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-Aubry had some of the most memorable confessionals of the season (see: Oregon Trail), had a full nervous breakdown on day two plus a resulting character growth arc and a fully-realised, well-edited storyline (underestimated outsider loses her close allies through an almost comical series of events and bad luck, eventually overcomes these hurdles to become a strategic threat, before losing it all because she wasn't able to connect with the jury, having sacrificed personal connections for aforementioned strategic gain)
-I agree with you on Liz, who was a rare example of being entertaining because she was such a bot, to the extent of malfunctioning and having a meltdown over water <3
-Anna was the other person who I'd say seemed "all game" to me, but for a Survivor early boot, that's not unusual - especially when compared to characters who managed to be entertaining despite only lasting a few episodes, like Darnell, Jenny and Alecia - and at least she had the brief carrying-out-confessionals-by-lying-horizontally-on-rocks-with-her-boobs-hanging-out edit to be remembered by. But hey, every reason needs a duffer slash awful Twitter personality, right?
-Joe was, in spite of his very minimal screen time, unintentionally hilarious and loveable and what you'd get if Abe Simpson were ever to play Survivor: importantly, he was a character, and that's what was missing from so much of MvGX. Screen time isn't necessarily the problem; it's what the editors choose to show in that screen time. On one hand, Darnell will be remembered for pooping in the ocean, Jenny will be remembered for the bug in her ear and going insane at Tribal, Alecia will be remembered for making an embyro and being a mental giant and the list goes on... on the other, who was Rachel? Who was Lucy? Who was CeCe? Who was Sunday? Heck, who was Chris? Who was Mari other than the millennial who plays video games and plays video games because she's a millennial?
-And perhaps even more importantly, the edit made sense in Kaoh Rong. The managed to tell a coherent story with an interesting set of people, which is something that's been hugely lacking in MvGX and Game Changers, and if you back a little further, Cambodia. Kaoh Rong may not be 100% perfect, but considering what it managed to achieve in spite of the current trend of diabolical editing, ludicrous advantage overloads and focus on Big Moves while sacrificing character moments, it's not far off.