Ellen

[Host]

Pre-Game

Ellen is so worried about this game, and has been worried for a while. She knows this series better than anyone else (with the exception of maybe me) and has all of the tools to win. It's just her huge target and reputation that's getting in the way. I feel like she could easily Dan/Parvati "mist" her way into 2nd place finish where she loses out of jealousy. That would be stellar. She wants to Parvati this. She could care less about winning I think, she just wants to ensure her reputation in Good & Evil holds. And that happens if she gets 10th, 8th 6th, 4th, 2nd, or 1st. I'm really biting my nails for her, but I have faith that if anyone can turn it around its her.

[Host]

Ellen
Round One
""Wanting to play it under the radar... I should have known better. That obviously was never going to be an option."

Allies (Eduro): Luca, Selena
Friends (Eduro): Hannah, Knox
Allies (External): Ben, Colleen, Thiago
Enemies (Overall): AJ

Introspective Points
-Reflects on her season.
-Realizes she has the hugest target coming in.
-Wants to play UTR, realizes she can't.
-Michael tries to "save" Emily. Makes her want to target Emily.
-Perry freaks out and tries to flip the vote- she doesn't like that.
-Knox wants to save Emily even though she pushed his name out of the hat (which isn't really true).

Second-Person View
-Once again, Ellen is running things on her tribe and everyone knows it. She has a lot of love and a lot of hate.

His Story Summarized & My Perspective: Retaining her legacy. It's going to be painful to watch. She has a bunch of friends in this game, and she thinks that everyone is out to get her- but those people's days are numbered. The last thing I want to see is Season 3 all over again- and she hasn't changed anything since the last time. This "huge group" thing has seemed to be created in her head. She's not going to win

[Host]

Ellen
Week Two

Diary Room Summary
-Comments that they eliminated someone who could've been good at team challenges (foreshadowing jfc)
-Feels horrible that she's been accused of having an army in this game, and she feels painted in a corner.
-She realizes that Knox and Selena are the ones who could decide her fate.
-She wants to win the challenge really badly with her back so up against the wall. She hates that she's in the leadership position.
-Finds Perry to be inept, but one of the stronger members of the team. She can't seem to trust him enough to save him- but hope that Perry doesn't figure out that she's not the one who he should be campaigning to.

Observations
-Ellen right now seems to be under the delusion that she's got her back against the wall and that she's clawing to get by each round, when in reality she's untouchable and running the game. The lack of self-awareness is really weird and I think she's way too much of an emotional trainwreck right now. She's not like a Dawn or a Lisa or anything like that, but there's no way she's going to win I think unless she actually gets an underdog position- which I would love to see.