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Originally Posted by Double Down
I was really digging Maria during early merge episodes and then have soured on her recently and it was hard to put my finger on why, but I think I finally figured it out.. there is an entitlement to her that is really off putting.
Like she expects things to go her way, and then takes it really personally when they don’t. I have no doubt that part of what prompted her to go after Charlie tonight was him not taking her, regardless of her claim that she understood his decision. Or the way she was so upset and needed to be consoled after Venus said some mean old things about her at tribal. There have been a few other times as well where she has framed something happening as a personal slight, and has used it to try to gain sympathy. I don’t think it’s purposeful, but subconsciously finding ways to be a victim to her advantage. It’s textbook narcissistic behavior. There is also a cockiness to her when employing her strategy, like an overconfidence that the vote will go her way, which she had gotten up until tonight.
With others, there’s often some humility built in the uncertainty of the vote e.g. “I sure hope we pull this off tonight” or “it’s either me or you tonight , hopefully it’s you” but hers are always along the lines of “it’s your turn to go tonight”.
It’s all been rubbing me wrong for a minute now.
Interestingly enough, everyone left now (except Charlie maybe) has been on the receiving end of being left out of the majority, and have had to navigate their way back into the mix. It’ll be interesting to see how Maria handles it.
Double Down summed up Maria quite well last week and not voting Charlie was all the confirmation we needed.
With that said, we've seen plenty of unpredictable juries during FTC. Charlie still should have been playing to guarantee sitting next to Ben and Liz. Doesn't seem like Liz was very live during fire, but I guess theoretically, she still had a chance to eliminate Kenzie, so it still could have worked out. With that said, Ben seemed very set on putting Liz in fire, so even if Charlie pitched it, I don't think Ben would have gone for it.
Also, completely separate, I was shocked the producers actually created a new challenge. I liked it.
Last edited by tarheels2222; Today at 12:39 PM.
