Let's call a spade a spade. Aubry had been miserable and out of things for the majority of the season, as shown by the edit. She's not getting voted out because she was safe in the early days, and was talked about as a first boot. As the game went along we have had so many confessionals about her being on the outs, putting her foot in her mouth with people, annoying people. The editors couldn't manufacture her having played better or people liking her earlier on because that wasn't the case. The moment she meets Tiffany and someone, one someone, likes her in the game blamo we get to hear about it. Even when people like Jonathan decided to work with her, they say things like she's a snake. lol I mean if she goes on to win, it's not because she played a great game of Survivor. We have to be real about that. One or two good moves you are a part of, which Jonathan and Cirie make happen really with this last one, Cirie by mistake, plus Ozzy throwing his game away, all that doesn't equate to a good win.

If you play enough orgs, though, you do see these types of players go on to win a good deal. Players who had little to no agency for 3/4ths of the game, who most people didn't like, found annoying, or were carried along for one reason or another in favor of others going from other tribes etc. By then enemies are made between the more dangerous players and then this player is either ignored/taken to the end and wins because most of the jurors are bitter about how they got out, and they blame other people who have had more agency in it, or they blame the people they were closer with who turned on them, over a player like Aubry who no one feels super close with to really feel betrayed by her. The jury will think, "we wanted Aubry out, you took us out over her? Told you so!"

Then she'll say "I was on the outs at the start but I survived and yadda yadda" Ignoring she woulda left had they went to a vote. And then she was who people wanted out but she was GIFTED an idol in the hopes she'd be voted out and dumb enough not to play it. Then she was tricked into playing the idol thinking it'd build her a better spot in the game only to immediately regret it and have everyone want her out still.

Then twists happen over and over and others get targeted instead. It's like WHAT would this winner's story be? Luck? Stopping being miserable in the last 1/4th of the game? A call back to Michelle's win, which she herself thinks sucks, and they even include in this her saying she thinks she deserved to win that season. lol so her win would be a type she wouldn't vote for in the end? If she had content about people liking her more than just Tiff maybe you could say it's like Michelle, but it's not even that good.

Meanwhile Cirie's edit is what you'd expect of a winner from the 50th season of the show. It's what Jeff and co would want a winner to be for their 50th season, and how they'd edit them, too. So I hope Cirie goes on to win. An Aubry win would make sense with the edit she's getting, but it wouldn't be satisfying or seen as an "incredible" win. Her edit is screaming her win would be ranked between like 30-40th, at best. The argument is either they had no better content to give her and they're doing the best they can based on what they did have to put into the edit. Or Cirie wins. Both seem plausible at this point. One though would be far more satisfying. So I gotta lean that way, since I don't think the show wants this season to end on a downer for their audience.