The Last (Action) Hero

[Lex van den Berghe]

Well, looks like it's just me left. The lone wolf. The King, the President, the Last Action Hero.

I've been kinda lazy lately and haven't confessionalized as much as I should have. But I do spend plenty of time yapping to host and whatnot so he knows what the deal is and what's going on.

Umm I guess we can backtrack to the round that Boston Rob left the game. Basically, I found the HII on my own as soon as Rob gave me the fourth clue he got at the Graveyard. I didn't tell anyone that I had found it right away, then eventually told Nicole because it seemed like she was the target. BAD MOVE by giving her the idol, shouldn't have acted so shady about it. The Villains read that one very well and it quite possibly changed everything. Luckily it wasn't me who they decided to vote for, I think they were least scared about Rob having the idol...he's no dummy, but he also hasn't been around quite as much this game as he was in the past so I think they made the right choice for them.

As soon as Nicole used the HII, host re-hid it. Again, luckily, I had zero plans whatsoever the day that he posted the grand posting challenge. I was NOT about to lose that challenge - think about it, it basically guaranteed me safety for two rounds AND the opportunity to enjoy my time on exile as well as FIND the Hidden Immunity Idol, which I DID for the third time in this game. The first usage of it was perfect, second not so perfect but good because it solidified Nicole's trust to me and hopefully a vote in the Finale if I make it that far....hopefully third time will be the charm.

Speaking of Nicole, I told her that I would be giving her the Idol if I could, which I couldn't. It was a shame that I couldn't have saved her, but I do wish she would've fought a little harder earlier in the game to make my life easier. PLUS there's a feeling in my gut that she would've had tremendous leverage if the five Heroes had made the finals, she was the swing between Vee/PG and me/Rob. I kinda like being the last Hero standing, though, it gives me a chance to sit back and watch the Villains start self destructing before they even have the chance to dump me.

Each time I've used the HII, my target has been Ryan. He's the only previous winner besides me, and I know he's a huge threat. He's a real nice guy, he's cool to talk to and whatnot, but he's just nice enough to slide through the jury without getting buried. UNLESS he wins Immunity this round, I'll be ok and should be able to get him out.

The plan, you ask? Well, I don't know if it's foolish or not and I don't know if it's going to come back to haunt me or not, but I've chosen to trust Julie. She and I started talking a few rounds back, the round that Rob was voted out. I told no one besides Nicole that I gave Nicole the HII - in fact, I flat out lied to everyone and told them that she "must have found it herself" or been given it by Rob. If it were me I wouldn't believe me for a second; no idea if the Villains do or not but they have still been pretty friendly to me (except for Jaime, who has been ignoring me some-ish). I felt EXTREMELY bad that Rob left that round, I was with him from Day One and would've just as soon seen Nicole go as Rob, I dunno kinda torn because they're both good loyal people for the most part. Anyways, I did lie to Rob and covered up the fact that I gave Nicole the Idol without telling him - basically covering up a HORRIBLE strategic move on my part and hoping that he doesn't find out until after the finale, because that could obviously influence his vote if he finds out I could've given him the idol. I probably WOULD HAVE given him the Idol, but Nicole was constantly around that day and I saw very little sign of Rob so I had no time to talk strategy with him or anything. In the end, that's what did him in. COMMUNICATION is KEY - AIM is much easier if you ask me, but oh well.

Wow I got so off track. Anyways, JULIE - I'm going to trust her and hope it pays off. The Villains want me to dump her, which I told Ryan I would, but fuck that. I like Jaime/Ryan, but their Mallrats Alliance or whatever the hell it is needs to go. I hate the popular kids alliance in every game. Fuck that.

My ORIGINAL plan was to give Nicole the Idol last round and make her use it, hope that Ryan/Brendan/Jaime voted for Nicole, and gotten Nicole to vote for Jaime and Julie to vote for Ryan....so it would've been a tie between Ryan and Jaime with the chicks controlling the re-vote. Come on, how epic would that have been? However, it was not to be as I was stuck on Graveyard Island and couldn't pass the idol to Nicole. FUCK MAN, I just wanted to build a little paper boat and send it off to sea and hope she got it in time. HOWEVER that was back when I didn't know I could use the HII at the F5, I thought it had to be used BEFORE.

[Lex van den Berghe]

Now I get to keep the idol for one more Tribal. Here's the fool-proof, three step plan for this round:

1. If Julie wins Immunity: I be as shady and secretive as I can, and play the Hidden Idol at the very last second and myself vote for Ryan. If I can talk Brendan into it, I may tell him that I have the HII and tell him he needs to vote for Ryan, because to be honest, Brendan is probably going bye-bye otherwise. And I wanna see Brendan in the finals since he's been relatively invisible all game. In that case, Ryan goes home.

2. If LEX wins Immunity: I give the Idol immediately to Julie, and trust that she will basically do the same plan that I just did, except with her playing the role I played.

3. If JAIME or BRENDAN win Immunity: I expect that they will figure out before the end of Tribal that I have the HII. I may even tell everyone that I'm going to use the HII on myself just in case I get votes this round, and since it's the last round I might as well use it. HOWEVER - I still have a Nullifier from early in the game that is valid for ONE MORE ROUND. My plan - now this is where it gets slightly ballsy and my complete trust has to be in Julie to follow through - give the HII to Julie as secretively as possible. Use the nullifier on myself, and myself/Julie vote for Ryan to boot his ass outta here.

4. If RYAN wins immunity: Cry a long tearful sorrowful song. Then, probably the same plan as above except a lot less trusting in Julie because she certainly likes Jaime a lot more than she likes Ryan, which would make it harder on me to trust her. In this case, I'll be doing a lot of crossing my fingers and hoping that Julie doesn't boot me, but I assume I will still give her the HII.

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We'll see how this all goes. We'll know tonight when we see who wins Immunity. I did study these quotes and I looked back through people's confessionals to see how they write and what they say, and I also considered all of the situations that we've seen in the game so far. The least fortunate part about all this is that the Heroes Tribe this season was like a BLACK HOLE OF PERSONALITY. Everyone was bland and lame, so I didn't get to know anyone as well as I'd like and I don't know shit about them. I'm just tossing the dice down and hoping it works out in my favor, or at least NOT Ryan's favor. Love ya Ryan, but you're the one who I expect Julie will be in favor of canning the most.

[Tom Westman]

So you hated me in JW for being popular?

[Lex van den Berghe]

May 14, 2010 20:01:30 GMT -5 Tom Westman said:

So you hated me in JW for being popular?

Who said you were popular? You got voted out of the tribe, didn't you? :-P

[Tom Westman]

omg rude

[Tom Westman]

Oh but i guess that's good since that means you don't hate me hehe

[Lex van den Berghe]

May 14, 2010 20:17:47 GMT -5 Tom Westman said:

Oh but i guess that's good since that means you don't hate me hehe

No hating, I just knew I wouldn't have won if you stuck around. lol.

[Lex van den Berghe]

MY PM to JULIE, about an hour before voting ended............



Julie,

Well, after about 2 hours of flip-flopping and talking to a few people about the situation, I'm going to keep the idol. I wasn't happy to make this decision because I really want to trust you, but I think right now it's just too much of a risk - Brendan may still have a prize and it's just been eating away at me.

I talked to Ryan and Jaime again tonight and they just both seemed INCREDIBLY shady about everything, which is making me nervous and causing me to think that maybe I need to keep it for myself. I hope you don't consider this too much of a douchebag move; I don't intend it to be. My vote this round will not be for you, I'm voting for Ryan like I said I would. Ryan has a billion past votes so a tie should go in your favor - I just wanted to be straight forward and up front with you about this decision, I would have told you in person if you were able to be online. My mind is just ticking in too many directions about the possible prize and just their general attitude toward me tonight made me think that something was going on - it's the same attitude that I was getting the night that I used my idol and Tina got voted out.

So, in closing, I'm sorry. I don't think you have nearly as many past votes as Ryan, so this really shouldn't be a big deal, but I wanted you to hear it from me first. My vote is still for Ryan so (unless something fishy is going on with a prize) worst case scenario should be a tie, and I will stick with Ryan on the re-vote.

-Lex

[Lex van den Berghe]

Well at this point it's pretty much Immunity or bust....I don't think there's any major crack in the top three that's going to change anything. It may be worth talking to Brendan about, but chances are he's not going to crack either.

Now, who would I vote out if I happened to win the IC? No idea, whatsoever. I would assume the girls will stick together and want to dump Brendan, but who knows. I mean, why not be chaotic and try to cause a tie? If I'm safe, why not. Make those bitches earn it.