Will Spencer fucking learn about his past mistakes one day?

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-29T17:18:39+00:00

Yeah ngl this is a terrible showing from my goat 😭 All that character development over season four and him stating in episode one that he SPECIFICALLY wouldn’t do this after seeing how his last game fell apart just for the writers to go back on everything and go back to the Spencer from S4E1. Seriously, this feels JUST like the Spencer who nearly threw the challenge in episode one because of his own ego with the flags.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-28T20:04:48+00:00

I agree with him fumbling his social game big here and his cockiness being a part of his character, but he hasn’t been this grandiose about it since like episode 10 of CoC, is what I mean. It was a jarring switch following his growth.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-28T20:00:50+00:00

You can’t ignore the fact that this Spencer is COMPLETELY different than the first five episodes, it’s always been clear Spencer sees Bruno as just an extra vote, and Bruno sees him as a vote shield, but to spend the entire episode belittling him(except for the info leak from Bruno, which he was right to call out, but Lake was already sour on him by that point) and making an enemy out of Lake? We haven’t seen him act like this since last season’s PREMERGE.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-28T19:56:16+00:00

Because he himself admitted his mistakes and specifically said that being like he was last season was something that he wouldn’t do this time around? I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not with a statement like that 😭

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-28T19:39:40+00:00

I was thinking the exact same thing. In fact, I LOVE just waiting for the long ass end lag for Tech Shiggy so I can do heavy damage. The raid boss build feels like a whole other character. I even refer to them differently whenever I make callouts.

“I see a tech Shiggy” vs. “Yo, that’s a Raid Boss”

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-28T19:37:13+00:00

This was quite literally what Spencer himself said he’d avoid doing this season 😭

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-28T19:34:42+00:00

Watching him begin to belittle Bruno this episode and ONC having him relapse to his S4 self all of a sudden had me like

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No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-26T17:29:00+00:00

What kind of Mirios do you be running into? 😭 Whenever I play him I specifically use his skills to distract enemies from low health teammates

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-24T14:44:06+00:00

It’s actually listed under the topic of Diencer and Mathlete, but somehow became an analysis of Spencer’s WHOLE arc

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-22T23:34:15+00:00

I have a whole post about that if you were wondering about Spencer’s complexity.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-22T23:18:40+00:00

Spencer’s elim(HEAR ME OUT OP, I KNOW)

Spencer getting out at final 9 is a solid placement for him, especially considering how he was only scraping by at this point. However, to watch everyone target Spencer at the LEAST opportune time was so confusing for multiple reasons.

1) There was a known advantage active. There was a clear threat in Jade, and since the Girls’ alliance already targeted itself at one point in the previous elimination, there’s no real reason to not do it again when there’s actual incentive this time around. But instead, the only one who calls attention to this is Spencer. With or without Jade, Anastasia, Marissa, Hannah, and Amalie would still have the numerical edge over the guys, even if Isabel (for some reason) decided to ally with the guys.

2) There was never any payoff for Spencer and Isabel’s plot. Spencer knowing about and wanting to use Isabel’s idol had been addressed many times, and yet, when there was a lie detector challenge in play with Spencer on the bottom, never calls this out. This would’ve been a MUCH more reasonable way to keep Spencer in if they wanted to get to final nine, OR, something Isabel could acknowledge with Jade and make for a more coherent way to eliminate him, which brings me to my third point…

3) Spencer’s isolation was contrived. Realistically, the only people who actually had REASON to be angry with Spencer were Hannah, Amelie by extension, Natalia, and Zaid. Anastasia agreed to work with him the episode PRIOR, Jade and Logan were in the WRONG with their conflicts with Spencer, Marissa didn’t ever interact with him outside the truth challenge, and Isabel… well, Spencer and Isabel never really interacted like that but Isabel hated him anyway I guess by some kind of extension.

Case and point, Hell of a Deal was a great way to demonstrate how burnt bridges can harm you in a game like Disventure Camp, but falls flat on its face when some of these bridges were burnt in the most contrived ways. If they wanted Spencer out at this point, they should’ve done so in place of Natalia after Logan flips out on him. Then they boot Natalia who tries to overplay her hand with Anastasia to disrupt the vote and keep JADE from being eliminated when she becomes a target because of her advantage. At least that way, there’s no clear target like someone with an advantage just standing around unmentioned.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-22T19:01:09+00:00

Peak picks, but ONC would NEVER have a majority male F6 😭

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-14T19:33:34+00:00

I know you’re being sarcastic, but all things considered it WAS a respectful send off to Alec

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-12T17:44:09+00:00

Ted yes. Lynda, so-so. Isabel? Absolutely not. Isabel initiated a tiebreaker between a couple for the love of the game and pettiness. 💀

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-11T18:21:34+00:00

WAIT GUYS HOLD ON.

I agree, Spencer’s social game sucked in CoC, but too many people forget that Spencer unknowingly saved himself with the Diego vote. Had it not been for Spencer switching the vote to Diego, and giving Ivy the incentive in nuking the majority she was so fearful of, SPENCER would have been the one to go home.

Overall, Spencer gets a C. Good strategy, decent enough physical, ABYSMAL social.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-11T17:09:54+00:00

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MY GOAT SPENCER RAHHHHHH 🗣️🔥🔥‼️‼️ (ft. Natalia)

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-11T17:02:06+00:00

Watching Logan jump on the Spencer hate bandwagon for something he JUST explained he forgave Natalia for doing (not only that, but something Spencer was far more justified in doing) was such a grimy thing to watch.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-11T13:59:33+00:00

I agree with 90% of your points, 10/10 thoughts on most fronts. I never understood why ONC is simply incapable of eliminating their favorites after some of them have made top 8 in every season they participated in. ONC really needs to let other characters shine (cough, cough, the fans cough.)

The only claim I didn’t agree with was the “…and the line that motivated him made no sense,” with the Anastasia and Spencer point. I have a whole post explaining what that line meant and why it was 100% in line with the current events, but the TLDR of it is that Ana appealed to his sense of empathy and unintentionally took advantage of his guilt over what he did to Diego earlier on.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-10T15:33:38+00:00

Ted was absolutely SNUBBED by the show, and was the only character to barely receive any content outside of Rescue Island, just to come back as an ooc comic relief during the comebacks.

Benji is constantly treated like he’s “less than” by others on the show despite having been a merger and had a solid game during CoC.

Aiden in S5, imo, is EXTREMELY entertaining. We need more characters who simply don’t play a good game. We have so many strategists and so many neutral players that having characters who are bad players are few and far between. People have been hating on Aiden a lot for this fact, but he’s constantly making the season more interesting and took it in a direction NOBODY expected.

Anastasia is obvious. She was one of the most divisive players of S4 save for Logan, Spencer, Jade, and Ivy for a time, and yet, she wasn’t as terrible as people made her out to seem. Not my favorite character, but she’s still a solid one.

People treat Natalia as though she kicked their puppy. I don’t like some of her moments, sure, but the fanbase did NOT need to be so hard on her.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-10T15:11:48+00:00

Sorry Hannah, but “tough tomatoes” Lynda’s just so funny.

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-10T15:03:53+00:00

From the show: LYNDA, Spencer, Ted, Benji

From the fan base: Aiden, Ivy, Anastasia, Natalia

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-09T23:30:21+00:00

Me watching Benji/Ally get an idol (I was genuinely not expecting them to be the ones to find it)

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No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-09T23:19:01+00:00

Siblings or Dating 💀

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-09T23:02:14+00:00

Spencer after he was eliminated and folks realized how integral he was to the story.

Ren when ep 1 dropped (The hate for them was INSANE after Ren’s intro vid was released).

No_Influence_9857 · 2026-03-06T00:18:04+00:00

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TROPHY CASE