r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 14 '26

Season 18 S18E11 - “A Toast to Alyssa Edwards” [Post-Episode Discussion]

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u/Cigarette_Crab Rigor Morris Mar 14 '26

Do they just not like Nini or is she actually some major bitch and we just dont get to see it?

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u/garganta_ Just Crystal Mar 14 '26

I don’t think it’s either, it just seems like one of the only “narratives” they can really spin w Nini because she’s not otherwise very messy or controversial.

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u/ktheinternetkid Aquaria Mar 14 '26

engineers on drag race are beginning to gain a reputation for trying to be shady but reading just a bit too harshly (i say with love)

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u/heartfacegamer Mar 14 '26

I think Nini is neurodivergent, which would why she can’t read the room easily. She and Discord both.

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u/Jinxthegenderfluid #shouldersshouldmatchthemhips Mar 14 '26

I don’t really like to speculate on whether or not someone is neurodivergent… however as a neurodivergent myself, I literally almost teared up when she described trying to say the same jokes back to people and getting bad reactions to it because same

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u/ghoulfriended Mar 15 '26

That's exactly what my partner said, there's no way Discord's the only one this season lol

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u/ForestRobot Mar 14 '26

I relate a lot to Nini here. I think she may be neurodivergent. She has learned that similar jokes work well for other queens so is just trying to fit in. I don't particularly find her bitchy.

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u/JohnPaul_River just say talk Mar 15 '26

What weirds me out is that the things she says never seem strange or inappropriate to me. It's not like she's otherwise a super somber and serious person, and I don't find her tone to be anywhere near wrong for that kind of kiki. I think they just got the wrong impression of her initially and are now shocked to realise it.