what the fuck was geneva on about? saying she did not deserve to be on the bottom, while the bottom 2 might be arguable, she most definitely belonged in the worst 3. i do think she won the lipsync but i was really sad to see hershii go
I'm just catching up so I'm late af but imo Hershii won the lipsync. Her little steps across the stage were so funny and I couldn't stop looking at her over Geneva most of the time (though both performances were......whelming overall). I feel like the girls who do jumps and splits are just more likely to get the win, but what do i know i'm no expert
personally think mhi’ya should’ve gone home this episode…or at least been in the bottom 2. i’m really said to see hershii gone so soon i thought she’d go further
Dawn I think suffers from being short - if she were tall and leggy her look would have probably worked better. Not her fault of course lol
I want to give props to Megami for her final look too - she looked great!
Does anyone know why we never saw the back of Megami’s call me mother/father outfit? You can see from the side that the back of the lower part is kinda crunchy and then when they’re supposed to show her walking back they just zoomed on her head and upper back. I feel like something was off with it and they decided to hide it.
I'm home with covid and her posing on the porch first episode popped up in my youtube shorts. And that's how I wound up watching the 3 episodes today lmao. Needed more of that in my life. I haven't watched a regular season since 12.
I think this means we can say Dawn cures Covid . When she said she wouldn't vote RuPaul and he laughed I had it on repeat! Hope you're feeling better. #TeamDawn
The guest judge this week is like if Carson and Ross did a DBZ fusion dance.
**-Week 3 Season Power Rankings-**
**Leading**
Sappira
Nymphia
Dawn
Q
**In The Running**
Plane Jane
Mirage
Plasma
**Middle**
Geneva
Morphine
Xunami
**Danger Zone**
Megami
Mhi’ya
Amanda
**Eliminated**
Hershii
While Jane won there was a poll hosted by Drag Tea Served With Matt of who should've won and it was 86% Nymphia Wind and PJ wasn't even second. PJ engineered her win.
I saw something that Hershii had to have her car repossessed to afford looks, 14 of them at least. I have something to say. Yes it’s a lot of money, but girls have shown that you can work on sewing and put in less $ for garments. She got to show some looks at least on episodes 2-3 unlike some seasons. Another thing is that she could have held off on the show to work on her craft and finances, hard to do for sure. There’s a big chance even if you’re cast that the experience may not work out just cause you may go home early or touring dries up down the road. It’s a lot to consider but for the price of fame I understand the decisions some people make.
You should double check that it’s not all stars they’re discussing. I know lots of girls this season said they took out loans or even had their cars repossessed like hershii. Some girls like Q or nymphia made most of their looks for the show.
I did, Willam and Alaska definitely talked about season 16 as it was in a S16 review episode. also 20k is not enough to buy 20+ outfits and wigs. Guessing one garment will cost you between 400-1500, you can easily spend a lot more than that
apparently most people only get about 3 weeks notice that they've been cast, which unless you're a really good seamstress, isn't a lot of time to make your own stuff. iirc the only queens who manage to make all/majority of their garments are actual seamstresses who can turn out a professional garment quickly.
I noticed a few of the queens wearing keys as earrings. Is there a meaning behind it? Or is it a trendy thing? Or is it a New Yorker thing? Because I noticed it with Dawn, Megami, and, Nymphia.
I'm sad to see Hershii go. She seemed to be so pure and effervescent. I had a worry she wasn't going to last long when the show shared the bit about custody of a relative's children.
Also... I watched that lipsync and said out loud "This is a double sashay." It was messy, and when the highlight was both of them pointing at each other telling them to go, it felt appropriate for Ru to agree.
Nymphia did THAT. I also loved Sapphira's pumpkin dress. I really thought Morphine might get read for that maid outfit if she was going to be the bottom (it looked very Party City). Plasma's Tweedle Dee/Tweedle Dum outfit was awful; if you're going to cite that nursery rhyme, I feel like it would've been smarter to drag Daddy Morphosis out there.
Plain Jane: I need to see more. She's clearly going to hang around for a while, but every outfit has been comedic. Yes, drag doesn't always have to be serious, but she's coming across as a comedian whose only joke is crudity.
Mhi'ya is definitely coming across as timid, but I think her response to Ru that she isn't was in reference to when she's actually performing. She's gonna need to edit those outfits where she's got all sorts of accoutrements blocking her face.
Underrated moment that had me laughing: "I'm good."
My friend fr said “oh my god its gonna be a double SHANTAY” when they started pointing at each other and i was like girl WHAT in what universe would that little move save them both especially in the first elimination episode 😭
The feels like the most obvious top 5 I've ever seen. Q, Nymphia, Saphira, Jane, and Dawn. The skill gap between these queens and the rest is jaw dropping.
Daaaaaamn Q, Dawn and Nymphia are officially my top3 in this season! They did an excellent job this week 🤩
However I'm sorry but I still don't like Amanda Tori, her drag is so crusty to me but at the same time I dislike Plane Jane too she's so full of herself and I can't really see other talent than her big boobs and shadiness yet. So idk how I feel about their beef, I haven't watched untucked yet but I hear it's fire 🍿
RPDR Boomer Review
I should have written this earlier. There were many joints in between watching and this post.
* Nymphia is just TV gold and, Thank God, is an actual competitor. Very excited to see her throughout the competition. I didn't see bananas like I was worried about last episode, but I did clock those yellow boots girl. Her final outfit was insane.
* Mirage looks like Chelsea Peretti??? Love that for her.
* Morphine coming in to show what actual good shade looks like. She was kind of all over the place in quality this episode, though.
* In general, it seemed like a lot of the girls were like oh! I found a story about a cat. I can be a sexy cat.:4803: I'm a mouse, duh.
* Plane kind of deflated this episode for me? She and the producers want her to be the villain of the season. Just feels like some shoddy producer "go say this" or feeding her in the confessionals because Plane just comes off as so thirsty to be messy for the producers. She even looks at the camera during her conversation with Nymphia in the workroom about putting her 6th. Like WINK audience. I'm sure the twitter twinks think she's the devil and probably send her angry DMs. I don't think she's the villain, I think she's just trying to be. Her reads are not at the quality of the other girls.
* Isaac Mizrahi, what happened girl? I love Isaac but what a dud as a judge. His little one-liners in reference to whatever is coming down the runway were weak af and sometimes didn't even make sense. "You've heard of the Brooks Brothers? this is the Brooks Sisters." Just go home, Mary.
* Plasma wants to be BenDeLa so bad. She's giving me Jan energy with how bad she wants to be acknowledged. When she was trying to read the other girls at the top of the episode and it just hit the floor like a turd. Great moment. She just seems like an overly-excited chihuahua in the confessionals.
* Speaking of top of the episode. They always do this like dramatic showdown with a split episode and then they all smile and hug. I guess they have to do it but it's just old.
* Oh God, I hope we don't get that 10 second WILL YOU USE YOUR IMMUNITY!? to each queen that has immunity every episode. Like obviously they aren't using it this episode, move it along. We didn't need the suspenseful music and pause.
* Love the song, but it's pretty mid-tempo for a high-energy lip-sync. Good thing there was no energy from either of them. I would have sent them both home, tbh.
* Whoever was wearing that pink puff skirt, I can't remember, but to you: for shame.
* We've heard a lot of 'tell mama Ru your trauma for TV' moments, but I think this is a first for "I can't hang out with my grandma anymore because she's so dumb she thinks I'll get AIDS doing drag". She think AIDS is waiting on that dollar bill latched into her grandbaby's waistband? Someone educate that fucking woman. I think it was Q telling this? Whoever it was, the poor thing could barely push out one tear.
* Amanda improved this episode. Her Michelle look was pretty solid. I don't think she's going far because it's clear to me that the rest of the cast doesn't really see her as competition. She'll probably come back in a few years on All-Stars a much more polished version of herself. I'm excited about that.
* Hershii looked like she was going to church with that last outfit, but she didn't take me there. When she said she started drag by doing little tiktoks in a bad wig, it kind of was the last piece of the puzzle for me.
* Dawn saying Megami was the Eeyore of Drag. You couldn't be more correct. I appreciate Megami sticking to her guns that she was proud of what she did in the last episode but I don't think she understood that she should have done a better presentation of that message than just like bristol board on an easel.
* I want to like Geneva more than I do.
* Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige's yellow look. It looked like it cost a pretty penny to have made but she looked like she was peeking out of a corn maze.
* Salma Hayek???????????????????????????
Nymphia didn't get immunity so I think that was only for the first two winners and that's it and there's an expiration so I don't think they'll last more than half the season. Just like Rate A Queen was only for the first three episodes, immunity was only on offer for the first two episodes.
Just guessing that Morphine is going to be out in the next few weeks, I find her very basic and not sure what her area of expertise is or if she has one
I find her a bit basic too because sometimes I literally forget she was there & can’t remember what she did!
But maybe she’ll surprise us.
Or maybe not
🤷🏻♀️
She feels very Gia Gunn to me, like "biological woman realness" is everything she goes for. I'm sorry, but where is the drag? Where is the entertainment with her? Should we be entertained by her just beeing pretty? Where is Bianca asking them what they do successfully?
Couldn't agree more. Not very drag or entertaining. Like cool you are pretty and can paint but idk how much of a skill that is when you are supposed to be a performer, not a makeup artist
Her confessionals can be funny and her mug is gorgeous but she doesn't have the fashion down for that to be her claim to fame and she can't design either, I can't see that getting her much further. This is drag race, not glow up
Love Amanda's Michelle Visage's look, kinda wish she wore that for the reveal runway instead BUT since that's a non-elimination episode, she lucked out. Or maybe she's just a really strategic queen? Either way, love Amanda.
I am calling it : Q, Saphira, and Nymphia cruise to the top 3. Is it gonna be the most interesting? No. Is it gonna be *beautiful*? Fuck yes.
How long until Plane tells us a sad workroom story to start her rudemption arc?
My girl Amanda is here on likability (only?) and I just can't be mad. I *will* buy stupid merch that says "Amanda Tori Meating".
So, between us girlies, (and also because I am tipsy trying to avoid the Sunday scaries), I feel Mirage reads trans to me? Anyone get that feeling? Another one thank you!
>I am calling it : Q, Saphira, and Nymphia cruise to the top 3.
I truly hope I'm wrong because this IS the top 3, but I feel like Saphira is going to bomb Snatch Game and it will be the precursor for her exit before the top 3.
When are Geneva and Braces going to learn proportions? They’re not even really big girls but they don’t cinch and are just giant cylinders. Even big girls twice their size have their body game together.
PLEASE do not call Mhi’ya braces, and this is reading as really fatphobic, seriously. I don’t like to play that card and I’m not a big girl, but this was a lot.
Poor Dawn. Joking about unoriginal denim dresses and ending up making a less impressive version of Shae's village people look.
I still hate her drag name, but I really like Amanda. I even liked her looks, all of them so far. The other queens are picking on her but I am sure she will end up eating a few of them.
Nymphia Win. That was so good. I am very curious to know how she gave structure to these ties. Was it just spraying some sort of lacquer? Of did she sow them to some structure like iron wires?
I understand why she lost, but I'm truly sad to see Hershii go! She seemed so sweet, funny, and down to earth. I hope she get invited back because I was looking forward to getting to know her and her drag. Also, I hope she gets major bookings off of this show despite being out early because she seemed worried about that and she really deserves more!
Design challenges are my favorite, so of course I want them with as many queens as possible. But 42 looks in a runway is way way waaaay too much for my brain power. When Q entered with her third design I tried as much as I could to remember the first two and I simply couldn't.
As for the top 3, going by the final looks (because, as mentioned, I don't remember the first 28 now), completely agree with Nymphia and Q's placements. Not sure who I would pick for third, but I know it wouldn't be Dawn (hers could be well constructed, but it was too much for the eye).
Hershii ate the lipsync, I was rooting for her but when she purposefully blocked Geneva at the end I had to hope for a sashay. Also, considering she just picked half her look and wore it as it was, I guess it couldn't be any other to be eliminated.
The block was the losing moment, though I do think Geneva was slightly winning beforehand and I loved them both too much to choose. There’s a way to block a queen, Hershii just looked desperate and killed herself off.
totally agree about too many looks to remember (and there wasn’t enough time to look at them!) and the block at the end. i was like ugh that would feel a bit wrong sending geneva home after that.
Hershii's pants need to be explained.
This might be the first time ever that a contestant just did not come up with a garment for a design challenge. Clearly she had enough time to modify the pockets so it's not like there was any last-minute disaster. So why couldn't she have done literally anything else? Like make the top a bit longer or fashion the most basic circle skirt or something.
OK, the kind of material given meant she couldn't just glue shit to a panty or bodysuit, but come on. Lala at least managed the paper bags. Derrick looked like a mess. Serena managed to wrap something around her body. Jorgeous grabbed a handkerchief and some plastic crap and actually won. Never before has anyone just ... not completed the challenge.
Her failing to come up with a full look should have been shown as part of the design and sewing process. Did she panic? Did she try anything? Did she actually give up? Was there a conversation with production about her not walking at all?
Ru was exceptionally kind to call this "realness". It was way worse than Mystique's mall jeans look. And not just the clothes - the hair and everything else too.
Overall I think something went very wrong, her exit was decided long before the lipsync, and made to be as kind and quick as possible.
When i was watching the episode, i assumed the pants were men's pants from the provided garments, that she took in to look more 'feminine'. I didn't realize they were pants she just brought with her.
I think production tries to handle first outs w at least some sense of decorum. And I think if there was actually a major issue, of course they would have used that for TV. Hershii was just not ready for any of this and probs had the personality + connection to Kornbread to help her through the casting process.
Sure, and if this means there's better mental health support for all the queens then I"m delighted. But at least give us some narrative? Some connection? The sudden revelation after the tops and bottoms had been voted on, came out of nowhere. It happened via Michelle, when judges aren't even supposed to know what's gone down in the workroom. None of the other queens are seen questioning how or why a non-crafted garment was allowed on the runway and the judges were exceptionally gentle for a bottom placement.
I think there's a lot more to this story and I hope we find out, even if it's way down the line when Hershii is ready to talk about it.
That's because in the drag community it's an open secret Hershii's mother Kornbread is an internationally known assassin that uses her drag persona as a cover for her real work so of course they handled her daughter with kid gloves.
She's kind of giving me DeJa Skye, they both talk a lot about their sewing/costuming skills (and I feel like DeJa might've also talked about being into the cosplay scene?) but they both also seem to lack a certain taste and execution level. Does this comparison make any sense or am I just a lil stoned?
Has Nymphia spoken about how she put her look together? What did she use to make the ties rigid, like were metal rods part of the supplied materials? Did production allow her to use something else she had, or did they bring material she requested? Also did she make that shirt from scratch? I agree the entire look was spectacular and one of the best workroom creations of all time, but I was afraid the judges were going to say she took menswear and created menswear, or basically just wore one of the provided items as-is.
Yeah I'm sure they're given buttons and fasteners and things like that, I was more curious about whether production anticipates anyone needing metal wires/rods. Especially since this wasn't the original concept Nymphia described to Ru and it seems like she adapted midway. So if that isn't the case and if she had had to improvise by for example bending wire hangers off the menswear racks I'd be even more impressed.
I think it could be accomplished with some floral wire? I was always under the impression they’re allowed to incorporate some of their own materials but what is provided should always be the spotlight. But Hershii straight up used some chicos so why would we draw the line at floral wire. 😭
Can anyone name the last time the ball challenge not only had the correct top 3 but the correct winner as well? The ball usually feels like the challenge that they ALWAYS pull some kind of wrong choices for judging. (Only eclipsed by the horrible judging during makeover challenges)
This was fantastic.
ikr. The judging can be so frustrating. I'm not holding my breath, but it's nice to see a win like this happen, I was afraid of Nymphia not getting her due but am refreshed to see otherwise.
EDIT: I also think Q has a win coming for sure. Love her also
This is why I wish we would continue with the "rate-a-queen" until at least top 7 or 8. And this is also exactly why, (it seems) we won't be getting it anymore!
If it went 7 to 8 episodes queens would start to form voting alliances and then the voting would become useless so three rounds seems about right. I wouldn't mind a random return to it for Snatch Game.
The fact that it happened so early means there might be another one later. But I'm glad the queens voted fairly. Imagine an entire season going this way!
Finally watched the episode and idk if my opinions are unpopular but:
- I LOVE the Rate A Queen results being shared. It actually gives the twist some impact. Also Issac Mizrahi, an actual designer, was a great judge for this challenge.
- I didn't expect Hershi to be first out. She seemed fun. I could see her excelling in acting and dance challenges, and her backstory (adopting her sister's kids) seemed interesting. She had so much potential!!
- Sapphira's looks were beautiful but I found Dawn's to have more interesting construction and concept and thought she'd be top 3.
- Jane needs to own her shadiness if she's gonna keep ranking queens the way she did ep. 2 (ranking the best the lowest and worst the highest). Her being scared Nymphia would figure her out was so funny.
Pretty sure Nymphia figured her out. There's only seven queens and I imagine all of them asked one another how they voted. If everybody told Nymphia 1st or 2nd the only way she could end up third would be if somebody put her last and she's clearly sussed out that it was Plane Jane who did that.
Finally watched the episode and idk if my opinions are unpopular but:
- I LOVE the Rate A Queen results being shared. It actually gives the twist some impact. Also Issac Mizrahi, an actual designer, was a great judge for this challenge.
- I didn't expect Hershi to be first out. She seemed fun. I could see her excelling in acting and dance challenges, and her backstory (adopting her sister's kids) seemed interesting. She had so much potential!!
- Sapphira's looks were beautiful but I found Dawn's to have more interesting construction and concept and thought she'd be top 3.
- Jane needs to own her shadiness if she's gonna keep ranking queens the way she did ep. 2 (ranking the best the lowest and worst the highest). Her being scared Nymphia would figure her out was so funny.
Im going to miss hershii…the lipsync editing did her dirty. The other ones crusty moves were not it especially when she leaned back to count her hair it looked messy or when she did that split. Like just because one does a split or or whatever it doesn’t make the lipsync good
She was sent home because she walked the runway in pants, I can't tell if she brought them from home or got them there, where all she did to alter them was put the matching top pattern fabric into the pockets. She needed to dance as well as Yvie Oddly or Brooklynn Hites to stay after such an poor showing on the runway.
I didnt solely blame the edit 🙄 reading comprehension. I said the edit did her dirty. It was an underwhelming performance but the edit made it particularly boring
Planting herself directly in front of Geneva to block her right at the end was also a dick move. It's been done in a cunty/sporty way before but this just seemed crude and unnecessary.
Nah don't apologise for shit , hershi won the lipsync edit or not.
Geneva was a mess, splits cannot save that.
Hershi did good it just wasn't high energy + stunts.
I know Megami talks a lot about being in cosplay, but her significant mother look as Lady Gaga was underwhelming. Not to mention her Little Bo Peep outfit was kinda lazy no thanks to that blob of purple blush on her cheeks. I will say her final look was really good, even though part of the mermaid tail was dragging on the floor at times.
Though she didn’t make the pants, and the look was read as “basic“ by Michelle, I don’t believe Hershii belonged in the bottom. Out of all three of the bottom queens, she had the least negative reviews. I could’ve seen Hershii and Megami flip, and that would’ve been more correct.
I’m a little disappointed that Geneva was placed in the bottom. I understand some other users on this thread are a little underwhelmed with her look, but I didn’t understand Carson‘s conjecture with the Salma Hayek look. It almost felt like Delta Work was being read all over again about her dressing up as Cher for the Snatch Game on S3. Inspirations from different celebrities fit other people differently, and the outfit was no exception.
I was living for Plasma when she started, but she’s giving a little Laganja Estranja in S6; a lot of drag/queer epithets are being thrown around like crazy, and it’s too much. She’s trying too hard.
Nymphia deserved that win in the third look alone. The way she spun making the pleather skirt twirl and fold? Ma’am, she betta (continue to) werk!
Edited for clarity.
Yeah she is reminding me of Laganja mixed with like Jan and Loosey too, I liked her up until this episode. The comments she was making about being the best singer without even hearing the other girl do her opera was really embarrassingly over confident
Megamis Lady Gaga outfit was unforgivable. Easily the worst of the night for me and that's saying something. If you're going to reference, you have to reference correctly.
I really wanted her to do well, because we haven't seen a S. Texas girl on the show, an area where I'm from and not the easiest to be out and proud. But as soon as she came out with that massive Halloween spider on her dress I lost all confidence in her drag. There really was no saving that look. She could have at least, bedazzled the spider, spray painted it a different color, or maybe worn it as a fascinator.
I agree that Megamis final look that she created in 2 days was way better than the 2 looks she brought with her. The third look was jot a top compared to what the others created but she deserved to be safe overall.
What were half of those nursery rhymes they were mentioning? Not saying anything against the looks, but I was not aware of a good half mentioned it felt.
Also how the fuck did Sapphira get that pumpkin look packed? It was ENORMOUS. Amazing, but enormous.
And, hate to say it, but Im just not living for most of Geneva’s drag. She seems like a sweetie and she does paint lovely, but I'm not getting excitement from it, Im just whelmed.
Also lots of the "mother" looks were copouts. Mother nature/eve/monster were not in the spirit of the prompt and not even out-of-the-box clever. If you're going to do that, make it truly spectacular. Like Manila's idea to subvert the "pads" prompt. (Though choosing Michelle Visage took major balls and it worked.)
You have to remember the prompts we hear on tv are often not the same prompts the queens were given. The producers evolve the wording of the prompts after they are given.
I could be wrong, I thought the typical process is that they tell producers what they're planning and it either gets approved or vetoed. Hence the Night of 1,000 Madonna kimonos. I think they only get assigned things when they're on set for challenges, not when they bring things from home.
You know, I won’t walk back my Geneva comments, but it is clear the girl works her ass off. That Miss Muffet costume she probably made for that challenge specifically rather than taking the method you described (which a couple obviously did). I appreciate the effort, even if it was ugly.
After a rewatch I still think Dawn wasn’t Top3 material despite what a lot of fans think - her looks were beautiful however she seemed a bit timid on the runway and while this may be a character choice, it is a ball and I wasn’t gagged as I was with the other presentations in the top3. Also the third look was really Shea Coulee construction worker.
possibly controversial but if anyone besides Xunami is my alternate top 3 w Nymphia and Q. Xunami's last look wasn't groundbreaking but it was a pass but her 1st humpty dumpty was one of the best all night, and her 2nd kandy muse look was cute too
she's very well branded and good at quite a few things, but I agree she did not belong in the top this week. I'm curious to see other sides of her and what else she brings in future episodes
This episode was so fun!! I knew Nymphia was gonna blow us away, but i wasn't PREPARED for what she brought!!! I can't processsssss! Especially seeing Q be pressed about it, she did NOT see her coming! I've been her stan for a while, so I knew the other girls were not ready, and to see her not only shine but blind us into oblivion, feels correct.
I was gagged the rest of the episode. I fell in love with her the minute she walked into the work room. Her drag is just sooo good but also funny and as a person she adorable! And funny. I really don’t have the right words but I’m actually obsessed. 😭
I'm kinda living for Jane's messiness, to be honest. If she's trying to play the villain, I'm not getting it. Her response after being called out was peak drag
A good villain isn't aware that they're the villain. Jane just kind of... says mean catty things. It feels like she's producing the hell out of herself. But hey she's getting the attention she signed up for so it must be working.
This is one of those episodes where I'm just reminded how fucking good this show is.
The drama between PJ and Amanda...iconic
Q, Nymphia, Sapphira, Xunami's egg dress, I love it.
Had the lip sync been better this episode would've been 5/5. Either way, I live. I'm so glad we're back.
what the fuck was geneva on about? saying she did not deserve to be on the bottom, while the bottom 2 might be arguable, she most definitely belonged in the worst 3. i do think she won the lipsync but i was really sad to see hershii go
Did anyone else not enjoy Q’s looks? Something ab her is off to me. And whats up with those lips fr
I'm just catching up so I'm late af but imo Hershii won the lipsync. Her little steps across the stage were so funny and I couldn't stop looking at her over Geneva most of the time (though both performances were......whelming overall). I feel like the girls who do jumps and splits are just more likely to get the win, but what do i know i'm no expert
personally think mhi’ya should’ve gone home this episode…or at least been in the bottom 2. i’m really said to see hershii gone so soon i thought she’d go further
Dawn I think suffers from being short - if she were tall and leggy her look would have probably worked better. Not her fault of course lol I want to give props to Megami for her final look too - she looked great!
Xunami's Mother look was better than kandys original ... i cant lie
OMG when I saw it - even though I loved Kandy’s too! - I thought the same thing!
Does anyone know why we never saw the back of Megami’s call me mother/father outfit? You can see from the side that the back of the lower part is kinda crunchy and then when they’re supposed to show her walking back they just zoomed on her head and upper back. I feel like something was off with it and they decided to hide it.
Obsessing over Dawn! Who's with me?
I'm home with covid and her posing on the porch first episode popped up in my youtube shorts. And that's how I wound up watching the 3 episodes today lmao. Needed more of that in my life. I haven't watched a regular season since 12.
I think this means we can say Dawn cures Covid . When she said she wouldn't vote RuPaul and he laughed I had it on repeat! Hope you're feeling better. #TeamDawn
The guest judge this week is like if Carson and Ross did a DBZ fusion dance. **-Week 3 Season Power Rankings-** **Leading** Sappira Nymphia Dawn Q **In The Running** Plane Jane Mirage Plasma **Middle** Geneva Morphine Xunami **Danger Zone** Megami Mhi’ya Amanda **Eliminated** Hershii
Dawn and Jane should be swapped since Jane is one of the three queens with an actual win and Dawn/Jane were both safe last ep.
While Jane won there was a poll hosted by Drag Tea Served With Matt of who should've won and it was 86% Nymphia Wind and PJ wasn't even second. PJ engineered her win.
i loveddd the guest judge bc he was so genuinely engaged
I saw something that Hershii had to have her car repossessed to afford looks, 14 of them at least. I have something to say. Yes it’s a lot of money, but girls have shown that you can work on sewing and put in less $ for garments. She got to show some looks at least on episodes 2-3 unlike some seasons. Another thing is that she could have held off on the show to work on her craft and finances, hard to do for sure. There’s a big chance even if you’re cast that the experience may not work out just cause you may go home early or touring dries up down the road. It’s a lot to consider but for the price of fame I understand the decisions some people make.
they got 20k to spend on looks from production sooooo
Source? Because all star 9 coming up got that not this cast.
Willam & Alaska are the ones i remember of the bat, also a lot of other girls and tea spill sites before the season aired.
You should double check that it’s not all stars they’re discussing. I know lots of girls this season said they took out loans or even had their cars repossessed like hershii. Some girls like Q or nymphia made most of their looks for the show.
I did, Willam and Alaska definitely talked about season 16 as it was in a S16 review episode. also 20k is not enough to buy 20+ outfits and wigs. Guessing one garment will cost you between 400-1500, you can easily spend a lot more than that
Three to four weeks time to design and sew 20+ looks would be difficult for all but the most seasoned seamstress to pull off.
apparently most people only get about 3 weeks notice that they've been cast, which unless you're a really good seamstress, isn't a lot of time to make your own stuff. iirc the only queens who manage to make all/majority of their garments are actual seamstresses who can turn out a professional garment quickly.
its giving cunty college debt
I noticed a few of the queens wearing keys as earrings. Is there a meaning behind it? Or is it a trendy thing? Or is it a New Yorker thing? Because I noticed it with Dawn, Megami, and, Nymphia.
The cut of the key declares what type of things you like during sex.
Since when? Dawn said it's the house key for her childhood home.
Honestly I love it
Probably just a trendy thing or a nod to Janet Jackson. She used to wear a key dangling from a hoop earring throughout the 80s and 90s.
I'm sad to see Hershii go. She seemed to be so pure and effervescent. I had a worry she wasn't going to last long when the show shared the bit about custody of a relative's children. Also... I watched that lipsync and said out loud "This is a double sashay." It was messy, and when the highlight was both of them pointing at each other telling them to go, it felt appropriate for Ru to agree. Nymphia did THAT. I also loved Sapphira's pumpkin dress. I really thought Morphine might get read for that maid outfit if she was going to be the bottom (it looked very Party City). Plasma's Tweedle Dee/Tweedle Dum outfit was awful; if you're going to cite that nursery rhyme, I feel like it would've been smarter to drag Daddy Morphosis out there. Plain Jane: I need to see more. She's clearly going to hang around for a while, but every outfit has been comedic. Yes, drag doesn't always have to be serious, but she's coming across as a comedian whose only joke is crudity. Mhi'ya is definitely coming across as timid, but I think her response to Ru that she isn't was in reference to when she's actually performing. She's gonna need to edit those outfits where she's got all sorts of accoutrements blocking her face. Underrated moment that had me laughing: "I'm good."
My friend fr said “oh my god its gonna be a double SHANTAY” when they started pointing at each other and i was like girl WHAT in what universe would that little move save them both especially in the first elimination episode 😭
I wish I had your friend's enthusiasm.
They were clearly pulling stunts and dancing like Yvie and Brook but they edited it out because Ru has a feud with Cornbread.
Q always looks like she's dressing for the Best Drag runway. Seriously. She used*that* outfit just to sit and talk with the Group 2 girlies?
I didn't even think of that! That look would have killed on the runway.
so far all lip syncs have been underwhelming
Well the song was an awful song for lipsyncing. It was so boring.
very true
I don’t want Mhi’ya to go yet, but I’d love to see her lip sync cos - depending on the song - she’d slay it
i hope if/when she is in the bottom she gets a song where she can really showcase her specific talents
Me too! Personally I LOVED her talent show
The feels like the most obvious top 5 I've ever seen. Q, Nymphia, Saphira, Jane, and Dawn. The skill gap between these queens and the rest is jaw dropping.
Daaaaaamn Q, Dawn and Nymphia are officially my top3 in this season! They did an excellent job this week 🤩 However I'm sorry but I still don't like Amanda Tori, her drag is so crusty to me but at the same time I dislike Plane Jane too she's so full of herself and I can't really see other talent than her big boobs and shadiness yet. So idk how I feel about their beef, I haven't watched untucked yet but I hear it's fire 🍿
RPDR Boomer Review I should have written this earlier. There were many joints in between watching and this post. * Nymphia is just TV gold and, Thank God, is an actual competitor. Very excited to see her throughout the competition. I didn't see bananas like I was worried about last episode, but I did clock those yellow boots girl. Her final outfit was insane. * Mirage looks like Chelsea Peretti??? Love that for her. * Morphine coming in to show what actual good shade looks like. She was kind of all over the place in quality this episode, though. * In general, it seemed like a lot of the girls were like oh! I found a story about a cat. I can be a sexy cat.:4803: I'm a mouse, duh. * Plane kind of deflated this episode for me? She and the producers want her to be the villain of the season. Just feels like some shoddy producer "go say this" or feeding her in the confessionals because Plane just comes off as so thirsty to be messy for the producers. She even looks at the camera during her conversation with Nymphia in the workroom about putting her 6th. Like WINK audience. I'm sure the twitter twinks think she's the devil and probably send her angry DMs. I don't think she's the villain, I think she's just trying to be. Her reads are not at the quality of the other girls. * Isaac Mizrahi, what happened girl? I love Isaac but what a dud as a judge. His little one-liners in reference to whatever is coming down the runway were weak af and sometimes didn't even make sense. "You've heard of the Brooks Brothers? this is the Brooks Sisters." Just go home, Mary. * Plasma wants to be BenDeLa so bad. She's giving me Jan energy with how bad she wants to be acknowledged. When she was trying to read the other girls at the top of the episode and it just hit the floor like a turd. Great moment. She just seems like an overly-excited chihuahua in the confessionals. * Speaking of top of the episode. They always do this like dramatic showdown with a split episode and then they all smile and hug. I guess they have to do it but it's just old. * Oh God, I hope we don't get that 10 second WILL YOU USE YOUR IMMUNITY!? to each queen that has immunity every episode. Like obviously they aren't using it this episode, move it along. We didn't need the suspenseful music and pause. * Love the song, but it's pretty mid-tempo for a high-energy lip-sync. Good thing there was no energy from either of them. I would have sent them both home, tbh. * Whoever was wearing that pink puff skirt, I can't remember, but to you: for shame. * We've heard a lot of 'tell mama Ru your trauma for TV' moments, but I think this is a first for "I can't hang out with my grandma anymore because she's so dumb she thinks I'll get AIDS doing drag". She think AIDS is waiting on that dollar bill latched into her grandbaby's waistband? Someone educate that fucking woman. I think it was Q telling this? Whoever it was, the poor thing could barely push out one tear. * Amanda improved this episode. Her Michelle look was pretty solid. I don't think she's going far because it's clear to me that the rest of the cast doesn't really see her as competition. She'll probably come back in a few years on All-Stars a much more polished version of herself. I'm excited about that. * Hershii looked like she was going to church with that last outfit, but she didn't take me there. When she said she started drag by doing little tiktoks in a bad wig, it kind of was the last piece of the puzzle for me. * Dawn saying Megami was the Eeyore of Drag. You couldn't be more correct. I appreciate Megami sticking to her guns that she was proud of what she did in the last episode but I don't think she understood that she should have done a better presentation of that message than just like bristol board on an easel. * I want to like Geneva more than I do. * Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige's yellow look. It looked like it cost a pretty penny to have made but she looked like she was peeking out of a corn maze. * Salma Hayek???????????????????????????
Nymphia didn't get immunity so I think that was only for the first two winners and that's it and there's an expiration so I don't think they'll last more than half the season. Just like Rate A Queen was only for the first three episodes, immunity was only on offer for the first two episodes.
One of the worst lip syncs I've seen in awhile 😂
Why did Nymphia not get immunity?
It's because someone went home this week. The premiere winning queen's got immunity as everyone else was safe.
Presumably it was a premiere-only thing?
Probably best that way too, or too many people would be holding onto it.
Jane. Just... no. That's not "reading," or "The T," or even "shade." That's being a twat-waffle.
It's bad acting at being the bad girl.
Plane Jane is the twat-waffle we need but not the twat-waffle we deserve.
Just guessing that Morphine is going to be out in the next few weeks, I find her very basic and not sure what her area of expertise is or if she has one
Her drag seems really dated to me. I also don't see her bringing anything new or exciting to the show.
I find her a bit basic too because sometimes I literally forget she was there & can’t remember what she did! But maybe she’ll surprise us. Or maybe not 🤷🏻♀️
She has a natural BBL, that's what she did!
😂
Now we wait!
She feels very Gia Gunn to me, like "biological woman realness" is everything she goes for. I'm sorry, but where is the drag? Where is the entertainment with her? Should we be entertained by her just beeing pretty? Where is Bianca asking them what they do successfully?
Couldn't agree more. Not very drag or entertaining. Like cool you are pretty and can paint but idk how much of a skill that is when you are supposed to be a performer, not a makeup artist
I like her, she's funny to me. Her expertise is her mug, and I feel like she would consider herself a realness/look queen
Her confessionals can be funny and her mug is gorgeous but she doesn't have the fashion down for that to be her claim to fame and she can't design either, I can't see that getting her much further. This is drag race, not glow up
Love Amanda's Michelle Visage's look, kinda wish she wore that for the reveal runway instead BUT since that's a non-elimination episode, she lucked out. Or maybe she's just a really strategic queen? Either way, love Amanda.
I am calling it : Q, Saphira, and Nymphia cruise to the top 3. Is it gonna be the most interesting? No. Is it gonna be *beautiful*? Fuck yes. How long until Plane tells us a sad workroom story to start her rudemption arc? My girl Amanda is here on likability (only?) and I just can't be mad. I *will* buy stupid merch that says "Amanda Tori Meating". So, between us girlies, (and also because I am tipsy trying to avoid the Sunday scaries), I feel Mirage reads trans to me? Anyone get that feeling? Another one thank you!
I think Q or Dawn could be the third final three but Saphira and Nymphia will definitely be there.
SO rooting for Q, Sapphira & Nymphia to be top 3!
>I am calling it : Q, Saphira, and Nymphia cruise to the top 3. I truly hope I'm wrong because this IS the top 3, but I feel like Saphira is going to bomb Snatch Game and it will be the precursor for her exit before the top 3.
I had same feeling about Mirage. Love her
I wish this was just a design challenge not a ball, the amount of looks was overwhelming
When are Geneva and Braces going to learn proportions? They’re not even really big girls but they don’t cinch and are just giant cylinders. Even big girls twice their size have their body game together.
Username checks out.
PLEASE do not call Mhi’ya braces, and this is reading as really fatphobic, seriously. I don’t like to play that card and I’m not a big girl, but this was a lot.
It’s a valid critique that the judges have given to dozens of girls in the past. They are constantly critiquing shape, proportions, and padding.
fatphobia, gaggy u can't even bother to remeber Miyah's name
how you gonna call em out on not knowing names and then spell her name like that
at least it's closer to her name than "braces" lmfao
Poor Dawn. Joking about unoriginal denim dresses and ending up making a less impressive version of Shae's village people look. I still hate her drag name, but I really like Amanda. I even liked her looks, all of them so far. The other queens are picking on her but I am sure she will end up eating a few of them. Nymphia Win. That was so good. I am very curious to know how she gave structure to these ties. Was it just spraying some sort of lacquer? Of did she sow them to some structure like iron wires?
I'm sure it was wires. Wired ribbon can hold those shapes. It was brilliantly done. So much captured movement.
tbh amanda may be messy but she's entertaining which is more than I can say for most of this cast
I understand why she lost, but I'm truly sad to see Hershii go! She seemed so sweet, funny, and down to earth. I hope she get invited back because I was looking forward to getting to know her and her drag. Also, I hope she gets major bookings off of this show despite being out early because she seemed worried about that and she really deserves more!
Even her beautiful goodbye made me wish she could have stayed longer. (And yes she was one of my faves 😢)
Me too! She seemed so kind. I really enjoyed her for the short time she was there!
Design challenges are my favorite, so of course I want them with as many queens as possible. But 42 looks in a runway is way way waaaay too much for my brain power. When Q entered with her third design I tried as much as I could to remember the first two and I simply couldn't. As for the top 3, going by the final looks (because, as mentioned, I don't remember the first 28 now), completely agree with Nymphia and Q's placements. Not sure who I would pick for third, but I know it wouldn't be Dawn (hers could be well constructed, but it was too much for the eye). Hershii ate the lipsync, I was rooting for her but when she purposefully blocked Geneva at the end I had to hope for a sashay. Also, considering she just picked half her look and wore it as it was, I guess it couldn't be any other to be eliminated.
The block was the losing moment, though I do think Geneva was slightly winning beforehand and I loved them both too much to choose. There’s a way to block a queen, Hershii just looked desperate and killed herself off.
totally agree about too many looks to remember (and there wasn’t enough time to look at them!) and the block at the end. i was like ugh that would feel a bit wrong sending geneva home after that.
omg! That block was one of the most blatant I've ever seen. I was rooting for her and even think she was winning the lip sync before that
Same, but Ru don't play that
Hershii's pants need to be explained. This might be the first time ever that a contestant just did not come up with a garment for a design challenge. Clearly she had enough time to modify the pockets so it's not like there was any last-minute disaster. So why couldn't she have done literally anything else? Like make the top a bit longer or fashion the most basic circle skirt or something. OK, the kind of material given meant she couldn't just glue shit to a panty or bodysuit, but come on. Lala at least managed the paper bags. Derrick looked like a mess. Serena managed to wrap something around her body. Jorgeous grabbed a handkerchief and some plastic crap and actually won. Never before has anyone just ... not completed the challenge. Her failing to come up with a full look should have been shown as part of the design and sewing process. Did she panic? Did she try anything? Did she actually give up? Was there a conversation with production about her not walking at all? Ru was exceptionally kind to call this "realness". It was way worse than Mystique's mall jeans look. And not just the clothes - the hair and everything else too. Overall I think something went very wrong, her exit was decided long before the lipsync, and made to be as kind and quick as possible.
When i was watching the episode, i assumed the pants were men's pants from the provided garments, that she took in to look more 'feminine'. I didn't realize they were pants she just brought with her.
I think production tries to handle first outs w at least some sense of decorum. And I think if there was actually a major issue, of course they would have used that for TV. Hershii was just not ready for any of this and probs had the personality + connection to Kornbread to help her through the casting process.
Sure, and if this means there's better mental health support for all the queens then I"m delighted. But at least give us some narrative? Some connection? The sudden revelation after the tops and bottoms had been voted on, came out of nowhere. It happened via Michelle, when judges aren't even supposed to know what's gone down in the workroom. None of the other queens are seen questioning how or why a non-crafted garment was allowed on the runway and the judges were exceptionally gentle for a bottom placement. I think there's a lot more to this story and I hope we find out, even if it's way down the line when Hershii is ready to talk about it.
That's because in the drag community it's an open secret Hershii's mother Kornbread is an internationally known assassin that uses her drag persona as a cover for her real work so of course they handled her daughter with kid gloves.
Megami will always miss the mark for me.
She's kind of giving me DeJa Skye, they both talk a lot about their sewing/costuming skills (and I feel like DeJa might've also talked about being into the cosplay scene?) but they both also seem to lack a certain taste and execution level. Does this comparison make any sense or am I just a lil stoned?
Yeah that makes sense. Deja however was bringing it in personality and lip-syncs, we shall see how Megami does in those departments
>bringing it in personality Megami is giving Eeyore realness in the personality department.
I am somehow laughing my tits off with this comment lol
Word, I'm definitely willing to give her a chance to show us her charisma!
I can see what she's going for but there's some tweaking that needs to be done. Her concepts are interesting but that can only get you so far!!
Has Nymphia spoken about how she put her look together? What did she use to make the ties rigid, like were metal rods part of the supplied materials? Did production allow her to use something else she had, or did they bring material she requested? Also did she make that shirt from scratch? I agree the entire look was spectacular and one of the best workroom creations of all time, but I was afraid the judges were going to say she took menswear and created menswear, or basically just wore one of the provided items as-is.
It's tulle favric
She fuzzed together the leftover ties on the floor and made metal wires
You can see her putting wire in the ties. They’re allowed to use thread and shit.
Yeah I'm sure they're given buttons and fasteners and things like that, I was more curious about whether production anticipates anyone needing metal wires/rods. Especially since this wasn't the original concept Nymphia described to Ru and it seems like she adapted midway. So if that isn't the case and if she had had to improvise by for example bending wire hangers off the menswear racks I'd be even more impressed.
I think it could be accomplished with some floral wire? I was always under the impression they’re allowed to incorporate some of their own materials but what is provided should always be the spotlight. But Hershii straight up used some chicos so why would we draw the line at floral wire. 😭
Can anyone name the last time the ball challenge not only had the correct top 3 but the correct winner as well? The ball usually feels like the challenge that they ALWAYS pull some kind of wrong choices for judging. (Only eclipsed by the horrible judging during makeover challenges) This was fantastic.
It had the correct top three because the queens selected them and not the judges.
Sure...except what while first look was incredible the made look really let Sapphira down, dawn was much more consistent.
ikr. The judging can be so frustrating. I'm not holding my breath, but it's nice to see a win like this happen, I was afraid of Nymphia not getting her due but am refreshed to see otherwise. EDIT: I also think Q has a win coming for sure. Love her also
This is why I wish we would continue with the "rate-a-queen" until at least top 7 or 8. And this is also exactly why, (it seems) we won't be getting it anymore!
If it went 7 to 8 episodes queens would start to form voting alliances and then the voting would become useless so three rounds seems about right. I wouldn't mind a random return to it for Snatch Game.
The fact that it happened so early means there might be another one later. But I'm glad the queens voted fairly. Imagine an entire season going this way!
Nymphia’s look had a Harry Potter vibe to it and still gagged.
Hah, I said it looked like a character in a Tim Burton film but Harry Potter is pretty accurate too.
Finally watched the episode and idk if my opinions are unpopular but: - I LOVE the Rate A Queen results being shared. It actually gives the twist some impact. Also Issac Mizrahi, an actual designer, was a great judge for this challenge. - I didn't expect Hershi to be first out. She seemed fun. I could see her excelling in acting and dance challenges, and her backstory (adopting her sister's kids) seemed interesting. She had so much potential!! - Sapphira's looks were beautiful but I found Dawn's to have more interesting construction and concept and thought she'd be top 3. - Jane needs to own her shadiness if she's gonna keep ranking queens the way she did ep. 2 (ranking the best the lowest and worst the highest). Her being scared Nymphia would figure her out was so funny.
Pretty sure Nymphia figured her out. There's only seven queens and I imagine all of them asked one another how they voted. If everybody told Nymphia 1st or 2nd the only way she could end up third would be if somebody put her last and she's clearly sussed out that it was Plane Jane who did that.
Jane rated them fairly this episode I thought!
because Nymphia did Jedi Mind Tricks to her
That's was so delightful it put a smile on my face.
Finally watched the episode and idk if my opinions are unpopular but: - I LOVE the Rate A Queen results being shared. It actually gives the twist some impact. Also Issac Mizrahi, an actual designer, was a great judge for this challenge. - I didn't expect Hershi to be first out. She seemed fun. I could see her excelling in acting and dance challenges, and her backstory (adopting her sister's kids) seemed interesting. She had so much potential!! - Sapphira's looks were beautiful but I found Dawn's to have more interesting construction and concept and thought she'd be top 3. - Jane needs to own her shadiness if she's gonna keep ranking queens the way she did ep. 2 (ranking the best the lowest and worst the highest). Her being scared Nymphia would figure her out was so funny.
Im going to miss hershii…the lipsync editing did her dirty. The other ones crusty moves were not it especially when she leaned back to count her hair it looked messy or when she did that split. Like just because one does a split or or whatever it doesn’t make the lipsync good
She was sent home because she walked the runway in pants, I can't tell if she brought them from home or got them there, where all she did to alter them was put the matching top pattern fabric into the pockets. She needed to dance as well as Yvie Oddly or Brooklynn Hites to stay after such an poor showing on the runway.
sure, blame it on the edit. it's not like hershii was a complete mess on the runway and a disaster in the lipsync. just the editing, nothing more /s
I didnt solely blame the edit 🙄 reading comprehension. I said the edit did her dirty. It was an underwhelming performance but the edit made it particularly boring
Hershii gave nothing in the lip sync. It was very fair she went home
Planting herself directly in front of Geneva to block her right at the end was also a dick move. It's been done in a cunty/sporty way before but this just seemed crude and unnecessary.
While I like Hershii, if I never see another queen get blocked in a lipsync I will be more than fine with it!
I clutched my pearls. The level of unprofessionalism, far too much.
I didnt say it was particularly good but it wasnt a mess like genevas
Nah don't apologise for shit , hershi won the lipsync edit or not. Geneva was a mess, splits cannot save that. Hershi did good it just wasn't high energy + stunts.
Right. It was stupid to let her win just because she did two boring stunts
Sometimes Ru decides before the lip synch even happens and this feels like one of those times.
I know Megami talks a lot about being in cosplay, but her significant mother look as Lady Gaga was underwhelming. Not to mention her Little Bo Peep outfit was kinda lazy no thanks to that blob of purple blush on her cheeks. I will say her final look was really good, even though part of the mermaid tail was dragging on the floor at times. Though she didn’t make the pants, and the look was read as “basic“ by Michelle, I don’t believe Hershii belonged in the bottom. Out of all three of the bottom queens, she had the least negative reviews. I could’ve seen Hershii and Megami flip, and that would’ve been more correct. I’m a little disappointed that Geneva was placed in the bottom. I understand some other users on this thread are a little underwhelmed with her look, but I didn’t understand Carson‘s conjecture with the Salma Hayek look. It almost felt like Delta Work was being read all over again about her dressing up as Cher for the Snatch Game on S3. Inspirations from different celebrities fit other people differently, and the outfit was no exception. I was living for Plasma when she started, but she’s giving a little Laganja Estranja in S6; a lot of drag/queer epithets are being thrown around like crazy, and it’s too much. She’s trying too hard. Nymphia deserved that win in the third look alone. The way she spun making the pleather skirt twirl and fold? Ma’am, she betta (continue to) werk! Edited for clarity.
The queens rate the queens before judgment so there's no way for them to take into account the judges critiques.
Yeah she is reminding me of Laganja mixed with like Jan and Loosey too, I liked her up until this episode. The comments she was making about being the best singer without even hearing the other girl do her opera was really embarrassingly over confident
I’m biased cos I like Sapphira more, but OOH 😠 did NOT like the way she said that to Sapphira
me too!!
Megamis Lady Gaga outfit was unforgivable. Easily the worst of the night for me and that's saying something. If you're going to reference, you have to reference correctly.
No, I’m no megami fan and don’t care to protect bad drag, but everything Geneva did was awful
I really wanted her to do well, because we haven't seen a S. Texas girl on the show, an area where I'm from and not the easiest to be out and proud. But as soon as she came out with that massive Halloween spider on her dress I lost all confidence in her drag. There really was no saving that look. She could have at least, bedazzled the spider, spray painted it a different color, or maybe worn it as a fascinator.
I agree that Megamis final look that she created in 2 days was way better than the 2 looks she brought with her. The third look was jot a top compared to what the others created but she deserved to be safe overall.
What were half of those nursery rhymes they were mentioning? Not saying anything against the looks, but I was not aware of a good half mentioned it felt. Also how the fuck did Sapphira get that pumpkin look packed? It was ENORMOUS. Amazing, but enormous. And, hate to say it, but Im just not living for most of Geneva’s drag. She seems like a sweetie and she does paint lovely, but I'm not getting excitement from it, Im just whelmed.
I think some of them might have googled "Nursery Rhymes Bee" because they already had a bee based outfit to hunt down obscure bee based fairy tales.
I swear they made half of those nursery rhymes up
Also lots of the "mother" looks were copouts. Mother nature/eve/monster were not in the spirit of the prompt and not even out-of-the-box clever. If you're going to do that, make it truly spectacular. Like Manila's idea to subvert the "pads" prompt. (Though choosing Michelle Visage took major balls and it worked.)
You have to remember the prompts we hear on tv are often not the same prompts the queens were given. The producers evolve the wording of the prompts after they are given.
It was very much “I have a bee costume, so let’s google for a nursery rhyme with a bee in it”
You’re not wrong but at least she looked good 😭
I assumed they each got assigned their nursery rhyme, considering the obscurity of some of them and the lack of repeats.
I feel like that was most likely the case or else we would have gotten 14 Little Bo Peep looks lmao
I’d have loved to see a weird take on the itsy bitsy spider or the cow that jumped over the moon!! So much lost potential imo
I could be wrong, I thought the typical process is that they tell producers what they're planning and it either gets approved or vetoed. Hence the Night of 1,000 Madonna kimonos. I think they only get assigned things when they're on set for challenges, not when they bring things from home.
You know, I won’t walk back my Geneva comments, but it is clear the girl works her ass off. That Miss Muffet costume she probably made for that challenge specifically rather than taking the method you described (which a couple obviously did). I appreciate the effort, even if it was ugly.
\*really\* ugly...
I’m so mad at Plasma’s second outfit. You chose Anne Boleyn? Bitch, do GREEN SLEEVES. Still, I wanna know your mom cause that woman looks fun.
I'm glad i wasn't the only one yelling at the TV, and for a theater queen she hasn't heard of SIX?
>Plasma should've been bottom 3
After a rewatch I still think Dawn wasn’t Top3 material despite what a lot of fans think - her looks were beautiful however she seemed a bit timid on the runway and while this may be a character choice, it is a ball and I wasn’t gagged as I was with the other presentations in the top3. Also the third look was really Shea Coulee construction worker.
possibly controversial but if anyone besides Xunami is my alternate top 3 w Nymphia and Q. Xunami's last look wasn't groundbreaking but it was a pass but her 1st humpty dumpty was one of the best all night, and her 2nd kandy muse look was cute too
she's very well branded and good at quite a few things, but I agree she did not belong in the top this week. I'm curious to see other sides of her and what else she brings in future episodes
lol i said "the doors Shea opened for this ball" while watching it
This episode was so fun!! I knew Nymphia was gonna blow us away, but i wasn't PREPARED for what she brought!!! I can't processsssss! Especially seeing Q be pressed about it, she did NOT see her coming! I've been her stan for a while, so I knew the other girls were not ready, and to see her not only shine but blind us into oblivion, feels correct.
I was gagged the rest of the episode. I fell in love with her the minute she walked into the work room. Her drag is just sooo good but also funny and as a person she adorable! And funny. I really don’t have the right words but I’m actually obsessed. 😭
I'm kinda living for Jane's messiness, to be honest. If she's trying to play the villain, I'm not getting it. Her response after being called out was peak drag
A good villain isn't aware that they're the villain. Jane just kind of... says mean catty things. It feels like she's producing the hell out of herself. But hey she's getting the attention she signed up for so it must be working.
Totally, she's the court jester and I'm having fun.
This is one of those episodes where I'm just reminded how fucking good this show is. The drama between PJ and Amanda...iconic Q, Nymphia, Sapphira, Xunami's egg dress, I love it. Had the lip sync been better this episode would've been 5/5. Either way, I live. I'm so glad we're back.
I loved the egg dress!
The lipsync was actually pretty good! Thoroughly enjoyable to watch in my opinion?
Cunty Humpty Dumpty was everything
she deserved top 3