Well, who expected that ? An All-Stars 9 episode where the contrived drama of the ruby slippers built to a true moment of pathos? An All-Stars 9 episode where the judges offer harsh critiques that cause a girl to open up about a personal insecurity? An All-Stars 9 episode that made me care about All-Stars 9 ? I, for one, am shocked and more than a little excited. If the season continues along this line, they’ll have shut me and my worried ass up for good. If they don’t, then at least we got one good episode of it.
The episode begins with a torrent of passive aggression. Angeria is pissed about being blocked this week — her second time, when multiple girls have not even been blocked once — and she’s specifically pissed at Roxxxy. It’s interesting to watch Roxxxy navigate this.
She clearly thought previously about what she’d do, and it looks like she came to the conclusion that she should block Angeria, who’d previously blocked her, not out of revenge but because it was clearly defensible. She runs through her other options, explaining that none of them could reasonably be blocked because they’d helped her or Vanjie (Mik and Nina), they’d killed the challenge (Jorgeous and Plastique), or they were badgeless (Shannel). It’s an airtight case, and one clearly being made by someone who’s previously found themselves on the fans’ bad side.
That defensiveness — of not wanting to be seen as a bad person by the queens or, crucially, by the audience — powers.
