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Ryan's power play - smarter than I thought?

gracegrace

gracegrace

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Sorry long post

I really thought Ryan had given up on the game a few weeks ago - starting fights with hm favourites and buddying up with unpopular ones, and actually saying 'I don't care I'm giving up/not going to pretend to like Skye'.

However his recent power play has shown me that maybe he's a lot smarter than I first thought - or he has just recently realised that he was on a sinking ship with all his friends being evicted (sandra, sam), and therefore were unpopular in the outside world. He has since said to the new hms 'I actually really like Skye'/'we get along so well', etc, therefore positively associating himself with one of the most popular housemates and putting himself back in the game.

I found his choice of swapped hms VERY INTERESTING. Basically he had a few choices. Knowing that he wanted to split up the couples, he had these options (I'm assuming Marina isn't included/he was told she'd be eliminated or something or made his decision after… I can't remember…. disregard her)

Travis & Aisha
Leo & Skye
Lawson & Cat
Priya
David

He dislikes Travis the most so obviously will choose to swap him (by getting him out of there Ryan will be happier and will also appear more favourable to other hms/australia as he is not agitated the whole time). Also he has a good reason for choosing him "he loved it so much the last time", therefore making him able to make a decision without others thinking he is being malicious/manipulative - and making Travis unable to have a good reason to get mad at him.
Then he can choose Leo or Lawson - he doesn't like Leo very much, and if he chose lawson then he'd have to separate Aish and Skye and that would potentially make them upset with him.
Then there's only two girls left to choose - Cat and Priya. Cat doesn't really matter for him, he would like her there but it doesn't really matter, but Priya is obviously a very strategic player that relies on being amongst the drama/conversations for her success - and by isolating her he can weaken her. But he can pass her off as "collateral damage" as the only girl left, so she cannot be upset with him.

Now by doing this, he will upset Travis and Leo (showing negative sides of them to the public) (and Ryan will not be exposed to these negative sides of them because they are stuck in the sanctuary, i.e. he will not be bothered by it), but Skye and Aisha will most likely not be too upset, and he will have them as friends in the house. Alternatively, if he put either/both Skye and Aisha IN the sanctuary, they would've probably been a bit upset, as would've Travis and Leo, who Ryan would be stuck in the house with.

Everything just adds up so perfectly with his decision - it strategically benefits him as much as possible; weakens those that are threats to him, puts those who annoy him away, keeps those who are close to him happy and on his side, etcetcetc I am just v surprised and impressed with this decision and didn't expect it from him! But he passed the whole thing off like a casual decision and is still putting on a little facade of being innocent/not a game player. Hello Strategy Ryan!
 
Ryan is one of the best in there tbh.

Has his head screwed on but not so much that it stops him from being overly serious. He says some of the funniest shit sometimes, like his imitation of Leo last night.

I think the moment he was nominated he decided it was time for him to step up. The argument with Skye has swung heaps of support in his favour and Skye, while still being loved by a lot of people, is one of the most disliked housemates now.
 
I'm happy with Ryan's choice. It forces everyone to get out of their relationships and actually talk to the others. Yeah, it was predictable, but Ryan knew that too, hence why he is smarter than what we've been made to believe. I'm interested to see how this will work out (and whether his predictions about a possible Priya/Travis, Leo/gym clash occurs).
 
reepbot said:
I just think he is a rich bully. Rich bully Ryan.
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What has he done recently that gives off the fact he's a bully? The only thing I can recall is the Skye v Ryan argument, and that was weeks ago (and they've since made up).

Whatever floats your boat I guess.
 
Candyblock said:
What has he done recently that gives off the fact he's a bully? The only thing I can recall is the Skye v Ryan argument, and that was weeks ago (and they've since made up).

Whatever floats your boat I guess.
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When he threatened violence towards poor, innocent Travis.

When he bullied poor David during the hotel task.
 
YoungTune said:
Skye, while still being loved by a lot of people, is one of the most disliked housemates now.
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By who, public or hms? I am not getting this, she's the most saved and no one seems to have beef with her in the house.
The threads about that ryan and skye argument, the majority seemed to support skye
 
For me, Ryan has definitely been the one housemate who has progressed better over the course of the season. Initially I found him boring and he came across as a self righteous asshole. Slowly I realised it wasn't him being self righteous, rather he just doesn't suffer fools and speaks his mind, which certainly isn't a bad trait. He isn't afraid to shake things up in the house and is very open to new challenges in the game. When the new 4 housemates arrived, he has been the most inviting and has had the best attitude towards them. The game throws you a curve ball, you deal with it. As he said, things were becoming stale and boring, a game changer is never bad and should be embraced. He has a great attitude towards the game.

This power play showed he doesn't mind getting on the wrong side of people, and showed he likes to spice things up. I've done a complete 180 on Ryan in the past few weeks, and I hope he wins the whole competition now.
 
It was really predictable.
To be honest I would rather have seen Skye, Aisha, Lawson and David go the sanctuary. That would have been more entertaining.
 
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