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    RuPaul's Drag Race RuView: Draggily Ever After

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    Another week, another Rupaul's Drag Race recap. And while last week's episode suffered from a sense of total predictability and boredom, this week's brought the show's classic mix of "WTF am I watching" ridiculousness and "OMG this is amazing" talent, as well as an elimination which I don't think anyone expected at this point in the game.

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    Three episodes in, and the mini-challenge seems to have gone the way of Gia Gunn's penis; and while everyone misses the irreverence and fun of those challenges, I have to say that I think given the huge amount of queens we have to show off during this season it's not a bad idea to put the focus on the personalities over the tasks. Scrapping the mini-challenge allowed the queens to talk about, for instance, their own personal experiences with the shooting spree at Pulse Nightclub which had happened mere months before filming; and it was super emotional to hear that Trinity, who had once been crowned Miss Pulse, had performed at Latin night one week to the day before the mass shooting. Cynthia, who was originally scheduled to perform at Pulse on the evening of the shooting, had rescheduled her appearance at the last minute only to have one of her fans enter Pulse that night, unaware of her cancellation, and never leave again. It was a truly emotional, if clearly set up, moment, and one that made the following frivolities seem somewhat insincere. 

    The main challenge this week consisted of designing an outfit fit for a princess, with a backstory and terrifyingly animated Disney-esque sidekick to match. Peppermint took a traumatising experience from her childhood in which she nearly burned her house down as inspiration for her princess, while Sasha Velour had a criminally underrated turn as The Princess of Selfdoubtia, the only character with a fully fleshed out storyline and some semblance of a social message. Trinity took the win thanks to her straight-shooting redneck sidekick, one which the judges thought showed off a new side of her personality; but while she was stunning for sure, there seems to be a wall built up around Trinity which I find hard to break down. 

    With her messy, basic mermaid outfit and lack of a coherent storyline, Farrah Moan seemed a surefire choice to go home, despite being overall one of the most polished queens this season. Which is why we were all a little surprised when the bottom two this week consisted of fan favourites Kimora Blac and Aja, both of whom were critiqued for their confused princess backstories despite sickening runway looks from each.

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    I have to say that when I saw Aja was going up against Kimora I thought it was for sure her time to go; but she proved herself to be one of the show's most formidable lip sync opponents ever, turning every move into an opportunity for a jump and/or a split. Kimora really had no chance against the level of fiest Aja showed tonight. Just look at the difference in their death drops.

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    With this week's lip sync, Aja proved herself as more than just an Instagram queen: she's a strong player who'll surely go far in the game, and one who seems more instantly likeable than the smug personalities of Trinity or Valentina. Aja's had her chance to shine; all we can hope is that it's Charlie's turn next, because that queen from across the pond was serving major looks tonight and we know she has a whole lot more to offer than what she has so far.

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    This was the first episode of the season that made me really excited. Either way i have to say i was so shocked and annoyed that Sasha was considered only safe in this challenge. I've seen some videos of Aja performing in a few clubs and she really slays in the lipsync, but i'm not impressed about anything else she brought so far. By the way, did you watched the untucked episode? lol i can't believe Aja invented jealousy, it was really tragic (even though i think Valentina seems to be sooo fake sometimes). Still waiting for more screen time for Charlie! I'm so afraid that she will be another underrated contestant of this show :/

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    11 hours ago, lightyears said:

    This was the first episode of the season that made me really excited. Either way i have to say i was so shocked and annoyed that Sasha was considered only safe in this challenge. I've seen some videos of Aja performing in a few clubs and she really slays in the lipsync, but i'm not impressed about anything else she brought so far. By the way, did you watched the untucked episode? lol i can't believe Aja invented jealousy, it was really tragic (even though i think Valentina seems to be sooo fake sometimes). Still waiting for more screen time for Charlie! I'm so afraid that she will be another underrated contestant of this show :/

    I completely agree with everything you said! :hail: Sasha really deserved more credit, she was the only one to me who both nailed the princess vibe and had an inspiring story to go along with her character. <3 I have to say, as gorgeous as I think Valentina is she really showboats like crazy and her whole "I'm a virginal Hispanic lady" shtick is sooo irritating and fake to me...Who even wears a beret nowadays? :vacuum:

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    fan favourites Kimora Blac

    just clocking this lie

    Kimora's look was boring, her story and her sob story on the runway were embarrassing, and Aja, who for some reason was only operating on about 25% of her usual lipsync ferocity, still managed to wipe the floor with Ms. Blac's sewing-optional surgically-enhances annoying ass (and those are adjectives).

    I'm ready for Charlie to go home. I'm ready to see what the drama with Valentina will be because Michelle was hinting at that in a facebook comment recently. Last but not least I'm ready for a Shea-Nina-Peppermint top three (Seriously HOW did Peppermint not win this week, it had every element Ru loves down to the tragic backstory!).

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    17 hours ago, BeyonceKnowles said:

    just clocking this lie

    Kimora's look was boring, her story and her sob story on the runway were embarrassing, and Aja, who for some reason was only operating on about 25% of her usual lipsync ferocity, still managed to wipe the floor with Ms. Blac's sewing-optional surgically-enhances annoying ass (and those are adjectives).

    I'm ready for Charlie to go home. I'm ready to see what the drama with Valentina will be because Michelle was hinting at that in a facebook comment recently. Last but not least I'm ready for a Shea-Nina-Peppermint top three (Seriously HOW did Peppermint not win this week, it had every element Ru loves down to the tragic backstory!).

    Regardless of what you thought of Kimora's performance, she was probably the third most anticipated queen to appear on the series when the promos were released which is what makes her a fan favourite. :sassy: I'll agree with you on her backstory and sob story but you have to admit that look was SICKENING, her body looked the absolute best out of anyone on the runway (even if it didn't say princess to me at all :stretcher: ).

    Let's be real tho, the producers would never allow an all black top three and imo none of those three really deserve to win the title. :vacuum: Shea has some amazing looks on her Insta but I haven't seen her bring it in the show, Nina is relying on an amateurish looking gimmick and imo Peppermint is the only one really likeable and talented enough to make it to the top three. I'm hoping Farrah steps her game up and impresses us with her acting talents or something because she has the possibility to go top three but she's making it hard to root for her. :'( 

     

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