Okay so things I look at differently this far into the 2013 series.
Ed was never really a bad guy, not like how he was portrayed on these boards. I’m embarrassed I was part of the hate Ed stuff actually. He had his time ruined in the house and was viewed harshly by the public too and jade was given this poor girl act from the public like it was she who was being lead on. I was like 25 at the time so I can see my immature side going with this idea. Which leads to jade.
I watch this the second time around and now I actually don’t get it why I fangirled jade early on. Other than being nice and I think she was given this false edit by the production team and like I said before I do feel people held onto this idea of jade and looked past the actual jade we saw because she didn’t really give much other than a showmance. The whole Ed thing is honestly so cringy. I find I get this sense of second hand embarrassment take over. I’ll excuse her based on age. But her making it to final three is the only thing that brings this series down.
Bringing me to a new point the girl pack mentality was just as annoying as the boy pack mentality early and mid way through the series. How I never picked up on it originally Is dumbfounding. They were really mean and acted like they dominated situations. Big example (with now sugar sisters fone however the order of the pack was still there) is Tahan bringing up the die in a hole comment and instead their biggest concern was who told her the comment. I was really eeked with their response and gutless behaviour. But this only showed Tahan character in a much more understanding way too so I’m also glad for it in a way, but Australia effed up and still jade came second.
I wish boog was an original hm. She would have been such a great addition and I think she would have sorted through the bs girl drama well.
Also the whole Ben Stuff. Needs to be said. But after watching one of the most recent episode where he and Tahan are acting out the save promos, and although hilarious, genuinely enjoyed it- it was weird how he could switch from talking childlike to having these seizure like change in personalities with I dare say funny but snarky remarks.
The big thing that stands out is the order of shows and changes. I don’t know this time round I’m finding it hard to follow the show order. The eviction night was wasted footage just showing an introduction to the following nights show. Glad they scrapped the showdowns being the main viewing. Feats nights became repetitive and at times felt the hms did talk for the sake of having a say in matters but never really delved into topics long enough because they moved to the next. Too high schoolish in the way they went from class to class, in this case topic to topic. The biggest thing among this for me is I now recognised how I was sucked into the drama through promotional bs. I cringe at myself for it. I had already decided character behaviour from it and really disliked hms for no reason or liked hms for no reason. Drew screwed himself but he was a great hm and I can see where I began to hate him and want him out when really I should have wanted him to stay because he was creating content and not just with the tully stuff. I also think mikkayla needed to lose some of the clique in order to regain better public perception. But production pushed a story and I fell for it.
Okay long winded and probably repeated thoughts are now done
Ed was never really a bad guy, not like how he was portrayed on these boards. I’m embarrassed I was part of the hate Ed stuff actually. He had his time ruined in the house and was viewed harshly by the public too and jade was given this poor girl act from the public like it was she who was being lead on. I was like 25 at the time so I can see my immature side going with this idea. Which leads to jade.
I watch this the second time around and now I actually don’t get it why I fangirled jade early on. Other than being nice and I think she was given this false edit by the production team and like I said before I do feel people held onto this idea of jade and looked past the actual jade we saw because she didn’t really give much other than a showmance. The whole Ed thing is honestly so cringy. I find I get this sense of second hand embarrassment take over. I’ll excuse her based on age. But her making it to final three is the only thing that brings this series down.
Bringing me to a new point the girl pack mentality was just as annoying as the boy pack mentality early and mid way through the series. How I never picked up on it originally Is dumbfounding. They were really mean and acted like they dominated situations. Big example (with now sugar sisters fone however the order of the pack was still there) is Tahan bringing up the die in a hole comment and instead their biggest concern was who told her the comment. I was really eeked with their response and gutless behaviour. But this only showed Tahan character in a much more understanding way too so I’m also glad for it in a way, but Australia effed up and still jade came second.
I wish boog was an original hm. She would have been such a great addition and I think she would have sorted through the bs girl drama well.
Also the whole Ben Stuff. Needs to be said. But after watching one of the most recent episode where he and Tahan are acting out the save promos, and although hilarious, genuinely enjoyed it- it was weird how he could switch from talking childlike to having these seizure like change in personalities with I dare say funny but snarky remarks.
The big thing that stands out is the order of shows and changes. I don’t know this time round I’m finding it hard to follow the show order. The eviction night was wasted footage just showing an introduction to the following nights show. Glad they scrapped the showdowns being the main viewing. Feats nights became repetitive and at times felt the hms did talk for the sake of having a say in matters but never really delved into topics long enough because they moved to the next. Too high schoolish in the way they went from class to class, in this case topic to topic. The biggest thing among this for me is I now recognised how I was sucked into the drama through promotional bs. I cringe at myself for it. I had already decided character behaviour from it and really disliked hms for no reason or liked hms for no reason. Drew screwed himself but he was a great hm and I can see where I began to hate him and want him out when really I should have wanted him to stay because he was creating content and not just with the tully stuff. I also think mikkayla needed to lose some of the clique in order to regain better public perception. But production pushed a story and I fell for it.
Okay long winded and probably repeated thoughts are now done