Sophie (S7)

Sophie was one of the 10 "fans" cast on ***Unleashing the Underworld*** and was placed on the ill-fated "villainous" Megara tribe. Sophie is noteworthy as she was an executive host during several past seasons of Villainvivor. Sophie ended up being a major character of the season despite not quite making the top 10 placements wise.

Sophie started out strong, as she was apart of the core power structure of her tribe alongside Nehemiah and Joaquin due to her strong social game. Together, this trio was able to survive the first 2 tribal councils of the season, as Dom and Zach were easily picked off. Sophie was the one to always catch votes, however, as Joaquin and Nehemiah seemingly tried to use her a as a shield to deter Zach from voting for them. Once the tribe was whittled down to 3 and they lost their 3rd straight immunity challenge, the next boot was up in the air. Nehemiah ultimately targeted Sophie, but she was able to turn Joaquin against him by claiming Nehemiah was trying to play both sides. Joaquin was easily swayed by this due to his paranoia, and he sided with Sophie. She maintained his loyalty for the entire game, even though she did not actually reciprocate Joaquin's feelings.

She was then swapped to Pain with Joaquin, where she especially bonded with Mo and Roman and even Emmy at first, although she used her strong social game to stay in the rest of the tribe's good graces. Her relationship with Roman in particular was very helpful for her longevity on the tribe, as it made it so Jro, Boofus, and Ha could not target her easily. Sophie was quick to target Ha, who distrusted her heavily. She entertained the idea of voting for Ha, telling her plan to the entire tribe. This was a consistent problem, as she would often reveal sensitive information as inopportune times for others. Myno was alterted to Jro's distrust of him, which made Jro confrontational about why he was saying this. Sophie and Emmy both panicked, and they threw each other under the bus. This was the start of a lasting rivalry. Myno was ultimately voted out, and Sophie paused her plan against Ha until the next round.

Once the tribe lost again, Sophie was confident she could get Ha out, as she felt the entire tribe was on board. In reality, she had most of the tribe, and Roman and Boofus didn't even have votes, although Sophie did not know that piece of information. Jro tried and failed to keep Ha, and Sophie's plan was successful. From here on out, she had a large amount of control on the tribe, as Joaquin, Mo, and Roman would never turn on her. Sophie grew annoyed with the tribe for leaking information, especially Emmy. However, she considered just as guilty of this, especially by Jro. At this point in the game, she became emotionally swayed by various conflicts and this resulted in some drama on the tribe.

Her conflict with Emmy came to a head upon the tribe's 3rd loss, and this is when the drama was the wildest. Sophie was fast to make a 4 person alliance with the Zeus tribe members, with her goal being to vote out Emmy, who she deemed untrustworthy and was enemies with. The group was in VC in an alliance chat hanging out in a very obvious manner. Emmy knew they were all online, just not talking to her, and she was upset and scared by this. Emmy confronted Sophie, and this caused Sophie to panic. Sophie, along with Boofus and Roman, suspected Emmy was alting to have this information, and they convinced Jro of this, and he freaked out the most before later coming to his senses. Sophie later calmed down and decided this was probably wrong, but she still distrusted Emmy and wanted her gone.

The other piece of drama was that Sophie was upset by a comment of Emmy's that was misconstrued, and she and Roman became very mad about it. According to Joaquin telling Boofus, it related to Roman being reportedly being called a "lapdog" of Sophie, as in she was very loyal to Roman, but Sophie understandably thought this was a much ruder comment than it was in all likelihood intended as, if it was ever said. Except, Sophie thought she was being called a lapdog as well somehow. Since nobody could clarify the truth, Sophie was made even more upset, as was Emmy. This all compounded the danger Emmy was in, but Sophie remained in a power position despite her emotional gameplay here, and was she definitely molding the tribe, showing her influence. Jro and later Boofus ultimately concluded the suspicions about Emmy were wrong, and that Mo would be a better target. They convinced Roman to go along, but she told Sophie of the plan, which Sophie was unhappy about. Mo then left the game due to unrelated reasons, and the conflict ended there.

Sophie was weakened, but she still had loyal allies willing to protect her, even though Jro and Boofus didn't trust her. She could have gotten far, however she got very unlucky at the 2nd swap. She wound up on a 4 person tribe with Amelia, Quinn, and her rival Emmy. It was here Sophie was basically doomed if they went to tribal, as Amelia and Quinn loved each other and would not betray. Sophie knew it was her versus Emmy, but she actually made amends with Emmy during this phase of the game and they two resolved their issues. However, when the tribe lost at the final 11, Sophie knew she had to vote for Emmy. Unfortunately, Amelia and Quinn knew Emmy would be easier to pull to their side at the merge, and they spared her in favor of Sophie. Quinn actually self voted and Sophie could have given herself fire by voting for Quinn, but unfortunately this didn't happen and she voted Emmy.

Sophie was voted out in a 2-1-1 vote, placing 11th as the 10th person eliminated. Due to Jordan winning an advantage at the final 10 auction, he gained the ability to choose whether FTC would be a final 2 or final 3, and he chose the former. This meant that Sophie was retroactively made the 1st member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, she asked Roman and Emmy to relate their stories in the game to the archetypical "Hero's Journey", how they viewed her and Joaquin's relationship, and asked for clarification on the infamous "lapdog" comment. She and Emmy hashed it out a bit more here, and Sophie was very appreciative and understanding of Emmy's perspective. The two were able to forgive each other fully and understand that no harm was intended either way. They made up so well that Emmy actually was able to flip Sophie's jury vote, and she ended up voting for her. This was surprising to many, as everyone expected Roman to get Sophie's vote. Despite this, Emmy still lost to Roman by a close 5-4 margin.

After the season, Sophie returned to the hosting team.