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MacGyver13 wrote:

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I liked the Cirie write-up, and agree it's funny ... but top 20 funny? Not seeing it, sorry.

I always had a soft spot for the idea that one of the greatest strategists in Survivor history has a leaves phobia.  I stand by that choice.

Yeah I was kind of surprised when I ran across that confessional.  I had forgotten all about it.  She really could have been a pretty good character.

Like I have said before, don't get too wrapped up in where everything placed in the first draft.  Not every entry is going to stay where it went up the first time.  Sometimes the writeups are funnier than the moment, or vice versa.   I never really know how good an entry is going to be until I sit down and write it.  On paper, I thought Cirie and the leaves would be a top 20 moment, but now that it's done I will probably move it back to somewhere in the 30's or 40's.

My guess is that when I do the final re-order of the countdown, I am going to swap the Cirie's Leaf Phobia entry with the Shane's Chafing Skirt entry.  Both of them are funny Cirie scenes, but I think they need to be reversed.   But the catch is that Cirie's Leaf Phobia has to come after "Back across the ocean", otherwise I would have already spoiled the whole back across the ocean visual.  So it gets tricky when I start planning where everything needs to go in the final version.  It all sort of becomes a little puzzle when you start factoring in the recurring stuff.

Also, Cirie's mom really really requested I put her in the top 20, so then there is also that.