Post by Rachel Plencner on Oct 1, 2013 17:34:36 GMT -6
Man this week is shit. All of the people I'd love to renom (Shane/Elissa) I can't really bc they will stay and be pissed off, and nominating Ian does nothing for me but I truly feel like it's my only option. Oh well lol. I've been the most UTR HoH in the world so hopefully I won't be targeted. Week 7 or 8 will be the week something actually gets accomplished. I'm write a long speech like Jack to convey my emotions. It shall be fun. Also Katherine Webb is gorgeous.
Post by Rachel Plencner on Oct 1, 2013 23:55:11 GMT -6
So what's done is done. That was a really hard move but something told me I needed to do it. I know that it wasn't exactly what everyone wanted, but this game isn't about making easy decisions and copping out. Has there every been a Recycled winner that didn't have to make a tough play or a difficult decision? I don't think so. Bottom line, Ian leaving was bad for my game. I know the Six are annoyed I didn't do what the group wanted, and Dom is annoyed I have him next to Shane, but Dom should be fine, and as far as the six goes Ik they aren't a fan, but where else can they go right now? I don't feel like it's enough to turn Andrew/Jessie/Elissa given that I agreed I'd do what they want if they were HoH. Given Jessie is keeping Shane, I think I might have broken a F2 pair up there, which frees her up. That was risky but as Dominic said earlier in the week. No risk no reward. I just hope this was the right move and it reaps rewards.
Meanwhile: Shane in the DR
Shane: WOW THAT FUCKING BITCH. NOW I KNOW WHY EVERYONE HATED HER AND SHE WAS SUCH A CUNT IN HER SEASON. THAT WITCH I HOPE SHE BURNS. (obviously exaggerated - but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he writes this lol)
Post by Rachel Plencner on Oct 2, 2013 22:24:52 GMT -6
As much discourse as this renom has caused in this house, I'm actually thankful for it because had I put up Ian, everyone's hands would have remained hidden. Now I have a more firm idea of who I can and can't trust which is really helpful for me going forward. Jessie put it perfectly, "People are going to want to burn you" and now I know who is going to want to burn me down the road and who isn't. Everyone who was so iffy about this vote in the first place and gave me their word but then tried to go back on it totally drop down a little in my book. Those who were honest (Jessie) move up. James I don't even know, he was pushing for Shane to stay, but could have dished some serious dirt to make it happen, so Idk what he's doing but he was honest to. Jack is someone I need to for sure watch out for right now. Ik Elissa/Andrew weren't pleased so idk where that puts them, but either way, this week has shed some clarity on the true intentions and loyalties these houseguests have. As difficult as it all was, I can't play with any regrets. Short term I will admit it probably wasn't the right call, but I do feel long term, there will be some rewards to be reaped from making this decision, assuming I'm not about to get blindsided on this vote.
Post by Rachel Plencner on Oct 3, 2013 23:24:02 GMT -6
So I've already been working on a little something to ease the tension a little bit on this move. Basically I've worked up a lie, and I'll probably forge a convo of Shane messaging me and saying I made the right move and that he wasn't loyal to everyone in that alliance, and I was someone he was going to stage a move against. This will at least ease tensions with the remaining members of that group and put people less on edge about this whole situation, given that it'll have Shane saying he wasn't loyal to everyone in the group and not just me. Based on Shane's exit I'd say my assumptions are correct because had Shane actually been loyal to me I felt I would have heard a lot more, "I wasn't going to do that to you" and guilt trips but I didn't hear that. I know I made a selfish move this week, but I'm not going to do what an alliance wants that's just going to burn me. I really feel Shane would have led a move like that, and not only does his eviction solidify getting a huge threat out of my way, but it gives me a better read on the other houseguests and will hopefully set me up better in the long run. I'm really going to have to take next week to play a little UTR and cater to the interests of the other houseguests now that I'm not HoH. As long as I can twist things just a smidge to turn their interests into my interests then it's possible to get resituated following that play.
In other news, Jack admitted to me that he was probably going to have to nominate me if he wins HoH which is understandable, but I really don't think that is his best move. I have nominated him twice but as a pawn both times, and he knows that it isn't even necessarily me wanting to put him up so much as feeling like I don't have any other options. I feel like Shane did some major manipulating on him though because I can tell he is more distant at this point. He said he'd put up Ian and I, but Ian went after him because of David and he thinks that leaves something to be desired by doing what everyone else wants by getting Ian out. Jack needs to make a play that will get him far in the game, not buy him a week. I already told him he needs to pull an alliance together of people who will protect and serve as shields for him and then go for someone who he knows would want him evicted, but that's just my two cents. Obviously that has me a little on edge but I just find the Ian situation so ridiculous. Had I gotten Ian out this week, I'm just not sure what I would have accomplished aside from setting myself up to get screwed in a couple weeks. Maybe that's foolish of me to think but I'm just sitting here trying to assess the situation and I already felt on the bottom of that six person group, definitely lower tier in it. Nobody has offered me a F3, F2, or F4 from it aside from Porsche so what does that convey to me? Plus Elissa was saying that a floater needs to go ASAP, and Andrew didn't want Ian out this week either, so what was there to gain if the only people who truly wanted were Shane and Jessie, while the rest of the alliance just wanted me to take out the trash.
The struggle the house dealt with on this vote just goes to show how much Shane needed to go. He was a huge social threat that could have easily waltzed through the game and with James back in he was set. I still stand by what I said about Elissa being a big social threat in her own right, and had I felt more comfortable, I might have gone for her, especially since I already planted a seed to get Shane out soon but the pros and cons of that entailed the fact Elissa and I agreed to go far together, which means Elissa shouldn't try to get me out before the F5 or F6 somewhere in there, while Shane I'm pretty sure was going to pull the trigger in a couple weeks. If I'm wrong oh well, but either way, I felt I needed to actually make a move for myself and not just be the house puppet, because that's exactly how I felt in Week 3 when Adria went up and I didn't like feeling that way.
Either way, I hope the HoH is endurance. I think Ian/Porsche/Elissa will all bring it which makes me feel more secure. Of course supposedly James has the HoH sitout. I'm not sure if that is a bluff or not. I've never seen people return to a game with prizes so I'd think he's bluffing but idk. I can't read James. Him campaigning for Shane actually benefited me because it pushed people to evict Shane seeing James do that for him, and him evicting Dominic makes it look like we are not together in any capacity. I just can't tell if he is actually with me or not because he doesn't explain these actions to me, he just acts. He was plotting with Andrew about Me/Porsche/Ian but maybe he is trying to test where loyalties lie. I just don't know. I want to trust James, but I'm starting to doubt that. The only thing really not setting off major red flags for me is the fact is James knows I kept him and he has yet to use that against me. Of course he could be waiting for the right time to do that but ugh I just don't know. He's definitely one to watch now though.
Love Em 1. Porsche 2. Jessie** 3. Ian 4. Jun 5. Elissa 6. Andrew 7. Dominic 8. James** 9. Jack Leave Em
I star Jessie and James due to trust. Jessie I know would have preferred Ian this week but she was honest w/ me. I just hope she doesn't try to seek revenge since she was clearly very close to Shane. But I have her alias, and I still trust her a lot, plus helped her get more integrated so I feel like she has my back. James falls a lot just because I can't read him. Him plotting on Porsche/Ian/I is a huge red flag. I don't think he's going to let me go home, but what he is doing is skeezy.com #gvseref #missdagvsefam
