Stephenie is probably my least favorite person to ever play the game of Survivor. I truly never understood why she was popular for Palau. All she ever did was complain about losing. Really: that's it. But somehow never-ending complaining was perceived as admirable competitiveness. Her whole "OMG I'm going to have friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" thing upon learning that she was moving to Koror was pretty obviously done for the benefit of the camera if you ask me, as was her break down in tears at the council when Janu quit. I'm supposed to believe that she was sobbing hysterically one minute, was smiling on her way out of tribal council, and the tears were real? I can't make that leap. She was completely inept at the strategic aspect of the game, putting her life in Bobby Jon's hands instead of taking control for herself while at Ulong, and then at Koror seemed to think that some kind of passive "Women's alliance! ...if you guys want" was going to cut it.
I prefer her Guatemala incarnation because everyone else started to see what I saw in Palau. She had a terrible attitude and was a sore loser...but at least she wasn't getting away with it this time. Her "I can't believe I finally won something!" act upon winning that individual immunity was, again, clearly done to make herself look good in front of the camera.
James calling her out for thinking that it was "all about her" in HvV was spot on imo. In one of her confessionals she says that she thinks Rupert doesn't like her "because I threaten his popularity." That right there pretty much shows that she's completely enamored of herself and thinks that she's amazing. That being said, I DO believe she had a valid point, because I'm pretty sure that Rupert is almost as enamored of himself and his popularity as Stephenie is of hers.
Basically, I don't like Stephenie because she's a huge phony.
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Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.