“You have to think about everything. Are they a physical threat now? Are they going to be a threat later down the road? Or do they just flat out get on your nerves? It’s just not about tonight. It’s about every other night after this.” — Lauren Rimmer,Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
You never want to be the guy in the hammock.
You see it almost every season. A group of contestants clustered around that one guy, who’s issuing commands while he sways lazily in the breeze.
How did it happen so fast to Carl? Last week, Carl was the scrappy sidekick with the idol nullifier. Now he’s Don Vito?
“Who’s in charge of all the Davids?” Alec asks rhetorically. “Carl.”
“Carl is the godfather. He gives me orders,” Mike says. “Then we’re supposed to kiss the ring and head off to the beach.”
Erik Reichenbach
TheSurvivorgodfather is a tricky role to play. You’re calling the shots, but you’re also in line for the bullets. You have to stay humble, to build consensus rather than give orders.
But psychologically, after a month of scrambling for votes, it’sreally niceto sit back and have a moment where the other people scramble.
But that’sSurvivorfor you. As soon as you stop scrambling, you’re poached.
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Why Carl?
I’ve always been a big Carl fan. Who didn’t love the perfect nullifier play, the bing?
But I believe that Carl is the biggest threat in the same way that I believe that salads and wraps are a fantasticSurvivorreward. Is anybody worried about Carl winning immunity? Is anybody worried about Carl winning the game?
Carl is the perfect person for the Davids to keep around, because he’s #DavidStrong, his godfather act focuses tribe attention, and he actually tells you what he’s planning. Predictable people are a gift from theSurvivorgods. Why on earth would you eliminate one?
Right now, for the first time in the game, he’s in a power position. He’s in the dominant alliance. For one vote, he has immunity. He has an idol in his pocket. To some degree, he can direct where the votes fall.
By taking out the two biggest targets on the beach, and breaking trust with Nick and Davie, he makes it that much more difficult for himself to get to the end.
“I’ve always believed that in order for me to survive I have to keep threats around or else I will be the only threat remaining,” Christian tells us.
I wish he had trusted his own advice.
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source: people.com
