Blindsiding Aaronboyer, bringing Blue on as a trusted ally, keeping Whydon's idol secret, creating the alliance of 7 (I believe it was with you), pretending like Trace had an idol (big mistake) to earn favor within the Fans tribe, gathering the alliance of 6 for the you vs. me vote, telling AJ about the favorites idol to bolster our alliance, not trying in individual immunity challenges early on so I wasn't seen as a challenge threat, I told Whydon and Blue about OM's idol to make OM look like a bigger threat than AJ so I could leverage my friendship with AJ if we managed to eliminate OM, actively distancing myself from Blue and Whydon to help hold my alliance with AJ, continuing to tell AJ that I would never win because of my attitude (you probably noticed, but abrasive is a common word in my language), that is the exact word AJ used to describe me in his opening statement because that is how I would describe myself to him -- I managed to plant this idea so deep in his head that I could never win that Whydon was eliminated over me. To add on to this point, I realized that this was a good strategy to keep me in the game and look like less of a threat, its why I criticized heal publicly a few times over using my confessionals. The "Oh Laurel is a dick, I can keep him around because he won't win" mentality. At the beginning this wasn't meant to be strategical and to be honest was a big learning experience for me, but early into the game I realized I could use it to my advantage. AJ said he learned from his mistakes in previous games, well this was my first game, and I had to learn from my mistakes in this game and use them as opportunities.
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I tried working with Mari to take out OM, I pitched to AJ and Cleo to vote out OM (when I lost immunity), in general, outside of your final vote and this was because I was scared you had an idol, I told people I was trying to make relationships with they were getting voted out (eg: Whydon, Mari, MK) as that is what I would've wanted for myself. While I may have put on the persona of being a jerk, and it did help me get here as AJ didn't see me as a threat because of it, I wanted the people I spoke with to know I'm genuine and that I care for them. Survivor gave me the opportunity to really get to know some people and I'm really thankful for that.