I'm trying to catch up here. As of Thursday night, Sheila and Adam were on the block, and as of last night, Ryan had the P.O.V.
Thursday night Sharon explained to Ryan that something shaky was going on with Shiela and Adam -- whether preexisting or not it didn't matter, she said, as it reflected on NOW, and that was all that was important -- and that Sheila got mad at Adam like she had always known him rant: (or as the Shebot would say, "had always knew him" -- I'm going to scream if I have to listen to much more of this; I keep saying to myself, "Sheesh, Self, if she gets a little money out of this, I hope she uses it to go buy some irregular past participles, starting with
gone and
came -- we learn those before eighth grade, though ninth and tenth is when we really drill them . . . .)
-- IMO, the Shebot is "an entitlement bully" --
and that shebot often slips into saying "we" instead of "I," revealing they are tightly allied, even though they act like they hate each other when they're around other people, and when they're all alone, they're
pssst psst pssting . Plus the shebot is an actress and can cry on a dime has turned on the tears a number of times in the house which always result in the eviction of someone -- I didn't catch it all: turned on the tears and
psssoot, Alison's evicted, and so on.
Sharon also advises Ryan that the shebot is a "campaign machine" (again, I just see her as a bully with a sense of entitlement) for other people, so in sequester, if she's put out in any surprising way (any way would be surprising and she would pull the, "Congratulations for being the biggest jerk in the house, I can't believe you did that to me," and all), she'll go and turn all the people against them, including people who were behind them to start with, so it has to be handled well.
IMO, in that case, the sooner the better, giving her campaign time to wear off by the time of the live show outside the house in the studio (where "all these famous people are going to be, bro," Ryan says. "We're famous, dude." I could go on but somehow I just can't make fun of guys as much as I do of women: women are tougher. It takes years to learn that; we are and need to be very gentle with guys -- now that is some real reality coming from my heart to all the ladies here. Men are very fragile.
Now I've been pulling all along for Sharon and Adam to make it to the final two.
So. . . last night, armed with Sharon's wise advice, Ryan gets the bright idea that he can be sure to get rid of Shiela by taking Adam off the block and putting Sharon back into the seat she so graciously inhabits week after week. He knows that if final HOH is endurance, the shebot will win. What does he do? He talks with Adam:
"Can I really really trust you bro? I mean I have to be sure I can really trust you. I don't want to see more of this Natalie crap, you know, like you did the last time"
Adam enthusiastically agrees, as usual.
Anyway, Ryan has these wonderful insights and advice from Sharon, his true unwavering ally, so he takes the little knowledge he has -- that dangerous dangerous thing -- and decides that he wants Sheila out because he has to break up the last couple in the house (as per Sharon's insight), and Adam is the person to do it, so he needs to take Adam off the block, double check that he can trust him and then try to get him to keep a lid on it too.
All last night, watching Showtime, I was shouting, like Gilbert Gotfried,
"You fool!"I love Sharon -- she sits calmly bemused by all of them, not only loyal, honorable, and courageous, but loving of humanity in general, which is what enables her to be bemused by folly.
--speaking of Folly, the 0 card of the Major Arcana in Tarot is the Fool, which reminded me that Cartomancy is card-reading to find the influences at work and look what possible outcomes of it could be.
Now, as I said, I was pulling for Sharon and Adam somehow, all along, and was really offended by the "spineless" label applied to him, though he is a good-time Charlie and likes to go along with the group.
Now I really see the spineless quality that so annoyed others, and here is Ryan, taking Adam's word -- meant in all sincerity at the time, of course -- that if he is taken off the block, he will indeed be the lone voter who says, "Well, Shiela, I'd rather take you off now than later, for my own . . . ."
He has also promised to say nothing to her.
I don't need a book or a deck of cards or the I Ching to point to the probability that he'll blurt something out, and Shiela will get wind of the plan, and will then corral him and bully him into changing his mind and keeping her there.
If that does happen, she deserves to win, just to show them how dumb they were.
Does Ryan say to himself, "Hey, I could just leave the two of them on the block together and I know Sharon will work together with me on this and will keep her word: she has never once broken her loyalty to an ally, and that way, both Adam and I will have clean hands and will get Shiela's vote and she won't campaign against us in sequester; she'll campaign against Sharon (where she'll be shut down in seconds, as Sharon's loyalty cannot be disputed by the people who depended on it). That way I can be sure of my boy Adam and I'll still have the result I want." NO!
"You fool!"He knows that if he takes Adam off and (if) Adam evicts Shiela, then Ryan will know his word is good and he can make up for (all the??) other times he caved -- and who got him to cave? Shiela.
"You fool!"Now I'm not sure that it will go down that way, and I am still pulling for Sharon to pull a HOH win out of thin air, soooo . . . I hope it doesn't go down that way.
It looks like Ryan has already pulled Adam off and put Sharon up, so . . . Wednesday night we'll see.
Actually, it's an even worse scenario. Shiela next to Sharon on the block is going to be the campaign machine again, bullying and threatening Ryan mercilessly until the minute she walks out the door. Will Adam cave?
Dumb move Ryan! Somehow he thought that taking Adam off the block and putting Sharon up would ensure his peace and quiet until the eviction.
"You fool!"Well, it's off to see Naruto, my highlight of the week -- and not a moment to spare!
--Alison
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