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Originally Posted by YeahYou
If it forces Austin to put them up how could it possibly damage their relationship? John will never work with Vanessa. If she uses veto without Austin's consent it's the worst possible thing she could do.
Austin still has to put one of them up. Which means that that one will feel like they are more expendable thus creating negative feelings.
Austin will only consent if the target shifts to James. So if she uses the veto with Austin's consent without first dealing with Jmac and Steve then Austin can play it off as he convinced Van to use the veto and their (Jmac, Steve, Austwins) original plan of voting out Vanessa or James this week was successful. Which would be a fail for Vanessa.
I highly doubt JMac would be unwilling to work with Vanessa if his options are either working with her or being evicted. Once he becomes convinced that the Austwins want him out this week he'll realise that his only ally is Steve and that he needs to make a new plan.
The best thing she can do is go to Steve and John together and tell them that Austin wants her to keep the noms the same because he can play it off that they just got unlucky that the BD plan fell through. If the three of them together can work out a way to convince Austin to put James up as the target they will then all be golden when the returning juror comes in and Vanessa will be able to slide through for a few more weeks.