it's good TV sometimes to have things shaken off, but sometimes you have to let things unfold naturally and stricly based on what made Survivor in the first place: a group of people deciding their own fate with no help from whatever/whoever. It can make up for a bad season, but I don't think it's needed here, a lot of them are good players who can figure things out on their own.

Agreed. Players who have been voted out to exile still influencing the game was seen in the last Edge of Extinction, so it's not even new, they've just expanded it even more. And like the last Edge of Extinction they don't bother showing the votes at the end. I think Redemption Island was a better twist even, at least there was some point to it every week, rather than just having some random episode from people exiled.

[caprimint]

- Loved The Adam Show last night He is actually the King of this season already.
- Rob's face when he thought Adam was going... then one of his alliance got voted out, amazing
- Does Sandra actually do any challenges? How on earth does she think she can win by doing nothing?
- Tony was hilarious again. I GET the love for him now. <3
- Adam's confessionals are the best. His "everyone is going to be like "WHY WOULD YOU TELL ETHAN?!?" one literally SPOKE.
- Ben is great every episode. So messy/funny/endearing.
- They need to stop showing disgusting images of dead animals for **** sake.

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

Adam is trying to do exactly what he voted out Danni for? And he’s doing the whole “take out the girl to weaken the guy” thing

Parvati even said herself she was used to being a flirt in her past seasons. They're not wrong that she could get all the guys on her side.

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

Oh and Adam's a clown for saying "Boston Rob should play more like Adam" Like it's so bad I almost like him for that. Almost

Rob is probably gonna be agreeing with Adam soon

[caprimint]

One of the most enjoyable/entertaining episodes I've watched since I started watching Survivor btw

[Captain.Remy]

Right, so let's just say the boot order is weird, but this season is so enjoyable!
Another great episode, this keeps getting messy but in a good way I think.
Voting Parv that early does not make sense. I root for her to win it all, but she's too big of a target. Keep her in because you know nobody will vote for her in a jury, unlike some players who keep it low profile but are bigger contenders for the win.
But damn it what a thrill to know she could go this early! Hopefully they get off her back next week. And I don't think the producers will allow them to vote her out this early anyway, she's good TV, and so is Sandra.

Tyson is aggravating and I can't wait for Sandra to slice his throat with a nice solid blindside that he deserves. And Sandra is still the Queen, fishing sharks and stuff lmao
It kind of shows Survivor basics: fishing etc..

Ethan going is a bit disappointing, he's a nice genuine lad. I hope Rob and Parvati recover from it and stop losing challenges!

[Captain.Remy]

Oh and Ben didn't get that much airtime this week, but every time his face appears he does something goofy. If you have a bad day at work or wherever, just watch his face and he'll make you smile. I hope he goes far just by being this idiotic

And thanks to Tony for making Sarah relevant with the ash thing. She really is a filler isn't she?

[caprimint]

My sig is me when anybody says they don't like Adam

[Moniqua]

link anyone???

[Moniqua]

AHHHHHHHH Hayden sis PLEASE could you gif @ 3:21

Youtube video

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Yeah of course there's an excuse lmao

Confirmation from Dalton Ross: https://ew.com/recap/survivor-season-40-premiere/

[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by caprimint

- Tony was hilarious again. I GET the love for him now. <3

He's thriving

Originally Posted by caprimint

Parvati even said herself she was used to being a flirt in her past seasons. They're not wrong that she could get all the guys on her side.

Parvati's great but this is tea

Originally Posted by caprimint

Rob is probably gonna be agreeing with Adam soon

[MB.]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Parvati even said herself she was used to being a flirt in her past seasons. They're not wrong that she could get all the guys on her side.

The last time Parvati was intentionally flirtatious as a strategy was ten years ago, and if this season has shown us anything it's that Boston Rob using hypermasculine intimidation (e.g. emotionally blackmailing Danni into aligning with him, convincing everyone to empty their bags at Tribal, etc) has been far more successful a strategy than 37-year old mother of one Parvati Shallow being so ~young~ and ~sexy~ that all of the men in the tribe lose control over their games/brains/penises the second they cast eyes on her

In other words, it's just yet another layer to the inherently sexist fabric of Survivor, and the longer the likes of Ben and Adam continue to perpetuate it the longer the list of male Survivor winners will keep growing!

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by MB.

The last time Parvati was intentionally flirtatious as a strategy was ten years ago, and if this season has shown us anything it's that Boston Rob using hypermasculine intimidation (e.g. emotionally blackmailing Danni into aligning with him, convincing everyone to empty their bags at Tribal, etc) has been far more successful a strategy than 37-year old mother of one Parvati Shallow being so ~young~ and ~sexy~ that all of the men in the tribe lose control over their games/brains/penises the second they cast eyes on her

In other words, it's just yet another layer to the inherently sexist fabric of Survivor, and the longer the likes of Ben and Adam continue to perpetuate it the longer the list of male Survivor winners will keep growing!

And I oop-

[MB.]

And while we're at it, let's have a look at those guys Parvati could "get on her side" with her wicked flirtatious ways this season, shall we?

Ethan - married, was already aligned with her
Ben - married with two children
Jeremy - married with four children
Rob - married with four children, was already aligned with her
Adam - Klein

Hmm, I sure hope evil Parvati doesn't use her sexy, sexy tactics to tempt these poor helpless boys into falling in love with her!

[Captain.Remy]

Adam looks like a virgin, so he's definitely attracted to her lmao

I get your point though, this is ridiculous to still consider her a threat based on her past flirtatious ways. This year she is a threat because she is smart and understands the game better than most of them.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

Adam looks like a virgin, so he's definitely attracted to her lmao

Adam also nearly blew up his entire game because he wanted Boston Rob to know how much he wanted Parvati out... I don't think that's Parvati's problem

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by MB.

Adam also nearly blew up his entire game because he wanted Boston Rob to know how much he wanted Parvati out... I don't think that's Parvati's problem

I'm not saying it was her problem in the first place. He was fully 100% idiotic for talking to Rob about it.

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by MB.

The last time Parvati was intentionally flirtatious as a strategy was ten years ago, and if this season has shown us anything it's that Boston Rob using hypermasculine intimidation (e.g. emotionally blackmailing Danni into aligning with him, convincing everyone to empty their bags at Tribal, etc) has been far more successful a strategy than 37-year old mother of one Parvati Shallow being so ~young~ and ~sexy~ that all of the men in the tribe lose control over their games/brains/penises the second they cast eyes on her

In other words, it's just yet another layer to the inherently sexist fabric of Survivor, and the longer the likes of Ben and Adam continue to perpetuate it the longer the list of male Survivor winners will keep growing!

Who cares if it was 10 years ago? Everyone here is equally based off of their previous seasons, whether it was 1 or 10 years ago. Hell people are even fans of her because of 10 years ago... or at least, must be because she sure as hell ain't done nothing worth rooting for this season so far.

Rob is a ****. We all know that anyway. It doesn't mean that just because he's an alpha male etc etc that he is the biggest threat. In fact, two of his old school alliance members have gone, his team have lost the past two challenges because of him... lol. Parvati was both of Rob and Ethan's #1's, so it's pointless bringing gender into it when Adam had every reason to want her gone.

Originally Posted by MB.

And while we're at it, let's have a look at those guys Parvati could "get on her side" with her wicked flirtatious ways this season, shall we?

Ethan - married, was already aligned with her
Ben - married with two children
Jeremy - married with four children
Rob - married with four children, was already aligned with her
Adam - Klein

Hmm, I sure hope evil Parvati doesn't use her sexy, sexy tactics to tempt these poor helpless boys into falling in love with her!

Being married (and having kids) means absolutely nothing btw, it's possible to fall for someone no matter what your relationship status is

Originally Posted by MB.

Adam also nearly blew up his entire game because he wanted Boston Rob to know how much he wanted Parvati out... I don't think that's Parvati's problem

Adam made a move that could have backfired on him but it didn't. Everybody else is too scared to come for (or even talk about) getting the strongly aligned old schoolers out.

Adam literally... explained that he told Rob and Ethan about it so that ultimately they might be more willing to trust him for being honest with them. He even said that he'd like to work with Rob further into the game.

[Captain.Remy]

This season being this good, and the 20th season in France who just started are giving me some good TV right now. In USA we have strategy with brilliant player, and in France we have a dude who took 3 days to light the fire and extinguished it two minutes prior to the first tribal council because he freaked the hell out and knew he was getting voted out.
French twitter is going insane over it Oh yeah, and we have a dude who came all over to Fiji only to admit he can't swim therefore his team lost in the immunity challenge, the hot girl of the season wearing a thong bikini and twerking at the end of the challenge, and a girl who sprayed her ankle on the first day while finding the water. They're all psychos this year!

I have my Survivor juice for a while

[Macie Lightfoot]

Yeah, diminishing Parvati's entire gameplay as "she's just a siren who flirts with all the mens and goes in for the kill" is kinda dumb and a huuuuuge disservice to the many other skills she brings to the game. She definitely lays it on thick and embraces the black widow label, but the show reducing her to a temptress is kinda sexist and gross.

Then again, we're watching a show where Brains vs. Brawn vs. BEAUTY was a theme (twice!) all because of the trauma of Jeff Probst getting tricked by a cute girl into giving her all of his Halloween candy so it's par for the course.

[JerseyWins]

They really need to cut down on EOE time, NOT add even more to it by showing them walking back and forth collecting logs

[JerseyWins]

Tyson's SCREWED after messing with the Queen