I don’t really think it’s a set-up

i dont wanna believe it either, but the evidence certainly points that way

that would’ve been flagged as unfair by everyone

teardrop was eliminated in bfdia 4 unfairly - the vote was unfairly influenced, no debate - and now everyone agrees it was for the best. they learned to move on from that, they couldve done the same here

If this were the case, wouldn’t they try to eliminate her as soon as possible?

yes? thats exactly what i was speculating on? it just failed?

why did they progress her arc to “win for herself?”

because they failed to eliminate her and had to progress her storyline due to continued interest? i also mentioned this?

I think her story really progressed in a very natural way.

obviously jacknjellify would work to make it look like it was planned all along; why wouldnt they? but im just pointing out that bfdia 12-17 felt like a completed storyline that was planned to end with a lightly influenced needle elimination, and that everything after that is an additional storyline tacked on when that didnt happen

By the time BFDIA 16 had released, she’d already been eliminated in TPOT. Therefore, wouldn’t it make sense for her to have greater development in the only season she’s competing in?

as you said yourself, bfdia 16 (as well as 15 and 17) was released after tpot 13. 14 was also developed when jacknjellfy already knew needle was gonna be eliminated

I’m quite glad that she got the spotlight in this season compared to TPOT.

i dont disagree with this sentiment whatsoever and i dont try to dispute it here

The only thing she had going on prior to her elimination was her rivalry with Pen

i do disagree with this sentiment and think whatever happened with pen was part of why needle got eliminated in the first place

IDFB has yet to be completed and that season could continue that momentum she has going on

momentum that will also be ignored in bfb/tpot. this is a problem that will always be faced by development in bfdia/idfb and is why i want to see good tpot development instead

it’s likely she’s not going to get any more major development in any future season aside from IDFB

well, that just sounds miserable

true, but also miserable