Board Thread:Survivor 22: San Marcos/@comment-1728794-20170209210646/@comment-27845097-20170211005500

Hey Malik! I understand that I upset a few of the jurors personally, but I'm trying to best seperate the game from reality. As for what I said about went down on our swapped-tribes, I'm not excusing myself from not trying to connect to you - basically, I found it easier to connect to Brandon because I was kinda thrown into an alliance with him + old Catarina, because there was already 2 sides and a dynamic created without me (after the Ryan vote). This doesn't mean we didn't connect, in fact I enjoyed getting to know you in what little time we had together, but I was basically trying to say that I'm sorry if you thought I could've have done more. I know I wasn't really responsive, but I didn't want to lie to you, or lead you on because it blew up in my face on Catarina, so I that's why I may have been a little quiet. It 100% wasn't personal for me, although it may have been for my alliance who I saw no reason to betray, so that's basically a little background / my side of the story. I hope that's cleared it up. Same goes for Claudia, although I've discussed that in my answers for my answers to her speech already so I'll move on to your questions.

'''What were at least two moves you made? Also, did you make them alone, or be the leader of it, or was it neutral with you and other people?'''

Voting out Renz, and voting out Jenna. I know these aren’t really seen as moves, because they were both already in a “minority”, but I’ll get to that in a second. First of all, thank you for giving me choices. I feel like people assume that moves MUST be made on your own, and taking full credit for a move is a bit disingenuous, although I believe from my perspective these moves were my doing, I couldn’t have pulled it off without people voting WITH me. I feel like if anything, I was working with Nick to vote off Claudia, as we were in the power position after Final 7 or so, and we were trying to ensure that Chris and Claudia, no offence to them, didn’t take the game over the game. Chris/Claudia would’ve chose Nick over me, so taking out Jenna was indirectly stopping that, as I knew they wouldn’t have worked with Nathaniel more than 1 vote at MAX. If I didn’t push for Jenna to go, despite Nick wanting revenge, then I would’ve gone home very soon and Nick would’ve made it further than me, which I did not want. As for Renz, I’d say I was a bit of a leader in that regard, but it also was a group decision. People were focusing on taking out Claudia because of her idol, or even Austin pushing for Nathaniel, however I felt like I couldn’t get myself to trust Renz afterwards. I trusted that Renz was honest about wanting Nathaniel gone, but we never planned a future past that vote, which is why I wanted him out of the picture first, and that tribal council was honestly a huge ass mess which I can expand on, but I think these were my biggest ‘taking the reigns’ moments.

If you could have anyone sitting next to you instead of Nathaniel and Nick, who would it be, and why?

I’ve said Jenna already, but I feel like that’s being taken out of context. More on that in my answer to Jenna’s speech. At one point I wanted to take Shea because yes he is a goat, but it was never a priority for me. At the end of the day, I’m satisfied with how the game turned out, so going out to save certain people would ruin my own prospects of being in the Final 3, therefore you’ll have to take my answer for this question with that grain of salt.

List each Juror as an Artist, or a song that you know, and tell me why.

''Rhi - Rhianna, of course! Aside from the name, I think Rhi was just a great person to have fun with, and I can’t speak on the drama between y’all cuz I wasn’t initially there for it! ''

''Malik - Nicki Minaj. You received a lot of flack but you were done wrong, so you had the right. Also constantly producing bops. ''

''Elmo - Sabrina Carpenter! Can do no wrong, just all around a glowing beam of innocence. ''

''Brandon - Gwen Stefani! I think Brandon is a really cool guy who I look forward to getting to know outside this game. ''

''Renz - Marina & The Diamonds. Renz is a tough one to read, I think he’s complex, but can also just have fun with it all. ''

''Austin - Drake. He was targeted for his social game, which I’ll relate to Drake’s “persona” as mainstream, however I think he’s earned that reputation because he’s really great. ''

''Jenna - Fifth Harmony as a whole - but mainly a mix of Lauren & Normani. I see Jenna as someone who’s nice with a backbone. ''

''Shea - Raven Symone. The bitch didn’t know when to shut up! ''

''Claudia - Ariana Grande. Basically I’m shook. ''

''Chris - Eminem. I don’t know why he’s screaming, but he’s really mad.''

Use three words to describe the final 12, and include yourself.

Malik - Outspoken, Misunderstood, Entertaining.

Elmo - Kind, Empathetic, Nice.

''Brandon - Bright (as in WOKE), Delightful, Cute. ''

Renz - Mysterious, Intelligent, Fascinating.

Austin - Charming, Engaging, Hot.

''Jenna - Dynamic, Interesting, Gay. ''

''Shea - Overdramatic, Attention Seeker. ''

Claudia - Captivating, Irresistible, Astounding.

''Chris - Unpredictable, Smart, Cruel. ''

''Nathaniel - Hard Working, Agreeable. ''

''Nick - Sociable, Friendly, Loyal. ''

''Sim - Resilient, Adaptable, Neurotic. ''

Is there anything you regret? ''Nope. I stand by all my decisions as they got me this far. Of course I’d love to nitpick little things here and there like bringing certain people further than others but the butterfly effect would prevent me from doing so! The game is all said and done and it’s in the jury’s hands now, so I trust you guys will make the right decision :) ''