Well, to be fair, there's a pretty big difference between a trophy and a crown. You give little leaguers trophies. You give the queen a crown.

I think Valentina really appeals more to the younger fans that grew up similarly to her, feeling like they had to be perfect all of the time. It seems like mostly older fans that share RuPaul's disdain.

Well, I had the exact opposite experience. My dad was always ashamed that I was into this kind of thing when I was a kid, which is probably part of why I'm so passionate about it now.

Come on, don't be this guy.

Wigs need product, too!

Honestly i would wear the shit out of one of those.

Man, I'm not gonna lie, this episode fucked me up a little! I really wanted Valentina to go all the way and win it, she's such a perfectionist control freak in similar ways that I am, and I think I projected onto her a bit. Watching her self sabotage and crash and burn so spectacularly was hard for me. Especially her…

The Jade comparison is pretty apt! I was a fan of Jade, too. I guess I just have a soft spot for the cute, middle-of-the-pack girls.

~*if i can convince just one person that farrah moan is actually mostly okay… then i've done my job*~

Oh, yeah, I liked the look a lot, but I thought it was a good example of her fashion shortcomings, too. The way you laid it out is spot-on, imo. Personally, I think her best look was her Breathless Mahoney, mostly because it was simple and focused, and her curves were great.

Yeah, like, she seems to be trying to do that kind of thing with her looks to stand out, but the references just aren't there. Like for the big hair looks last week, when she did that weird bride-of-frankenstein hair with the weird dripping makeup and hair skirt… it looked cool, sure, but like, was she going for…

I think what people like about Farrah (okay what i like about Farrah) is that, yeah, she's whiny, she's bratty, but she's also cute, pretty, has some great looks, and most of all she clearly cares about drag so much.

ugh thank you for satisifying my morbid curiosity about this piece of trash while also being hilarious.

"I'm gonna be the first queen to keep the mug!"

Man I really don't agree with Oliver's season 9 grades! I'm not gonna deny that this season feels lackluster in comparison to the last two, but I think what it's really suffering from is competing with our nostalgia for earlier seasons. Like, yes, Roxxxy vs. Alyssa is one of the iconic lip-syncs of the series, but the…

I was absolutely guilty of this (and I will not RuPaulogize for it)

Yeah, I can also see Shea doing well, potentially, especially if she leans into the banjee thing. She pulls it off really well and Ru loves that style.

Yeah, Nina is so frustrating for me to watch sometimes, I just want to shake her and yell "HOW DO YOU NOT REALIZE HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT THIS AND THAT YOU'RE JUST IN YOUR OWN WAY??" but that's not a lesson someone else can teach you, I guess.

I was born in '89 and my parents were really strict about what I could watch on TV, so I missed my window (as I did with a lot of classic 90s TV. I still haven't seen X-Files!). Is it worth looking into now? I do have a thing for dated, schlocky TV.

I feel like Peppermint might be a surprise frontrunner in the Roast. She always has the funniest talking heads. On the other hand, Adore had some of my favorite talking heads on s6 and her comedy performance was painful for me to watch, so what do I know.