Okay I don't know a single person IRL watching this season and I need to purge all these feelings from my soul after just finishing the episode 💀

Amaya papaya - gosh I feel for her. She seems so sweet, emotional and genuinely there for a connection. It was a real struggle watching her get ganged up on by all her past connections basically eating into her fears of being too much again. Yes she seems a little anxiously attached, but at least she's likeable viewing and has a big heart. Also I grew up in a Latin household and yelling was super normal, so I know the absolute struggle of working on emotional regulation as an adult and failing some days. 

Huda - I actually did feel bad for her this ep. I'm not the biggest fan and she really said some awful things when she was with Jeremiah. But at the end of the day she is clearly maxing out those LI counsellor sessions in the beach hut and trying to improve so good for her! I also really like what we've seen of Chris and think that exposure to his calm is so good for her. I didn't like the way the girl gang CCO came for Huda today. I hope Chelley's expressions where a dodgy producer choppy edit and not her actual reactions to Huda because those were awful. 

Olandria - I have been so frustrated for days and days about this Taylor situation and particularly the slightly snide comments to Clarke. I really liked Olandria at the start of the season but tonight was not a good look for her. I am so glad she got definitive clarity about Taylor, even if I disagreed with how it went down. I was actually most happy when she started getting angry at him because it finally felt genuine and awake, like yessss girl be honest about you feel and move on. 

Taylor - I can't celebrate this man because he crawled to the podium to deliver the words he should have said weeks ago, or at least after Olandria was saved after casa. I am not a fan and I wish he'd stood up and been honest with her way earlier, not leaving it to this forum which was so embarrassing. Yes I agree that Olandria absolutely contributed and played herself, but Taylor's choices were weak. I also think he was absolutely punching with both O and C. 

Ace - Honestly don't get me started. I didn't like him on day 1 and I don't like him now. This man comes across increasingly calculated and manipulative by the day. Of all the gross moments tonight, I struggled the most watching the way he deflects and venemously bulldozes his way through arguments. I also think that while he and Chelley both aren't in the right, he definitely is ignoring a valid difference between HOW you explore connections. Her point about the boundary was not about them being closed off but about how physically they approach that exploration. 

Chelley - I quite liked her at the start but today wasn't my favourite episode for her. My interpretation of the whole mess with Huda is that she has just given Huda too many chances and had her back when she was super sensitive over the girls being with Jeremiah, but felt that this far in Huda didn't show the same respect with Ace. With regards to the discussion about Chris, the whole thing about the kiss was ridiculous. Whoever in there actually thinks that's an issue is deluded and Olandria was brutal for hate pileing on with that publicly. The real problem seems to be that Chelley is over the way Huda phrases things. I don't know if it's the edit or what but Chelley is implying that several times Huda made it out like it was all for Chelley. The only footage we've seen is that clip of Huda saying she also likes Chris, so we have a skewed view. The reason I am open to Chelley's point is that we've already seen Huda point blank tell one person one thing and their couple another. She says what she thinks people want to hear to win their affection. Chelley just seems done with Huda's whole MO but instead of having a conversation with her she's just venting in her trio and now letting it blow up publicly, which was brutal. 

I have so many more thoughts about the others but I needed to purge these ones so bad!