[Ep 16] The Final Cut

[Emily]

So the last vote went quite well. Two votes Henry, three votes Wendy, exactly what I wanted. I feel like I personally saved Henry, and whether he believes it was Annie or Ingrid who voted with him, I hope Henry will at least appreciate what I did and reward me with a spot in the Final 3. I know how he works, he will try to target whoever is the biggest threat for him in a Final 3, and that is not Ingrid. So even though Ingrid voted him out (hope he'll see that), he might still want her in the Final 3 because obviously Annie and I have been devious little bitches with a lot of power in the game. At the very least I know that Annie and I will vote together, and that we have at least two votes.

I don't see myself winning an endurance challenge, given my schedule for the upcoming days. So I think it will go to either Henry or Ingrid. If Henry wins, easy vote for me, I'll vote Ingrid, Annie will vote Ingrid. They might still force a tie though. Seriously, if Henry has the nerve to vote me out, he will definitely lose my vote and Annie will beat him in the Final 3. If Ingrid wins, tough vote, but I'll vote Henry. Ingrid and Annie might do the same, though Ingrid might be a little upset about the last vote and that we left her in the dark about it.

So to say I feel safe, no. If anything I think I'll still have a tiebreaker to save myself. I just hope Ingrid won't win, because then I'll have to make that choice between Henry and Annie and that one I'm not looking forward to even though I know what I'll do.

[Emily]

Also, I actually think I'm the least threatening when it comes to the Final 3. Not that I don't believe in my game, I made a couple of big moves and constantly maneuvered myself in a pretty good position, but people will be bitter. I screwed Faith over (badly) by running to Henry/Ingrid, not that I really regret it... but it wasn't pretty. I stabbed Tay in his back while we were relatively close. I had no connection at all with Murphy, Zoe, Chad, and Peter. I turned on Wendy and flat out lied to her... so yeah, I really have no shot at this, and if I make it to the end I'll need a thick skin because these people will grill me. I don't care though; I loved the game and like how I played. Devious = fun.

Henry is the most obvious threat; he found all the idols, he was strong in challenges, loyal to the good people, and barely lied I believe. Faith can call him a liar but he did what he had to do to save himself. Also, looking at how many confessional posts everyone has, Henry was by far the most committed player in this game and deserves to win. I'm not sure who will vote him. If Ingrid goes this round, he'll have Ingrid's vote. Murphy will probably vote him. Taylor will vote him. If Annie is not in the Final 3 he may rack up some more votes.

Annie is also likely to win <3 Even though she didn't help Faith and turned on Wendy, she might still have votes from Faith, Wendy, Zoe, Chad, Quinn, and maybe Murphy. If I go this round, she'll have mine too. She didn't do to Faith what I did to her. I got Annie to vote Wendy out. Zoe and Wendy talked to Annie before the Zoe vote. So the jury will be pissed at me and will see how Annie maneuvered herself out of an UTR position to someone who had a key role in this game and who made the right moves to keep the jury satisfied while getting there with two people who are hated by the other jury members.

Ingrid is not to be underestimated. Even though she's hated by Faith and hence by all her followers due to her lack of personality, if you purely look at the strategic game and not the social game, then Ingrid is certainly a contender. She's had a lot of information and has always been very aware of what's been going on. If they find out that Ingrid voted Henry out at the final 5, they'll all start masturbating over her and declare her the one and only goddess of the game. So if Ingrid plays it right, she might get all the votes that Annie could get, except from mine. If Ingrid manages to get Annie out this round, then she will have all those votes because the jury will hate Henry (cept from 3) and myself.

But yeah, I don't care much. I'd love to win, don't get me wrong, but if I make it to the end with two people that I love, I won't mind who wins. If I don't make it to the end, I'd still be happy though a tad bit bitter at whoever voted me out.

[Emily]

Well, I just threw the challenge to Henry, cuz I don't think I can win endurance against Ingrid, and I don't want Ingrid to win. Sooo. I'll probably regret this, but whatevs.

[Emily]

And then he is like, I'm not sure if I can do so many posts... I could have done more... I really don't want to do the endurance, cept if it's against Annie cuz one of us winning will be perfect. But Ingrid winning will suck.

And I'm not sure if Henry actually believes Annie voted Wendy cuz they haven't talked...

[michael]

Just wanted to let you know, I love you and your game. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Truly an amazing thing to watch all season <3

[Emily]

Aww thanks so much Michael <3

Just a short update. Annie won against Ingrid, due to Ingrid dying. Henry beat me, which is what I hoped for as that is the most direct way to the Final 3 that I want. Henry knows that Ingrid lied to him and that she voted him. So now the only puzzle piece left is Henry willing to vote out Ingrid (if he wins immunity). I don't know if he is really going to do that since he's quite coy about it and still talked positively about her. I really think that the jury would be like fuck it we'll let Ingrid win just for the heck of it, whereas Annie and I may be seen as a villainous pair so Henry would be seen as more of a hero who made it on his own. So for Henry it would be best to vote Ingrid out, and he would return the loyalty that I gave to him all along... since I've been the only person that didn't have a problem at all with having him at the end... so yeah that's the missing piece in this puzzle and time will tell if he's gonna vote Ingrid...

[Emily]

Aaaaah I feel so out of it!! Been way busy and haven't really talked to anyone in the last few days. I'm going to be away all weekend, so I should probably start writing some sort of opening statement in case I make it to the Final 3. Maybe it's cocky to have it ready in advance, but yeah I kind of have to and I'll write two versions, one in case Annie and Henry are both there and I'll just say that that's what I wanted and I made it happen lol and another in case Ingrid somehow makes it which would suck.

[Emily]

Annie winning is kind of really messing my plans up. Not that I didn't want her to win, but now I'm in a difficult position.

Annie will want to vote Henry. I want to vote Ingrid.
So if Ingrid and Henry both vote me, I'm toast

[Emily]

Damn it's so risky....

Like, if Annie votes Henry, and I vote Ingrid, and I tell Henry... then he might go to Ingrid with that and they could vote me out. So if anything, I think it's best if I do NOT take ANY initiative. Then they will have to do the scrambling and come to ME for a vote. Ingrid's first thought might be Henry, Henry's first thought might be Ingrid (at least I would hope so and would be hurttt if that's not the case), so maybe they will come to me? But I won't be on much at all so that's messed up.

But I can't tell Annie I'm voting Ingrid either, can I? I can subtly try to suggest that the jury is bitter at Henry and that I'd prefer voting Ingrid... but that's it I guess...

Or I can tell Henry that Annie is voting Ingrid so he won't have an incentive to team up with Ingrid against me?

Gahhh this is kind of messy.

[Emily]

Ok and Henry gets on and it sounds like it's all good actually lol. He's very direct and says he's voting Ingrid. And he says Annie said she'll vote Ingrid as well. So... maybe it won't even be a tie. OK Going to post my vote for Ingrid and try not to worry too much about it...

[Emily]

Ok and Annie gets on and she is like whaddayawannado. I'm like well idk but I voted Ingrid cuz Henry said you were voting her too and it works for me. And we analyzed the situation and agreed that the jury will let Ingrid win just to make us feel crappy and to fuck with us. So she's voting Ingrid, I'm voting Ingrid, Henry will be voting Ingrid. Oh my fucking Gawd, this will be my favorite Final 3 EVER EVER EVER. I can't believe I said this at F7:

Nov 13, 2012 10:24:03 GMT -5 Emily said:

I really want to go to the end with Henry actually. AND Annie.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

And I feel kinda bad about this thing:

Annie 2:13 pm: we had full intentions of voting out henry as soon as he was without immunity
and didn't do it two times in a row xD
lolol @ us

OMG I lied to her But it worked, and this will be my favorite Final 3 ever, so I guess that weighs out no? Ugh lol omg.

Have my opening statement ready btw, I wrote that I'm prepared to be slaughtered so yaaaa expecting the worst from the jury lol.

[Emily]

Im so confused. If Annie actually changed to Ingrid then ugh.