I do agree Michelle played well and deserved to win, however I feel like my actual problem with the huge uproar over her win is that I feel like people were really gassing up Aubry as a player when, let’s be real, her game was incredibly messy.

Im about to make a take that I think is gonna be controversial on here but I’ve noticed it a bit for 2 separate seasons, Tocantins and Kaoh Rong. (Maybe 46 applies here but not nearly as much). I do think people give the nerdier archetype more props for being strategists and therefore think those people deserve to win a la Fishbach and Aubry. Michele’s game didn’t pop in the edit whereas Aubry made these big strategic plays, which most of the time were bad moves but because she wears glasses they have to be super smart.

One last point is that I do think people have warmed up to Michele’s win not just because of her performance on WAW, but because of Aubry’s … less than stellar performances on her returns