The Confessions of Candice

[Candice Woodcock]

Episode Eight:

New tribes!

[Candice Woodcock]

Alright well I'm to make a really big move this round.

My thoughts on the vote before today:

Yesterday, after BRob accidentally let his worries about Carter slip to Alex, who later told Carter, he created a group chat between myself, Rob C., BR, Mary, Colby, and Carter where BR explained his trust to us and where we discussed the vote. Although I wanted Kourtney gone, who I thought I wouldn't be able to use to my advantage, Carter threw a little fit thing to get rid of Alex, and BR entertained it to get on Carter's good side.

My thoughts today:

Sydney approached me with this idea to switch and vote out BR. I was passing it off and just entertaining it to see what she had to offer, but then she started to make sense. She promised me her trust and was talking about working together with Miki and Judd if we all make it to the merge, which would honestly be perfect. She also says that someone is also flipping (either Carter or Colby), and I'd be the sixth. After realizing how much sense this made for my game I decided to actually switch against BR. I'd hate to double cross Mary and possibly COlby, but I really feel bad for doing this to Rob C. He helped me out a lot, and I hope he'll forgive me for keeping him in the dark here, but it's totally completely necessary.

[Candice Woodcock]

Episode Nine:

I've been rethinking my decision about siding with Sydney for a while after Boston Rob went. Just thinking about how everything went down, I do feel less comfortable with how we left off. I'm starting to realize how easily Sydney may be playing me, but at this moment I have to invest my trust and hope that she's telling the truth so I have something to hold onto post-merge. If I can successfully do that it's the last step to really putting the game into the place I want it to be.

If we do lose, I may want to hold off on getting out either Carter or Mary, just because I want Kim weakened. If this all works ideally, she's my biggest problem, and has deep threads to Colby AND Alex.

[Candice Woodcock]

I can't really take this tribe anymore, the way this vote changed really bothers me since it went the one way I really didn't want it to go.

Originally, last night, it was between Carter and Mary. I pushed for Carter, Kourtney pushed for Mary. I wake up today to hear that she changed the vote from Mary to Rob, and basically everyone was going for it. I tried to wiggle Rob out of it, him being someone who really helped me out and I trust big time, by going to Mary and Colby, both of whom agreed to plans of saving him. Colby was really up for everything, and I'm pretty sure I fill the role of his closest ally on the tribe, and Mary was totally aching to go for Alex, but we just needed a fifth. Sydney of course declined, as she apparently has connections to everyone everywhere on the earth, and Sean wasn't into it either. So Rob and Mary tried to convince Carter. In a group chat between us 5, Carter told everyone that he was going to vote for Alex. But while I spoke to Colby, he told me that Carter was lying and everything, and Rob was basically fighting a hopeless fight. I'm still gonna vote Alex, and I think I could just explain to Alex why I did it, and just survive without Rob as an ally. It sucks that I can't clue him in on Carter's deception, but Carter won't admit it to me and Colby won't let me tell Rob by using their AIM chat so I just have to let Rob live through it. I did tell him many times I don't trust Carter will vote our way to maybe hint it to him.

Sydney is apparently aligned with Alex, Kourtney, Miki, Judd, and somewhat Kim. I'll have to discuss that later, because for us to work together our games have to mesh better than they are right now.

[Candice Woodcock]

Episode Ten/Eleven:

Okay, wow, I've been slacking.

Since Rob was voted out, I've been feeling more comfortable with the decisions I've made, and do think I've been directing my game into the direction it should be in. The way Rob reacted was so childish it opened my eyes to why people preferred not working with him, and also made me regret sticking my neck out for him, and being the sole person to vote with him for Alex.

I hope my decision to vote Alex out of respect for Rob doesn't affect my position at all. I already mentioned to Alex and Kourtney why I did it and they all seemed to understand.

Out of everybody on my tribe, I trust Colby the most. Our relationship has really come together over the past few days, and we confide with each other often. Having him as an ally is certainly an advantage. In the case we go to tribal again I'm not really sure where I'd prefer to go. I think getting rid of Carter, and in effect weakening Kourtney would really be in my best interest. However, I want to stay on good terms with Sydney and I don't necessarily know how on-board she'd be with going against Kourtney. Voting out Mary, which I see happening, would be useless because all it does is vote somebody out who I don't see being a huge danger to myself or anyone. If it isn't Mary I imagine it being Sean, who recently messaged me about voting plans, but I didn't reply until he left. However, with the exceedingly large amount of original Baci's in the game, getting rid of Sean may not be that bad of a thing.

Now, with my business on the other tribe. Of everyone there, I'm closest with Miki and Judd, but the fact that Miki isn't close with Judd is kind of a problem. Her game always baffles me to a point where I don't know how to even describe to her how Judd may be an asset. Along with them, I also really do like Chase and Alexis. I've had my most cross-tribal conversations with them, and would feel considerably more comfortable on a tribe with them as opposed to Shawna, Vee, etc. I'm happy to broaden my horizons, since it leaves to less ambiguity come a merge or swap situation.

And things only get better when I find out that Kim was voted out at the last tribal! I was sure that when we merge or switch, I'd stick my neck out to get rid of Kim, go to the wrong person, and find myself Idoled out of the game. This is a huge weight off my shoulders, and it's no secret to those around me that I'm thrilled to see her blindsided, therefore taking out the Idol. It significantly weakens her allies, many of whom I didn't really care to work with anyway, and puts me in a much better position. Now I'm on good terms with the more powerful people left in the game, which, in effect, makes me a pretty powerful person in the game. As exciting as it is to simply make it this far, the fact that I see myself going pretty far from this point is an amazing feeling. I can have a pretty good amount of protective allies without the more backgroundy players thinking I'm so heavily in the foreground to where they can't approach me for potential ideas. It's as if I'm floating without it being a problem for anybody.

Oh, I'm also the last third placer here! Personal goal! And there also goes another captain...

;D

So that monstrously long confessional makes up for the lack-of? Right?

[Host Lex]

Right!

[Candice Woodcock]

Well wasn't that a fun challenge? It's great to spend a third of your day on something that doesn't actually pan out!

Well anyway, I think I'm finally gonna get rid of Carter for good. The idea that the little protective trio of Carter, Mary, and Kourtney are getting too powerful and are always getting their way are frustrating myself, Sean, Sydney, and Colby. It's really time one of them bites it, and it shouldn't be anyone but Carter. He hasn't really contributed too much challenge-wise, and has been, time and time again, targeting me. It'd be great to get rid of this incessant obstacle, and connecting myself to Sean is yet another thing that broadens my associations and would help me in the long-run. I'm really excited for this vote to work out because I can't wait to see what the game has to throw at me in a merge or swap situation!

Oh, and I hope the jury starts soon! That's another personal goal of mine, another one is being the last NuPoseidon, something I hope to achieve quite soon.

[Candice Woodcock]

Episode Twelve:

So getting rid of Carter was definitely something I needed to do. He threw my name out more than several times, and would have went for me in a second if the numbers tilted that way. He'd really be no advantage to me in the future, so cutting him loose now before he's a problem was ideal.

Now, once the dust settled there, Kourtney started IM'ing me about how she felt so betrayed...all her allies turned against her...me and Sydney were her #1's and now we're not. She completely exaggerated how close were, acting like we were these tight allies who always had these great conversations and were playing on the same side for a while ~ none of which is true. I promised her that it wouldn't be her if we lose again, and tried to make it seem like we were tight allies just so I could maybe use her later on and mention this as a reason to why.

Onto the challenge. Thursday was 4th of July, yesterday was my anniversary, and now it's Saturday, and beautiful in New York. I can't be here for this challenge, and it's pretty clear we're not going to win. The other tribe consists of a few people that have nothing better to do than stay up ALL night and post things incessantly so that their tribe has immunity. I mean, once it goes so far, who really are the winners here? Really?

So if we do lose, it won't be too terrible because I don't see it being me. With Kourtney grasping so hard for my loyalty, she wouldn't dare go behind me back and target me, and I, of course, don't see either Alex, Sydney, or Colby doing the same. Mary, on the other hand, is basically gonna target whoever she sees fit, knowing she's the most vulnerable on the tribe. I don't mind voting her, but I also don't see it as something that needs to happen, since I don't see Mary as some immediate threat. Other options to go are Alex or Sean. I think Alex is too protected by Sydney to be voted out right now, but out of sheer worthiness it should be him. He's pretty inconsequential in both my game and challenges. Sean is also pretty useless to my game, at least at this moment, and is yet another original Baci still in the game. I'm sure I'm just paranoid and making up scenarios in my head, but I wouldn't mind cutting an original Baci just because only one of them have been voted out so far. It just is sort of threatening to have so many people with such a blatant link still in the game. But I'm not too picky, and either of the three will do. I'm just eager to get to a new phase of this game ~ switch, jury, or merge. Any, really.

[Candice Woodcock]

Who smites me? Seriously?

[Candice Woodcock]

Okay so we lost, no surprises there.

Well this is fairly straight forward. Mary doesn't have ties to anyone left on the tribe, and it's her time to go. She's grasping at straws, and apparently went for me, Alex, and Colby all in what night. Although I feel uncomfortable when it's a vote this simple, I can't see anything happening to mess this vote up, and I just have to have faith that everyone will stick to their word.

[Candice Woodcock]

So since I have nothing to do on this fine Sunday, and I feel I haven't really given a pretty, picture-filled confessional yet, I'll provide you with something similar that I did in SI2. If I remember correctly, it was pretty well-received.

I'll give my opinions on the remainder of the cast!

- I foresee Alex being somebody who I trust to be a vote on my side until it's eventually his time to go. Honestly, I'm disappointed with the drastic change in his activity, compared to SI2. He certainly won't be winning this game, but I feel as if he's fairly trustworthy, and I could potentially use him to my advantage when needed.

- Alexis is definitely someone I'm excited to see once we hit merge. I've spoken to her probably the most out of everyone on Qaawan (aside from Miki). I'm not sure what her standings are with the people I really plan on working with, but I do like having these connections of my own.

- Chase is a really similar case to Alexis. I'm not as close to him as I am her, but I really do like him and I believe he'd want to possibly work with me if we merge. Of course, they may just be really social and I may simply be an afterthought, but I like to think not.

- Colby is one of my closest allies. Once we do hit merge, I do expect him to be one of the integral components of my game, and plan on working with him for a while. Conveniently, Miki, Judd, and Sydney, all of whom I want to work with, expressed a willingness to also work with Colby.

- Danielle is a pretty big question mark come merge. I think she's tight with many of whom I wanna work with, and I do like her, but I don't necessarily trust that she'd have my back or anything. I think I could become pretty close with her, but at the moment we're really not tight or anything. I did confront her long ago, that was definitely interesting.

- I think Judd is essential to my game once we merge. Although I know Miki is pretty on the fence about him, I fully expect him to invest hi trust with me. He and I were really close earlier on in the game, and have spoken frequently about how we're going to reunite later. I really hope things work out well with him.

- Kourtney is somebody else who I find to be an interesting case. When we spoke last, she was saying how close we were, so she may be into working with me once we merge. However, I certainly don't trust her, and wouldn't be surprised if she starts to go against me over the course of the game.

- Mary should be gone by 9:30 tonight...so....

- Miki is definitely my #1 come merge. Her and I have been working together since the beginning, and all of my misgivings about her trust early on have subsided. I wholeheartedly plan on going to the end with her, and hope we get to make it to the end together.

- Sean is another person I'm unsure of. I think we have a mutual liking for each other, but nothing more. I wouldn't mind working with him come merge, but I'm not sure where he stands and if we'd ever work together.

- Shawna is someone I really don't see myself working with. We barely ever interacted, and even when I was on a tribe with her I didn't care too much for her. If my allies are close to her then I'd definitely work with her, but at this point I don't think our paths will cross.

- Sydney is clearly a close ally of mine. Although I've also had some trust issues with her, I do believe she's planning on working with me. I hope to take her as far as possible, and network to others through her. I feel like she's a very useful ally to have in this game.

- Vee is similar to Shawna. I do like her, and we spoke from time to time before the game began, but at this moment I have no tie to her. Also, I hear she may have an Idol...so yeah I wouldn't mind seeing her go.

- Wanda may or may not be an asset come merge. It's my knowledge she's pretty much alone, and has been messaging me often complaining about it. I think she's trying to build up some relationship with me, which I could maybe use to my advantage if need be.

So, there you go! And since I haven't done a Cordy gif in way too long: To everyone mentioned above...

[Brenda "DropsHerBooty" Lowe]

Cordelia Chase is like the epitome of goddess.

[Candice Woodcock]

I'm thrilled somebody finally said it!

[Candice Woodcock]

Episode Thirteen:

You all fucking suck. More later.

[Candice Woodcock]

Alright, so I really don't like this. Kim coming back completely negates all the fun I had when I discovered she was gone. She's heavily tight with all my allies, and throws my game off completely. My main problem here is that none of them are going to want to vote her off. They're gonna want to keep her, get rid of all the other people, and leave it to where she screws me over, at some point. I really hope that I could find a way to get rid of Kim while keeping my alliance with all of them.

Basically, Ted went on a big, ridiculous rant about how I'm not aligned with anybody, clearly unaware of anyone's individual games. He's definitely grasping to stay in the game, but not really doing it in the right way.