>>86. GILLIAN LARSON<<
Some people might say to me: "Why is Gillian even on this list?" Well I'll tell you. Gillian was awesome. Yes, she only lasted two episodes but she was a force to be reckoned with nonetheless. As I have mentioned in these write-ups before, enthusiasm is one of my favorite traits in Survivor contestants and people in general, and Gillian has enthusiasm to spare. I remember the exact moment that I fell in love with her, and that was when she excitedly found elephant shit and gathered it up with her bare hands to bring back to back to camp (it burns well) and then said to her other tribe members that they should PICK THROUGH THE SHIT to see if there was something undigested in there THAT THEY COULD EAT. Classic. Gillian was also a very positive force in her tribe, much to the annoyance of her shitty ass Fang tribemembers (fuck those people srsly). Also, like all old people, she absolutely could not handle youngins being up at all hours making noise while she tried to sleep, which makes her seem even more like an endearing kooky great aunt. Gilli-bean <3
watch this twice and just TRY not to fall in love with her
On Gillian's personality: As I mentioned, Gillian was extremely positive. She always tried to encourage her pathetic loser-ass tribe not to see themselves for the pathetic losers they actually were, which is really sweet. I also love that she's an old adventurous broad with exactly the accent you would imagine her to have if you just saw her picture.
On Gillian's gameplay: Gillian was a scrambler. The first boot she was targeted for being old and nice, but Michelle got the boot for being a giant bitch despite Kenny (
) trying to arrange a Gillian-vote off. During the second vote Gillian tried to persuade
Susie and some of the others to vote off a young weak person, Kenny (), over herself. There's no doubt in my mind that Gillian had more to offer, but
she was on a shiteous disaster of a tribe and never got the chance to truly shine.
On Gillian's placement: I flove Gillian and couldn't resist singing her praises on this countdown, but at the same time I recognize her limited contribution to Survivor lore and cannot justify putting her any higher on the list. Such a shame that such a colorful, exuberant character's stay was so brief.
