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Deathlove
Feb 20, 2003

Pillbug
I AM ANGRY AT A REALITY TELEVISION SHOW RESULT.

though really that lipsync sucked and they both should've been bounced for it

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the truth
Dec 16, 2007


At least we have a lock for third if Derrière makes it to the finals. What a waste.

G-Mawwwwwww
Jan 31, 2003

My LPth are Hot Garbage
Biscuit Hider

Deathlove posted:


though really that lipsync sucked and they both should've been bounced for it

Thank you.

It was a boring lip synch and that whole showgirl routine was extremely played out.

So were those stupid sparkly bags.

Combed Thunderclap
Jan 4, 2011



CaptainScraps posted:

So were those stupid sparkly bags.

I've been clocking her for that since episode three. Ugh.

On the brighter side, Untucked is incredibly cute, and I just love the dynamics between the top five. :kimchi:

curiousTerminal
Sep 2, 2011

what a humorous anecdote.

Deathlove posted:

I AM ANGRY AT A REALITY TELEVISION SHOW RESULT.

though really that lipsync sucked and they both should've been bounced for it

My feelings exactly. At least get rid of Darienne, my god, they should have been able to tell nobody would like her.
If there was ever any chance of Darienne winning, that has gone right out the window. (since part of it is now connecting with the fans) Unbelievable.

big dyke energy
Jul 29, 2006

Football? Yaaaay

Deathlove posted:

I AM ANGRY AT A REALITY TELEVISION SHOW RESULT.

though really that lipsync sucked and they both should've been bounced for it

It would have been pretty hilarious if they both got bumped after the both of them being safe last time they lipsynched.

That said, DeLa... :negative:. Another favorite queen of mine down! I knew when she came out in her sparkly showgirl pinup look she'd be in trouble, since she has worn that same look before, more or less. Still, she's really cute and from what I've seen of her stuff outside drag race, a really great queen and performer. She's my choice for Miss Congeniality at the very least.

I am pretty happy to see Adore win a challenge...especially this one, since I assumed she'd crash and burn. She's really grown on me in the last couple episodes.

ALSO, Bianca in Untucked; everything about her letter was cute and adorable. Ray-lady for America's Next Drag Superstar.

blizzardvizard
Sep 12, 2012

Shhh... don't wake up the sleeping lion :3:

Nngh this episode just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, not least because of Ben. :smith: While I agree that her first two looks aren't so great, I thought Ben's eleganza look was the best, if only because she's the only one that uses a fabric of a different color than the jewels. You're supposed to showcase the jewels, not make them fade into the clothes! I thought Bianca of all people wouldn't do that - Bianca's last dress just looks like a big mass of tube-paint blue.

And then there's Adore's win. The thing is that Adore's probably the only one that really serves it up with all three looks, and that's... a terrifying thought. I think her looks are the best of everyone, overall, but I don't even think that they're challenge-win-good.

Then Darienne actually beat Ben in that lipsync fair and square. I am double-bummed, because not only Ben goes home, Darienne is receiving a lot of backlash as a result, even though she's quite gracious as we can see in Untucked. I feel bad for her.

Ugh, Ben :(

sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Yeah, Darienne isn't the villain here. I'm pretty sure that's the most gracious anyone has ever been about the entire group saying she should go home... it happens every season and it's usually a big drama bomb and she handled it like an adult.

I'm happy Adore won, and I definitely feel like this was an earned win, not the producers handing her anything. Her looks were all completely distinct, totally on-point and she sold the hell out of them. Everyone else was a bit bland.

If anything, this episode shows the flaws of the challenge / lip sync system. Ben probably should have been in the bottom two, and Ben did do worse in the lip sync, but Darienne did so much worse at the challenge that it doesn't feel like that should matter.

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
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sethsez posted:

If anything, this episode shows the flaws of the challenge / lip sync system. Ben probably should have been in the bottom two, and Ben did do worse in the lip sync, but Darienne did so much worse at the challenge that it doesn't feel like that should matter.

Seriously, Darienne's first look would have given Jade Jolie a migraine. She looked like a bad 90s screensaver. All three of her looks tonight were some hot garbage.

However, I do totally agree that Darienne doesn't deserve the backlash she's getting. While I loved Ben, I think we saw tonight that even when she thinks she's doing something completely different, it still comes across as the same thing again. Two of her three looks were the same ones we've seen all season from her. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm bored of what she brought to the competition and I can see why she's gone.

Bina
Dec 28, 2011

Love Deluxe
I actually yelled at my monitor. That's a first.

gently caress Darienne, both her and Courtney are sneaking into the top three. It's bullshit.

I am incredibly pissed off that Darienne stayed. Courtney should have been in the bottom two for relying on her body yet again.

I don't understand why Ru kept Darienne... It's going to bug me the whole ride out.

At least I live in Seattle, and I can go see Ben whenever she has a show in town. :unsmith: It's profoundly shocking to see the winner of Snatch Game go home this early.

As for Bianca...

I hope she or Adore kicks those two dead-weights to the curb. I wanna see Adore's performance art vs Bianca's steel-clad charisma.

As much as I liked Courtney,

THIS



is really creeping me out. I am not a fan of the bug-eyed look.

Bina fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Apr 29, 2014

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



I refuse to be angry about Darienne still being in the competition. Why?

- Her lip syncs were better than Ben's, or at least since this week was a virtual tie the previous one kicked Dela's rear end
- While they didn't work, I appreciated what Dar tried to do with the first and third looks
- Neither of them were going to win anyway, and at least now Dela has a shot at Miss Congeniality.
- It wasn't Bianca going home.
- It's not half as bad as Jocelyn not being in the bottom two for the Interview challenge

CHiRAL
Mar 29, 2010

Anus.
BALONEY SIR :argh:

In other new, reddit has deciphered DeLa's parting mesage:

Miss Creme posted:

Dear top four, how's it goin? I'm doing pretty good. Sometimes you have to have Mama Ru yell atcha a bunch of times before it sinks in. I guess I never reached that number of times. Darien, I knew the second I was up against you I was out the door. You get it, lady. I wish you all the luck in the world and only harbor enough resentment to write a long pointless message that you will have to clean and clean and clean and clean and clean. But fo' real tho, you girls are my heroes xoxo BDLC

Goodbye, my cutey patootie smart cookie :h:

Deathlove
Feb 20, 2003

Pillbug

CHiRAL posted:

BALONEY SIR :argh:

In other new, reddit has deciphered DeLa's parting mesage:


Goodbye, my cutey patootie smart cookie :h:

haha, I saw the quick flash of the message at the end and was like drat, Darienne's gonna be pissed that she has to clean that epic.

QuickbreathFinisher posted:

Seriously, Darienne's first look would have given Jade Jolie a migraine. She looked like a bad 90s screensaver. All three of her looks tonight were some hot garbage.

That first look was as bad and ill-advised as I've ever seen on this show. That was some John Waters poo poo, and not in the good way. Woof.

RICKON WALNUTSBANE
Jun 13, 2001


I really love that Ben said "I didn't think I'd be going home this early" without a hint of sarcasm

Tin Miss
Apr 8, 2009

Meow
I couldn't really tell if Darienne was doing a better job than Ben in the lipsync because I was too distracted by the sagging nylon sock she was wearing. I feel like the fact that all three of her looks were absolutely awful in every single way should have been reason enough to send her home.

I mean yes Ben's was pretty similar to things she's worn before, but the execution and concept was miles ahead of Darienne's sparkly garbage bag. Speaking of, how come no one's clocked her for always wearing sparkle bags? They got on Ben and Bianca's case, but had nothing to say about Darienne being predictable. Maybe because they know she can't really wear anything else with her shape and don't want to call attention to it?

Seriously, I don't think I've seen a worse outfit this far into the competition. Why was the crotch so low on the dress? It looked really out of place. Was it to compensate for her belly? You know, I'm all for bigger girls coming on the show, but how about ones who know how to dress for their shape and don't just drape swaths of fabric across themselves and call it a day? Or maybe get a big girl who's actually curvy and not just a big wide blob shape who likes to hide everything with sparkle muu-muus. Okay that may sound mean, but considering the girls always rag on Adore for having a "hog body", I don't think I'm being too harsh.

Speed Crazy
Nov 7, 2011
I really like Ben when he's out of character, but I couldn't stand Dela the whole way through the competition. Also, I'm SO glad a judge finally called out Courtney's lack of padding

VidaGrey
Mar 19, 2009

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

Man, this episode was upsetting. The lip synching sucked from both and as soon as Dela came out on stage in that outfit I knew it was trouble, but overall Darien needed to go. She has not wowed anyone (ever?) and in this episode in particular did a really poor job. Ben :(

I really like Courtney, Adore, and Bianca. They are all pretty talented, so if Darien somehow is safe in the next episode and ends up in the top 3 I'll be really baffled.

the truth
Dec 16, 2007

Ben was probably sent home because Ru didn't like him enough to risk him winning the whole shebang if he made it to the top 3.

At least Bianca is all but guaranteed a win now, and Adore will get it if for some reason Roylady goes home next week.

buddychrist10
Nov 4, 2009

Obtuse.....even hokey.

Bina posted:

At least I live in Seattle, and I can go see Ben whenever she has a show in town. :unsmith: It's profoundly shocking to see the winner of Snatch Game go home this early.

How quickly we forget Stacey Lynne Matthews.

spite house
Apr 28, 2009

If Bianca Del Rio didn't make three-quarters of Adore's ensemble with her own hands I will eat my loving shoes. (See also Trinity's standup routine.)

I'll miss my Bendela terribly, but it's kind of a relief to know that the elimination order/top 3/ringer spoilers that were floating around aren't accurate.

spite house fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Apr 30, 2014

caligulamprey
Jan 23, 2007

It never stops.

I love that Magnolia Crawford continues to be a punchline on the show and how Adore, who never got to meet her, is absolutely loving baffled every time she shows up.

I don't understand eliminating Dela unless it's just Ru locking a story arc down where they bring Dela back to eliminate Darrienne two or three episodes from now, that's the only way I can make sense of the choice. I was hoping for April or even Trinity to show up again, but now I've got my fingers crossed for Ben.

Combed Thunderclap
Jan 4, 2011



caligulamprey posted:

I don't understand eliminating Dela unless it's just Ru locking a story arc down where they bring Dela back to eliminate Darrienne two or three episodes from now, that's the only way I can make sense of the choice. I was hoping for April or even Trinity to show up again, but now I've got my fingers crossed for Ben.

We're out of competition episodes. Next week is the last one (one last person gets eliminated), then there's the Rucap episode (no new content) and the Reunion/Who Won episode. No one's coming back this season.

Bina
Dec 28, 2011

Love Deluxe
WHAT IF Whomever gets sent home next episode gets traded?

Double elimination- Traded out for whomever is voted back on for final three?

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Combed Thunderclap posted:

We're out of competition episodes. Next week is the last one (one last person gets eliminated), then there's the Rucap episode (no new content) and the Reunion/Who Won episode. No one's coming back this season.

If it's the typical season then one person leaves next week, the following week is the final challenge, then the Rucap, and finally the finale.

sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Pinwiz11 posted:

If it's the typical season then one person leaves next week, the following week is the final challenge, then the Rucap, and finally the finale.

Nope, next episode is the music video. They're making up for the time lost with the split premiere.

beepsandboops
Jan 28, 2014
Neither Darienne or Ben's runway or lip sync performances were anything to write home about, but I don't get how Darienne wins out of the two. It's especially surprising since every single queen said that Darienne should go home, and Darienne's final outfit was just atrocious.

I was also completely blindsided by Adore's win after seeing her executive look. I just didn't get the judge's reasoning this week at all.

iceyman
Jul 11, 2001

Well that was surprising and dumb. The lip sync was a draw, but Darienne should have gone home just by past performance record. This was her third time lip syncing. This was only Ben's second. Darienne has only won one challenge while Ben had won two. And it not like Ben's looks were atrocious. It was well put together if not done and done before. Compare that all three of Darienne's fails. It just doesn't add up.

I was really hoping Courtney would be in the bottom just so we can see her lip sync (and then Bianca next week). But I guess we're going to miss out on at least one this season. No way Darienne survive next episode.

curiousTerminal
Sep 2, 2011

what a humorous anecdote.

sethsez posted:

Nope, next episode is the music video. They're making up for the time lost with the split premiere.

They didn't lose any time though, since they still eliminated one person per week. I'd say the lost time was from the non elimination back in episode.. 4?

Ghostpilot
Jun 22, 2007

"As a rule, I never touch anything more sophisticated and delicate than myself."

Cocks Cable posted:

Well that was surprising and dumb. The lip sync was a draw, but Darienne should have gone home just by past performance record. This was her third time lip syncing. This was only Ben's second. Darienne has only won one challenge while Ben had won two. And it not like Ben's looks were atrocious. It was well put together if not done and done before. Compare that all three of Darienne's fails. It just doesn't add up.

I was really hoping Courtney would be in the bottom just so we can see her lip sync (and then Bianca next week). But I guess we're going to miss out on at least one this season. No way Darienne survive next episode.

As soon as they made allusions that Ben was boring, that was a wrap for her: when it comes to these shows it's far better to be bad than boring. I do think that Lake won the lipsync, but was clearly on the bottom of the runway. Certainly puts a new perspective on them both being saved those episodes back.

As another goon said, neither of them are winning anyway and I fully expect Darienne to hit the bricks next week. It'll come down to Adore and Bianca with Courtney pulling up the rear. It also makes a great angle as Bianca and Adore have established a mentor / apprentice relationship. In my opinion, Bianca deserves it more but Adore makes a better story and Mama Ru does like her stories.

Bina
Dec 28, 2011

Love Deluxe
There is a petition going on...

blizzardvizard
Sep 12, 2012

Shhh... don't wake up the sleeping lion :3:

...They DO know that all the episodes have been filmed, right? No amount of petition can bring anyone back.

By the way in one of Chad Sell's recaps, his guest said that Ben would benefit greatly from an early exit, because people would think she got robbed. Seems like he's right on the money.

e: well all episodes except the finale, but my point stands.

spite house
Apr 28, 2009

She never would have won, but the Del Taco Trio not being the final 3 is a goddamn travesty of justice.

G-Mawwwwwww
Jan 31, 2003

My LPth are Hot Garbage
Biscuit Hider
Ru secretly wanted to watch Darienne jiggle in her music video.

Seriously, this is gonna make Dela's career go nuts.

G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Apr 30, 2014

sonatinas
Apr 15, 2003

Seattle Karate Vs. L.A. Karate
Have all of the fan voting queens been the larger ones?

VidaGrey
Mar 19, 2009

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

beepsandboops posted:

I was also completely blindsided by Adore's win after seeing her executive look. I just didn't get the judge's reasoning this week at all.

I thought it looked boring and lazy but maybe I just don't know what I'm talking about. I wasn't crazy about any of Adores outfits this time around to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I like Adore a lot but if she wins over Bianca then thats just a travesty.

Ben was never going to win the competition, but just deserved to stay longer than Darienne. Looks like she'll be Miss Congeniality though.

Mouse Dresser
Sep 4, 2002

This isn't Middle Earth, Quentin. There aren't enough noble quests to go around.
I am mad at the television.

I wanted Dela to win :(

curiousTerminal
Sep 2, 2011

what a humorous anecdote.
Go vote for DeLa for Miss Congeniality

the escape goat
Apr 16, 2008

What a week it's been.
So much to talk about.
And so many things we can't talk about.

Adore Delano and Courtney Act have a heart-to-to heart


Alaska :allears:

Bremma
Sep 7, 2007

She was a terrible creature and did not deserve our love

Can Alaska keep doing these forever please? :allears:


Party.

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Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Tonight is going to be heaven. 24 comes back and then Drag Race. :allears:

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