[JerseyWins]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

A) I'm admittedly paying more attention to him in this rewatch bc Game Changers
B) He and Cochran are the two most visible people on their tribe

Fair enough @ this... the rest is just bs. Jim/Whitney/Keith were waaay more entitled people and fit the term "douche" perfectly. And they had like no personality that was shown (aside from Jim who had nothing but his douchey game-bot role down). There's no reason to focus on Ozzy over others in the cast and call him out for being a "bully" aside from reasons A & B. But it still doesn't make sense to say that in the first place.

Ozzy is an interesting character in Survivor history because he went from kinda anti-social, mega-underdog to basically a dumbass that you described to a confident leader of a tribe that got taken down as a result of someone he/they underestimated. That's why he's a "prominent person in Survivor lore." He has a quality story each time whether that's with the help of production or not but it's entertaining to watch (although I didn't care for him too much in Micronesia). He's relatively funny intentionally & unintentionally. Intentionally because even though he's pretty monotone he has some charm and wit to him, and unintentionally because he's made a fool of himself plenty of times in the game. I tend to like plenty of comp beasts personally tbh, like many do, but I know you couldn't care less about that. It's just extra fun to watch a player you like that's a comp beast when a decent percentage of the episodes go towards competitions and it's a big part of the game.

G) You generally have a tendency to downplay how much of a jerk some of your favorite players when it's clear as day that they are indeed jerks (downplaying Rocky being an asshole to Anthony bc of "the entertainment factor" or whatever, having any positive thoughts on Alicia Rosa, etc.)

No, I know those two and certain players that I like are "jerks" but I really like the villains very often in TV shows. I "downplay" their actions because I just think it then gets exaggerated by people who don't like them. I also really don't like when someone's made out to be evil when even though they might be mean or whatever, it's really not that bad.

If you were to say Rocky & Alicia are bullies and you don't like them then that's perfectly fine. I find them entertaining but I understand that. (Rocky & Alicia are hilarious though. )

The thing is, in Ozzy's case he's really not even a jerk at all though - in all 3 seasons he was in. Full of himself, sure you could definitely say that, but he wasn't mean to Cochran at all. He just joked around with him and for someone so "entitled" he didn't even have much of a reaction to Cochran turning on their tribe.