Machiavellian – Page 2 – A Piece, of the Sky

JC and Brett are back together. JC got stuck as a Have-Not, when it was Angela’s turn (she’s only been a Have-Not once, before). Meanwhile, this is JC’s second time as a Have-Not. This occurrence will definitely feel to JC, like #Tangela is getting the opportunity to conspire against him. JC will then plot a counter-attack.

It’s not as easy to do, in truth, as it is to do, in theory, but JC is going to rally all of the misfit toys, on the bottom of the island: himself, Brett, Hay, Sam – and lead a revolution.

This is a case of ‘the enemy of my enemy, is my friend.’ Rockstar recanted and made a secret pact with Brett, after banging pots and pans at him, and this bought her a few more weeks of safety.

JC needs to, as I said before, drop his crush on Tyler, ignore his utter dislike for Angela, for a moment, and work with her and Kaycee to get rid of Tyler – since Tyler has outright defied JC, when it comes to taking out Angela and Kaycee. That’s what you get, Tyler, for turning down a promising idea, for a big move.

If Hay wasn’t the only one up there, in front of the pie of doom, Tyler would have thrown the last HOH comp and would have been able to compete, for HOH, next week. But Hay was up there, so Tyler had to win, instead of taking a chance on a Hay HOH week, even if there was a strong probability Sam would have gone home, instead of Tyler.

So, Tyler is HOH – but that makes him vulnerable, next week – when he can’t cuddle with Angela, up in the HOH room. What’s the post-HOH plan? Angela, Brett, Hay and JC need to strike now! Tyler’s defenses are down. It’s like the Death Star. Get a shot in, before the shields come back up.

Tyler is trying to angle for Kaycee or Angela to do his dirty work for him and get rid of JC – since if JC goes to the jury, hating Tyler, there’s no way Tyler can win. All of the people who Tyler has promised a Final Two: Kaycee, Brett, JC and Sam (even Angela, if you count showmances) need to compare notes and exchange receipts. Get out the snake!

My money is on JC, since Hay is still bumbling around, running into walls. Like Scottie, Hay doesn’t know when to stop talking.

Hay asks Tyler if Brett, Angela, and Kaycee are all in an alliance, with him (Level 6/4) – because Hay caught them, all celebrating together, last week. What do you think Tyler is going to say to that question, Hay?!?! Of course, Tyler is going to deny and make up a cover story!

Hay then asks Tyler if she is the target, this week. What do you think Tyler is going to tell you, Hay!? Of course, Tyler denies this. Even if Hay was the target, Tyler wouldn’t tell her this, to her face! Why ask?

Later, in the hammock, the continuously beleaguered Scottie asks Hay, to her face, if she has Final 2s, with almost everyone in Foutte, including Scottie. Why would Scottie ask Hay that?! There is no way, on this green earth, that Hay would ever admit to multiple Final 2s, to Scottie’s face. Of course, regardless of the truth, Hay is going to deny this and say she only has a Final 2 with Scottie. Again, don’t ask!

Scottie then tells Hay that he is the pawn. Wino Hay cries into her alcohol, that night – and doesn’t realize that, what else would Tyler tell Scottie?!? On what planet, would Tyler ever tell Scottie, to his face, that he’s the target?? Of course, Scottie’s the target, Hay!! Kaycee eventually comforts Hay and Kaycee didn’t use the veto, so Scottie is going home (yet again).

Whether it’s Hay or JC, someone needs to fire the first round, at Tyler, for the sake of the season, at least. Geez! Get out that fake Savage, Tyler.

OMG, I finally understand Sam.

I was disappointed with Sam, playing with her heart, with the whole Brett-thing. However, similar to JC, Sam can also make good decisions, for game reasons and for personal reasons.

Sam has not reneged on her desire to see Tyler gone. She is still playing a strategic game. In fact, she thought Tyler was going home this week. I mean, Fessy is HOH; this is what was supposed to happen this week.

Sam is the key. Once Foutte is mopped up, the next one on the fodder roster is JC. The only way JC can maneuver to protect himself is through Sam.

Sam is the wedge that can safely go after other members of Level 6, like Brett, getting them out, before JC – because she is an independent, just like JC.

Without Queen Sam, there is no King JC. Sam’s whole spiel about her ‘person,’ is really just code for ‘Final Two,’ since the personal and the game are very much entwined for Sam – but not always to her detriment.

Sam and JC are the only people who can take out, fellow independent, Tyler.

Tyler is no longer Sam’s ‘person.’ He is no longer her Final Two. Hence, her search for a new Final Two, in Rockstar and Brett. However, Sam doesn’t even need people, like Brett, to make it to the Final Five. She is back in my Final Five – Sam, JC, Kaycee, Angela and Scottie.

Where does this leave Scottie? Sam may very well replace Scottie in my Final Four, because Brett has won the veto, and Scott doesn’t have a prayer. He doesn’t have an ice cube’s chance in hell – unless Fessy buys Sam’s pitch…

Sam needs to really play up how Hammock Brett is going to get Hay. She needs to make a dual pitch with Scottie, in which Scottie moves up his eviction speech revelation, that Hay had a Final Two, with Scottie.

Sam and Scottie need to make Fessy feel the threat of Brett getting his woman and/or that Hay has been unfaithful. Fessy needs to feel so enraged and jealous that he replaces Brett with Hay. This is the only way to save Scottie.

However, if Scottie does go home, I can understand. As I said, in my last dispatch, Scottie cannot escape that vote against Swaggy – just like Bay couldn’t get out from under telling Rachel about her power app.

When I saw Scottie fraternizing with Level 6, after Bay’s HOH, I internally felt very disappointed. Foutte has been horrible to Scottie. But games (BB, Survivor) and real life never reward traitors. Level 6 pretended to accept Scottie, but they knew that if he could turn on his original alliance – twice, since he voted Swaggy out, earlier – he couldn’t be trusted to hang with them.

Like Bay, trying to join Level 6, the best Scottie could ever manage was the very bottom of Level 6, the best that a boot-licker could deserve.

I felt better when Scottie decided to go independent. Yet, the game is at such an advanced stage, and there are so few people, that there is no more time or room for a new independent alliance. Scottie was squeezed out. He had a great HOH reign, and then he was diverted by a futile crush on Hay – that will be his destruction, if he can’t get Hay up on the block, in his place.

SO, Sam’s plan is strategically sound. But she is talking to Fessy here. Regardless of Hay’s intentions, RS still went home, during Hay’s HOH (#48LawsOfPower: See what people do, not what they say). Unlike Hay, Fessy is actually hellbent on sending Scottie home, for personal reasons. Let’s see if strategically un-sound Foutte will, once again, damage itself critically.

Regardless of what happens to Scottie, Sam will be here and present for the endgame. Stop protecting that stupid pinky promise with Tyler, Sam. Expose his power app and declare war. The battle for Level 6’s union is at hand.