I might as well put in my thoughts on the remaining players with regard to jury votes. I don't count anyone out necessarily but it'll be tough for Lucifer and Leon specifically.
Poirot: My #1, I love him to death
Penelope: Honestly, I like her a lot, we never quite synced up strategically but I found her very likable, I thought she was active in the post-merge, and she's had a big target for a while so if she gets to the end I feel like she'll have a strong case.
Judy: We were at odds these last couple rounds and I wasn't crazy about how that went, but I feel like she's been effective in the game, which I respect a lot. I do need her to own up to some things but she certainly hasn't lost my vote by any means.
Rust: I think in a different world we could have worked together really well but the post-merge dynamics made that tough. I think he's been fairly active strategically in the post-merge and while things haven't always gone the way he would have wanted, I think he's positioned himself well and played smart. He has the kind of game that with the right FTC performance could potentially win my vote over anyone (except Poirot because if Poirot is there I'm voting for him).
Leon: I find it interesting that Scruff doesn't buy that he's a newbie, because to me it made sense, but I'm still rather new to this community and playing these games so I could simply be naive. I'd need a really spectacular FTC performance to really consider voting for him over any of the above 4, it'd basically need to be on the level of Australian Survivor season 1. His dubious loyalty to anyone is going to be an issue that needs to be addressed (e.g. after Scruff went, he was like "oh well before this I would have been most loyal to Scruff and Jake, but now I'm most loyal to you, Hercule, and Judy", like wait where'd Jake go in this equation?). I'll need to know that some of these moves were deliberate, and what the reasoning was behind them.
Lucifer: Honestly, I like the guy, I appreciated that he was always civil and receptive even when we never really worked together closely other than on the Nick vote, and not even then. That said, I definitely think it's going to be tough for him to get my vote in any scenario. Like contrasted with Leon, I feel like Leon has had arguably more agency, and I sort of worry that he's kind of given up on winning except on a fluke, and thus is more interested in this point at just going far with people he likes. Which I don't think is an invalid thought process for a player, it's just not one I would ever vote for to win. I hope I'm wrong and this is a very deliberately thought out set of decisions though, and I hope to hear the rationale behind it.
