ArchiveGuy from this and other posts of yours you have a tendency to look at everything Rupert does in the worst possible light. Don’t be hating. He is a person with flaws just like everyone else, but there is still something about him that makes people like him. He is big, strong, sometimes loud, but has a vulnerability that people connect with.
Anyway, I’ll take a stab at some of your points.
When did Rob throw a hiss fit when he didn’t get his way? (Note Rupert bitching about the “injustice” of Rob & Amber winning the cars on a reward challenge which he was the worst at) Guess you’d have to find something where he didn’t get his way. Rupert articulated what everybody else was thinking. This is one of the reasons people like him, he is honest about his feelings, good and bad.
When did Rob treat someone like shit simply for disagreeing with him? (Note Rupert tearing Jerri a new one for having the audacity to question his Hole-in-the-Sand, aka Worst Survivor Shelter ever. And he never even apologized for the way he treated her) I’ll agree, it was bad. But you don’t know if he apologised to her or not. AFAIK, there didn’t seem to be any animosity between them after that.
When did Rob complain to other people when they didn’t behave the way he wanted them to? (Note Rupert bitching about the candy) see point above.
When did Rob talk down to others when they didn’t kiss his ass? (Note Rupert getting upset about the fish) He worked damn hard to get all that fish. Brings them to camp, nobody says thanks or offers to gut or cook the fish. They just sat on their ass waiting for him to feed them. Maybe he got tired of it. It’s not like he kept all the fish, just took one and cooked it for himself.
You are crucifying Rupert for minor complaints during confessionals. Rob was just awful during them. Said horrible things about everybody.
Rob builds a paradise compared to Rupert’s shithole, yet Rupert calls Rob “lazy” when Rupert moves into town. Why? Because Rob isn’t Rupert.
Everybody worked hard for that challenge because it was a reward challenge. Rupert probably worked harder than everybody else on it too even though he wasn’t successful. But disregard that incident, it happened before Rupert joined their group. Rupert put in the hours every day for the benefit of everyone, Rob worked hard when there was something in it for him. Another reason why people like Rupert.
Rob galvanizes his team to victory after victory (usually as the dominant force) without ever once blaming people or pointing fingers, while Rupert’s “leadership” (the shelter, the boat) leaves his team SOL yet never takes responsibility for his team’s failings.
Perhaps you missed the first epsiode where Rupert said he wasn’t going to be the leader? He tried it in his first outing and it didn’t work. Why aren’t you complaining about everybody else’s leadership? Recall Ethan cost them two perhaps three immunity challenges by boneheaded play.
**Rupert made no effort at alliance-making outside of Jenna and Rob/Amber. He didn’t win a single immunity. He only got as far as he did on the sheer generosity (and strategy) of Rob & Amber. And yet, he would whine about all the other people not being as worthy as himself.
Rob may have thought he was craftier and smarter than the others, but Rupert always implied he was a better, more “deserving” person. Rob may have backstabbed more people than Rupert, but that’s because Rupert was content in nestling in the warm comfort of his self-righteousness while Rob did all the real work.**
I think you are putting lots of words in Rupert’s mouth. He complained about Rob being arrogant in the confessionals, but others said much worse things than him.
The only version of Survivor Rupert has tried to win is the one in his own head, where if he works hard enough, is a big enough provider, and is a “mentor” (king of condescension) to all his “little” teammates, they’ll bend over backwards giving him the money out of sheer gratitude. Rob never suffered from such a delusion, and though he didn’t win, he came closer than Rupert ever could.
You could make some of these arguments from the last survivor, not this one.