I think Alex figured (rightly) that voting for Mookie was the only vote he could make that wouldn't backfire on him. If the Ravu alliance had decided he was going, he wouldn't be around for the backlash anyway, and if they'd decided to get rid of Mookie, Mookie wouldn't be around to be pissed at him.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
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Jessica - Apr 27, 2007 4:59:15 am PDT #257 of 767
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Nora Deirdre - Apr 27, 2007 5:02:18 am PDT #258 of 767
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I do wonder if Dreamz tipped Alex off. It would be in his best interests, perhaps, to do so, now that they're down to 7 and the big alliance pretty much has to shift.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 27, 2007 5:04:25 am PDT #259 of 767
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Also, that scene where the women were hiding nearby when Mookie and Alex were discussing the idol- SO funny. I never laughed so loud as when that branch snapped and the panic came into Alex and Mookie's eyes. Heh.
Jessica - Apr 27, 2007 5:06:50 am PDT #260 of 767
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Maybe, though we're usually shown that kind of thing when it happens.
I'm curious to see what Stacy and Dreamz do now that it's down to 7 -- they have to know that they're the outsiders of the Ravu alliance, and Alex will vote with anyone who throws him a lifeline at this point.
askye - Apr 27, 2007 5:10:49 am PDT #261 of 767
Thrive to spite them
Someone over on WX theorized that Alex voted for Mookie because he realized that the group was going to vote for him or Mookie and it isn't going to hurt him too much. Either he's right and everyone votes for Mookie, who is out and can't get mad at Alex or he's wrong and he's voted off and he doesn't have to deal with Mookie feeling betrayed.
brenda m - Apr 27, 2007 5:24:29 am PDT #262 of 767
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
How are the rules on ties working this season? I was having trouble figuring out how risky this split the vote plan actually was.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 27, 2007 5:25:41 am PDT #263 of 767
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
That's what I was thinking- don't tie breaker resolutions have a tendency to change from season to season? I did not like that split vote plan AT ALL.
askye - Apr 27, 2007 6:07:07 am PDT #264 of 767
Thrive to spite them
Last season fire making was the tie breaker.
brenda m - Apr 27, 2007 7:10:03 am PDT #265 of 767
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, but haven't they had seasons before where a tie ended in other things, like an automatic revote, excluding the tie-ees? Nobody sounded too worried about it, but bonehead ratios are such that I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith in that.
askye - Apr 27, 2007 7:57:51 am PDT #266 of 767
Thrive to spite them
They did the fire starting thing when the Ultimate Loser Tribe was down to Steph and what's his name (who both came back in another season) so I think it was fair for them to think that the tie break would be fire.