Post by Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody on May 29, 2022 9:33:59 GMT 10
Might be able to stay up enough to post these myself, but just in case, I'll get something written up.
Black and Yaxley, congratulations on not only decimating the Order of the Phoenix entirely, but also having defeated all of the other Death Eaters who also stood in yer path. This game's not been an easy one, and I commend ya both for the tenacity and skill it took to reach this far.
If Peter's postin' this on my behalf, it means I haven't read a lick of your opening speeches yet, so apologies if you've gone through this in detail and direct me to the relevant sections of your speech instead of wasting your time on me, and I'll read through and ask any follow ups I might have after catching up later on.
So let's be up front on this first. I wish I'd gotten the chance to talk more closely with both of the two of ya more than I did. Aye, schedules are a bitch and all that, but there's more to it. Yaxley, I relied on our connection through Digs to keep us aligned as much as possible, but didn't ever get real in the thick of it with you specifically. Black, by all accounts we should have been working tighter than buttocks squeezing onto an ill-placed wand, but something never clicked there for us. Which means, for the both of you, I'm gonna be reading everything these next 24 hours with remarkable closeness. People always like to say their vote's up in the air when they've certainly got a preference one way, but I'll give it to you straight: my vote is very undecided at the mo'. So much so that even comin' up with the best question for you both has been a bit of a headscratcher.
I think one thing I'm very keen to know is more about your relationship with each other and perceptions of your competition here in the Final 2. These immunity pairs really tied your fates for a couple rounds. One of which was the round I got booted on. For both Final 7 and Final 6, Yaxley and Black, you two were paired up. Black, I'm sure you know your name was a heavy contender there both rounds (well, assuming for 6, even though I wasn't there). Yaxley, your name I don't think would have been in the top 3 or 4 options either time. Yet both times, Yaxley, you win immunity, and Black, yer immune by proxy.
So Yaxley, what was your thoughts on those challenges and having Black as your pair there? What was your relationship with him throughout this game, and why are you a better candidate for this win than him? Did you want Black to be immune those rounds he was tied to you, or was that more an unfortunate side effect?
And Black, what were your plans to survive in both of those rounds had you not been immune? Way I see it, Wood plays his idol and you leave at 7. 6 I'm less sure of. Did Yaxley save your arse there both times, or did you have paths to take other than immunity? What was your relationship with Yaxley throughout this game, and why are you a better candidate for this win than him?
Thanks to ya both, and congratulations either way, really. Black, you've overcome a hard journey to make it to this point. Considering I was telling everyone around F9 or F8 that you'd be a lock to make the end if you stayed much longer, I'm not sure if I should be pleased or frustrated that I'm right. Yaxley, I think you had a better set up coming into the merge section of things, and were able to navigate that carefully enough to always keep targets in front of you to get to this point. Whoever takes this will deserve it.
Black and Yaxley, congratulations on not only decimating the Order of the Phoenix entirely, but also having defeated all of the other Death Eaters who also stood in yer path. This game's not been an easy one, and I commend ya both for the tenacity and skill it took to reach this far.
If Peter's postin' this on my behalf, it means I haven't read a lick of your opening speeches yet, so apologies if you've gone through this in detail and direct me to the relevant sections of your speech instead of wasting your time on me, and I'll read through and ask any follow ups I might have after catching up later on.
So let's be up front on this first. I wish I'd gotten the chance to talk more closely with both of the two of ya more than I did. Aye, schedules are a bitch and all that, but there's more to it. Yaxley, I relied on our connection through Digs to keep us aligned as much as possible, but didn't ever get real in the thick of it with you specifically. Black, by all accounts we should have been working tighter than buttocks squeezing onto an ill-placed wand, but something never clicked there for us. Which means, for the both of you, I'm gonna be reading everything these next 24 hours with remarkable closeness. People always like to say their vote's up in the air when they've certainly got a preference one way, but I'll give it to you straight: my vote is very undecided at the mo'. So much so that even comin' up with the best question for you both has been a bit of a headscratcher.
I think one thing I'm very keen to know is more about your relationship with each other and perceptions of your competition here in the Final 2. These immunity pairs really tied your fates for a couple rounds. One of which was the round I got booted on. For both Final 7 and Final 6, Yaxley and Black, you two were paired up. Black, I'm sure you know your name was a heavy contender there both rounds (well, assuming for 6, even though I wasn't there). Yaxley, your name I don't think would have been in the top 3 or 4 options either time. Yet both times, Yaxley, you win immunity, and Black, yer immune by proxy.
So Yaxley, what was your thoughts on those challenges and having Black as your pair there? What was your relationship with him throughout this game, and why are you a better candidate for this win than him? Did you want Black to be immune those rounds he was tied to you, or was that more an unfortunate side effect?
And Black, what were your plans to survive in both of those rounds had you not been immune? Way I see it, Wood plays his idol and you leave at 7. 6 I'm less sure of. Did Yaxley save your arse there both times, or did you have paths to take other than immunity? What was your relationship with Yaxley throughout this game, and why are you a better candidate for this win than him?
Thanks to ya both, and congratulations either way, really. Black, you've overcome a hard journey to make it to this point. Considering I was telling everyone around F9 or F8 that you'd be a lock to make the end if you stayed much longer, I'm not sure if I should be pleased or frustrated that I'm right. Yaxley, I think you had a better set up coming into the merge section of things, and were able to navigate that carefully enough to always keep targets in front of you to get to this point. Whoever takes this will deserve it.