The Veto Armlet

It may seem weird to you how obsessed I am with part of Survivor that has only been done thus far in the international version of the show. Of course, a lot of twists of Survivor were in international versions before it appeared in this one. Were it not for the Swedish version of Survivor, there would not even be an American Survivor. While I do not fully understand how the veto armlet works and would not know how it would work in the American version or even if it would work at all, I’m still thinking that it might be a good twist to try out once.

 

You see, this twist is introduced sometime during the season and whoever is forced to wear it cannot vote at tribal council. It would be known to the other players who has this misfortune. I also think that the person who wears it can decide who has to wear it next, but probably can’t give it back to the player who gave it to them. I have no idea who is stuck wearing it first or why. I also don’t know when they would get rid of it from the game. It is possible that if the wearer of it is voted out, then it is removed from the game, but have no idea how it works as I haven’t seen any foreign season of Survivor that have included this twist (or any that haven’t for that matter).

 

Why do I think that it should be included in the American season of Survivor? Well, there are different reasons why I think it would work. For instance, since Ghost Island, it has been made quite clear that producers of the new Survivor want to take player’s votes away whenever possible. While the veto armlet is known to the other players and thus any potential non-votes would be known, it would be nice if the players had more control over this instead of it being them against the twist. It would be the same sort of thing that they want from tribal council.

 

It also would work better than some other twists that they could do. Imagine instead of the do or die, the players learn that the first person out of the challenge will suffer a penalty to be revealed later. And they also learn that unlike the do or die, they must compete in the challenge and cannot sit out. It would then be learned at maybe tribal council that whoever lost first cannot vote.

 

This would fit in the theme with the other part of the twist where it is decided again at tribal council who gets the armlet next and then can’t vote as a result. While tribal council may seem like too late to learn about this, it might be the best and only time since we all know that flashy tribal councils are a thing that producers like. It could also make sure that players don’t piss off the wrong person since they might be able to then prevent that person from voting as a result.

 

It would only seem to work at the merge or individual stage of the game. I don’t think that there is too much else to ponder about this right now. Maybe it would work or maybe it wouldn’t. We wouldn’t know for sure unless they try it in the game.

 

That’s all that I can think about for this post of this blog. I am hoping that I can get a post done of this blog on and old season’s episode pretty soon. It is also possible that I might get a legit roll for once instead of just deciding to watch an old episode as if I rolled for it. While I know that the odds of me randomly getting to see an episode of this show is a literal shot in the dark, it can happen and hopefully will, especially if I am to see any of Blood versus Water again. I’ll keep you updated as I can. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.