'...and DON'T *bleep* IT UP!' -- the RuPaul's Drag Race thread

Best episode this season, I ended up liking everybody. I think everyone has started to relax in front of the cameras and aren't so stiffly affected. Except Alexis, she's always theatrically on.

Loved Trinity for being able to read and able to take beyond read. Valentina for that runway, and for turning in a competent Snatch. Shea for the realest talk to Nina. Nina for finally turning her head around!

And loved loved loved Sasha. I'm convinced there's a way that Judith Butler could've worked, but even mentioning her is A++++ in my book. Also, her Dietrich was my favorite of the Snatches. I'm so glad the show is featuring her more now.

Peppermint's lip sync is now my favorite ever. The musicality was so in the moment and perfect.

Cynthia needed to go, but she seems like such a great person. Such a nurturer!

Yeah I loved the fact we not only got a Judith Butler mention but an imitation. I need to share that moment with some friends.

i think this season might be the closest we've ever gotten to RuPaul's Best Friend Race?

Absolutely. There is zero drama here. Not a terrible thing, but I could use a beef right about now

And then next week is all blood or something.

So containing some speculation: we've winnowed out some chaff. Who is your top three at this point?

I think the top 3 are gonna be Sasha, Shea, and maybe Alexis. I think ppl will go home in this order:

Farrah
Aja
Peppermint
Nina
Trinity
Valentina
Alexis
Sasha
Shea

I do hope I'm wrong (I'd like to see Valentina, Trinity, and Alexis go home earlier and Peppermint and Nina stick around for a while) but that's my gut.

Valentina is so inexplicably overrated. They tell queen after queen after queen to stop relying on that bodyodyody and yet

valentina
nina / sasha
shea

i'm surprised you hate valentina tbh, she's obviously done her homework w/ runways looks and has an encyclopedic knowledge of fashion houses, plus she's hilarious and witty and cute as fuck. i think she'll go far after the show if she isn't at least top 3.

i don't hate her, i think she's pretty great, i just think she's a weird robot and that there are like 4 or 5 better queens than her! I do enjoy the glimpses of the Real Her that we've gotten over the past few episodes. Also the fact that I find her overpraised makes me a little resentful. But I don't hate her.

I want Nina to be in the top 3 but I think she's going to sabotage herself :(

my 3
sasha
valentina
nina

realistically though I think Trinity & Alexis both want it bad, and they are pushing themselves competitively each week enough that either of them could easily eclipse a favorite queen and make top 3. the other queens need to be careful & not get complacent bc both these bitches are hungry af. they are both talented AND studiously working to improve & both have humor & acting talents & a generally impressive well of skills to draw from

they're not my faves but they are circling like sharks & i kinda respect that

you think valentina and nina will outlast shea???

i put alexis (this is the most basic pageant drag name right?) in a group with shannel and roxxy andrews of potato-y looking queens who are pretty much consistently mediocre and annoying as hell but somehow stick around waaaay after they should

my top 3 is just queens i love and want to win, but realistically shea is def top 3 material, she's really good & came to play

being super nitpicky here but i don't like shea's makeup, she puts way too much white on the inner corners of her eyes & it always looks a little unfinished. except for her madonna & naomi looks this week her wigs havd beem kinda shitty quality

shea and trixie are pals and both got their start in chicago so it makes sense for shea to borrow ideas from her

i put alexis (this is the most basic pageant drag name right?) in a group with shannel and roxxy andrews of potato-y looking queens who are pretty much consistently mediocre and annoying as hell but somehow stick around waaaay after they should

omg this is 100%.

My top 3:
Sasha
Valentina (suck it haters)
Shade Kool-Aid

More likely top 3:
Alexis
Trinity
Shea

Yeah, Farrah and Aja are the next two to go for sure. Beyond that, I could see them going in any order. No one is the runaway winner yet for me, but it's looking pretty evenly matched beyond that. Top 3 usually covers as many bases as possible, so the smart prediction would be:

Shea
Valentina
Sasha

I'm happy Peppermint gave everyone life; maybe it's the routine against the song selection that left me out of the loop.

Honestly I think I like Aja better *out* of drag. And I have no idea how Farrah has made it this far

Had Eureka's knee held up, I'm absolutely convinced Farrah/Cynthia would've been a double elimination.

absolutely. that was even worse than laila mcq v. dax exclamation point

otm

Which basically makes it the worst LSFYL of all time.

Jeez, I almost forgot about that one.

bc it was super forgettable

What are the odds the worst LSFYL would have been followed by the greatest LSYFL. ;)

odds are low bc nothing will top tatianna v alyssa in AS2 :3

lol

I was wondering if these new drag Queens naming themselves Trinity were influenced by The Matrix, and then I realized they're probably too young to remember it.

Also Farrah is still here because fish.

If Mrs. Kasha Davis and Dick Tremayne had a love child, it'd be Alexis Michelle.

lol

There's a vision.

Been catching up on Kim Chi and Naomi's M.U.G. series. It's fun!

i love it, they have such good chemistry.

And all without the need for boxed wine.

there's always time for Franzia (tm)

Trixie Mattel: "You know how Kasha Davis cums? Uhnnnn ... uhnnnn ... there's always time for a cocktail!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejTtrWLiNg0&t=4s

The ahem discussion about Trinity is a must hear.

link no work :(

ah ahem nuts.

https://youtu.be/ejTtrWLiNg0

oh yes i watched that today "origami" lololol

that challenge was pretty fun!!

i think i need to revise my top 3

valentina
shea
sasha, but barely now - trinity is gonna kick her out if she dont work

shea killed it this week in both challenge & runway, i'm a believer

valentina's drunk donna was so fkn good, i love her

i cant keep hoping nina raises to her true level. ru saved her this week and i'm not mad but if that doesnt light a fire next week nothing will.

What you all saw in last week's lip sync, I saw in this week's. Nina's facial expressions in those Thriller contacts were everything!

yeah nina killed that lipsync but sadly i think trinity will be top 3 too

im glad we get another week of ru riffing on nina's name

nina bonina brown abdul-jabbar nearly killed me

watching the episode i genuinely thought they were unloading their best ones bcuz she was going home but i guess not

ru's reaction to farrah being born in 1993 was awesome

now that cucu is gone the new drinking game/group suicide game can be take a shot every time farrah makes cryface