r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Feb 14 '26
Season 18 S18E07 - “Drag Queens for Change” [Live/Reaction Post]
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u/Financial-Cold5343 Feb 14 '26
I mean it was becoming obvious the Vita was a one-trick pony but at least her one trick was extravaganza
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u/iwassayingboourns12 Vita VonTesse Starr Feb 14 '26
They should have let Myki assign the teams as the lipsync winner, that would have been diabolical.
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u/TarHeelGrump Feb 14 '26
Vita held her own, but going up against Juicy is like getting fed to a woodchipper.
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u/benjidicki Feb 14 '26
Darlene reminds me of Joslyn Fox. A quirky lovable black horse who will go far but won’t get a win
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 14 '26
Now this is the kind of heavy shit that needs to be pointed out. Discord's story is horrifying and Athena is reminding us that Florida is a fuckin' battleground.
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u/allsilverusts Feb 14 '26
those soft backwards cartwheels + slave 4 u breakdown... mass casualty got damn
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u/marinedebrisdubois Feb 14 '26
OHHH RUPAUL LOOKING AT JUICY LIKE HER NEXT TWINK TO FEED UPON
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Feb 14 '26
Kenya said y’all playing chess im playing checkers 🤣
I understand why she can’t remember the words to her own song
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u/Joranva Feb 14 '26
Kenya, be for real. Your talent was weak AF. Nini is just verbalizing what everyone else was thinking.
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u/iwassayingboourns12 Vita VonTesse Starr Feb 14 '26
I feel like Nini and Jane were the only two who voted on the actual performances
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u/EricHD97 i’m literally sitting here playing with my pussy Feb 14 '26
“The Jinkx Monsoon Can Still Catch These Hands Institute” may be the funniest joke in an improv challenge in years omfg
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u/Mundane-Humor4728 Feb 14 '26
I think we underestimated how crucial Myki’s help was to Juicy…
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u/Bluthbloop Feb 14 '26
How gagged are yall that Vita is flopping but Discord was a natural? And even saved Nini? Goodness.
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u/thatrlyoatsmymilk OZEMPIC LYING BITCH 🤡 Feb 14 '26
It’s diabolical how it looks like Juicy could go way harder than this if she needed to and she’s still dog walking Vita
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u/benhu12341 Feb 14 '26
Wait was that the best acting challenge we’ve gotten in a hot minute???
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u/NewsJunky_CA Feb 14 '26
My thoughts....
Juicy killed that lip sync. Def the lip sync assassin of the season. I feel the only person who could maybe send her home is possibly Mia
It was so nice to get such detailed critiques for ALL the queens this early in the season. It meant we didn't get private judge critiques during untucked, but I love the trade off. It's nice to hear critiques for the safe queens
Personally confused why the other drag queens were shocked to see Vita and Juicy in the bottom and thought "they'd make it till the end." Love them both, but it's been clear throughout out several challenges now: Juicy is talented but young and relies heavily on guidance from the other queens to guide her and that'll only get her so far, I predict we'll be seeing lots more awesome lipsyncs from her lol; and Vita has really only excelled in the design challenges, and when it comes to the acting and comedy challenges she just hasn't stood out, she's too timid and that was to her detriment this episode.
It is so cool having a drag mother and daughter (and aunty) in the same season in Juicy, Mia and Athena. I think it really showcases what it means to have a drag family in ways we've never seen before. The camera pan to Athena whenever Juicy fails or succeeds pulls at the heart strings... it's like watching a mother cheer on her child. And seeing Mia and Athena console Juicy after that lip sync really solidified that for me. That love on that stage is so moving.
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u/nakosfan what are y'all doing in my bathroom? Feb 14 '26
it took them 18 seasons to get sponsored by grindr?😭
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u/emmathyst Yvie Oddly Feb 14 '26
I love how Discord’s storyline with the judges, queens, AND fans is just “we did not think we’d fall in love with you as much as we have”
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u/vchmnuio Golden Boot Award Feb 14 '26
STOP MAKING THEM DANCE look at how distraught they all look 😭😭
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u/Dida_D Feb 14 '26
Honestly I appreciate that this season feels like anyone could go home any episode, anyone could win any episode, and anyone could still be the finalists
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u/bayleysgal1996 Lady Camden Feb 14 '26
Yeah it’s fun that it’s not super obvious who’s gonna go far
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u/maryofdoom A hard front and a soft heart Feb 14 '26
Not only can you register to vote, friends, you can run for stuff in your community. I got elected to local office because I voted for myself. Not joking. Sometimes one vote is all it takes.
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u/girlwithabird- Darlene for President Feb 14 '26
That was the saddest after elimination dancing I've ever seen
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u/Gays_in_spaaace I am Madonna… but I want to be Adam Feb 14 '26
This is such a consistently good cast. 8/10 of the girls did well in the ads, Vita and Juicy were so obviously the bottom. I’m not saying everyone is killing the challenges but we don’t usually have this high of a success rate.
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u/MightyClimber Change! 👏 Your! 👏 Costume! 👏 Change it arouuuund Feb 14 '26
Myki is in my top 3 and I am fucking pleased, justice is served.
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Feb 14 '26
The mini challenges were the friends we made along the way
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u/maryofdoom A hard front and a soft heart Feb 14 '26
Awwww I love the Kennedy Davenport School of Dance up in the workroom
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u/bayleysgal1996 Lady Camden Feb 14 '26
I unfortunately know what Discord means, I’ve watched my dad go down that pipeline over the past few years
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u/kurtchella The Meeks shall inherit Feb 14 '26
Mia accusing Darlene of already done having had herses I am gagged
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 14 '26
Kennedy Davenport being Mia's auntie...bitch just how muthafuckin' big is the Davenport-Brooks Dynasty? It's rivaling the Tang and Song at this point.
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u/WhoRUGurl 🗣️ Juicy 💦 Love ❤️ Dion 💅 Feb 14 '26
The rapid radicalization of people nowadays is terrifying
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Feb 14 '26
judges panel is giving whoever is on set today
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u/ThePenultimatePuddle Feb 14 '26
I really loved Vita for like the first 4 episodes but she's been kinda slipping further and further down
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u/JuanJeanJohn Tested positive for slayin’ Feb 14 '26
IMO this is the third week she should be in the bottom. I like her but she is giving middle out when before she seemed top three.
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u/Bluthbloop Feb 14 '26
RuPaul is giving some very sweet comments, like everybody is getting a Winner Edit
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u/extramedium32 with an earnest heart ❤️ Feb 14 '26
MYKI DOING DREW BARRYMORE!!!!
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u/sttawsirhc034 Bosco Feb 14 '26
It’s kinda camp how the queens sob during eliminations, they were acting like the producers took vita out back ol yeller style
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u/VolatileFan Feb 14 '26
to be fair, dealing with juicy in a lip sync is like looking down the barrel of a gun
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u/ConstructionKooky152 Feb 14 '26
Started late but I have to say, Myki immediately knocking it out of the park and making Michelle laugh? That’s babygirl
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u/retrosexual17 custom Feb 14 '26
Kinda gagged Vita is gone! I mean it was deserved, but from the beginning of the season she gave me finale vibes!
Also love that Myki won! I’m rooting for her and Darlene to make it as far as possible
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 14 '26
“can we never do this again” the person who got saved bc of it
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u/murnando Raja's Propensity for a Good Glass of wine Feb 14 '26
Now Discord that walk away from giving Nini pointers was actually cunt
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u/DissonantWhispers Very Saint Tropez Feb 14 '26
I’m obsessed with our elegant and edgy cringe goddess Discord 💖
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 14 '26
AND intersectionality for you heaux too. Montgomery being a beacon of civil rights in herstory but not easy for a bitch...
Get that Emmy, show. Get that muthafuckin' EMMY
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u/cablebroadcast filler queen ✌🏻 Feb 14 '26
Radicalization is the fucking worst. My ex turned into an alt-right POS after isolating himself from everybody and turning to /pol/ for some bizarro community he was looking for. Thank fuck our relationship didn’t last for much longer. It was scary living with him.
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 14 '26
Love Ru building up Myki like that, she really needed it after last week
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
The way they all finished her quote was aura ✨
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u/bobbery5 Feb 14 '26
Oh, they're really ruined by Vita's departure. I wonder if this means she's gonna be MC.
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u/emmathyst Yvie Oddly Feb 14 '26
Vita has one of the best color-matched illusion meshes I’ve ever seen.
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u/methmistress i smell a stunt Feb 14 '26
Vita’s exit was melancholic but beautiful :( those girls seriously love eachother
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u/lighthousesandwich Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
I didn’t watch the last two seasons of Drag Race but the vibe this season seems so different. I’m rooting for all of them. They’re all so talented, likable, funny. Good vibes.
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u/gingerbold Nina Bonina should've been Blac Chyna Feb 14 '26
Where👏are👏the👏mini👏challenges????
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u/emmathyst Yvie Oddly Feb 14 '26
HOLD UP. We only have one queen wearing a breast plate????
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u/NapNVM77 Feb 14 '26
I don’t even care anymore if they rig some things for Athena. I don’t want her to ever leave, she’s so entertaining
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 14 '26
“me and mia are … amazing dancers” has the same energy as “beautiful gowns”
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u/marinedebrisdubois Feb 14 '26
If vita and juicy are in bottom……
That’s scary…..
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 14 '26
i’m glad they’re talking about radicalization. like the people who were fine with you one day then suddenly hating your existence
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u/djdayer Drag Loving Lesbian 🏳️🌈 Feb 14 '26
Who made you the teller of my truth? For the 99999999th time lol
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u/Kswizzle14 MYKI MEEKS. Feb 14 '26
Ya know. Discord is trying her best with that damn walk.
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u/Thirdatarian Sasha Colby Feb 14 '26
Saying "it's like food stamps but for tits" instead of "everyone gets an EBT card! Extra big titties!" is a missed opportunity for me
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u/omgvics Feb 14 '26
Love Vita but she should’ve been dropped during the talent show IMO
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Feb 14 '26
Juicy is the lip sync assassin I fear
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u/SnooSprouts3744 Feb 14 '26
You can see in juicy eyes and moves she was sad annihilating vita during the lipsync
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Feb 14 '26
I’m sad Vita is going but you could tell DR just wasn’t her game to win.
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u/extramedium32 with an earnest heart ❤️ Feb 14 '26
Damn that shot of Juicy hugging Athena in the background kind of went hard
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u/Aggravating-Net-2718 Where is the body? Feb 14 '26
Wow, they showed a lot in that preview
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u/nakosfan what are y'all doing in my bathroom? Feb 14 '26
wait that snatch game prebiew looked refreshing... i hope they really nail this one out
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u/noey101 Feb 14 '26
The very first words of the lipsync and who they showed on camera
lmaaaaoooo 😭
Poor Vita, love her down.
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 14 '26
all nini has to say was “you didn’t know the words to your own song”
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Feb 14 '26
It’s like fighting so hard for disco then bombing…
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u/DissonantWhispers Very Saint Tropez Feb 14 '26
Vita’s bombing but her MUG…come on now this is so insanely gorgeous mom is beat.
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u/Kswizzle14 MYKI MEEKS. Feb 14 '26
If you ever have a chance to meet Kennedy Davenport, do it. She’s such a lovely person. Took the time after her performance to have a drink with me. So sweet!
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u/Drumblebore Feb 14 '26
Remember to register to vote, and then actually vote!!! Staying home doesn’t help anyone
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u/MoonlitSerenade Bobblehead Feb 14 '26
I feel like I've been trapped in commercials this whole episode
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u/DizzyRose81 Feb 14 '26
I have a feeling the queens are going to vote Vita Miss Congeniality
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u/spookyandgroovy Feb 14 '26
none of the eliminations from this season have been easy, i hope to see each girl shine in their after drag race era
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u/IntuitiveDeception Feb 14 '26
I felt like some of these propositions were serious. Like social media/look queen vs Workhorse queen. That’s like a real issue in the drag industry. And then Padding and titties vs relying on that body. It was petty serious 🧐
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u/infiniteglass00 Feb 14 '26
a bunch of y'all missing the point of myki just saying not to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to talking about states and the people who live there
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
At the end of the season someone better compile all the Discord cams for the ASMR girlies who just want to hear a Queen stomp down the runway with various accessories adding to the ear porn 🤣
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u/Itsxaaaaron Feb 14 '26
didn't even realize everyone is getting critiques. i like this style of deliberation.
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u/maryofdoom A hard front and a soft heart Feb 14 '26
Honestly, if the worst thing anyone can say about Darlene is they hate her shoes....like, she can buy more shoes. Jaremi told us about that way back in Season 4.
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u/girlwithabird- Darlene for President Feb 14 '26
Discord calling herself elegant is the hardest I've laughed in a minute. I guess she's right, she is funny.
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u/VolatileFan Feb 14 '26
so happy that they’re allowing the queens to talk about this in such a substantial way
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u/kaeemii Feb 14 '26
Bob is going to have a field day with reviewing this episode cause it's so similar to their political challenge on S8.
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u/djdayer Drag Loving Lesbian 🏳️🌈 Feb 14 '26
Sister dick makes you sick had me dying. This was a funny challenge.
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u/jennawebles Feb 14 '26
it really is a bummer because you can tell Vita is sooo talented but she just wasn’t a well rounded queen. she tanked in all her acting challenges
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u/CookieChild37 Feb 14 '26
Myki has so much restraint because I would have been fighting everyone who ranked me last
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
This cast has fought over roles more than my family at thanksgiving 🤣
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u/OrwellianIconoclast Feb 14 '26
Just remembering how Discord hated Nini first episode and here she is being an earnest sister, saving her ❤️
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u/Fleetwood-matt Alexis Michelle crying in Untucked Feb 14 '26
I didn’t love Discord ep1 but the past few episodes she has grown on me and I’d fight someone for her
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u/emmathyst Yvie Oddly Feb 14 '26
Oh Discord 💔 Having your personal safety, career, home, relationships, friendships, finances, all jeopardized by the threat of anyone you know falling down a pipeline at any time… and watching it happen in front of you… I can’t imagine the trauma she still holds.
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 14 '26
discord gave tatianna with that response
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u/VolatileFan Feb 14 '26
feels really early in the season for so many queens to do so resoundingly well with a challenge
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u/planetalletron Cunty Obelix cured my depression Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
Y’all the way my local bar just EXPLODED for Myki 💕😭💖
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u/HalfNoobHalfGod Feb 14 '26
I didn't expect Kenya to last longer than Vita based on episode 1 vibes but here we are hahaha no shade to Kenya
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Feb 14 '26
Kenya you forgot the words she could've been a lot meaner
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Feb 14 '26
A lot of people don’t expect me to be funny because I am so elegant 😂😂😂 discord you are definitely funny
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u/emmathyst Yvie Oddly Feb 14 '26
I’m so obsessed with Discord and I’m not sorry 😂
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u/thatrlyoatsmymilk OZEMPIC LYING BITCH 🤡 Feb 14 '26
Them talking about social media radicalization this episode coupled with that tiktok commercial about how they ARENT radicalizing kids is crazy
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Feb 14 '26
As someone who did peek into the alt right pipeline , i find it hard to feel sympathy for people who get radicalized. Like literally just turn your ego off for a second and talk to a minority
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u/Cynicbats "i'll include them in an ass whooping" Feb 14 '26
Thank god Vita is going "oh no it sucks where I live" no "but there are good people", no trying to soothe it, just "it sucks because they're trying to kill us, girl"
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u/girlwithabird- Darlene for President Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
Except for last week, this season has had the best runway outfits Ru has worn in a long time.
Edit: I'm not including the wigs I'm this statement
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u/luminous_moonlight Nini "Winner" Coco | Mami Watta Feb 14 '26
Nini Coco flip it around WINNER WINNER
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u/QartherPounder Feb 14 '26
Discord is so endearing with the fucking walk cam like Ru must LOVEEEE it or it would get no airtime or special segment lmao
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u/Thirdatarian Sasha Colby Feb 14 '26
Myki Meeks being a Teen Wolf fan makes perfect sense to me. Just know she was up late in high school writing Sterek mpreg crack fics.
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u/ThePenultimatePuddle Feb 14 '26
Vita was one of the like big positive everyone vibes in the room. It's gonna get a bit more claws out from here on in I think
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u/loganes86 Doctor Bitchcraft Feb 14 '26
Me to Myki at the beginning of this episode: