DaVonne tells Tiff “I’m going to be PISSED if Thursday comes & something else happens!”

I bet he’s glad too. Meg rejected him last year, but he’s pulled in a serious upgrade this year.

Tiffany can flip the house into disarray, but I don’t see the scenario in which it makes her stay. The play was when the veto had yet to be played and she needed to sell a backdoor target. But she didn’t and with no better targets on the block, all she can really achieve is chaos….which would be fantastic, but I don’t see the scenario under which she can get the votes.

There’s 2 plays:

1) Pick a fight with Frank and expose how everybody hates him, then hope with his target status out in the open, defying him is ideal by keeping her, especially if the tension balloon popping causes a realignment, say guys vs girls….but it would only confirm her unreliability, instability, and far more trouble than help.

2) Go to Frank in confidence, telling him everybody is plotting against him, and propose a plan in which he changes his mind, telling everybody Bronte is the bigger threat. They’ll do what he says just to keep him happy so he’s ripe to be backdoored (Corey’s mouth watering…). Then they both fight for HOH, however it shakes out, she’ll work to protect him, while keeping him in the loop…except Frank likely won’t believe her without an ally backing her story, assuming it’s just game talk for her benefit, making her think they’re with her or he’ll completely blow up and out her as the source.

I do not see the side deal conversations as being the justification / reason for wanting Frank out but rather they are used to plant seeds of doubt and mistrust in the minds of people Frank might be working with to gain leverage themselves. Side deal conversations are inevitable and a big part of the game however trustworthy players always have a core alliance in who they consistently keep in the loop. The returning players believed they were tight (even as Da’Vonne filled out the 4 newbies that made up the 8 pack… channeling Devin). Had Frank kept the other 3 vets in the loop with all but a select few of his plans / intentions they would have supported him and worked together a bit longer. Also, had he not gone rogue leaving the others out of the decision to; and act of, informing Paulie of the 8 pack they would have trusted Frank and not felt betrayed by him.

The season was structured in a way to set up the returning players for a ready made climatic battle as they were split up onto separate teams each with 3 new players and told they must work together as a team. With the entire team sharing fates commensurate with their performance on HOH comps. Each vet was working their team and communicating back to the other vets with the exception of Frank who jumped on the opportunity presented by the 8 pack and his realization that there were a number of HGs interested in working with the vets; so he was working the other vet’s teams behind their backs, saying nothing. Frank was first to realize that most of the new players were not motivated to get the vets out; that he had other options besides ride or die with the vets; and he took advantage right away while not committing; nor limiting himself to any one group. The latter being the big problem. As Frank monopolized the house the others were left with scraps… but, in doing so, Frank spread himself thin trying to keep allies in the dark about each other. This weakness is being exploited.

It isn’t that the other HGs are hypocrites with double standards. They are simply countering Frank’s empire by exposing his actions and letting others come to their own conclusions with respect to how much they trust Frank’s loyalty / commitment to them… they are doing it with a hard sell (and in my opinion too wrapped up / invested in establishing overwhelming majority votes).

Discussing Frank’s side deal conversations might be considered a lever; not a justification.