Well it's been a while since we had an almighty and deliberate All Stars rule fuck up that disproportionately ousts those performing well all season in favour of...well, Shea and Monet. Unless I'm forgetting some terrible twist in 5 and 6 that is. 3 and 4 were the worst for it. Although certainly the last two had questionable judging too.
Annoyingly I can't disagree with Shea (who was in her element) and Monet (impressive and offering something new if live and for once she didn't look a mess) being top 2, but was it not enough to let Shea have her second star and be done? Why 3 stars all of a sudden when it suits? I don't agree with Monet being in the final four either, much like she has no place being a previous winner full stop, but at least it would have felt more organic. As if Monet is better than most of these queens, I mean come on. Most of her looks are questionable if not extremely ugly. I did laugh at Michelle's "elegance sums you up Monet...no I'm joking" or something similar.
And then the actual fuckery of Monet picking Trinity when the latter has outshined the former and was technically on four(?) top 2 placings before Ru pushed over the jenga tower for fun/convenience. Goodness, anyone would think it's ALL MADE UP or something
Presumably had things been left untouched we'd have had Jinkx/Monet/Trinity/Jaida top 4? So not a great difference but Jaida has been more consistent than Shea despite the roast fuck up (and ironically ending up about as equally funny as Shea and Monet because of it) and Trinity would have rightfully earned her place instead of the sham of being chosen. Trinity is somewhat basic but delivers what she does well. A few simple laughs are not to be sniffed at. Not everything has to be clever and elevated if it entertains.
Then the utter pointlessness of the plunger
I can't be bothered to work out the result without that other than a top 2 of Jinkx and Trinity? And then Viv on three stars with Jaida and Monet?
I feel sorry for Viv, she was probably robbed in the roast, but given the horrific treatment of superior foreign queens in UK vs The World, it's a bit of an equaliser. Except tit for tat is not the ideal answer but then this is Drag Race. She'll surely do well out of this though and quite rightly. Possibly only beaten by Bimini in the UK as a great all rounder.
That said, her talent was the most clinical, cynical bollocks of them all. I agree with all of the above, these lip sync bangers with identikit lyrics and robot vocals are all very old hat. I think Yvie came out of that lot the best by far and she's more than held her own this season which makes me very happy. She seems delighted to be there. I suspect she has a good chance in that lip sync smackdown next week if it's not already preordained
I've loved this season though, I can't be bothered to be annoyed at the meddling when it's this much fun and you only have to look at the profiles of ALL these queens to know it doesn't really matter all told. If you come out of drag race looking like you've been done over by production/Ru, then it probably works all the better for you so it that sense it's job done for The Viv.
Obviously if Jinkx doesn't win next week the whole set should be fire bombed though