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Thailandsurvivor wrote:

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oh ehm gee wrote:

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OMG I <333 you all (except ThaiSu, but he has shit opinions anyway), so it saddens me that I disagree with all of those opinions (except, ironically enough, ThaiSu).

At least I'm openly admitting to it, unlike a good 67% of CTS.

And now, a *brief* ranking of the HvV contestants:



TAR 6 team ranking to come.

Mooyou wrote:

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Bumping this thread so that OMG won't forget it.

OMG's comments <3333333

bb, there are Survivor reunion pics atm, so I was a bit distracted. Moving on.

Avi and Joe, for first boots, are surprisingly polarizing. Some see them as unfunny retreads of Ken and Gerard. Some seem them as the start of the decent-person massacre. I see them as a couple of funny guys who sucked at racing, so I wasn't too broken up over their obvious elimination.

Meredith and Maria are strangely underrated in the "fail at racing" category. They can't drive stick. They get lost. They suck at both Detours in Leg 2. Granted, had they went for a Kwin-style run of stupidity, then Lena/Kristy (who somehow fell to next-to-last) would've been eliminated, hurting the fantards.

Speaking of which, Lena and Kristy are arguably the most overrated team ever. Don't get me wrong, I *get* that searching for clues for eight hours without stopping is an incredible display of strength and the human spirit (esp. when taking the penalty would've gotten you to Sequesterville a little quicker). Besides that...I got nothing.

Conversely, Don and MJ need their virtues extolled more, because they brough the lulz. Sure they weren't the best racers or the most strategic (detours in leg 2/leg 4 come to mind), but they (she) were feisty. Of course, the alternative would've been Lori and Bolo being eliminated which...yeah. Equally sad.

[insert bunching to keep all readers on the same page]

OMG, now that we've had a clip show and TBC (and oh yes, we will be discussing the gay/retarded scheduling later), it's time to discuss Gus and Hera. I've probably mentioned it before, but if not, I find Ron/Chris to be overrated, mainly because their "complex" storyline is basically a less-nuanced version, more OTT version of Gus/Hera's storyline. As the weeks progressed, you could see that he was willing to let his strong-willed kid be more independant and treat her like an adult. During this, they also managed a bit of snark, particularly in Berlin where Gus discusses the beer named after him Plus, "Now my daughter is my friend" is one of my favorite send-offs ever. Truly class acts who, I think, get lost in the OTT shuffle of this season.

Speaking of OTT, Jonathan and Victoria. I'd like to steal the words of Level Banks for a moment (thanks, boo <3)

Yes, a world of THIS. He made my skin crawl from the moment he appeared on the screen and it just got worse every second he hung around. I really don't think there's any justification for putting someone like that on TV because he couldn't get any sort of comeuppance for his behaviour - production couldn't step in and admonish him for his treatment of Victoria, as much as Phil looked like he wanted to beat the shit out of him when they came second in that footrace to Freddy/Kendra. And their elimination, even though it's the one and only time an elimination has provoked me and my family to leap out of our chairs and dance around the room, still meant that at the end of the day they were going home together where they wouldn't have the cameras on them, which was presumably what stopped Jonathan from actually hitting her while they were racing.

And really, the only reason I did this is because my initial response was "Jonathan and Victoria. I'd like to shoot him in the face."

[fake bunching]

Moving on. Lori and Bolo, originally did not fill me with great feelings; I thought "oh fuck, another loud bickering mactor couple, great ". But then, I realized wait, they bicker and fight and shit, but that's what they do (and unlike, say, Jonathan and Victoria who I most certainly believe act in real life how they were portrayed in TAR 6, I think there's a strong basis of love and respect between the two of them). Their physicality was made all the more entertaining by the fact that their first half racing, they...sucked. Leg 1 they bled a ton of time driving to the pit stop (going from first out the Detour to sixth at the mat). Leg 3 they enter IKEA second, and finish the Detour in eighth. Leg 5 they're in the cellar most of the leg; same with Leg 6A. As soon as they used the FF, they rocketed ahead, being third or second at every route marker until the roadblock in Sri Lanka Had they gotten the ticket, they probably would've been second or third

[bunching because I'm tired, ffs]

So, at first, Hayden and Aaron seem to be symbolic of all the problems of TAR 6: young dating couple, one member hi-strung, bickering, etc. But then, you realize that a) even though they bicker, they race very well, b) he's funny as hell and c) she has her moment of laffos, both intentional and especially unintentional. I liked the slight rivalry with Kris/Jon (compared to the "rivalry" between Romber and Ron/Kelly and Eric/Jeremy and the Hippies) since it was all in good fun. China was a shock to them since no one spoke English, but still they managed a first place finish and one of the best title quotes ("You deal with this before I hyperventilate."), BUT at the expense of Aaron's sixth and last roadblock The next leg they werre again screwed by a shitty non-English speaking cab driver, and the epic lock roadblock sealed their fate (and in fact, I think Hayden/Aaron could've made up enough time to make it a three-team race). And given how it ended, that certainly would've been great, but for now they reside in the echelon of awesome fourth place teams.

Residing in the echelon of "assholes and a few other teams who placed third" is Adam and Rebecca. Unlike...everyone else in Sucks, I didn't find their bickering entertaining, rather, I found it to be tedious and OTTN. It's like, you can tell that a) they've been together for a really long time and b) they've probably had these arguments a lot. My issue with her (because I assume that, like with most things, she initiated this) is that if she knew that their relationship was like this, why even bother going on the show with him? She'd probably have an equally good chance of getting cast with one of her lesbian friends and said friend would probably be a better teammate. That being said, on occasion their ineptness was so awe-inspiring that I couldn't ignore it (FF) and some times that their (HIS) bickering was so ridiculous that I couldn't ignore it (sunglasses, throwing himself on the train in Sri Lanka).

Kris and Jon were...there. I understand that in a sea of "assholes" (thanks TWOP), that the team that works together without arguing or embarassing themselves looks like a pretty good option, but there was nothing keeping me engaged to them. No storyline, no relationship (aside from the tangial one with Hayden and Aaron), no moments of hilarity. Still, wherever they disappeared to, I wish them well.

I think Freddy and Kendra would be in the top half of winners if she weren't such an elitist (not racist) bitch. Other than that, they were pretty much as boring as Kris and Jon, except with the benefit of Freddy flipping once and them getting Yielded causing them to flip out. Other than that, they were MOR.

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