Survivor Gamechangers: The Unknown Factors
Anyone think that Michaela and Zeke's games and perceptions would have been different if they didn't play back-to-back?
Like would J.T really think Michaela was just "filling space" after how strong she was shown to be?
Would Zeke be feared because of how controlling he was?
Posted Oct 10, 2017, 7:59 AM UTC
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Wasn't that Varner's entire reasoning behind outing Zeke? Or at least how he explained it afterward. He said because Zeke had played back to back seasons, he figured CBS would have advertised Zeke as being trans and everyone watching on TV would have already known. He thought he was doing the tribe a favor in revealing that to them as they were the only ones in the dark. Obviously, that was completely wrong and he regretted it right away, but that at least was part of his explanation.
Yes agreed. The whole point Varner was making was to show how capable Zeke was of pulling the wool over his tribe's eyes. Obviously, there is a difference in lying about your gender and lying about sayyy an idol, but that was his main point.
Zeke was not lying about his gender. Trans people are not lying and phrasing it that way contributes to a dangerous stereotype about them.
That's why I said there is a difference. I'm a member of the LGBT community and I understand completely the need for safety when coming out! Happy Coming Out Day!
My problem wasn't with you saying there is a difference. You explicitly called it "lying about your gender" which is 100% problematic regardless of your LGBT identity.
How did Varner know Zeke was trans? Did Zeke tell him?
Varner saw Zeke's scars from surgery and made the inference based on past experiences.
God that is sinister!! Would have been avoided had Varner known that CBS didn't bring it up during MvGX