What Do You Think Scarlett’s Grand Reveal In “Scarlett Fever”?

What do you think Scarlett’s grand reveal in “Scarlett Fever”?

I saw a lot say this ruined her character. I don’t think it’s really that bad, but I don’t like it as I felt it’s way too over-the-top, also too rushed. Like it happened so suddenly?

both of our opinions are pretty much the same here! i think that i can't say it completely ruined scarlett for the sole purpose that she was kind of interesting before that flip happened. to me. like sometimes i pretend it didn't happen tbh. #SelfCare #ThingsAreOnlyCanonWhenIWantThemToBe #NoIDon'tCareAboutTheKnivesInTheGlobeInHerAuditionTape

that whole "this is the real me 😈" bit was super over-the-top, and i think that's what makes it feel rushed. when i first watched this season, i was so confused. i thought that instead of the whole "i've been biding my time, now i'm gonna take the million or destroy the island cause i'm evil mwahaha" thing, the season would lean more toward her using the island's controls to her advantage during challenges or something. she's smart! let her be smart again by secretly playing these fools! she doesn't have to just fool max; she can fool everybody!!! let her play puppeteer more please i beg!!!!!!

i think what mainly gets me is the lack of motive for a personality of that scale. don't get me wrong, sometimes i think there doesn't need to be a clear reason someone is mean or evil or whatever. and i get this season suffers from its short run time. but for someone who wants to blow up an island with a bunch of other people on it? aka potential murder??? yeahhhh that's gonna need more than "i used to scare the shit out of my brother" and "topher don't piss me off or i'll show you who's boss." otherwise it just feels... idk incomplete in a way?

and the season also made scarlett stick to max sooooo much. they had funny/enjoyable moments but i also think that both of their characters suffered from their close proximity. i thought that when chris made them split up into different teams, scarlett would get the opportunity/challenge to fool the others more... and then it didn't happen like that because the writers said "oh let's have chris trick topher into quitting for this elim and then go into the merge and then put scarlett and max together again! yay!!!"

but yeah. tldr: scarlett is robbed by the narrative, making her big reveal feel completely over-the-top. (then again i could argue almost every character from this specific season is robbed by the narrative. because the narrative was hanging on a string.)