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The current trend Big Brother is setting is the mediation of certain housemates turning them into stock characters such as panto villains (Pauline, Toya prime examples) and the recent compression of what we see of Ashleigh isn't doing her any favours, Big Brother aren't showing anything positive about the girl which in a 24 hour span I find hard to believe and chose only to show other housemates complaining about the girl, making it fit their 'narrative'. With how it's going, Ashleigh is the next hate figure and next girl out.

However, myself I am a huge Ashleigh fan and the majority of people aren't realising she is stuck in a house with 12 people and only finds 1 a source of comfort and trust. Imagine yourself being isolated in a house where the majority of characters are against you and are clearly exaggerated, false beings there to propel them into a mere 15 minutes of fame.

As much as I like Mark and even Danielle, their reasons of being on the show are clear and their hyper-exaggerated qualities are exhausting to watch at times whereas Ashleigh is true to herself and values, and her reason for being on the reality show remaining questionable making her more complex and intriguing.

"Why doesn't she voice her opinion?" I think the girl does voice her opinion, she only finds solace in Danielle and vents to her but mainly Big Brother, its clear she lacks trust with other housemates which I find is a wise move. She hasn't started any arguments as she knows it's a bad feature to pluck an argument and roll with it (Helen and truth or dare gate) but she makes her opinions known, such as the comments in the Diary Room with all the girls where she was clearly disagreeing with Helen etc.

"She's two faced" I haven't seen any evidence of Ashleigh being two faced, she has never tried to impress any of the housemates she doesn't get along with and even when discussing Kimberly with Danielle in the pod when they were interrupted by her she stuck with herself without starting a commotion.

As the programme ended tonight, we saw the girl is much more clued up than the majority of the housemates and she is playing the game. She's playing the game the right way, manipulating other housemates by necessary means. No falseness, no lies, no deceit.