things I know rewatching s5
- ru's wigs are incredible- like HOLY SHIT AMAZING- roxxxy was a bitch on wheels but her makeup, hair + costumes were flawless every single week, I think her competitiveness overshadowed how talented she is at drag. but ughhh so cunty jesus god- ivy winters is insanely talented. if she was competing this season she'd be almost a sure thing- jade jolie's stupid rainbow hair dress might be one of the worst dresses ever - i love jinx but thank god she learned how to beat her face. that contouring in the first half of the season was seriously awful. and i dont think she had a decent wig til she left the show, lol.
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 March 2015 02:17 (nine years ago) link
And BAM this was the episode that fully energized the season. (And holy shit on both the lip sync song choice and the final result, on top of everything else.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:03 (nine years ago) link
i thought Pearl was going to sleepwalk through that lipsync then halfway through she turned into electricity...i dunno if she has the ability to summon that all the time but if she does, whoa watch outshe was giving me a little bit of gloria swanson or something for a minute
violet's adore was pretty rad, and i dug jaidynn's crazy eye bianca
miss fame is super cunty, i'm almost down to zero feeling for that one
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:12 (nine years ago) link
Agreed with all the above. (Yeah Pearl hitting the gear shift was all 'Wait how did THAT happen.' I honestly still didn't think it would be enough, I was genuinely surprised.)
Loved the glass of water moment near the start. And the whole episode just felt like "Okay things are actually happening now, personalities bouncing off each other." (I thought the whole self-select/no minichallenge approach worked nicely too.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
sidenote: i noticed April Carrion was wearing a Kandy Ho tshirt in one of the s6 eps, the Rusical ep i think?
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:23 (nine years ago) link
trixie's lipsync was great, no shade to her at all
it is a little unfair, but i think just the slight appearance of a livelier, more animated Pearl was enough for Ru to save her, given how hard she's been flatlining.
next week could be interesting
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:26 (nine years ago) link
Totally agree about the song choice for the lip-sync but they kind of killed the season for me with the bottom 2 and the result. I'm getting tired of the show going out of their way to create drama instead of rewarding talent. As soon as Trixie said Pearl and her were good friends I knew they'd be lip-synching against each other. Kandy Ho really should have been in the bottom instead of Trixie. And as much as I love Pearl, she was warned to wake up last week but ended in the bottom again. Yet she gets another pass and Trixie is sent home on her first misstep...
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
I dunno, Trixie never totally stood out for me except in flashes. Pearl's antipersonality personality is more vivid in that regard. That said I agree Kandy dodged a bullet.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:33 (nine years ago) link
Trixie was high-safe on all episodes so far. And Pearl was mostly low. I was and still am rooting for her though, but this felt really scripted and unnecessary.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 05:42 (nine years ago) link
"Ethel Merman and Paul Lynde had a love child" omg DYYYYING
I want to hang out with this person
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 23:43 (nine years ago) link
Ginger is top flight great when it comes to that.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
so fking classic
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 01:02 (nine years ago) link
And she has some amazing moments in the (v. good) Untucked this week as well. Best Untucked of the season so far too, everything really is gelling, and the new tone of Untucked really is starting to work wonders.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
i need a gif of Kennedy on Untucked this week "She's....beautiful..."*lip quiver*
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 02:48 (nine years ago) link
i thought pearl's lip sync was terrible but it's hard for trixie to hang her hat on her "talent" when she gakked on every challenge
i did think tan moms was by far the best concept tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 March 2015 02:54 (nine years ago) link
it doesn't really seem like there are any superstars in this group which is usually fairly obvious at this point. feel like you could pick some of the final few from past seasons and they would be shoo ins to win. alaska for instance is many times better than any of these queens.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 March 2015 02:55 (nine years ago) link
agreed, i was just thinking about that too
but i also dont think they are necess. un-talented. i think there's just clumps of queens who are all good at similar things rn
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 03:05 (nine years ago) link
The most nonsensical results I've ever seen: first, Jaidynn should've won, and second, Trixie destroyed Pearl in the lipsync, and I was sure that Ru would say that this week would be a non-elimination. I didn't even like the Pearl Comes Alive moment, because her energy just didn't have shape to it. (Kandy should definitely have been lipsyncing, though.)
― Common Street Screwers (Leee), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah this was the strangest elimination because it was very, very clear that Trixie was outdoing Pearl.
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 05:35 (nine years ago) link
Nu RuView!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmN5Bbbu9Js
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
FINALLY :D
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
Yes gaaaawd ! Along with Alaska, these 2 have to be my all time favorites.
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
Matthu Andersen said on a recent ru podcast ep that Raven & Raja are his favorite for their makeup skillz
they are THE best
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
and i love Raven's speaking voice
and i love Raven's chicken voice
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
>:(
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
Lol
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 27 March 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Prophetic there about that chicken voice comment, Leee...if a different queen.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:07 (nine years ago) link
omg
miss fame with the chickens. i was crying, that was so hilarious
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:18 (nine years ago) link
It was amazing. Highlight of the episode!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
pearl v ru O_O .... i was waiting for the imaginary earrings to be taken off
girrrrrrrrrrl
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
Max's reaction was kinda priceless.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:24 (nine years ago) link
And I know there's more to talk about but THE CHICKENS. The fact that Miss Fame has a PRIZE-WINNING CHICKEN TATTOO.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:26 (nine years ago) link
*the chicken noises*
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link
Chicken assholes.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
Anyway, the new Untucked has some moments! Ups, downs, all arounds. Also the first message from a loved one to one of the queens (at least broadcast; there's a mention that Kasha got a message the previous time).
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link
I'll never look at Fame the same again.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 05:19 (nine years ago) link
miss fame: superdork <3
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
however: miss fame makeup is pro-levels of great. she's annoying & earnest & dorky but aaaahhh she can beat the hell out of a face
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 05:56 (nine years ago) link
i dont like her much tho. violet is a teeeeeny bit more ok. katya i think is my current fave. that bjork dress & the acceptance speech AMAZE
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 06:06 (nine years ago) link
I am now rooting for Katya to make top 3. Pearl too, but I'm probably seeing something that's just not there. By that I mean my hand in hers.
― Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
Also, the biggest LOL of the season for me thus far: https://vine.co/v/OLlewiEVBbK
― Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 03:16 (nine years ago) link
My general faves are all still in there -- Katya, Ginger, Max, Jaidynn -- so bring it on. I'd be happy with them as a top four.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
I'm really over Jaidynn tbh. Replace her with one of the ice queen trifecta and that'd be a solid top 4.
― Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
Man, I like her because she's fun. Not as inventive visually, I grant. (Of said ice queens, if Pearl goes before Violet I will threaten something or someone.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2015 03:33 (nine years ago) link
Gotta agree with Raven and Raja. Her runway looks are just ... just ... sashay away.
― Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 03:37 (nine years ago) link
Eric, I'm with you on Pearl. Too cute to be expendable. Jaidynn's fun but I feel like she's still veeeerrry middle of the pack.
Def team Katya
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 April 2015 04:13 (nine years ago) link
Couldn't resist one more boxed wine joke on the way out.
― Eric H., Thursday, 2 April 2015 04:29 (nine years ago) link
Katya is probably my fave too. Every week I look forward to her RuGRETS and RuFLECTIONS videos on Youtube. They are hilariously insane. I hope she will use more of her Russian character on the show.
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 2 April 2015 04:37 (nine years ago) link
omg leroo otm - i had no idea about katya's youtubeness
THE BEST!!!
http://youtu.be/acxxxj4QRpI
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 April 2015 05:13 (nine years ago) link