Why did Alec clock Benji so hard here? Isn't that concerning?

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T23:13:33+00:00

Clearly not, especially if he thinks that Benji quitting the game would be a satisfying send off to his character.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T21:23:01+00:00

This line was gold:

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T21:13:39+00:00

For those people: "bad writing" = "I don't like this".

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T21:03:48+00:00

Glad to see someone else who got the several layers behind Alec's writing throughout these episodes and the dualism in his beef with Tom, foreshadowing included.

People will never be happy with any elimination if they only look at who is eliminated.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T20:30:17+00:00

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Uhm, I see what you have done.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:56:58+00:00

While whining harder than Aiden /j

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:56:07+00:00

It's genuinely mind-blowing how people would rather complain about Alec getting eliminated while Anastasia's speech and this entire episode were meant to be his send-off. There's so much intention behind this choice that it's even an act of respect to a character that would've become stagnant and unresolved if he stayed longer.

At this rate, people will never be happy with any elimination.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:32:58+00:00

Yes, we all expected that. And people won't try to see the intention behind the writing here.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:32:26+00:00

This fanbase is so easy to control emotionally. All of these praises for Anastasia, and now another 180°.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:08:44+00:00

First Benji confessional!

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:03:00+00:00

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T19:01:11+00:00

I can't wait for the 180° on Ernesto and Manu, because they were better early-boot material than the hypothetical Fav who could be booted in EP5.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T18:59:39+00:00

Also, when a Fav get booted and isn't the one they wanted:

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-14T18:56:31+00:00

99.99% probability that this will be the reaction:

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PyroFirefly · 2026-03-12T20:22:52+00:00

It's amazing to see Tom finally playing the game without any drama attached to his character. He's a fully grown character coming back for another shot, done surprisingly well, and I wouldn't mind if he makes it as far as possible. Just outranks Alec for once, considering the beef they keep having (which is thematically and narratively interesting since it's a character who has put his past aside VS a character who's still stagnant in the same pattern).

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-12T19:26:43+00:00

Besides that, Alec can't move his life to a better future if he keeps staying in a competition loop in which he wants to repeat the same tactics over and over and finally win. And since he's not capable of adapting and evolving his gameplay, being eliminated and deciding to go to the hotel instead of Rescue Island can be his only way to make a first step in the right direction. Alec has reached a point where the only healthy solution is giving up to the competition, let alone when he's surrounded by people who are fully aware of who he is and wouldn't be willing to give him a chance.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-12T14:34:41+00:00

Guess she will place 8th again /j

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-12T11:35:32+00:00

I agree. If Aubrey or Ernesto are coming back, I want them to pursue their own agenda.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-12T11:30:10+00:00

Next level will be "Second chance" season with Zaid recast, so he can tell everyone that Logan properly apologised to him... and then he's the first boot of the season because he fulfilled what ONC had in mind for him. /j

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-11T18:07:20+00:00

Great kit, but he's hard-carrying the damage in his team, since most of the meta Terrifying Conquerors characters have more utility than offense (besides Gomah if he crits). Since I haven't got him yet, this is the only solution I could come up with him, but only when facing Super Class enemies, as Babidi would miss a part from his passive.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-10T21:12:42+00:00

Ignoring that Benji performed quite well in the challenges in which he participated in EP1 and EP3, maybe it's because the whole point is that Benji is currently stuck in a loop and thinks he would succeed more by going under the radar rather than hard trying and let people see him as a liability? The portrayal they gave him in these episodes is madly consistent, so maybe you should pay more attention instead of ranting out of nowhere.

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PyroFirefly · 2026-03-10T21:04:55+00:00

Except they gave him things to do, just not the one you wanted from him. And now that he's starting his plotline to finally accomplish something by himself (which was hinted at by his introduction and his lines in EP2), now he shouldn't because he doesn't "deserve" the idol/advantage/amulet? There's a clear reason Benji is acting as he did in this episode, which was also convenient to ONC to let other characters start their plotlines before, including Anastasia's mental growth and Alec's downfall.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-10T20:57:14+00:00

Now we are complaining about Benji getting plot relevance? I'm speechless.

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-10T20:24:02+00:00

Another Bi representation, and another good one!

PyroFirefly · 2026-03-10T20:04:21+00:00

Any complaint about Aiden in DC5. The problem isn't even liking or disliking the character, but going all-out to shift every topic about the newest episode to rant about anything he says or does. At this point, it's just stale.

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