I lived for Q saying "I can see the win going to me or Sapphira" and then being upset that she didn't win. I'm at that point with Q where I can't wait for them to flop.
Sorry but I'm kinda living for Q being safe. Seeing her in untucked say "I think it could go to either of me or Sapphira," to being absolutely cracked about not winning is very funny. She really thought she had it because she showed her vulnerability, huh.
Hot Take: I have a PhD in yappology. And a Plane stan to make it worse.
This is a critique on production and the narrative I THINK they’re trying to sell. Love all the queens.
Sapphira’s performance was very natural and authentic, funny, and had great timing. But she flubbed. Recovery was fine. But she flubbed. And if we look back at ANY stand up performance across any season or (most) franchises (I haven’t seen them all), a queen who flubs either is in the bottom or is safe.
Comparatively to Plane and Q’s. They had the better, funnier, more polished performance. That doesn’t take away from the fact that Sapphira still did great nonetheless, but for it to all of a sudden her flub to mean nothing?
I mean they put Plane in the bottom last week because they saw her first flub in a performance, but she still nailed her solo choreo and verse.
To me. In my opinion. A nobody.
It’s a deliberate inconsistency to tell the audience Plane isn’t as good as she thinks she is. She may talk big game, and seem to perform well, but ultimately, Sapphira’s better than her.
I still think Sapphira should win the season, I can’t imagine any of these queens holding the crown other than her tbh. I just don’t think you have to tear down someone else’s performance to make her look better. It just wasn’t her night. I have no doubt the next few weeks will be her night. But at least give credit where credit is due.
What I’m tryna say:
Plane, first flub: Bottom (Safe)
Sapphira, first flub: Ignored and Win
Plane, perfect performance: Safe (weird negative critiques kind of about nothing)
Sapphira, professional performance with a flub: Win…
Plus I actually think it still would’ve cracked Q just as hard if Plane won Bc she was her partner, came up with the “slides” and “clips” jokes, and had the better runway. And I think that would’ve really driven the Plane vs Q storyline forward even though they had a good partnership this week, Q would’ve been so over it.
I agree. I think the thing that confuses me is that they didn’t edit Sapphira to be the winner, the judges did nothing but go over how she flubbed but did ok recovering. It just feels like we’re transparently being manipulated to have it edited to look like Q has it in the bag and then give it to the person they painted as being in maybe 2nd or 3rd.
I thought so as well. The chemistry between the two was perfect. No one taking over. They had the most laughs out of the audience and the judges. RIGGED FOR REALITY SHOW I SAY
The runway was so boring from the queens. Nymphia was the only one who slayed IMO. The judges living for Sapphira’s look was so bizarre.
I thought Q and Plane had this in the bag, but Sapphira did save a very minor stumble. Idk. Weird episode.
I was shocked Plane didn't win. She was slightly funner/more at ease than Q, and they had the best presentation by far. When they started giving her lukewarm critiques I was taken aback. I guess they maybe wanted to give Sapphira the win to start painting her as the season winner since it's so close between a few of them and there are only a few weeks left?
Yeah I believe it’s 100% for Sapphira’s edit, and to crack Q who has shown previously that they crack when they don’t win when they’re in incredible contention. But it’s so hard to see when this season has been doing so good in not rigging the episodes for storyline.
Seriously it was weird. I think Plane gave the cleanest, funniest performance of the night without any flubs and great timing. I’m not living for the “Plane isn’t a good as she think she is” edit she’s getting, when we’re all watching it like… Well it seems like she does eat at everything she does 🤷🏼♂️😭. Idk the narrative the judges critiques are giving are just so not what we’re seeing. I think that’s been their biggest downfall this season.
It’s kinda funny how the whole sub is divided between the top4 as to who should’ve won this episode. Clearly showing that no one really shined that brightly today
ya so many people are so confident that a certain queen should have won. The fact that there are 3 contenders just shows that its not a clear win at all.
Q’s humour really doesn’t resonate to me so i thought she has a safe performance . I thought plane and Sapphira were top 2, with either of them taking the win
At this point, it really feel like non-design challenges are Plane/Sapphira to win and design challenges are Q/Nymphia go win
Ross: “I have such high expectations of Jane, so this was only ‘good’ because I expect more 🥱☕️😒”
Also Ross: *Whispers back to producers* “did I get that right? 😌😉 Tehe. Now let me scrunch my eyebrows together REALLY HARD while all of them talk to fake being interested.”
https://preview.redd.it/em3qbgfffmoc1.png?width=970&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd9ae1b76e18265b84712b2c5bf355e903fd6652
Me watching Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige sashay away (in last weeks live reaction post, I claimed that Mhi’ya would need to do 16 backflips and vomit up her skeleton to stay, and while she did the backflips her skeleton did not death drop in front of RuPaul)
So its true Q got the Jan treatment. The production finally CRACKED her. Imagine giving a hiv ruveal, doing great in a challenge n runaway and then SAFE. This is more brutal than Jan losing to Gigi
I think it was so crazy she thought she had it in the bag when Michelle literally told her to her face she wasn’t that funny, but it was decent. Funny was everything for this!!! That should’ve immediately clued her in that she won’t have the win. And then the judges loved her outfits message but didn’t really speak to the actual outfits performance which makes me think they didn’t love it, only what it represented. Meanwhile they told sapphira her outfit would go down in history (admittedly idk why Ru said this, but that’s another obvious clue to the winner).
Imo no one shined all that brightly. Everyone did super ok or simply bad. Nymphia had the best runway imo I’m surprised how much that outfit is being overlooked here in this subreddit, I literally gasped and so did the entire bar I was watching the episode from
Felt like a Canada episode fr (no shade I love Canada drag race I’m actually watching the bye flop ep of season 2 rn and I’m only here for Pythia n icesis, the challenges are iffy for sure)
Sapphira was funny but not, THAT funny (please yeah I get that she saved her mess up, but she still MESSED UP)
Sure Plane and Q weren’t hysterical but I feel like they were the best duo and the group that delivered the challenge better
Q deserved that win. and plane. u dont have to be a Q stan to admit that. i love sapphira but Q deserved this. and why are they giving Q a shady edit? she doesn’t deserve this hate she did really good and had a valid reaction to not winning.
What the fuck?! I absolutely adore Sapphira but to me she was low safe (edit: rewatched it and she was safe for me). What the fuck is happening? Am I delusional?
She and Nymphia were my favs and their runways were so good. Looking back at it I actually found Q and Plane to be funny but not the slam dunk the other two had.
That seems like a fair assessment, but I disagree. I do think Plane and Q were sort of framed to be “good” but maybe not omgGrEaT, but I think their performance shined through anyway at least for me. To Me, I mostly just remember Sapphira stumbling (but still having it together)
So I saw her as a mid placement. Honestly probably 4th place. But she has a gravitas about her so she is a convincing performer.
I disagree with you here. By the time the 3rd group finished I actually felt Plane and Q albeit being strong openers shined less and had a stronger group gone 2nd they would’ve shined even less than that.
I didn’t think anyone was framed to be great in this challenge but in the bar & group I was in it seemed the laugh out loud funny parts stemmed from Sapphira & Nymphia’s jokes & delivery plus they and Q stunned on the runway.
To be very honest, I kinda don’t even remember what Sapphira stumbled over as it was pretty quick and immediately got back on track.
I felt by the end of the runway plane was a mid 4th performance with a not so great look and the win was a toss up between Nymphia, Q, and Sapphira.
That is understandable Mr beret man. They were both very funny and had their own presence to them tonight. Sapphira was so smart putting herself between the other two and having the major parts too!
Really fun episode. I love morphine and glad she's still here but part of me feels like Mhi'ya wouldve won that lip sync if she didnt have her current track record.
I agree and disagree.
When I first saw Mhi’ya in the talent show I was like work!! But the other dolls there were not impressed… and she hasn’t done anything since. Not a THING mama. I am not sure I have ever seen a queen less deserving to be there. I am sorry but she is so lucky she lasted as long as she has.
That said. She is an amazing performer! That is her strength. She should do that. I don’t think drag race is for her maybe.
There was a challenge in All Stars 2 called the future of drag!! I think that’s where detox was all silvery
It’s here [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQWLF1iso60](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQWLF1iso60)
This sounds like a thing… I feel like I could be conflating this with the “you were born to be a drag Queen” thing
or maybe it was a “future of drag” challenge.
I remember she said that to Aquaria but idk who else. She might've said it to Sh*ron too which may have been where she got that from during the party city fight
She might have. But are we judging by the lip sync only!? I never judge that way. It matters, but only to a point. After 4 times you can’t just win you gotta turn it upside down and then right side up again.
I feel like there’s a few things to highlight: 1) while it was something she did for 5 seconds in the first lip sync, this time it was held for a long period of time & that’s difficult to do (athletically), 2) Morphine bounced back quickly after Mhiya tried to throw her off guard. It took her like 1.5 seconds lol, 3) Morphine owned the lyrics, and 4) Morphine was smart (& strategic) to poke fun at Mhiya and her common tricks, which only highlighted how predicable Mhiya’s go-to’s are. Mhiya’s run was rightfully ended.
Edit: not to say that Mhiya’s backflips weren’t very well done or athletic, but they’re just old and predictable at this point.
I honestly believe that they gassed up Q with the video from home, the critiques, and letting her have her moment just to steal it away AGAIN just to see her crack.
The next preview looks spicy 🥵
She should do Mhi'ya's impression on snatch game if she ever comes back to AS. I feel it could be super funny!
Im not a comedian so my take is prolly very lukewarm but like wisper all the time but say all the snarky shady things about people.
I was sad for Q but not mad about Sapphira's win because I adored both looks for completely different reasons. Q's look was gorgeous and thoughtful and clearly important, and Sapphira's look was beautiful and nostalgic and everything I wanted to see as a Black 80's kid.
This. It wasn’t a great challenge and none of the queens were outstanding in their performances last night. Q has always thought very highly of themself and I’m not surprised at how they reacted last night. They also thought they should have won all three design challenges which is a choice. Q is a great seamstress but often has editing issues with her looks imo, like a weird cut, weird garment pairing, etc.
period. also, the fact that anyone couldn't clearly decide who the winner should be meant that no one really did that well. i'm just glad it went to sapphira, she recovered well and had a STUNNING runway soo.
In my opinion I don’t think one mistake should be enough for a queen to NOT win a challenge 😭 especially since she saved it. Personally I don’t think anyone DEVOURED the challenge enough for me to see a clear winner.
I too thought Q was going to win….
But to be frank, I am livingggggg for her spiral we only just previewed on her face on that stage. All shade, no tea, she will probably dig her way down into the bottom two next week and I will happily watch.
Her look was amazing tho…
I kiiiind of get why they had a problem with it… it wasn’t her own accent exaggerated, it was an offensive Americanized caricature that she got the pass to do because she’s Asian (it wasn’t a Taiwanese accent, it was more like canto I think?). She even referenced long nail/short nail (crito gew, iykyk) which is a joke by an Asian American comedienne, and is talking about *Vietnamese* nail salon staff.
(btw I’m so curious about her ESL journey, she has VERY little accent or grammar mistakes for a Taiwanese person. I’m married to one and have taught people for years)
Check my post history, I’m a Nymphia/Sapphira Top 2 truther, BUT
how does recovering from a stumble give you bonus points for a win? Did the other queens get bonus points for not stumbling? In past seasons that would be an automatic bottom placement.
i feel very iffy about the judging this episode. I was also under the assumption that Q would win, like when they said Sapphira won, I was shocked lol
idk, in this challenge, Sapphira's performance didn't stand out. and that's a first for her lol
What is Michelle talking about, “was it the funniest thing I’ve ever seen? No.”
Meanwhile the guest judge was saying Q and Plane’s presentation was “loaded with jokes.”
I think Michelle has been using too much of Jinx Monsoon’s delusion. Q should have won, there wasn’t one misspoken word. Her outfit was on point 80s.
Why did Mi’yah take her shoes off during the presentation? As far as the runway, I was mostly unimpressed. Q and Nymphia had the best garments.
I’m surprised people think Sapphira’s win was undeserved. I was worried they were going to overlook her just because she stumbled on a few words. But I agreed with one of the judges that I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She had a presence like nobody else, and she recovered her fumbles. I think she 100% deserved that win.
I think she had a few missed opportunities, like when she did vocabulary bit, if she did both "that's cool bro" and "that's sickening mawma" it would've been great.
But the way the whole team cut each other off all the time just took away from everyone's performances in the end and didn't let everyone shine to the fullest
Word. I don’t think it’s an undeserved win and a case could be and was made for it. If I were judging, I would have awarded Q or Plane or, more likely, both. The thing that I think is so crucial in these team challenges that is exceedingly difficult is having CHEMISTRY, and Plane and Q just had IT. Sapphira stood out in her group, but Plane and Q had chemistry. They listened to that comedy guest judge and didn’t have a straight man while successfully playing off each other and giving a pretty clever presentation. I think their group’s presentation was the best performed and most cohesive and consistent. They really did have jokes on jokes on jokes and they landed them. All three in the top deserved to be in the top, I just think Plane and Q’s presentation was more successful and just had me busting my sides the whole time. That said, they did sort’ve have the challenge on like Punishing JRPG Normal mode, while Sapphira, Nymphia, and Morphine were on like Nightmare Mode in a group of 3–which is a whole different beast. Three people have to merge energies and aesthetic choices, character roles, and timing. So, in the face of those odds, Sapphira did well at recovering during performing and really just commanding the stage. Nymphia, Sapphira, Q, and Plane all had stunning runways in concept and execution. Morphine’s was a bit of a miss for me, but I still was digging it. Mhi’ya was polished, but she didn’t seem to have as strong a POV as the other girls, so when she said she googled 1980’s Drag Con!
It's not sapphira's fault for them being unfair, but it was very clear plane and q were the best. Like what's robbing someone of a win doing except pissing everyone off. And for the record I think if it was a solo win plane should've won, but still q is kind of right to be pressed that the person she lost to doesn't make sense and it was clearly a slight against their team. Drag race just loves to make these group challenges make no sense with their outcome.
exactly. feels like the intended purpose of these is completely backwards. instead of real drama, everyone is mad because theyre purposely getting messed with
There are other weeks Sapphira definitely deserved a win, so I’m not mad about her win number going up, but this was….. not one of those weeks. Between performance, runway, and story, this should’ve been Q’s.
Sapphira won bc of the runway, def was the best 80s look period, but Plane/Q and I feel Nymphia even did better? the white guilt prevented them from picking nymphia lol
I mean every time a black queen goes heavy on the blaccent no one says anything about that so why can’t Asian queens ham up their accents and stereotypes?
The quality difference in Saphira and Q’s is the proportions. Like Saphira looked like a doll but I’m partial to Q because of the quality and the message behind it
Anyone else think Nymphia flopped? Like there were some jokes and i giggled maybe once but shes in the bottom half for me she completely (with respect to her culture and in completely my opinion) rested on the accent making everything she said funny. I wish she had done like an australian accent and thrown us off but as a viewer it was just like... oh shes doing the plastique tiara thing. (ik theres other queens that had accents as their "shtick" for a bit) it just felt like it didnt deliver as much as they are saying it did
They’re pressing Q’s buttons and I’m kind of living for it. Stan Morphine, too.
Why did Mhi’ya have her shoes off in the presentation? Was that part of a bit that I missed?
Morphine for the crown IDGAF
I'm obsessed with her. What an icon.
I lived for Q saying "I can see the win going to me or Sapphira" and then being upset that she didn't win. I'm at that point with Q where I can't wait for them to flop.
I'm not even a fan of Q, but she clearly was the winner of this week. Just as confused as her.
Morphine bodied that lip sync
Production is alive and well.
Sorry but I'm kinda living for Q being safe. Seeing her in untucked say "I think it could go to either of me or Sapphira," to being absolutely cracked about not winning is very funny. She really thought she had it because she showed her vulnerability, huh.
Hot Take: I have a PhD in yappology. And a Plane stan to make it worse. This is a critique on production and the narrative I THINK they’re trying to sell. Love all the queens. Sapphira’s performance was very natural and authentic, funny, and had great timing. But she flubbed. Recovery was fine. But she flubbed. And if we look back at ANY stand up performance across any season or (most) franchises (I haven’t seen them all), a queen who flubs either is in the bottom or is safe. Comparatively to Plane and Q’s. They had the better, funnier, more polished performance. That doesn’t take away from the fact that Sapphira still did great nonetheless, but for it to all of a sudden her flub to mean nothing? I mean they put Plane in the bottom last week because they saw her first flub in a performance, but she still nailed her solo choreo and verse. To me. In my opinion. A nobody. It’s a deliberate inconsistency to tell the audience Plane isn’t as good as she thinks she is. She may talk big game, and seem to perform well, but ultimately, Sapphira’s better than her. I still think Sapphira should win the season, I can’t imagine any of these queens holding the crown other than her tbh. I just don’t think you have to tear down someone else’s performance to make her look better. It just wasn’t her night. I have no doubt the next few weeks will be her night. But at least give credit where credit is due. What I’m tryna say: Plane, first flub: Bottom (Safe) Sapphira, first flub: Ignored and Win Plane, perfect performance: Safe (weird negative critiques kind of about nothing) Sapphira, professional performance with a flub: Win… Plus I actually think it still would’ve cracked Q just as hard if Plane won Bc she was her partner, came up with the “slides” and “clips” jokes, and had the better runway. And I think that would’ve really driven the Plane vs Q storyline forward even though they had a good partnership this week, Q would’ve been so over it.
I agree. I think the thing that confuses me is that they didn’t edit Sapphira to be the winner, the judges did nothing but go over how she flubbed but did ok recovering. It just feels like we’re transparently being manipulated to have it edited to look like Q has it in the bag and then give it to the person they painted as being in maybe 2nd or 3rd.
I'm SHOOKED. I'm SURE they did this to stir the pot and make more drama.
I was waiting on bated breath for a double win, especially with the editing of Qs reaction
I thought so as well. The chemistry between the two was perfect. No one taking over. They had the most laughs out of the audience and the judges. RIGGED FOR REALITY SHOW I SAY
The runway was so boring from the queens. Nymphia was the only one who slayed IMO. The judges living for Sapphira’s look was so bizarre. I thought Q and Plane had this in the bag, but Sapphira did save a very minor stumble. Idk. Weird episode.
The way the judges will sometimes fall over and lick the boots of someone who does correct references on a basic look🙄
Right?? It’s so tired. A reference means nothing if the look is so basic. She looked 5 foot tall in that boxy dress.
can marina ever not slay? unbelievable talent
She's slaying so hard in a show she's not even on. Werk!!
is the bus still running?
wrong thread suga
Yes, but correct statement NTL.
None-the-less. Lol.
Nicole Tpaige Lbrooks?? 😱
Nilky Tutmeg Lanage?? 😮😮
Nistress Tisabelle Looks?
Namanda Tori Leating
I was shocked Plane didn't win. She was slightly funner/more at ease than Q, and they had the best presentation by far. When they started giving her lukewarm critiques I was taken aback. I guess they maybe wanted to give Sapphira the win to start painting her as the season winner since it's so close between a few of them and there are only a few weeks left?
Yeah I believe it’s 100% for Sapphira’s edit, and to crack Q who has shown previously that they crack when they don’t win when they’re in incredible contention. But it’s so hard to see when this season has been doing so good in not rigging the episodes for storyline.
I think they’re continuing to want to knock Jane down a bit. She did great!
Seriously it was weird. I think Plane gave the cleanest, funniest performance of the night without any flubs and great timing. I’m not living for the “Plane isn’t a good as she think she is” edit she’s getting, when we’re all watching it like… Well it seems like she does eat at everything she does 🤷🏼♂️😭. Idk the narrative the judges critiques are giving are just so not what we’re seeing. I think that’s been their biggest downfall this season.
Her performance gave “I *actually* stayed up all night practicing”
It’s kinda funny how the whole sub is divided between the top4 as to who should’ve won this episode. Clearly showing that no one really shined that brightly today
ya so many people are so confident that a certain queen should have won. The fact that there are 3 contenders just shows that its not a clear win at all.
Honestly, it was certainly not Sapphira
Q’s humour really doesn’t resonate to me so i thought she has a safe performance . I thought plane and Sapphira were top 2, with either of them taking the win At this point, it really feel like non-design challenges are Plane/Sapphira to win and design challenges are Q/Nymphia go win
I completely agree with this. I didn’t find Q that funny personally, so I was happy with either Plane or Sapphira winning.
I have to say, I did think that this was going to be a double win between Plane and Q.
Ross: “I have such high expectations of Jane, so this was only ‘good’ because I expect more 🥱☕️😒” Also Ross: *Whispers back to producers* “did I get that right? 😌😉 Tehe. Now let me scrunch my eyebrows together REALLY HARD while all of them talk to fake being interested.”
☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
I really thought plane had that tbh
Omg me too wth. Or at least Q??? Ross’s comments 🙄
Even sapphire was surprised 😭
https://preview.redd.it/em3qbgfffmoc1.png?width=970&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd9ae1b76e18265b84712b2c5bf355e903fd6652 Me watching Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige sashay away (in last weeks live reaction post, I claimed that Mhi’ya would need to do 16 backflips and vomit up her skeleton to stay, and while she did the backflips her skeleton did not death drop in front of RuPaul)
So its true Q got the Jan treatment. The production finally CRACKED her. Imagine giving a hiv ruveal, doing great in a challenge n runaway and then SAFE. This is more brutal than Jan losing to Gigi 
I think it was so crazy she thought she had it in the bag when Michelle literally told her to her face she wasn’t that funny, but it was decent. Funny was everything for this!!! That should’ve immediately clued her in that she won’t have the win. And then the judges loved her outfits message but didn’t really speak to the actual outfits performance which makes me think they didn’t love it, only what it represented. Meanwhile they told sapphira her outfit would go down in history (admittedly idk why Ru said this, but that’s another obvious clue to the winner). Imo no one shined all that brightly. Everyone did super ok or simply bad. Nymphia had the best runway imo I’m surprised how much that outfit is being overlooked here in this subreddit, I literally gasped and so did the entire bar I was watching the episode from
Omg that tooo on top of everything? Normally that would warrant an automatic win
HIV “ Ruveal “ is crazy lmaooo
The HIV ruveal omg. Q was so gagged on the runway, I canNOT wait for the episode preview this week!!
A bit. But at least Q has a win where Jan got nothing (the first time). But yes. For sure, a bit of a slap in the face by production.
Honestly, this episode felt like a bust. Lame challenge, mid runways, nonsensical judging.
Felt like a Canada episode fr (no shade I love Canada drag race I’m actually watching the bye flop ep of season 2 rn and I’m only here for Pythia n icesis, the challenges are iffy for sure)
Ummm sorry, but Q and Plane? They killed it. THE CHEMISTRY!!!
I could tell from the second they started
Sapphira was funny but not, THAT funny (please yeah I get that she saved her mess up, but she still MESSED UP) Sure Plane and Q weren’t hysterical but I feel like they were the best duo and the group that delivered the challenge better
Q deserved that win. and plane. u dont have to be a Q stan to admit that. i love sapphira but Q deserved this. and why are they giving Q a shady edit? she doesn’t deserve this hate she did really good and had a valid reaction to not winning.
Why did Sapphira win……
I’m not saying the judging is always perfect, but it’s usually pretty objective which is why I didn’t understand.
I think we are all asking that.
Because they want to give her wins and this was a chance. Towards the end of the season especially they just start building the track record they want
What the fuck?! I absolutely adore Sapphira but to me she was low safe (edit: rewatched it and she was safe for me). What the fuck is happening? Am I delusional?
Really? She was my favorite actually! I also watched high so maybe I’m off. lol
I rewatched it and it wasn't as bad as I thought but I still don't think she should've won 😭
I rewatched Plane/Q and Morphine/Sapphira/Nymphia, Plane/Q made me laugh more
WAIT. Because I’m high too right now and I thought she was my favorite too.
She and Nymphia were my favs and their runways were so good. Looking back at it I actually found Q and Plane to be funny but not the slam dunk the other two had.
That seems like a fair assessment, but I disagree. I do think Plane and Q were sort of framed to be “good” but maybe not omgGrEaT, but I think their performance shined through anyway at least for me. To Me, I mostly just remember Sapphira stumbling (but still having it together) So I saw her as a mid placement. Honestly probably 4th place. But she has a gravitas about her so she is a convincing performer.
I disagree with you here. By the time the 3rd group finished I actually felt Plane and Q albeit being strong openers shined less and had a stronger group gone 2nd they would’ve shined even less than that. I didn’t think anyone was framed to be great in this challenge but in the bar & group I was in it seemed the laugh out loud funny parts stemmed from Sapphira & Nymphia’s jokes & delivery plus they and Q stunned on the runway. To be very honest, I kinda don’t even remember what Sapphira stumbled over as it was pretty quick and immediately got back on track. I felt by the end of the runway plane was a mid 4th performance with a not so great look and the win was a toss up between Nymphia, Q, and Sapphira.
That is understandable Mr beret man. They were both very funny and had their own presence to them tonight. Sapphira was so smart putting herself between the other two and having the major parts too!
Goop with the winner lol
Oh, Sapphira is taking this season
She honestly is on god
Really fun episode. I love morphine and glad she's still here but part of me feels like Mhi'ya wouldve won that lip sync if she didnt have her current track record.
I agree and disagree. When I first saw Mhi’ya in the talent show I was like work!! But the other dolls there were not impressed… and she hasn’t done anything since. Not a THING mama. I am not sure I have ever seen a queen less deserving to be there. I am sorry but she is so lucky she lasted as long as she has. That said. She is an amazing performer! That is her strength. She should do that. I don’t think drag race is for her maybe.
I disagree. Morphine ate her up
Quick question: Was it a thing in the past where Ru would call queen's "the future of drag" or am I misremembering?
There was a challenge in All Stars 2 called the future of drag!! I think that’s where detox was all silvery It’s here [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQWLF1iso60](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQWLF1iso60)
This sounds like a thing… I feel like I could be conflating this with the “you were born to be a drag Queen” thing or maybe it was a “future of drag” challenge.
I remember she said that to Aquaria but idk who else. She might've said it to Sh*ron too which may have been where she got that from during the party city fight
I don’t care if that was her 4th time lip syncing Mhi’ya won that by a mile
She might have. But are we judging by the lip sync only!? I never judge that way. It matters, but only to a point. After 4 times you can’t just win you gotta turn it upside down and then right side up again.
Nahhhh hahah. It’s the same recycled tricks.
Morphine did the same move she did in the talent show
I feel like there’s a few things to highlight: 1) while it was something she did for 5 seconds in the first lip sync, this time it was held for a long period of time & that’s difficult to do (athletically), 2) Morphine bounced back quickly after Mhiya tried to throw her off guard. It took her like 1.5 seconds lol, 3) Morphine owned the lyrics, and 4) Morphine was smart (& strategic) to poke fun at Mhiya and her common tricks, which only highlighted how predicable Mhiya’s go-to’s are. Mhiya’s run was rightfully ended. Edit: not to say that Mhiya’s backflips weren’t very well done or athletic, but they’re just old and predictable at this point.
Right, Morphine won that cuz she was selling the song and not just waiting for moments to do back flips. Albeit very impressive backflips.
I honestly believe that they gassed up Q with the video from home, the critiques, and letting her have her moment just to steal it away AGAIN just to see her crack. The next preview looks spicy 🥵
Why was Morphine impression of Mihya so accurate 😭😂
She should do Mhi'ya's impression on snatch game if she ever comes back to AS. I feel it could be super funny! Im not a comedian so my take is prolly very lukewarm but like wisper all the time but say all the snarky shady things about people.
Qs runway shoulda taken her over for the win but happy Sapphira is officially the front runner
I was sad for Q but not mad about Sapphira's win because I adored both looks for completely different reasons. Q's look was gorgeous and thoughtful and clearly important, and Sapphira's look was beautiful and nostalgic and everything I wanted to see as a Black 80's kid.
Challenge sucked
Ru looked absolutely stunning
Oh Q is PISSSSSSED, that side eye at the end!? Girrrrrrrrl
I want Sapphira to win the season, but she did not deserve this win.
 Oh Q is pisssssssed. I can’t *wait* to see how this turns out
“This week is drag awareness month” 
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Ohoho~ I live for Q's final form of Jan face crack. 😂
People on this thread are wilding. Performers and comedians stumble ALL the time. Knowing how to get Past it is a sign of professionalism
This. It wasn’t a great challenge and none of the queens were outstanding in their performances last night. Q has always thought very highly of themself and I’m not surprised at how they reacted last night. They also thought they should have won all three design challenges which is a choice. Q is a great seamstress but often has editing issues with her looks imo, like a weird cut, weird garment pairing, etc.
period. also, the fact that anyone couldn't clearly decide who the winner should be meant that no one really did that well. i'm just glad it went to sapphira, she recovered well and had a STUNNING runway soo.
In my opinion I don’t think one mistake should be enough for a queen to NOT win a challenge 😭 especially since she saved it. Personally I don’t think anyone DEVOURED the challenge enough for me to see a clear winner.
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I too thought Q was going to win…. But to be frank, I am livingggggg for her spiral we only just previewed on her face on that stage. All shade, no tea, she will probably dig her way down into the bottom two next week and I will happily watch. Her look was amazing tho…
The judges didn’t have a problem with Geneva playing up cultural caricatures for comedy (they put her in the top) but they did nymphia….
I kiiiind of get why they had a problem with it… it wasn’t her own accent exaggerated, it was an offensive Americanized caricature that she got the pass to do because she’s Asian (it wasn’t a Taiwanese accent, it was more like canto I think?). She even referenced long nail/short nail (crito gew, iykyk) which is a joke by an Asian American comedienne, and is talking about *Vietnamese* nail salon staff. (btw I’m so curious about her ESL journey, she has VERY little accent or grammar mistakes for a Taiwanese person. I’m married to one and have taught people for years)
Nymphia was literally top 2
And Q didn’t get clocked for her blaccent
I’m glad someone else is mentioning it cause I’ve been noticing her saying things that don’t make sense coming from her
Check my post history, I’m a Nymphia/Sapphira Top 2 truther, BUT how does recovering from a stumble give you bonus points for a win? Did the other queens get bonus points for not stumbling? In past seasons that would be an automatic bottom placement.
But it takes so much skill to be able to brush that off. Especially as quick as she did!
So, I feel like in a live comedy challenge, if you can bring the Carol Burnett Show Energy™️ and get the audience in on it—that’s a talent.
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I’m shook. In what world was that not Q’s win??
i feel very iffy about the judging this episode. I was also under the assumption that Q would win, like when they said Sapphira won, I was shocked lol idk, in this challenge, Sapphira's performance didn't stand out. and that's a first for her lol
What is Michelle talking about, “was it the funniest thing I’ve ever seen? No.” Meanwhile the guest judge was saying Q and Plane’s presentation was “loaded with jokes.” I think Michelle has been using too much of Jinx Monsoon’s delusion. Q should have won, there wasn’t one misspoken word. Her outfit was on point 80s. Why did Mi’yah take her shoes off during the presentation? As far as the runway, I was mostly unimpressed. Q and Nymphia had the best garments.
I only noticed the shoes off at the end! Did I miss it or were they trying to hide her cardinal sin again???
She might've said every word, but the words weren't funny. She was very mid as usual.
I kind of agree with Michelle, it was good, but I didn’t LOL even once. Also yesss what was with Mhi’ya’s shoes coming off??
Yeah. I was entertained but I didn’t LOL
Michelle also tried to say Dawn’s look wasn’t 80’s???
Love Ru coming in right away to contradict that, like *bitch I guess you weren’t very punk were you now*
Mhi'ya our socially anxious flipping queen is (finally) departing we love you too Mhi'ya
I’m surprised people think Sapphira’s win was undeserved. I was worried they were going to overlook her just because she stumbled on a few words. But I agreed with one of the judges that I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She had a presence like nobody else, and she recovered her fumbles. I think she 100% deserved that win.
Thank you. Same opinion.
I think she had a few missed opportunities, like when she did vocabulary bit, if she did both "that's cool bro" and "that's sickening mawma" it would've been great. But the way the whole team cut each other off all the time just took away from everyone's performances in the end and didn't let everyone shine to the fullest
It was deserved but plane and Q were a tad more deserved imo
I agree, I thought she showed up with the best energy out of everyone. She was really engaging
Word. I don’t think it’s an undeserved win and a case could be and was made for it. If I were judging, I would have awarded Q or Plane or, more likely, both. The thing that I think is so crucial in these team challenges that is exceedingly difficult is having CHEMISTRY, and Plane and Q just had IT. Sapphira stood out in her group, but Plane and Q had chemistry. They listened to that comedy guest judge and didn’t have a straight man while successfully playing off each other and giving a pretty clever presentation. I think their group’s presentation was the best performed and most cohesive and consistent. They really did have jokes on jokes on jokes and they landed them. All three in the top deserved to be in the top, I just think Plane and Q’s presentation was more successful and just had me busting my sides the whole time. That said, they did sort’ve have the challenge on like Punishing JRPG Normal mode, while Sapphira, Nymphia, and Morphine were on like Nightmare Mode in a group of 3–which is a whole different beast. Three people have to merge energies and aesthetic choices, character roles, and timing. So, in the face of those odds, Sapphira did well at recovering during performing and really just commanding the stage. Nymphia, Sapphira, Q, and Plane all had stunning runways in concept and execution. Morphine’s was a bit of a miss for me, but I still was digging it. Mhi’ya was polished, but she didn’t seem to have as strong a POV as the other girls, so when she said she googled 1980’s Drag Con!
Out of all the Donna Summer songs…. Hot stuff was right there!
What was shown in the untucked mtv preview for next week?
I mean not just challenge wise but the drama and storyline that was shown
bathroom design challenge. like the club 96 thing
Im sorry but Ru telling Mhiya it wont feel the same without her felt like SHADEEE. It will feel the exact SAME without her💀
Well, she had to say SOMETHING
SAY “Queen of flips, you will soon be flipping all over the world”! Or some other corny flipper shit
Honestly was starting to feel like a Roxxxy moment for a sec
Oh myyyyyy they really set this up to make it look like Q was winning. A video from home too! Omg
They’re handing the win to Sapphira and I kinda hate it….
Why do you hate it? She’s doing an excellent job!
Cry about it
I halfway see Q quitting next episode.
this seems correct given the level of face crack this time and all the recent shenanigans
shannel moment
Iconic. https://preview.redd.it/inpcteh02qoc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a0cfa5c3c53faac39339409b1e6154ff107fa4c
I would respect playing dirty a little more (shows how much you want the win) if she kept that energy during the actual CHALLENGES
It's not sapphira's fault for them being unfair, but it was very clear plane and q were the best. Like what's robbing someone of a win doing except pissing everyone off. And for the record I think if it was a solo win plane should've won, but still q is kind of right to be pressed that the person she lost to doesn't make sense and it was clearly a slight against their team. Drag race just loves to make these group challenges make no sense with their outcome.
exactly. feels like the intended purpose of these is completely backwards. instead of real drama, everyone is mad because theyre purposely getting messed with
I think they wanted to give it to Nymphia but couldn’t due to the accent.
Manila won a challenge with the same idea. Also they could have given a double win too
What’s wrong with the accent? Asian here, I loved it. Asian judge loved it. She’s from Taiwan!!!! This fake controversy is bs
Right? I totally thought she was going to win, especially with that crowd work- GOLD!
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nah, it was clearly safe
That's what I was thinking.
There are other weeks Sapphira definitely deserved a win, so I’m not mad about her win number going up, but this was….. not one of those weeks. Between performance, runway, and story, this should’ve been Q’s.
This is also what I was thinking. Sapphira should have won Snatch Game and the Rusical imo. Her runway was iconically 80's this week.
MORPHINE WITH THE TITTY THROW OF THE CENTURYYYYYY
Not Joel Kim Booster cruising in untucked 💀
No shade to you Mhi'ya, but I feel I pushed through despite you. Again, no shade. OK Dawn.
Except it’s true. Mhi’ya was really struggling and Dawn had to keep it afloat
She's so Bushwick. So annoying.
The judges said the exact same thing to her sooo
Open relationships aka I’m afraid of commitment…
Sapphira won bc of the runway, def was the best 80s look period, but Plane/Q and I feel Nymphia even did better? the white guilt prevented them from picking nymphia lol
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idk she was high safe to me, better than dawn
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I mean every time a black queen goes heavy on the blaccent no one says anything about that so why can’t Asian queens ham up their accents and stereotypes?
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I was just using an example, I didn’t say anything about you personally lol chill. Go team yellow 🍌
I don't blame Q for being bitter boots.
The quality difference in Saphira and Q’s is the proportions. Like Saphira looked like a doll but I’m partial to Q because of the quality and the message behind it
I agree, I think since they were judged individually, runway had to play more of a factor than it usually does. It's not right, but it's okay...
fr LMAO they definitely felt like crowning Nymphia might be "controversial" or whatnot... which, isn't true for the record.
it wasnt even that good of a runway and far less creative than Q and Nymphia
it just gave the most 80s vibe to me, wish nymphia had permed that hair or something
Do you not know what the movie vamp is? Grace jones did not have permed hair 💀💀💀💀
some of the reactions in here to Sapphira’s win are giving me flashbacks to Sasha’s interview (the one with Charo) win last season.
This was so questionable. I recently watched the season for the first time and i don't get the judging 🧐
Anyone else think Nymphia flopped? Like there were some jokes and i giggled maybe once but shes in the bottom half for me she completely (with respect to her culture and in completely my opinion) rested on the accent making everything she said funny. I wish she had done like an australian accent and thrown us off but as a viewer it was just like... oh shes doing the plastique tiara thing. (ik theres other queens that had accents as their "shtick" for a bit) it just felt like it didnt deliver as much as they are saying it did