Post by Danielle Reyes on Aug 8, 2012 13:11:52 GMT -5
*~The Black Widow~*
Wow! I'm glad to have made it so far, and am happy to be in the final three. I'm not sure how to really begin with this, so I guess I will start by saying that I joined this game after taking a very long hiatus from online games. I hadn't played in over two years, for no particular reason other than school and just life getting in the way. Joining this game, my expectations were not very high at all.
I began this game just taking it week by week. As we all know the first week, when Evel left, was pretty simple to slide through. I think from that moment forward, my entire goal was to just fly through, and try and find the phantom. (I always hate twists in Big Brother, and wanted to see how it was going to effect the game.)
At the very start, April approached me..I knew her from other games, and a long history..so it was a defo 100% alliance, as soon as I knew who April was. In addition, early on Kevin came to me and we created an awesome alliance of two. I was pretty torn between the two, of who my main alliance was going to be. However, I never seen it as a real reason to pick between the two. I aimed to get Kaysar out, thinking he was the phantom even though April didn't want that to happen at all. In addition, my goal was to always remain social with everyone..which I think did pretty well. I played this game as a social game, not a challenge game, or a twist game. I used everyone as much as I could, and than tossed them aside. I was playing for me: Danielle Reyes. I didn't care, and that was shown when I went against April, and then even evicted her the week after. She turned into a huge threat, and someone I didn't think was best to stand out for. Enzo seemed to think different, which caused my first blowout with him. However, I never saw it as a dumb move, if anything it kept the light on him to leave soon after. I think all of us really saw him as the phantom.
Kevin became my close ally(especially with the demise of April), in addition I spoke a lot with Carol and Erika. I think between them all, I felt very safe. I knew Kevin was always going to leave before me, and really wasn't expecting him to even get very far because if you win a lot of challenges..you never really do make it far. When the phantom twist began, I acted like I was pissed, I cursed,etc. When in the shadows, I had a deal with Amanda, and then later with Marvin. We kept this argument up to seem as though we hated each other. I also kept up with saying I wanted Kevin out to everyone, and trying to alienate them(Marvin+Kevin) when also not really helping anyone take them out. I think it was my best move, and also the best way to get Kevin and myself farther.
When the phantom twist really happened, it was the only time I was ever really in danger of leaving this game. I won the veto, took myself off, and I feel like I was in control of Lisa leaving. I felt like Carol was going to benefit me more than Lisa was. I was always planning ahead if I lost Kevin in this game. Carol was a good replacement for me, if Kevin was to go by someone else's hands. I really wanted Kevin+Myself in the end, and after April left I was even more sure of that..but at the same time, I was always watching my back in case someone took him down. I think he was always doing the same thing, and we always knew we had each other in mind at all times.
When Andrew survived the eviction against Jordan, it was when everything really came into more of a perspective for me. I was under the impression I could have a F2 with Erika, Carol, Kevin, and Marvin all at the same time, and was going to be also able to control the vote. I don't think anyone really suspected me to be doing so much, because nobody ever saw me as a social threat at that point like they should have. Jordan left, which made me scared of Erika/Andrew/Carol/Karen all being in this..and I began to think maybe I wasn't #1 for Carol/Erika like I thought. It was pure luck that Andrew left soon after in that challenge, someone who I wanted out the week before. I think him leaving was a blessing for me, he was under the impression I was all after Kevin but in secret I was thinking of the best way to make it so we both made it through this mess of a possible alliance that I was thinking might start to form.
Which brings us to the fast forward night. Erika VS Carol on the block, and it looked like Marvin/Kevin/Danielle alliance was finally doing some damage. However, I was still playing both sides. If it was a final 2, I wanted to make sure every way their was a way I could make it to the end game. My ideal goal was a final three of Erika/Danielle/Kevin or Carol/Danielle/Kevin where in both ways, I would be sitting in the final 2. (At this point we didn't even know the game was going to end in a F3).
It started with the final 6 POV challenge, the entire goal was to make sure Karen was not going to win the POV and save one of the nominees--this was the only way Kevin would have been in danger.(He would have been the replacement nominee) Carol ended up winning it, which was perfect. She took herself off, Karen went up in her place.
Carol and Kevin were both looking to me at that point. Kevin wanted Erika out 100%, and I was back and forth. If you look above, I really wanted to set it up to be Erika/Myself/Kevin in the final 3, so I would be taken to the end either way. However, Erika being so all over the place..never truly being a F2 with me, the fact it's F6 when Erika screwed over Danielle in all stars, and because Karen was a nothing and (in my eyes) would not win this game at any cost...it just led to me telling Carol to vote out Erika, so it was 3-0 for her to go. I told Erika at the last minute, she didn't take it as bad as I thought she would. I controlled her demise though, and could have easily saved her by swapping Carol's vote that night.
I want to go to the end with Kevin though. Our alliance is everything, we worked SO hard to make it to the end, I didn't want to go against him right then. And I don't see why getting rid of Karen would have been very beneficial to Kevin/Danielle's game right now.
However, this was my first official..serious betrayal. (Other than if you consider the Lisa vote or April wackoness).
Going into the HOH, Kevin used his power on Carol. This led to the only bad thing being Karen winning HOH. If Marvin won it, we were safe, if Carol won it..he would try and be nominated so his new power would go into effect and cause Kevin to be in control.
Karen won HOH -_-. This was the moment when, like I told everyone would happen, Karen became a threat. She was on vacation for a long time, and nobody saw her as a threat..so my expectation was that she was going to turn into a threat when she came back, and her end game was surely on point.
At this moment we also learned that this game is going to end in a Final 3. This led to a brand new thing coming into perspective:
How can Danielle get into a F4 situation where she is almost guaranteed a F3 spot either way?
Marvin/Kevin being there, obviously. If Carol/Karen are with me with Kevin in a F4, I'm going either way. As long as Kevin is in the final 4, these girls won't want him in the end as well. If it's Karen, she would try to evict Kevin. If it's Carol, she will try and evict Kevin.
Either way, I feel like I have this setup perfectly to be in the end.
But now we get back to Karen making her nominations. At this point, the dumb bitch is under the impression it's Karen/Carol/Danielle all the way.
But like I said: Dumb Bitch
For this reason: Kevin IMs her telling about his power, and he says he used it on her. So, she can't nominate him. She believes it, like the dumb bitch she is.
Karen nominates Carol/Marvin. (Shows my control over the bitch, it was Carol and not me. booyah.)
Somehow, both Kevin and myself made it so we weren't on the block.
In addition, the power of veto is something people can kind of figure out if they want.
I did.
Everyone told me exactly what they were doing with their chips for the power of veto, so all I had to do was instruct what everyone did...giving myself POV to not use it, and let Kevin/myself control the votes.
I, obviously, didn't use it so Kevin/me controlled the votes.
It came down to Marvin VS Carol. Kevin wanted Carol out, but it was so hard to NOT want to take out Marvin at this point. However, I know if Carol goes--karen will have to take out kevin at f4 if she wants a shot at winning this. I will be pissing off Carol by evicting her, and I already pissed off Erika. Andrew, according to Karen, doesn't like me either..so Kevin is her biggest threat for the win.(Who would give the win to Marvin who seemed to have been given everything this entire game?). Marvin seems set on bringing Kevin/myself at this point, but even if he doesn't..he would easily take out Kevin before me for the same reasons..of all my back-stabs. Kevin will obviously, take me.
I ended up siding with Kevin again, 2-0 vote to end Carol's life. I betrayed two females in the same night.
(I'm the queen, I am the black widow. Please bow, to me.)
I defo wanted to explain the actions of fast forward night due to the extreme effect it had on this end game. It, basically, was the end game..minus the elimination challenge, where Andrew was robbed. (I think Andrew woulda been a huge threat in the end game/fast forward night, because he was one person who wasn't listening to me...and he knows how annoyed I was at him for that. )
Basically, this season was the Kevin and Danielle owned everyone season. The twists helped with that a lot. Marvin didn't have much choice but latching on to the two of us. I had an alliance with both of them, and most of you. We owned this game, we were never in a voting situation where either of us would ever leave this game. The two of us were never nominated to actually be voted on. I ask the jury to look at that, as a reason to think between the two of us on how you want to vote. A vote for Marvin, is a vote for Dustin. Marvin is here, because Dustin brought him back this season. We had no way to find out Amanda was the phantom, she didn't have to do anything sly other than writing messages. From that moment forward, Marvin/Jordan was pushed into the Final 7, and that means a guarantee that at least one of them would be in the final 6, which means all he had to do was get over the elimination challenge to make it to the fast forward night. I'm just pleading for nobody to see that as good game play. =) Good luck with your decision.