Originally Posted by Linus2:
“Well, at least she won an endurance comp which she worked really hard for. And it meant absolutely nothing because of the twist. She got massively screwed here. They could at least let her take part in the next HOH as hers was practically nullified. And Ash was part of 2 big alliances. Britt never had a real alliance besides that thing she has with Sarah. Not that i think Ash played a great game but at least she did something.”
Ashleigh acknowledges herself that she was forced into Chop Shop. Greig went up to her and did exactly what Devin did with Amber and Christine. She's said herself Greig pulled her to the side and said we have an alliance, you're in it now. She did absolutely nothing to put herself in that situation, at least Willow saw something was going on and went up to Greig and asked him outright - that would be something to argue, but sat in final two "er, yeah, I got forced into the first big alliance..." and even with the Diapers she did nothing to actively form the alliance, she just happened to be in Zach's bed. Herself and Pilar have done nothing for themselves in this game, everything that has been given to them, they've ran back to their boyfriends to ask what they should do with the information - Willow final three, all of Sarah's talks with them, Ashleigh's final two with Bobby... every piece of information they've been given has been handed to Zach (or Kevin) on a golden platter. They've never played for themselves.
Originally Posted by Linus2:
“Its all about perception. Nobody in Jury believes that she has game in her they all think Sarah is the head of those 2. Thereīs a reason that everyone used her as a pawn. They all think she is useless. If its true or not doesnīt matter.”
She didn't become a pawn because people thought she was useless initially, though. It was a strategic move to get Kevin out (using the excuse both players fell off the wall in the HoH comp first), and then because of the whole instant eviction, Kevin didn't have time to talk to anyone and he acknowledged that using Britt again would be "okay" because someone's already nominated her, so his hands would be "diluted" of her blood. Ever since she was used as a pawn by only the Diapers. Had Godfrey/Bobby/Bruno/Sarah/Sindy had power, she'd never be on the block as she's had a strong social game with all of them, she just failed to have a social game with the Diapers - which is, admittedly, a flaw in her game.
Originally Posted by Linus2:
“Of course its not Britts fault that she got that power but Jury will see that she only survived because of a viewers vote. If every houseguest had been playing for it it would be different. But she got handed the power for doing NOTHING. At f-ing F7?!? Its so ridiculous. Yeah she won against Sarah but that didnīt really matter who won at that point.
We knew there is a twist coming in F8 but they never told us what it is. If by some miracle a diaper and Sarah/Britt would have been voted for HN i bet if a diaper won it there would have been only 1 veto in it instead of 2.”
Like you said, that isn't Britt's fault. Had Britt won HoH, Godfrey/Sarah would have got the power. Any of the three was going to get it no matter what, so really, all three were handed a pass to the final six. This power was to help all non-Diapers, so Bruno and Willow would also have benefitted from it too had Bruno not used the Veto on Zach.
I just can't criticise a houseguest for a twist. I don't like them, but my frustrations get taken out on the producers rather than the houseguest(s) who benefit from them. Once a twist is happening, I try to embrace it nowadays, and use the twist to see if the houseguest(s) use it properly. This week, Brittnee did not. They should have evicted Zach, handed a golden opportunity and they didn't take it. If Zach/Pilar doesn't win Veto, then Britt and Sarah will be the luckiest people alive and would have done no damage by taking out Bruno over Zach, but it was still the wrong move... so that's something I would take into consideration if I was on the jury.
This would be my mentality if I was on the jury: Yes, she got a power that saved her, but that shouldn't be used against her. However, she didn't use that power to make the best move for her game.
To be fair, it's my mentality as a viewer
Originally Posted by Linus2:
“Yeah i know a lot of people like them but i just canīt root for someone who has literally cried and whinged the whole season. I just canīt. And i honestly donīt understand why people root for them. If you cry about everything than just self evict please. What are you doing on a show like that?”
I think Britt's guilty by association (to Sarah). I don't think she's cried (apart from being voted a Have Not by Canada) or whinged much at all. Considering she's spent 5/8 weeks on slop and 5/8 weeks on the block, I really don't think she's been that negative.
Sarah/Britt have been after the 'core' alliance from day one - that's what makes people root for them. Nobody wants to see one alliance rule the roost throughout, so when people try to flip the house, viewers support them.
Overall, though, it's just been a horrible cast in terms of game play. I don't think the personalities were that bad - they had some great personalities in there - but the game play has been one of the worst I've ever seen... I don't think it helped that they lost four big personalities one after the other (Risha, Sindy, Naeha, Greig).
