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Originally Posted by VTChess
2nd time checking this thread this season, doesn't look like I missed much.
Again, haven't been watching any feeds or even checking jokers this year, so tonight's episode was a total shocker for me. To see the way Taylor was being treated, and then to see her apparently end up in the majority alliance, got me kind of emotional tbh
**** Daniel and **** Nicole, absolutely disgusting. I stan Taylor completely, and Joseph is really cool/impressing me also. Every week he seems to have his finger on the pulse of what's going on
tldr; The problem is these people who can't just shut their emotions off and play the game.
Ok, so I'm on team Taylor, but I'd like to explore the possibility that Daniel and Nicole are not completely horrible people. I don't think they were intending to be mean bullies or consciously trying to spin a false narrative against Taylor for game purposes. I think they both felt righteous from their perspective--which is kind of amazing given how they behaved. Nicole perceived Taylor's comments about quitting to be an attack when Taylor intended them to be supportive. Then, Daniel reacted in a way which he thought was a justifiable defense of Nicole. I think in the heat of the moment, Nicole and Daniel felt justified in responding to the situation the way they did. Where they went wrong was in pre-loading their mindset that Taylor was a villain.
Honestly, that idea was inserted in the house weeks ago by Paloma. She was envious, I think. Painted Taylor as a villain in order to get her targeted and removed from the house. Got ate up by guilt and psychosis and ultimately removed herself from the house and the competition. 'Making it personal' fail number one.
I think Nicole was feeling guilty about her plan to go on the block with the intention to vote out Taylor. She was crying and moaning about how the game is so hard. Daniel is in there comforting her, and they latch back onto this idea that Taylor is a bad person again. I think because they are trying to make themselves feel better about stabbing her the back. We don't have to feel bad about lying to her and voting her out because she's a bad person. Let's hug and wipe our tears away and go about our business. With this being their mindset, they misread and completely over-reacted to Taylor attempting kindness. 'Making it personal' fail number two.
It's fascinating. I hope they provide these people with complimentary therapy after the show.