Oh my god finally finished that
BB12 Full Thoughts
- Cast: 5/10
- Tasks: 5/10
- Production: 3/10
- Public Vote: 5/10
- House: 6/10
Overall: 24/50
Housemate Ranking
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15. Mark - A random last place to have I know, but Mark did nothing for me as a housemate and I can't tell whether I'd have hated him winning or Aaron winning more (both equally likely outcomes). He was the typical housemate who's clearly trying so hard to be funny but plays it off as that he's being himself, and Mark's personality is so flat and non-charismatic that he's not an exciting housemate either. 'WILLY WILLY WILLY' was a terrible running gag that continued even after he left, and speaking of willys, not only did he get his out far too often (something so gross producers refused to ever show it fully visible), but he also punched Aaron in the willy and it was during one of BB12's forced montages (will get to those later), and it was played off like it was nothing but it actually really pissed me off and shown to me how secretly aggressive this prick actually was, making me have no issue with putting him last.
14. Aaron - I had him as high as being a really like-level housemate not long ago, and I quite liked him when he was being himself rather than a robotic gameplayer, but his last two or three weeks were so unbelievably terrible that it gives me no choice but to drop him. But it also exposes to me how much I should've disliked him sooner. How he reacted to Faye's exit after CAUSING it shown to me he never really cared for her in spite of the many preaches that he did throughout previous weeks. Him previously being righteous about Jay was proven redundant by Jay getting the better of him in an argument and making me think he forced righteousness previously. I thought Jem went too far on him only for me to realize she was right. I could do this for virtually everyone who complained about him. I also reached the realization in the end that he's the kind of person who thinks they're above everyone just because they're older or more intelligent, and that's something I hate in 9/10 of the housemates that do that. I get why he's a divisive housemate, and to an extent I understand the appeal, but in the end he was nothing but a snarky douche for me.
13. Aden - Sometimes unintentionally funny in regards to his rapping improv and his relationship with Rebeckah, but more often a weak-minded follower lacking in maturity. I also will reiterate the point that he DESERVED every amount of emotional manipulation Rebeckah did to him after he absolutely DID try and force a relationship with her. To a failed womanizer, that's the karma that comes!
12. Anton - Pretty disappointing. There's remnants of an intriguing housemate there, but it's let-down by him being a failure of an antagonist, and not in a funny or endearing way like Victor whom he was trying to emulate. He also was quick to back out of the actual bad things he did, and that's not what a great BB villain does,
Anton.
11. Jay - So mixed on him. I loved his final week and think he deserved to win based on that alone, but the rest of his time was relatively banal sometimes. He was a big character and all, but whenever I was about to root for him about something, he'd do something that'd go too far and I'd go off him again e.g. his reaction to the bananas. His relationship with Louise I also thought seemed genuine and sweet, but he did really insane things like write how much he loves her in love hearts or blood
. I also cannot condone the way producers protected him from the numerous gross actions he did like ****ting in a box and putting it in the freezer just to name one of many
.
10. Harry - Went in HATING him and one or two times I hated him again and I NEVER like when housemates ruin shopping lists, but he had a sweet relationship with Faye, was involved in some hilarious arguments, had an intriguing personality albeit not fleshed out enough, but still not an invigorating housemate.
9. Louise - I liked her down-to-earth and nice personality, and she was always a pleasant presence whenever the focus was on her, however sometimes I was a bit off with her like finding Jay's romantic gestures, including the blood one, the most romantic things anyone's ever done for her
, and the stuff she did with Heaven's wine was pretty sketchy too.
8. Maisy - Like Louise, another likeable personality, but I wasn't as off with her as often and sometimes even quite liked her. But she didn't really do anything that excited me much either apart from the blowout between her, Aaron and Faye that I just remembered I HATED Anton for and I did like how she fell out with him<3.
7. Tom - The males were so terrible that I did not think Tom would be my favorite of them. While he never wowed me, and in early weeks I didn't like him, particularly in the times he clashed with Faye and even Aaron, but he slowly and surely grew on me, and was a fun supporting character presence to have. Him and Alex were my fav duo out of the many of this series as well.
6. Jem - Not that full of personality, but her conflicts with Aaron as well as her own sister Faye (
) were very enjoyable and I'm glad she was sent in when she was, as the series would've been lacking in conflict without her.
5. Tashie - A very interesting and funny person who should NOT have been evicted over HARRY and AARON
. The way she kept thinking she'd become best friends with Pamela Anderson whilst always being ignored by her was hilarious, as was her belief to be a superstar in general.
4. Alex - Way more of a likable and exciting version than the other so-called down-to-earth, normal, female housemates such as Kate, Josie, Sophie, Chloe, maybe even Rachel, and she was my winner out of the (lack of) choices that were there. BB12 was very banal in house conflicts, but Alex (and to a lesser extent Tom) was always there in a chipper mood delivering funny and lovable lines, and deserving of the portion of money she got. The way she always undermined herself but being perked up by all the other housemates was always pretty gratifying too.
3. Faye - Probably the most complex and interesting of the cast, Faye was the main thing that kept me interested in the post-Maisy weeks of BB12. The way she was always in an emotional dilemma with Aaron was a really unique and poignant aspect to her, even if somewhat unsatisfying in the end where she still forgave him after the many awful things he put her through. But she was still a good-natured person, with the value of also being a fun emotional mess to watch.
2. Heaven - So entertaining in a short space of time, Heaven was over-the-top in a pretty innate way without making it look like she was trying to make it look natural (eg MARK!, AARON!). She always got involved in house dynamics, usually to her detriment, and was maybe the most unique of the cast in that regard.
1. Rebeckah - Perhaps the most underrated housemate of all time, Rebeckah is a magnificent case study of someone who's so cheerful and welcoming to others while simultaneously being there to challenge and take advantage of everyone and it was wonderful. I enjoyed the likes of Bea and Roxanne for what they were, but Bea was lacking in quirkiness, light-heartedness and diverseness, and Roxanne was lacking in any successful actions, but Rebeckah more than makes up for this in her role as the short-term antagonist. She did so much in a short space of time and I'd argue CARRIED the first two weeks all on her own. She made me laugh a lot in how over-the-top she was without trying, she made me surprised many times with loads of unpredictability, she constantly made me wonder what her motivations would be through her numerous random actions, she was an intricately BRILLIANT housemate, and would've
flourished on a better series.
Edgic (finally managed to fit these properly):
I don't really want to call this my least favorite series and tbh I can't tell whether or not it is, because it's a clusterf
uck of Ch5 editing which I already found bad enough in BB18 and BB14, but it's way more apparent here and is the series biggest flaw moreso than any housemates ever really ruining it. It's such a drastic jump from Ch4's way of doing things, and even though CBB8 already proved this would be the case, doing so for the first civilian series was the real last straw. The conflicts in the house after Maisy leaves also become really repetitive and there's a lack of proper growth in most of the housemates for me to get behind. The production was really all over the place and unlike BB10, the cast didn't really make up for that. The series felt both way too quick and rushed to watch while somehow also feeling very slow. This is because of dozens and I mean DOZENS of hammy montages that take up their own segments and a tragically mixed bag of housemates with a lack of consistency as to what I could rely myself on enjoying. Do I have anything good to say? It was... unique? Ergh.
Next up for me to watch is BB4! Not doing a poll, as BB4 is not available on youtube but is on another site and better watch it while I have the opportunity to. It also doesn't get talked about enough, as it's a generally shafted on series. The only recent watcher is y.winter, but that doesn't seem to be continuing at the moment so here's to a one-of-a-kind watch coming sometime soon!