I’m sad to see Anthony go. But regardless, his death has certainly left quite an impression on the game. Pink Team was never the strongest team, but they ranked at least Mid-Tier. But now with the loss of Anthony (and the continued stupidity of Jonas, Glen and Ben) they’re looking to be an early out.
Anthony wasn’t the only victim. Karen Ruiz managed to inflict quite the nasty wound to resident lunatic Ali White, blowing a finger clean off. It was a lucky shot that is sure to plague her until her inevitable demise. So far this Season has been rather lax on injuries, again, many people are decrying the slow start, but I’m thinking the exact opposite. Getting to know these characters makes the wounds and the death all the more shocking, and all the more brutal. I know I jumped when Ali was attacked. She’s a loony, (even BEFORE SotF: TV) but she is one of the fan favourites, and I myself have grown particularly fond of watching her exploits.
Speaking of fan favourites, take a look over at the tag list on the sidebar. As you can no doubt see, we’ve got a few notable names already in Season 65. The power trio of Shawn, Mae, and Zach have kept the shipping and fan fiction sections of the forum busy as hell, and it isn’t hard to see why. Interesting to note here, while ShawnxMae is wildly regarded as the better of the pairings, at least in the public eye, a quick look around any SotF fansite will reveal QUITE a lot of ZachxMae shippers on the net. Why is this? I don’t mean to offend here, but I sense some serious wish fulfillment going on.
Zach is the ultimate White Knight, and judging from the pre-game footage gathered he’s been harbouring a major crush on Mae for months, maybe years. Mae St. Clair is, to be blunt, beautiful. She’s witty and nice, and more importantly for the fans out there, she talks to Zach, the social challenged boy that he is, and even MORE importantly, she treats him with respect. When SotF was in the early stages, it first caught hold on the internet; the chans and the “nerd” demographic took hold of it and made it their own. This was their show, their chance to dream. What would it be like to kill your enemies, kill anyone who’s ever hated you? It’s one of the things so appealing about SotF: TV, the revenge and the righteous anger dealt out with no penalty. Zach has been aptly dubbed “The Love Martyr”, and he’s one of us. Anyone who’s ever fallen head over heels in love, everyone in the dark corners of the net who’ve been picked on and persecuted, they’re in Zach’s corner. When you think about it, we’ve all got a little bit of Zach in us. While you might not hear him talked about much in public rest assured, he’s a fan favourite. It’s too early to declare him my favourite, but he ranks up with Ali as a definite favourite, at least for me.
As you can see from the tags, other popular students include Marvia Jones, Panya Bishara and Sidney Rice. It’d rather obvious as to why; Marvia’s sex scene has easily been the most overplayed clip this season. Panya Bishara is another hottie, and Sidney has spent her game thus far bouncing around in a bunny costume. Ahhh fan service.
Little note on Marvia and Sidney here. While Panya has remained mostly neutral at this point (Debate is still raging on whether she is playing or not). Marvia has clearly shown she’s got a villainous streak going, beating on Nate Chauncey, stealing her things and then allying with the clearly insane Harold Smythe. (Who might win the record for fastest mental breakdown in SotF: TV, ever!) Sidney likewise, is clearly playing from her actions on the cruise ship. Often times on SotF we find girls who try to strike that ever so desired “Femme Fatale” status, utilizing looks and violence in equal measure to win the game. It’s never been truly achieved, although many have gotten close. Could this be their strategy?
Looks like we’ll have to stay tuned to find out!
I thank you once more for your continued reading! Feel free to voice your opinion down in the comments! This is Comrade_Snowball, signing off!
The game has certainly kicked into high gear of late. Kill aside, we have actually seen some conflict of late, which was notably lacking before. The groups are starting to sort themselves out, with tentative cross-group alliances forming, which has the potential to be truly heart wrenching later on.
ReplyDeleteI still maintain that Marvia is every bit as loopy as the good reverend. The two of them are certainly an odd couple, but unless they add some serious strategy, they will not be around for too long.
Zach, I must say, disturbs me. He seems prone to bouts of violence and instability, especially towards animals. I really worry for the safety of Mae and Shawn should they ever push Zach too far.
I can pretty much guarantee that Zach wont kill Mae, or if he does, he'd probably commit suicide. He seemed deadly serious when he did he whole I'll kill to protect you thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm more worried about what he's doing with thos ashes. Is it symbolic for him? Impromptu smoke grenade? It seems pretty bizzare to me.
Also, I can assure you that (As is the nature of self fufillment fantasies), that the most common fics on the net on him, other than Zae, is ZachxPanya. I guess we now have a measure for who people think is the hottest.
Karen is going to be fun on the bun to watch. She seems pretty cool under fire, as evidenced by the fake grenade, and not going for the second kill on Bobby. One of the major players this season, definetely!
True yellow. Zach is a disturbing one, cause he does seems awfully scary and realistic, to what could be seen in real life and not just on the show. Cold blooded scary almost.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I clearly despise Marvia and Harold Team. Marvia is just as crazy as Harold. Not the entertaining kind either. It's like I'd hate these people in real life, not just love to hate, like most "villains" that's how bad they are. You just want to see them get their comeuppance.