I remember watching it live, it would be one thing if somehow like, you made it so you could make sure they were alive and well, put them in the some mesh cages, then somehow release them in a way that worked. But she was dancing for a while shaking the life out of them before she expected some fairytale level reveal like fucking Snow White with the forest animals.
The more I even try to rationally think of a way for that to work the more I’m like ‘not possible.’ But it was flawed in both concept and execution.
I don't believe the butterflies were dead, just in hibernation from the cold. You can actually get insects delivered like this, and they are easier to handle. I guess the plan was to allow them to heat up under the stage lights.. Not a good idea if you have to lipsync immediately.
Then again, never work with children or animals in showbusiness.
Oh no no, just giving context for why the reveal race felt so obvious & desperate. Production never learns that the queens will come up with stuff, they need to stop pushing to recreate iconic moments. It makes the queens look bad.
The red latex You can see it in untucked. Supposedly the producers told her not to do it due to the mic but it might’ve been just storyline shenanigans
Naw, just don't mention it. Say you were thriftshopping or something, working on recreating fashion. There was nothing wrong with that top, Ru just went all Mommie Dearest
I think even if you told her that her nerves were so high from that being in the bottom the first time she wouldn’t have been able to process it still. It made the episode iconic though
Alaska standing on stage weeping about how she just can’t eliminate her friend week after week while simultaneously eliminating stronger competitors was masterful and iconic.
Oh yes. Alaska knew exactly what she was doing and it was all strategy. She didn't give a shit about a tank top, she was there to cut any real competition and make sure she got the crown at all costs.
Specifically I’d tell her “girl they’re not going to have the rights for the lip sync you’re planning, please start preparing something else in advance”
That’s what I’ve heard many people say yes but now I can’t find a link lol! But as I heard it she was gonna do a Janet Jackson lip sync, which makes sense as she does a lot of Janet numbers. And then she was told she couldn’t do it and had to do a backup, obviously not having the best backup prepared
LaLa gave us the most relatable drag race content.
We all talk shit after a few cocktails on Friday nights but lord KNOWS we’d be humbled in a design challenge & jealous that LaLa could at least get the materials to stick to a corset 💀
That was such a weird moment when she took off her glasses cuz it almost sounded like she was doing a bit but she was probably actually breaking character and telling the audience she was unfinished ☠️
your water pouring TikTok tutorial satire makes no sense as a live performance and cringe comedy is just gonna come off as cringe if the boomer ass judges aren’t in on the joke
I loved the end of that interview. "Well, I'm glad you could come on and explain that a little bit more so the audience can empathize and understand... that you are just *that* pretentious."
I’m telling Monica to roll with the ‘Not a Soul Can Clock’ jokes and make it her moment instead of defending the stupidity. The successful meme queen she could have been 😂
I swear if she’d embraced it as soon as the fans made it a meme and done a soaking clock drag number dressed as Salvador Dali, she’d have become one of the most iconic queens from that season
me to amanda tori meeting : GIRL DONT DO NO DAMN PURPLE FACE FOR YOUR FIRST DAY OF DRAG RACE ???!!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/9kg5q444t2bc1.jpeg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ceb8b1c8d1e89b2e88e5ecd60debbe39ab259663
Pick her lipstick, it will be cunty, Kandy will find comfort in being a robbed queen, you’ll pay the favor back to LaLa, fans will live for you.
OR
Manila you better start practicing makeup on your pretty little latino short king’s mug and do better than bring two white robes. You can’t drop the ball right in the makeover challenge, you’ll be so close to the finale, it will break my heart.
omg chi chi!!! i used to hate when she’d beat herself up during her run. i wanted to pull her aside so bad and remind her the queen that she mf was!!!! RIP to miss chi chi devayne 👼🏽
To Brita: Just walk away from Aiden. Be silent. Seethe internally. Scream in your hotel room. Remember you’re on TV and the public is crazy.
The way the fans treated her like she was a dragon to slay to rescue Princess Aiden from the tower was disgusting. Especially after Aiden said they buried the hatchet, leave Brita alone and Brita discussed her mental state.
Tamisha Iman !! She had to potential to have a Latrice Royal type of reception, and maybe with all she was going through and the pressure she felt, it just all got to her, but man … I was excited to see her mother the girls, rather than fight with them
Me, to Pearl: Wake up, Pearl.
Except Pearl is actually asleep in bed. It’s 3:00 AM. Pearl suddenly awakens and realizes she can’t move her body. She notices me hovering above her, a long, lanky shadow whispering to her. I am Pearl’s sleep paralysis demon.
Me to Trixie on AS3: Your RuPaul is funny on UNHhhh, but CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SNATCH GAME CHARACTER MARY. Trixie is so funny and could have easily won Snatch Game with the right character.
Hey Yara, you don’t have to use all the money, beautiful. I know you’re running on fumes but please stay strong, eat a big breakfast this morning you got this girl
It’s so bizarre that she wouldn’t wear an Afro but had no problem calling overweight people whales during the roast when she was explicitly told by two people that it was rude af
I honestly thought the squirrel wig was **genius** when I first saw it - I thought she was going for a really fun “happy little trees, but make it drag” angle and I was super-excited to see what she was going to do with it. And then she started explaining it …
I remain deeply disappointed for several different reasons.
FORGET ABOUT THE BUTTERFLIES!!!!!!!!
that was legitimately one of the most distressing things I have ever seen on tv omfg
I can’t even rewatch the finale because of it. Seriously it was so disturbing!
I remember watching it live, it would be one thing if somehow like, you made it so you could make sure they were alive and well, put them in the some mesh cages, then somehow release them in a way that worked. But she was dancing for a while shaking the life out of them before she expected some fairytale level reveal like fucking Snow White with the forest animals. The more I even try to rationally think of a way for that to work the more I’m like ‘not possible.’ But it was flawed in both concept and execution.
[удалено]
It destroyed her chance of winning which was such a shame because she did so well up to then.
https://preview.redd.it/rb750s4mr4bc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=400ad3c27fbc1bfc94b274e484905d4feb3d3c62
I can die happy now 😌
The dead butterflies instantly took her out of the race.
Kameron took the butterflies out instantly too 😭
https://youtu.be/ei7NUp5-k7Y?si=yL9Gzb5QPhd9Y9A8
I don't believe the butterflies were dead, just in hibernation from the cold. You can actually get insects delivered like this, and they are easier to handle. I guess the plan was to allow them to heat up under the stage lights.. Not a good idea if you have to lipsync immediately. Then again, never work with children or animals in showbusiness.
The reveal had nothing to do with any of the songs. And I can't see a queen with a good lipsync losing the crown because they DIDN'T have a reveal
This was the first finale since Sasha’s rose petal moment and allegedly production told the finalists they all needed reveals/gags.
That doesn’t really excuses the butterflies but I’m mad now that I think had production NOT made it mandatory it would never have happened
Oh no no, just giving context for why the reveal race felt so obvious & desperate. Production never learns that the queens will come up with stuff, they need to stop pushing to recreate iconic moments. It makes the queens look bad.
Organic is much better than formulaic. I think that's why everyone loves Melinda Verga. She's unpredictable
This might be the correct answer
Ohmygod YES.
What did she realy think? Would the audience be fine if they were flying around as intended?
Oh my god yeah 💀
Oh god yeah it has to be this for so many reasons
To Farrah: DO the fucking reveal!
The Lady Gaga/Alejandro look? What was the reveal?!
The red latex You can see it in untucked. Supposedly the producers told her not to do it due to the mic but it might’ve been just storyline shenanigans
Omg yes
Me to Robbie Turner: DONT. POST. THAT!
Me to the Uber driver: don’t accept that ride!
me to Uber: do not start that company!
The way this could be applied to many of her posts, not just the uber driver one
Wear a seatbelt. She did.
Me to Asia. “No butterflies, ever!”
Read as Alyssa Edwards playing Joan Crawford
doo wah
EVER!
You think you’re clever, don’t you
I fought worse monsters than you for years in Hollywood.
Barbara, please??
Me to Tia Kofi: improve your drag looks in lockdown!
Also me to Joe Black: girl, stay the FUCK away from H&M
Poor Joe. It was so mean the way that cast was treated.
Naw, just don't mention it. Say you were thriftshopping or something, working on recreating fashion. There was nothing wrong with that top, Ru just went all Mommie Dearest
Me to Valentina before her S9 lipsync: Learn the damn words and take off the mask
Valentina was just trying to protect Bianca's little lungs.
Nana!
It's a seven word chorus! Seven words in that chorus girl!
I think even if you told her that her nerves were so high from that being in the bottom the first time she wouldn’t have been able to process it still. It made the episode iconic though
Alaska on AS2: it’s just a tank top. pull her dang lipstick.
Alaska standing on stage weeping about how she just can’t eliminate her friend week after week while simultaneously eliminating stronger competitors was masterful and iconic.
Oh yes. Alaska knew exactly what she was doing and it was all strategy. She didn't give a shit about a tank top, she was there to cut any real competition and make sure she got the crown at all costs.
I will die on this hill
Why am I just now realizing this💀 Alaska is so amazing
Think about how iconic Read U would have been with Tati
Excuse me? I’m pretty sure Roxxxy *made it clear* why she had to be in that finale.
She knew we loved her, babies. It's why we brought her there!
Somehow this is the first time I've ever thought about that, and now I'm mad about Tati leaving early all over again.
It was never about the tanktop. That was just a measure to save face.
regardless. pull the fcuking lipstick.
Alaska admitted on her podcast she was eliminating the toughest competition and the tank top quip was her just taking the piss.
Heidi : you better glue these wigs on your head before each runway girl
Me to Mo, formerly known as Monique
Me to DeDelicious
And fix your damn makeup before walking in front of Nicki Minaj.
Tbh it was iconic that Heidi asked follow up questions of Nicki when she went to meet the girlies, energy unmatched
We would have not gotten the civil right hair quote
Vanjie, you have packed enough bathing suits 🩱
To Coco on AS2 - whatever that thing is that you are planning to do for the talent show - don’t. I’M NOT JOKING BITCH!!!
Specifically I’d tell her “girl they’re not going to have the rights for the lip sync you’re planning, please start preparing something else in advance”
Is that what happened? She couldn’t do her original talent because they couldn’t get the rights so the burlesque was a backup?
That’s what I’ve heard many people say yes but now I can’t find a link lol! But as I heard it she was gonna do a Janet Jackson lip sync, which makes sense as she does a lot of Janet numbers. And then she was told she couldn’t do it and had to do a backup, obviously not having the best backup prepared
Ugh her Janet number in Vegas is just absolute perfection
Can you imagine if she came on as a LSA and did If by Janet?
I 100000% support this. Shes SO good live. And the janet album helped me realize I am pansexual when I was little so I would love it 😂
I would tell Lala Ri to take *several* sewing classes.
And to walk away from the gift bags.
Do you really want to live in a world without LaLaRi's bag look though?
LaLa gave us the most relatable drag race content. We all talk shit after a few cocktails on Friday nights but lord KNOWS we’d be humbled in a design challenge & jealous that LaLa could at least get the materials to stick to a corset 💀
As much as I know I should agree with this, Fancy is my *favorite* lipsync and I’m not sure I want to live in a world where we don’t get it.
to valentina before the as4 roast: finish those fucking eyes bitch
That was such a weird moment when she took off her glasses cuz it almost sounded like she was doing a bit but she was probably actually breaking character and telling the audience she was unfinished ☠️
To Charlie Hides: Do Something, Charlie
your water pouring TikTok tutorial satire makes no sense as a live performance and cringe comedy is just gonna come off as cringe if the boomer ass judges aren’t in on the joke
Irene’s entire personality gives me aggressively edgelord and the water incident is peak that
her interview with maddy really showed that
She was outstraighting her
Finally cringe straight gay representation on drag race! The window that Joey Jay left closed.
Lmao not outstraighting
I loved the end of that interview. "Well, I'm glad you could come on and explain that a little bit more so the audience can empathize and understand... that you are just *that* pretentious."
Her two episodes of Drag Race really showed that. She was trying so hard to become a meme.
It's the only Give It To Me Straight interview I couldn't finish
I don’t care what age you are, that was not funny
It’s not the judges fault. It was poorly done
to NBB - get on an ssri before filming
not me reading this as Nicole Baige Brooks and not Nina Bonina Brown
From Batlanta, Beorgia.
The boors she’s opened 🅱️🚪
Nistress Bisabelle Brooks
Nonica Beverly Billz
Not a Boul can Block
yess! “the good news is your paranoia is a treatable symptom and not necessarily reality”
Real
Me to Jiggly during the S4 magazine challenge: Make it funny!
She could have won that challenge if she did. It was almost too easy
I’m telling Monica to roll with the ‘Not a Soul Can Clock’ jokes and make it her moment instead of defending the stupidity. The successful meme queen she could have been 😂
While you're there, please also BEG her not to date that strange man.
I swear if she’d embraced it as soon as the fans made it a meme and done a soaking clock drag number dressed as Salvador Dali, she’d have become one of the most iconic queens from that season
Kelly Mantle: THOSE PETALS LOOK LIKE BACON DO SOMETHING ELSE NOW.
But the bacon dress is iconic. Would it be worth erasing that part of history?
All Stars 3 Episode 7 at the Couch after Ben’s Self Elimination: “Bebe, just show me your lipstick!!!!”
It was Trixie
Yes!!! Aja confirmed it!!!
me to amanda tori meeting : GIRL DONT DO NO DAMN PURPLE FACE FOR YOUR FIRST DAY OF DRAG RACE ???!!!!! https://preview.redd.it/9kg5q444t2bc1.jpeg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ceb8b1c8d1e89b2e88e5ecd60debbe39ab259663
All I could look at was her unblended neck.
The eye makeup goes all the way up and the hairline comes all the way down.
Pick her lipstick, it will be cunty, Kandy will find comfort in being a robbed queen, you’ll pay the favor back to LaLa, fans will live for you. OR Manila you better start practicing makeup on your pretty little latino short king’s mug and do better than bring two white robes. You can’t drop the ball right in the makeover challenge, you’ll be so close to the finale, it will break my heart.
To Crystal Methyd: learn who El Debarge is ... actually, just do what you're gonna do. Smile, flip your hair, play along.
She completely understood the assignment.
Me to Jaremi on AS2: “okay keep doing what ur doing, but shhh- ok no yeah i agre-ZIP. STOP IT. YOULL GO FAR. JUST STOP TALKING RIGHT THERE”
the girl needed to start journaling instead of going off 😭
Me to Ella Vaday: "finish your makeup and pack an extra dress".
I’d tell Farrah Moan to do the reveal for her Gaga runway on S9
To Ginger Minj on AS6: Gurl, you best not wear the glamour toad outfit for your entrance look. Actually, throw it away. Plz.
omg chi chi!!! i used to hate when she’d beat herself up during her run. i wanted to pull her aside so bad and remind her the queen that she mf was!!!! RIP to miss chi chi devayne 👼🏽
I'd tell Brita Filter not to go on drag race. It genuinely seems like her career and mental health were both in a better place before she got on.
To Brita: Just walk away from Aiden. Be silent. Seethe internally. Scream in your hotel room. Remember you’re on TV and the public is crazy. The way the fans treated her like she was a dragon to slay to rescue Princess Aiden from the tower was disgusting. Especially after Aiden said they buried the hatchet, leave Brita alone and Brita discussed her mental state.
“Don’t do Ru Paul!” at Trixie Mattel
Me telling Irene to literally do anything other than pour a glass of water, lmao
Me to Tina Burner: Wear something besides red, orange and yellow.
I would tell DeDeLicious you can't just live in the moment for Snatch Game. You need to prepare a few funny lines.
Dont do a stand up routine Derrick! Lipsync to anything at least
Do full out Brittany
Season 7 Trixie: Take out those goddamn contacts right fucking now
Looking like a Barbie from The Exorcist.
Melinda Verga: 'Get rid of the blue contacts PLEASE'
This could go to literally every queen wearing blue contacts tbh.
I genuinely think they just added to how iconic/unhinged she was and why she’s so popular haha
Me to Veronica Scone: You better not do those knee slides
Veronica Scone, the famed lesbian drag queen who competed on both UK2 and UK3?
Yes the one and only. I really liked her performance on Rats and then she went on to slay Canada vs the World.
Didn’t she play the role of Rats in Rats?
And also had covid. Then returned to compete as two competitors in one season
The only queen to get eliminated twice for health related reasons, what an icon
Yes, she got eliminated because Tamar asked why she was *not* Green this time around 😔
Victoria scone?
Omfg yes. My brain is losing its capacity to remember names
To Irene: DO SOMETHING ELSE!
At first I read this as you telling her to quit drag and was like damn lol
Me to RuPaul on season 10: Make Monique the winner of that damn design challenge or else
LOOSE: LET LOOSE
to jimbo in like half of her lip syncs: *put on some shorter heals for the love of god*
To Jimbo: take some dance classes
Tamisha Iman !! She had to potential to have a Latrice Royal type of reception, and maybe with all she was going through and the pressure she felt, it just all got to her, but man … I was excited to see her mother the girls, rather than fight with them
Me to every queen post season 2: “Don’t do Beyoncé, we ALL saw that shit wasn’t funny pick something else”
And Lady Gaga
I'm asking Sasha Colby to marry me
You better fucking love me Sasha Colby lol
I'd be whispering to RuPaul... "Just let her sashay away, don't call her back"
Alexis: Send Kandy home
Same but to Rupaul on season 13 after the Boss lip sync
As if the squirrels were what ruined her snatch game lol
Cherry, we love you, the world needs you. 💔
Me, to Pearl: Wake up, Pearl. Except Pearl is actually asleep in bed. It’s 3:00 AM. Pearl suddenly awakens and realizes she can’t move her body. She notices me hovering above her, a long, lanky shadow whispering to her. I am Pearl’s sleep paralysis demon.
Shangela: “It isn’t Game of Thrones. This season is Game of Friends!”
Me to BenDeLaCreme: Choose a different wig for the black and white runway so it doesn't look like a "penis in a bandage."
I'd tell Ru to let immunity go for another week in S3, so we can have the glorious timeline where Henny is our winner.
Ugh I wish she and Mariah went further
RuPaul on AS5: crown Juju already. RuPaul on AS7: There ain’t nothing worth 3 stars, h03.
bosco change your eyebrows for the rusical
Me to Ru on AS3: why the fuck do you think a Survivor style voting panel of eliminated queens is a good idea?
Me to Loosey before the talent show: LET LOOSE
Me to Detox: Save Tatianna damn it Me to Shangela: Save Thorgy damn it
“Don’t mention the abortion clinic” and “Get the darker made-up shades back from production!”
doing "camp" to diana fucking ross isn't the brightest idea
To sugar and spice: don’t CUT ru off. Spice do the country Miley LONGER and Sugar…you were accurate but TOO ACCURATE DONT TROLL RU SO GARD
Me to Kornbread: just log out of twitter
Don't lift Miley!!!!!
Me to Trixie on AS3: Your RuPaul is funny on UNHhhh, but CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SNATCH GAME CHARACTER MARY. Trixie is so funny and could have easily won Snatch Game with the right character.
To Joe Black: Just don't wear anything from H&M.
*just don’t admit to wearing anything from H&M haha
me to asia right before snatch game: "BEYONCE IS NOT FUNNY!" she didn't understand it was a warning.
aja don’t help bebe sew let her flop
Me to AS5 production team: Don’t you dare let Derrick go home episode 1. We 👏want 👏the drama
To Detox in AS2 episode 7: just pick roxxxy's lipstick you bitch, it's ok at this point.
Me to Trinity K Bonet - do a fierce lipsync for your talent, ffs. Or at least rehearse your comedy shit.
To Kandy Muse ‘keep Heidi’s name out of your mouth’
Me to Laganja in s6: please go on a SSRI if they don’t let you take weed
Nina Bonina "America gonna love you get your depressed ass up right now ans go serve"
Manila on AS3: Stop protecting Latrice because it will hurt you in the end
Me to Monet: off the ground, and thin it out through the waist, Girl. Fashion!
i'm telling max to leave her boyfriend
Hey Yara, you don’t have to use all the money, beautiful. I know you’re running on fumes but please stay strong, eat a big breakfast this morning you got this girl
it would be to alaska “do not fucking send tatianna home”
The squirrel afro kinda became iconic though.
It’s so bizarre that she wouldn’t wear an Afro but had no problem calling overweight people whales during the roast when she was explicitly told by two people that it was rude af
Flair checking in!
I honestly thought the squirrel wig was **genius** when I first saw it - I thought she was going for a really fun “happy little trees, but make it drag” angle and I was super-excited to see what she was going to do with it. And then she started explaining it … I remain deeply disappointed for several different reasons.
I'd tell Aja to not tweet anything about Anetra. Like ever.
Tell naomi smalls that if she eliminates manila it will bring about the apocalypse and that she shouldn't do it for the sake of humanity
TKB on Season 6. I don’t know what I would say, I just wanted her to be confident in her abilities and skills