Originally Posted by Reserved:
“I agree, they overplayed, but I don't think you're giving Shelli enough credit.”
I give credit to Shelli for going against the house and getting rid of Da'Vonne and putting Audrey in her pocket. That was ballsy. But from the moment Vanessa ran upstairs to tell her about Julia's identity, she has been under her spell. I would have been even more impressed with Shelli, if she had used her knowledge of the twins to take them out.....
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“Shelli has had her own mind and has stopped Vanessa blowing up plenty of times.”
As a good minion should.
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“Likewise, Vanessa has stopped Shelli making moves that don't benefit them.”
Whoever has the last word is the one in control, in their relationship that's almost always Vanessa.
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“They're in an alliance together and I think they balance each other out quite well. Working with someone doesn't automatically mean one of them is being controlled.”
I can't think of any alliance in BB, however balanced, where someone isn't being worked and their "partner" isn't doing the working. Chilltown perhaps? Even if they get all the way to F2 together. Dan>>>Memphis, or Derrick>>>Cody. Some
one is always in control. So it goes.
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“I also don't really think she was wrong to pick Vanessa in the Veto. Nobody was willing to use it on Shelli bar Vanessa, so why not pick her? It gave her a 33% chance of coming off the block which is better than a 16% chance...
If Vanessa won, her closest ally and herself was safe and there's nothing the house could do about it.
Worst case scenario happened for Shelli - both lost, yet Shelli is still staying in the house, because she knew Vanessa was the target regardless. She's in pretty good with Becky and even warned her BEFORE nominations that if she got the choice, she'd probably have to pick Vanessa to play.
Risk vs. reward. The reward was much bigger than the risk; her choosing Vanessa doesn't really seem to have done any damage to her game because everyone knows they're being split up this week.”
The above matters only if you really believe Vanessa was truly willing to use the Veto. I don't. She promised to use it on both nominees, which tells me she wanted to play, but only to try to keep herself safe. If she had won and used it, she would have lost Austwins, because they would have obviously realised Vanessa was willing to possibly sacrifice one of them, to keep Shelli. Do you think Shelli is worth that kind of sacrifice to Vanessa? I don't.
Shelli showed how limited her thinking is, without being able to consult Vanessa. As soon as Becky told her about the backdoor she should have realised she needed to jump off the sinking ship (as Steve did). She is going to need a new alliance. She should have been thinking about trying to mend fences with the very pissed off ADC. Becky was offering to clear the path for her. But no. By picking Vanessa for the Veto, she showed them all that even
in extremis she still wanted to continue to stay out on her private island with Vanessa.
Still, BB wouldn't be near such fun, if we all saw things the same way.....