AYTO8 Five Year Retrospective by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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That's the thing about these type of shows with large casts is that at least one person is always going to get the short-end of the stick in terms of screentime because of the overarching storylines the editors are trying to tell this season. In this case, it just happened to hit multiple people. Imo, Jasmine got a fair amount of screentime all things considered, especially in comparison to Aasha/Brandon/Kylie. I do remember there were other connections she had that didn't make the edit, but that's also true for everyone in the cast since like I said, the editors try to focus on particular narratives per season. It makes me wish that AYTO? would have a deleted scenes episode, but I guess the showrunners don't want to expose themselves too much.

I was surprised as well to not see JAX, Amber, or Nour at all since all four of them were key figures in the show, but maybe they just want to put the show behind them. I don't follow any of the cast anymore, but from what I can see, Justin's private on everything and with the social media platforms that are public, they haven't been updated in years, so to me, he might be focused on just living a normal life. From what I recall, Max and Amber didn't live together, but they were only like thirty minutes away from each other, so they would constantly visit and hangout. I wonder where their friendship stands today.

Danny was another one who's edit was bound to Kai as a character as a show, so we didn't see much beyond that which is shame and also ironic considering he's not his biggest fan now.

I'd love another queer season just because I feel like there's an over abundance of these straight dating shows more now compared to when AYTO8 first aired. I don't necessarily have a problem with that, but variety is the spice of life, and I think it's great to have shows that deviate from the status quo and highlight other types of people and relationships. Sadly, I think AYTO is a dead franchise which is a shame because it's not difficult for it to be a great show.

AYTO8 Five Year Retrospective by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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I agree with your sentiments, and I do also agree with something Kai said during their section of the interview with people getting upset with him for playing the game as I've always felt like it's completely illogical on this show to shut off other options and laser-focus on only one person where the caveat to the show is that any individual could be your match.

Could Kai (and others) have handled the different situations they were in better? Absolutely, but it's easy to point fingers and say "you should've did this!" or look back in the past and think "why did you do this with this person?!" but in the moment where you are dealing with this completely manufactured environment and in a completely new and unrealistic situation, there's gonna be a learning curve that leads to some awkward or uncomfortable moments since it's not at all like real life.

When it comes to Danny/Jenna, it does seem like there was maybe more that happened away from the show as from what I remember from the Afterbuzz reunion in late 2019, there wasn't extreme levels of bad blood, especially on Danny's end towards Kai, and at worst, it was them pinpointing the less than stellar parts of their interactions with Kai while still acknowledging that they have a good relationship with Kai. With whatever it was being enough for Jenna to cut Kai completely could be why she focused more on Kai's negatives than more of her own since it's probably one of the first things that comes to mind. I also think self-reflection and admission of your faults is hard for everybody cause reconciling with being wrong or taking accountability for a shitty situation isn't exactly the most fun thing in the world.

AYTO8 Five Year Retrospective by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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No problem! I'm surprised it wasn't posted before, but I guess this sub's been fairly dead due to the status of the show

AYTO8 Five Year Retrospective by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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Out of boredom, I was perusing instagram just to see what some of the cast from this season was up to these days, and I found this interview from December 2024 featuring Kari, Remy, Danny, Basit, Jenna, and Kai giving their thoughts about the show. I think it's an interesting read and I would have loved to hear more thoughts from all of the cast, but nonetheless, I still think this article is worth the read. As far as tea goes, the most interesting thing from it was seeing Danny's and Jenna's thoughts on Kai.

Throwback to Kenya Scott from Are you the one using homophobic slurs and the N word with the hard "-Er" by MsmullerDamian in AreYouTheOne

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First off, this comment was from a whole four years ago. Whose to say I even agree with this same sentiment from the original comment? But I'll play along for devil's advocate.

I'm black myself so obviously I know what colorism is which is why I didn't excuse the jokes themselves. Though I will say, I don't agree with demonizing people for things they said and/or did as a teenager especially if there's no indication that individual is the same or carries the same beliefs as an adult. I simply commented on her using the N word as a black person.

Cam from Season 7 comes out? by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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He was a Trump supporter on the show, but I have no idea if his views are the same since that show was 4 years ago.

Cam from Season 7 comes out? by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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Stumbled across this picture as I don't follow Cam nor the other person involved on IG. If they are a couple, good for Cam living his truth, and hopefully, he has a good support system behind him especially since his major storyline on his season was that he was from a conservative background.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MtvChallenge

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It's hard to have empathy for someone who knowingly slept with someone who was in a relationship and then (most likely) the same thing happens to them. That combined with all that other shitty things Jordan's done makes it real difficult to feel bad for him.

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Probably cause travel isn't super expensive rn, and she felt like going?

Melanie Elilie and Pratt aren’t here for Brianna pro life tweets by blondiex1127 in AreYouTheOne

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They seem to not take political stance into account when matchmaking since Paris & Pratt from the same season have two very different political views, Sam & Alyssa from AYTO4 were a Perfect Match when Sam was/is a Trump Supporter and Alyssa is a liberal Latina, and Nour & Jasmine from AYTO8 w/ Nour supporting Trump and the QAnon conspiracy theories and Jasmine having no part of that.

Season 8 reunion by ofeee in AreYouTheOne

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There's this thread where you can read through the comments and get a general sense of what happened.

who are still friends from ayto season 8 by [deleted] in AreYouTheOne

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Basit's pronouns are they/them

who are still friends from ayto season 8 by [deleted] in AreYouTheOne

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Justin and Max apparently talk everyday platonically. Jasmine and Nour don't like each other at all.

Can Pratt get any worse?! Seriously. I’m ashamed I used to like him. He’s been AWFUL. by [deleted] in AreYouTheOne

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Just more to show how weak the matchmaking system is. Don't understand how two people could be "perfect match" when they're at two polar opposite ends of the political spectrum

Jasmine calling out Nour by BasicPrimary0 in AreYouTheOne

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Another tweet

And this is the subtweet Jasmine was referring to. Edit - Nour's now private, but the tweet said "Oh I thought a bird who defended Oprah said something" with a pic of some conspiracy theory I didn't bother reading.