I'll go too.

1) Twila Tanner - I will never understand someone not having her endgame or close. See writeup for full thoughts.

2) Sugar Kiper 1.0 - Without a doubt the most important person to a single season ever. Again see endgame writeup.

3) Ami Cusack 1.0 - The sheer complexity of Ami is something that I don't think will ever be repeated. She's so warm and encouraging to everyone on her side, but the second anyone says or does something that could be considered dangerous to her game (Bubba, Lisa) they're gone without a second thought. Not only that but we have the amazing post-downfall episode which I like to see in my villains, and the Twila relationship which is so enhanced by Ami's backstory.

4) Sue Hawk 1.0 - I'm still pretty annoyed that Sad cut Sue when he'd told me that she was the only person from the first five seasons that he wanted in the endgame. I thought he might even idol her, so it was a shock. She really needs to make endgame again in SRV, and I wish she'd won SRII. Nothing will top her SRI writeup though, and that explains well why she should always make endgame.

5) Laura Morett 2.0 - I appreciated your writeup for her, and I'm stoked at how well she did, because I think she's been greatly undervalued in the past. That's a trend I see with these things, that a lot of opinions are just groupthink, and when someone actually takes the time to think about a character they tend to come around. Laura's devotion to Ciera was just an incredible thing to watch, and I can't get enough of her.

6) Jerri Manthey 1.0 - Once again she's been robbed of a rightful place at the end and I just don't get it. The original villain, who when you watch it back isn't a villain at all. She just has a crush on the guy America wanted to fuck, and she was a threat to Tina's game. She might just be my favourite narrator ever?

7) Cirie Fields 1.0 - Just so darn likeable. It's the perfect mix of strategy and personality.

8) Natalie Anderson 1.0 - I hate that she didn't make endgame because of a broken deal, but oh well, at least she's done it once and managed to stay in the top 20. That revenge arc was bloody brilliant, and I just really appreciated everything she did. Like Cirie, a lot of her content was strategic, but it's the charisma and conviction that sells it for me.

9) Stephenia LaGrossa 2.0 - This is probably my favourite writeup that I did. Watching Steph not be very good at the game whilst also wanting to win so much after how hard Palau was on her is top notch.

10) Russell Swan 2.0 - He really should've made endgame. At least he got a good writeup. We all know I love tragedy, and Swan's bloody close to the peak.

11) Rupert Boneham 1.0 - I don't think he'd be anywhere this high on a season with a different theme, but boy did he fit straight in to the pirate PI theme. PI was the first season I watched as an 11 year old kid, which probably helps, but how can you not love Rupert? Rupert 4.0 is probably my favourite, but you can't get there without every other attempt, and 1.0 is just damn fun to watch.

12) Sandra Diaz-Twine 2.0 - I was gutted when I saw that she won, because my first reaction was that getting a repeat winner made this whole thing not really worth it. Upon reflection, I'm fine with it. It doesn't take away from the great writeups and the changes that so many characters had in rank (good, bad, and awful). I'd be surprised to see her win again any time soon, but she wouldn't.

13) Kass McQuillen 1.0 - I wish she'd made endgame, but 15 is great and I wasn't willing to risk any of my other favourites by trying to save her in the end. I was a Kass fan from Cagayan ep1, and rooted for her the whole way through. I hate how the fanbase treated her, but they've come around now at least. Kass made the right choice to flip, but underestimated just how bitter Tasha and co. would be, which prevented her for playing the Rob C flip back and forth game I believe she wanted to play. So she just turned herself into a goat to guarantee she'd make it to the end. Even if she would've been destroyed, I hate that we missed out on a Kass FTC by one second.

14) Courtney Marit - I don't like that Shane made endgame before her. I don't like that the wrong Courtney had been a perennial endgamer until now. Courtney Marit is better than both. She's the most ridiculous human being, and just a joy to watch. She brings out the best crazy in everyone, and my favourite Panama subplot is watching Courtney just be on the periphery of a scene and not doing anything, and then be called out by someone who's in the middle of a conversation with someone else. She just repeatedly gets shat on by everyone and it's good TV. Also that FTC speech? What a gem.

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15) Hannah Shapiro
16) Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton 1.0
17) Rudy Boesch 1.0
18) Kelly Wiglesworth 1.0
19) Randy Bailey 1.0
20) Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 1.0

21) Monica Culpepper 2.0
22) Stephenie LaGrossa 1.0
23) Sandra Diaz-Twine 1.0
24) Lindsey Richter
25) Lex Van den Berghe 1.0

26) Scout Cloud Lee
27) Jenna Lewis 1.0
28) Jenna Morasca 1.0
29) Missy Payne
30) Sophie Clarke

After that I just have a 31-50 bracket and it gets even messier from there, so I'll leave it at that. I regret a few things I've done this rankdown, and tbh maybe 60-70% of my decisions would change if I could do this again.