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

Ross Matthews made an accurate sports analogy!

I'm glad to see Pep win, even though in truth I like Sasha's routine more. Also, I thought Valentina should've been top 3 instead of Shea. I doubted she had the shade to read so hard!

And you know, I've grown on Farrah! I'm going to miss her whining. If she could translate it into a tee-shirt catchphrase, she could go far in life.

OMG Trinity drinking in between Shea and Nina's argument, she still can't stop stealing the scene.

i can't tell if it was an edit designed to construct a story arch for the album (i suspect it was), but why at the beginning of this episode were all the queens talking about alexis as if she's a no doubt top 3 contender? she's like.... a decent queen? some good performances, some bad ones! she seems to have a very distorted image of her own talent

Trinity in some recent Untucked episode said she thought the two people most likely to reach the finish line (presumably alongside her) were Shea and Alexis.

Meanwhile, Katya on her Uhnnnn panel at Dragcon said that the ideal top three would be Shea, Valentina and Sasha. Seems that's what everyone more or less wants.

Alexis is the Shannel of the season, good but delusional.

Yeah, predicted order going home from here on out:

Nina
Trinity
Peppermint
Alexis or Sasha [could keep Alexis on for Roxxxy/Phi Phi vibes]

Raven also said on the live Toot and Boot that she was rooting for Alexis, but she always loves pageanty queens like Roxxxy.

I could see Trinity making the Top 3. She's the only one with two solo wins so far.

Alexis isn't living up to the fashion hype tho. Ursula was a stunner, I'll admit.

but even her Ursula, the cage dress was a weird length

I didn't love her Ursula. I think her Gaga was my favorite from her.

Was that the Golden Globes one? Zzzzzzzz.

Oh I agree it was dull, but she looked good.

her makeup and hair was great but the outfit didn't really do it justice.

also lerooleroo otm, alexis is definitely this season's shannel

she has potential but she's too nutty to pull it off

Yeah, predicted order going home from here on out:

Nina
Trinity
Peppermint
Alexis or Sasha [could keep Alexis on for Roxxxy/Phi Phi vibes]

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Monday, May 15, 2017 2:13 PM (yesterday)

Welp, called that wrong!

Also, this LSFYL took it out of me. ;_;

wait are you talking abt the episode that's not airing for another 3 days?

I was about to say

Eric you dirty rat

It's part of his scheme. He's the secret winner of the season.

Don't let me be misunderstood.

so mad at u rn

I'm not about to break embargo.

I will say tho ... has Ru ever stopped a LSFYL in the middle of the LSFYL?!

!

I'll leave you with this ... this is one crafty show, huntys.

traitor

ugh fuck this thread

Sorry, I know I've been mostly good about not teasing spoiler-avoidant stuff to this point. But I had a drink afterward and it went straight to my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7YnPMrhfk

(Ru = us; Willam = Eric)

OK, it wasn't as gaggy as THAT elimination.

alexis (this is the most basic pageant drag name right?)

lol

As we wait FOR WHAT ERIC H ALREADY PARTIALLY SPOILED noI'mnotbitteranyway, great new feature:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/rupaul-gets-political/524529/?utm_source=twb

eric what the fuck

omg i'm sorry FFM! i was referring to the tendency towards what trixie calls "witness protection drag names" lol

hehehe it's okay, I'm just sensitive :) xo

Welp, now you know what happened, right?

Though I guess #maskgate ended up leaking, so the spoiler was too big to be contained ... or something.

Anyway, really really sad elimination and it extra fucking sucks that now the way it happened is going to make the world hate Nina that much more.

NO WE DONT ERIC

who let u out of the basement

Wellllll...

Well well.

(Ariana has even been on the show as a judge! Imagine if it had been this episode.)

that was a shockah

that was actually the most painful thing i've ever watched on this show, the look of panic and terror on her face the entire performance was.... ugghhh. like, to spend a whole season crafting this pristine perfection and to have it end in such a humiliating fashion

also most queens who make it even past the first 4 or 5 episodes wind up being big enough in their own right on the RPDR circuit for a few years but like how do you bounce back from this? Inevitably this will define her from here on out

It's really tragic for both Valentina AND Nina. The elimination was the direct result of both Nina's crippling self-doubt and Valentina's blind self-confidence. And if Valentina's embarrassment was a stinging shock, Nina's going to be taking more than her share of the burden of fan fallout.

I just don't get, like.... CLEARLY Valentina was supposed to slay Nina and send her home, and we've had people in the bottom two like this many many times before and the stronger person has always knocked it out of the park, how is this anyone's fault but V's?

Logic doesn't exactly prevail when you're dealing with a show that trades in so much artifice.

Anyway, you're exactly right. The untucked ep shows Nina more or less stuffing the earbud into Valentina's ear to learn the song

Next episode after this should have Ru's last warning be "Good luck...and don't make me fuck YOU up."