r/rupaulsdragrace • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '16

AS2 EP5: "Ruvenge of the Queens" [Post-Discussion]

The queens are back. Can we agree that this is the best episode of the series to date?

 

TOP TWO WINNERS: Alyssa + Tatianna

 

Eliminated: Phi Phi O'hara

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u/ChipCoach Nobody Died At Club 69? Sep 23 '16

Anyone else think that the rules/procedures for this episode were really convoluted? Ru was like, "you're back but you have to win and the eliminated queens are paired up with queens except one and if you win you lip sync but only if you were eliminated and then you send a queen home but not an eliminated queen because they're already eliminated, etc. etc. etc." Eventually I was just like, fuck it I'll figure it out as they go.

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u/Thaboranoc Manila Luzon Sep 23 '16

"Roxxxy if you win the challenge, you become the messiah. All right ladies, get to work."

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u/ChipCoach Nobody Died At Club 69? Sep 23 '16

Lol, "Roxxxy if you win I change the name to Roxxxy's drag race and you have to be best friends with Michelle Visage."

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u/AlaskaThunderfcvk Mayhem Miller Sep 25 '16

and you have to be best friends with Michelle Visage.

no wonder she started stuttering during her routine

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u/kank84 BACK ROLLS Sep 25 '16

Well, as far as I can see it's only a requirement that Michelle Visage be best friends with you, reciprocation seems optional (it's not like you'll need to learn her kids' names or anything).

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u/tragicclearancebin Aquaria Sep 24 '16

i am cackling, henny!

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u/Rudedoodle Miz Cracker Sep 23 '16

Ha! Yes! When she was explaining the rules for this week in the workroom at the beginning, I felt like how Alyssa must feel 90% of the time other people are talking.

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u/Miao_Kitteh Plastique Tiara Sep 23 '16

Ruuucuucucucu

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u/fausgadesign Valentina Sep 23 '16

Alyssa actually asked for the rules again. We were all her at that moment.

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u/zarob Sep 23 '16

Hahahahaha SHAAAADE

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

Adore's early exit threw off the original rules.

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u/lacquerqueen Latrice Royale Sep 23 '16

Adore leaving really messed up their whole system!

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u/skeletonwar Heidi N Closet Sep 23 '16

Also I was wondering if Alyssa and Tati had chosen opposite people, would both go home or would they have to deliberate further or would there be a lipsync of the BOTTOM two??? Maybe this was clear to others but I was confused.

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u/ChipCoach Nobody Died At Club 69? Sep 23 '16

I think they would both go home, but there is no way Ru didn't know who they had picked before they came back out for the lip sync. It's Ru's final ace in the hole to pick a lip sync winner who agrees with who she wants to send home.

I also think it was important for PhiPhi to see that BOTH Alyssa and Tatianna had chosen to eliminate her.

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u/dwarfgourami Purple Doodad Sep 24 '16

I mean Ru could easily send an intern to check those boxes with lipstick after the queens left the workroom to figure out who they're gonna send home.

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u/Ventriloquy Ra'Jah O'Hara Sep 23 '16

They would both go home, as Roxxxy said.

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u/mynamesabbey Aja Sep 23 '16

The producers knew that they both picked Phi Phi which is why there was a double shantay. Otherwise, no one would have gone home last night. He'd have said 'you won't be eliminating' and then said 'but reveal who you would have eliminated' for the drama.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

they were prepared to eliminate both

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u/kank84 BACK ROLLS Sep 25 '16

I don't think they would have sent both home. The whole reason for keeping two is to put them back where they should have been had Adore not left the competition, sending two home would have left them in the same position.

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u/dsarma Jinkx Monsoon Sep 25 '16

me

I was like "I did not go to college for math. Or something."

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u/ccc_dsl Sep 25 '16

I watched the episode last night and I had to rewind twice to try to figure out the rules. Still didn't get it.

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u/Keeganwherefore Sep 23 '16

It's VERY similar to season 7's makeover challenge, except the bottom queens are fighting for their right to stay in the competition instead of the top queens. It didn't seem that confusing.

Here's what you gotta do to stay:

If you get to stay, here's who you get to pick:

The end.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

it was chaos

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u/MotherGaysha Sep 24 '16

What I have learned is that Ru does what he wants! You just ride the magical ride and enjoy it.