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12-08-2017 12:22 AM |
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Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot
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Both. "Raven's disease," the one that she claims doesn't have a name despite five MILLION people having it, means that her tenth chromosome is folded over and that somehow simultaneously affects her digestive system but gives her arthritis. She claims that gastroparesis is terminal, which is false. Her parents are guzzling money through a GoFundMe with a goal of $200,000 to make up for her medical bills, despite Raven buying a new car last year and operating I believe two dance studios. She's reportedly had two years to live since about 2009. Somehow her mother and her brother suffer from gastroparesis as well despite it not being hereditary. She entertains the idea of freezing her eggs even though she's apparently a dead woman walking, but insists that she has an 80% chance of passing down BOTH of her terminal diseases to her offspring. She conveniently cut her toe after Christmas broke her foot and then proceeded to gradually increase the number of stitches she reportedly got, turned her limp on whenever she was around Christmas, and took her sock off before approaching Christmas when she came back from having surgery. She immediately took to one-upping Jessica when it was the anniversary of her father's passing by listing all the tragedies in her life. She admitted to being part of the cat ears/coke fiasco and then got indignant when Jessica told Alex that she was. She was icing her wrist when the feeds came back on from Cody vs. Josh and claimed that she got hit with a frying pan despite being nowhere near either Cody or Josh. She literally "banged her knee" into a table on purpose and faked how much it hurt. She cut her finger last night and immediately went into the green bedroom to show everyone her bloody finger.
And if you dare speak about ANY of this on Twitter, her mother doxes you and tries to report you to Child Protective Services if you have children of your own :) Happy gastroparesis awareness month, y'all.
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"Nice family. Really."
:umm2: so her time on this show is basically just a way for them to scam money out of viewers? Pretty crass to say the least. How was all this found out, did someone on Twitter just get fed up with her constantly mentioning it and decide to do their research?
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Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot
(Post 9545127)
okay, so my take on it is that while I could not give nearly as much of a **** about gameplay as A True Superfan Should (shoutout to Reddit turning on Jess in the eleventh hour for... not playing a good game and getting evicted? how dare she), I do believe that gameplay can and does often serve as a vehicle for good natural drama. However, the gameplay this year has only led to contrived drama and we've watched three or four people have the same argument for six weeks now. Paul's gameplay is legitimately suffocating -- pick the target two weeks in advance, create a smear campaign against them for daring to have a mind of their own, command the entire house to ostracize them and not talk to them, send Josh to pick a fight with them a few hours after the POV Meeting, wipe Josh's tears away when he cries and spin some bull**** rhetoric about how they are the ones being BULLIED by [pariah of the week], and then leave the target so over it all that they just fold and don't even bother to campaign. I don't give a **** how effective it is because it's actively ruinous to this season, pretty grimy on a personal level, and it led us to have the same repetitive Jody vs. Paul by proxy of Josh bull**** for six weeks. Every argument has been the same -- Paul commands Josh to go and antagonize Jess and/or Cody, Cody shows initial restraint while Jess verbally assaults Josh, Cody may or may not threaten to murder Josh when the cameras aren't there to record it, and then Josh runs back upstairs and cries about how he's being bullied and they're taking the game to such personal levels.
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The bit in bold is part of the reason I like the US format so much and get invested in the game (and why I'd love the UK to switch to it but that's for another time) :laugh:
The rest of what you've written I largely agree with so don't have much of a response, apart from to say I must just be able to tolerate it for longer? I don't know why it's not bored me yet, granted Paul's good standing is no doubt contributing to my enjoyment and I expect if I'd been watching feeds as much as you and others I'd have probably tired of it by now (tbh that's probably the reason) but idk, maybe I'll end up feeling the same soon? I think for me it's just refreshing to have a season that - as warped as this is - has some dark undertones? And uncomfortable scenes? I realise it's never going to be a Shapiro era season again but it's nice to have one that isn't (for the most part) something that would belong more on Nickelodeon than primetime CBS, as BB16 especially (and subsequent seasons) have been.
I actually think Cody's return hindered rather than helped the season, because Jess seemed to be making inroads or fading into the background after his departure and I began to like her more, which is why it's a shame she's left before him since I don't think he can repair any of the damage. On another note, why is Paul in such a good spot btw? I do think his time will come unfortunately but I'm surprised he's escaped the block for as long as he has post-immunity. Are the majority of the newbies really that enamoured by him? Is his social game really that good? |
