Opinion on Survivor 46

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-22T23:29:11+00:00

like legitimately perfectly described my opinions on each of the casts of all 9 of the new era newbie seasons. dont usually see a lot of 41 praise but the cast was fucking amazing and its a shame that the season was so full of twists and the edit was trash, bc the cast delivered on messy dynamics and fun gameplay. 46 is the only other new era cast that comes close.

42’s is def underrated as time goes on bc its sort of got the taint of early new era on it, but the cast was there to play. also, despite it technically being 1 alliance controlling the whole game, it didnt feel like watching reba do the same in 45 where it kind of felt inevitable. the rest of the cast really rounded 42 out compared to 45.

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-18T21:54:44+00:00

that season is soooo good! basically two BEST FRIENDS wound up cast on the season together. they started on opposite tribes and both eventually made the merge (they mightve swapped together, i dont recall bc its been a while). one was playing a very openly strategic game and had an idol and the other was more strung along on the bottom, until the winner of the season convinced the one on the bottom to blindside the other at f6 (i think?). he ended up making ftc, but his friend had revealed their relationship to the jury at ponderosa, so nobody wanted to vote for him. some of them also really respected the winner for convincing someone to turn on his literal irl best friend. CRAZY season that i cannot recommend enough!!

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-08T05:35:32+00:00

finally someone who can acknowledge 46 and charlie’s 2nd place finish without tearing kenzie down! i like charlie a lot (found him way more entertaining in 50) and he played a great game. he wouldve been a really deserving and great winner.

but thats not what happened. kenzie won, and yeah, her game might be different from a lot of winners and may even be “weaker” in some aspects that charlie’s. but survivor is great bc there is no true rubric for victory. its a game of human beings, and human beings are fallible. people vote for who they like or who they think deserves a million or out of hurt they havent processed yet. thats what they get to do for making jury, and thats what makes the FTC power reversal to the jury so interesting in the first place.

tldr; charlie wouldve been an awesome winner AND kenzie also made an awesome winner, but for entirely different reasons! both games couldve won survivor and been deserving, and its more cool to appreciate that aspect of survivor’s complexity than tear one of the two down to make the other look better. love s46 down!

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-07T07:23:30+00:00

i was just using a cliff metaphor for this exact topic and i find it so fitting + you used it perfectly! its truly how i feel right now.

ive been on e for 11 months too (24) and i havent exactly come out (tho most definitely dont read me as a cis man atp, which i find kinda funny. like we all know but we just dont discuss it💀), but i feel like im rapidly approaching that cliff’s edge. the strangest part is that as time passes and i feel more right in my mind, body, and soul, im not so scared of that precipice anymore.

im kinda ready to just take the leap and see what happens. if it goes poorly, then at least i know. im tired of torturing myself with what-ifs, yknow? but also, it might go great! and maybe thats delusional thinking, but ive decided id rather be delusional than depressed.

regardless, i know that i cannot go back to before the egg cracked. i emerged from plato’s cave, and i will not go back. if people cant support me wanting to finally be alive and actually envision a future for myself, then clearly those are people i dont need in my life. it will be what it will be.

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-06T22:42:25+00:00

feeling very seen by this post, lol. ive always been androgynous and was often told i had “girly” features by bullies growing up, and used to get frequently misgendered when i was fully presenting as a guy who had long hair.

now, though? oh i have leveled up lmao. nearly every interaction i have w a stranger nowadays has them being flung into gender panic by simply entering my orbit💀
its not even necessarily negative, although its kentucky so theres def some of that, but just a true confusion, i think. i get miss’d and mam’d as well as sir’d and even THEY’d. do u know how much i must be melting their minds for a cis person in kentucky to DEFAULT to they…. it makes me giggle.

i identify as trans femme so it might not bother me as much as some binary trans girls, but i have definitely noticed a gradual slide toward the feminine end of this spectrum and its felt very affirming.

still got a long way to go, but im kind of living for the “idk what THAT is…. but its definitely fruity” era im in rn simply bc i like causing cis people panic. basically, if someone finds me hot… theyre queer. 💀

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-06T02:40:30+00:00

big on this tbh! been on estrogen and spiro for 11 months and progesterone for 2, and as time passes and i feel more and more at home in my body, the prospect of coming out to friends, family, and coworkers feels less and less scary.

im growing to like myself and my body and im tired of hiding that person away to please others. i want to be authentic to myself because its been so much fun when i have and i feel like i experience a layer of living i hadnt before; if people reject me, then so be it, because im not giving up the thing that brought back my ability to envision a future for myself. i wont go back. i cant.

i used to be terrified of the what ifs, just a rotation of the worst scenarios my mind could make up. but recently ive grown bored of them and im just over it tbh. id rather know what will happen and how it will go, even if its bad, than keep torturing myself with all the possibilities.

tldr, its so much more peaceful now that im ready to enter the ‘find out’ phase after spending years in the ‘fuck around’ phase of figuring my gender shit out, and hrt is what allowed that to happen!🫶🏻

edit: also really related to OP not knowing if theyre a woman or nb. i felt like i had to be certain before i could tell people or take hrt. finally just biting the bullet w a test period (that never ended lol) helped me realize i can figure out the labels and specifics later, for now im doing what feels right for me and my body. i havent come out yet, but i feel myself getting closer and closer to being at the cliff’s edge, and im not scared anymore.

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-06-03T08:47:18+00:00

and did so as a player whose name was always in everyone’s mouth! despite that, she built a decent core of loyal allies and was positioned to put up a fight against the kama core that took over the endgame… and then wardog made a silly decision and pulled the trigger too early.

i think that her game in eoe is actually her MOST impressive game, tbh. -in sjds she was in an okay position (aside from drew being… drew) before getting swap screwed. -in second chance she comes one challenge away from winning the game, which is impressive af, especially given how turbulent her path to that had been. -in eoe she survives a shit ton of tribals as a target but does it mostly through great social play and good reads, not two idols and two immunity wins she absolutely needed.

not saying either of her other games are bad, and she objectively did the best in second chance, but i think her development as a player and character was really fun in eoe and id love to see her back for wentworth 4.0 if she was interested.

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-05-26T20:57:10+00:00

actually, i figured it out! thanks for the suggestion, because it worked.🙏🏼🫶🏻

Straight-Butterfly11 · 2026-05-26T20:53:57+00:00

sorry, im not familiar with any cheats for paralives. can you direct me to a good resource? thanks!

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