Thanks for the welcome! It took me so long to even watch any season of Survivor because I didn't want to support something that rewarded people for dodgy behavior. It is easy to get caught up in the emotions as a viewer - I do too!
As far as El goes, I don't know how she has treated Kristie since the merge - we only get glimpses of what goes on. But that was a nice moment that stuck with me. I thought she had a couple of nice moments tonight as well with Nick and Flick.
Yes, she voted for Nick in the end, which could suggest her attempt to console him was insincere, but I believe that she genuinely didn't want him feeling bad. El strikes me as someone who can separate her emotions from the gameplay, so it doesn't seem impossible that she could have a heart yet be cutthroat as a competitor.
I actually think she is one of the craftiest players there, despite people suggesting she has ridden the coat tails of others. She is the one Evan confided in about the Aganoa idol, and she used that information to deepen her relationship with Phoebe and assume a powerful position. Then she was chosen in the semi merge as one of two Aganoa members. At the time, didn't they even mention her and JL as people who they could easily cut if needed? In any case, she certainly didn't seem to be higher up the food chain than Lee initially. Nonetheless, she quickly worked her way into an apparently unbreakable bond with Brooke and Flick.
That tangent aside, I agree that for the most part, El, Flick, and Brooke have been portrayed as queen bees who have had to do nothing to maintain their relative safety and who have had "Mean Girl" moments. I'm just not fully convinced that this is all there is to their stories.
)... if you sense that I don't like boring as batshit Matt you're right... what a useless nuff nuff!... yep!... Chester needs to be eaten!... lol!... cheers.
