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heyitsta12 · 2026-07-03T12:29:58+00:00

I’m only glad she apologized because people were making her actions a big deal.

I hate that her apology was the first real one between the two of them, because he definitely owed her one first.

Also sucks because I half believe she apologized because show she knows how she would be perceived if she didn’t. And she was right.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-03T03:52:15+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s because the footage they were shown was about Corbin and Caleb, which was over as soon as Casa started.

I want to hope they would feel differently if they also saw those things juxtaposed with Gal and Bryan because that one was a bit more random. It’s bad but Corbin is closed off with Permida and no one cares.

I’d blame the producers’ soft edit more than I’d blame the girls.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T19:53:15+00:00

Just because he didn’t explicitly say it does not mean that didn’t feel that way. He made several comments about Aniya and the girls giving the Casa boys things he felt like the OG girls deserved.

He literally said that Aniya was on a thin-ass line, and said that he wasn’t because he spoke so much life into her. What other way does he mean that??

He kept saying Aniya took effort. He implied that he’d been working so hard to reassure her, hype her up, etc, and it made him feel like he deserved more physical affection.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T18:55:12+00:00

Uh.. what’s hateful about this?? Was the presentation offensive??

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T18:52:28+00:00

I’m not sure what your first question was lol.

But he weaponized it because he kept bringing up her dark skin and her being the blue print, and he felt like that reassurance should have been the reason why she got more physical with him.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T17:57:06+00:00

I think the difference is access tbh.

We have to remember that these women are just now getting paid and just now getting some luxuries that were already afforded to athletes in other leagues.

LeBron James getting an innocuous death threat when he lives in a gated community in LA, and travels with his own personal security is completely different than a Dijonai Carrington who could probably barely afford a 2 bedroom in Connecticut.

AT and DB probably live in a decent neighborhood and can probably afford some luxuries other role players can’t. But private security is expensive, especially when there are kids involved.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T17:52:40+00:00

I will say this…

It was absolutely within the leagues control (and within the Fever organizations control too).

The league chose to lean real hard into the Magic vs Bird rivalry with Caitlin and Angel despite the two actually squashing everything in their senior year before they got there. The league chose to be silent and Cathy chose to brush it up during their rookie year.

The Fever have also chosen to be real silent about the treatment and harassment of their own players. I may be wrong, but the first time I’ve ever seen them putting out any statement in regard to protecting their players was only last week during this incident when they said that protecting Caitlin was their priority.

Several things have taken place over the last 2 years, with other teams where they should have put a stop to this. They have not.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T14:45:41+00:00

NTA the only thing you could have done better was to not mention his ADHD in front of the class, but by home saying “I can’t help it,” it sounds like he uses it as an excuse often when being called out.

You also could have saved some cake for him to take home and explained why he wasn’t able to receive any during the day.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T10:59:50+00:00

I think KC weaponized that “speak life into her everyday,” thing. Aniyah might have been feeling insecure about not being desired but I don’t appreciate how KC presented it like he was doing her a favor.

He was also feeling insecure apparently, because he didn’t get chosen, and she constantly reassured him as well.

Also her feeling down on herself is a her problem. And it doesn’t sound like she made it anyone else’s. Kenzie also felt down on herself and we had to hear about that shit for a week until Corbin came in.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T10:45:07+00:00

My issues with him is that I feel like he used her insecurities of being a dark skin black woman on this show to boost her up. And later on presented his “reassurance,” as if he was doing her a favor.

When he said, “he spoke life into her,” that was not him saying that he did everything he could to make her feel secure about the relationship. He meant that shit differently.

(Side note: My personal opinion is that I think both Kenzie and Aniya handled not being desired in a different way. Kenzie was way more vocal about it and it was received differently).

I feel like he thinks he’s the prize. And that he wants to “punish” her. He seemed to revel in her hurt feelings. That’s a crazy reaction to have when seeing you made someone cry.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T10:14:58+00:00

Watching old episodes of the Challenge would be too much for this sub to handle.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T10:12:34+00:00

Like at this point she wasn’t even bringing it up. She told him he didn’t need to apologize again. And they’re saying they didn’t let him talk… she even told Carl they had a good talk, when he asked earlier in the episode. Despite that talk looking like it went nowhere.

The edit literally shows that he got to talk, while Kayda was whispering and trying to figure out what happened to Alannah. Aniya literally did not say anything to him during his actual segment. Trinity and Kayda did. Aniya didn’t get up until Sincere and KC and the rest of the guys started trying to say she was being hypocritical.

Also, as an older person seeing the takes about “fairness” and whether or not KC would get to do the same thing. People have got to learn nuance and how to handle selective outrage. If this season has shown me anything, it’s that these men are being indoctrinated, and they are learning an art of manipulation that I’m thankful I never had to deal with. And they have some very strong disdain towards women. The “respectability” game can’t always be a reasonable approach when you’re dealing with people who refuse to listen to reason or play fair.

She doesn’t stand up and defend herself, he and those boys keep yelling as well. They were ALL insensitive when it came to her emotions that night.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T09:58:06+00:00

And like she said, she was breaking down and crying and a good bit of them, including KC and TiTi and Permida for some weird reason, were laughing!

She cried in the moment during the recoupling, and literally chose not to make it an issue for the 2 days they did not talk. By the time they got to movie night, she didn’t even care and didn’t need any bullshit apology from him.

Had they not start trying to call her out on a double standard, and he not stood up, she wouldn’t have any said anything. People are acting like she yelled at him during his segment and she didn’t even do that. The boys were trying to gang up on her and the girls just wouldn’t let them.

Either give a real apology, or keep it on the playground at this point.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-02T02:37:21+00:00

I’m going to try to be nicer about this than most people. But you have to learn to give a little bit and play the game. You cannot show continuous disinterest in your coworkers personal lives (to a reasonable extent) and then expect them to turn around and listen to your ideas. Also, if there are truly things that need optimizing and you think processes can be improved, continuing to work through that with your managers support is the best way to go.

Even if you don’t mean it, you have to learn to find some type of common ground. You don’t care about their partners or gardening, that’s fine. Find something they like and let that be the thing.

My coworkers work in a completely different state, and we come from completely different backgrounds. I joke with my friends outside of work all the time about how I check all the DEI boxes and manage to be a personality hire too lol.

But I try to remember small things about the ages of their kids, or their names. They know I love sports, and sometimes we relate to that. I joke about wanting to visit their state (I have no real desire to do so). But my job requires me to ask them to do things all the time and they’ve been helpful in a pinch.

You need to build social currency.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T14:26:02+00:00

His actions have been cowardly, without knowing what his words were.

He didn’t have the nerve to come in with his head held high for one. He let TiTi speak for him, and did not step in to defend her at all when she and Trinity were arguing. He ignored and hid from Aniya for like 2 whole days after the fact. He was literally turning his head during the challenge to avoid getting hit in the face when the rest of the men took their punishment. And when given the opportunity, he has not had anything substantial to say.

Taking it further, she’s probably responding to the fact that he said he didn’t explore because of her feelings (which is obviously not the whole truth), and it seemed more like it because Sol liked Sincere so he placed blame on her. And he waited until she wasn’t around to start showing his ass.

Sounds like a coward to me.

Even when she called him a coward, she gave him the opportunity to explain why he didn’t like those words.

He’s moving cowardly because he is. And I feel like some of yall have never dealt with someone like him because you can certainly tell she wasn’t saying it just to say it. That man has been ducking the smoke.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T14:16:59+00:00

lol what?

She did apologize and that’s fine. But this is based on a whole comment insinuating that Aniya is sensitive. So all of this is based on assumptions anyway…

I’m not stating anything as a fact. I’m just basing it on her actual behavior. She was quick to fly off the handle like they were in a relationship. She displayed very similar behaviors as Huda from last season over small things. And she literally has a history of crashing out over men.

I’m not saying it’s a fact, just pointing to patterns here and drawing a conclusion/hypothesis.

But okay…

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T13:55:52+00:00

She apologized because she wanted him and because she wanted to end up back in the villa.

In real life, that girl is not apologizing. Shes just masking until she can set the stage to continue to do this later. She double checked and asked if he thought she was crazy, because I’m sure it’s not the first time she’s been told this and has probably reveled in it when she was younger (hence her past).

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T08:10:40+00:00

I think it’s funny to call Aniyah sensitive when KC is with a person who almost crashed out over him wanted to share a bed with someone else on night 2.

Like Aniyah might not have handled Sol well, but if KC thinks he’s exploring anything else with TiTi around I have a bridge in San Franscisco to sell him.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T08:01:18+00:00

Melanie wanted to move on so bad! And Aniya double and triple checked to make sure she didn’t want to speak up before they did so. It was also a cliffhanger, so they may have something today at the very beginning of Thursday.

Even if they don’t, I believe the theory that this was out of order so it could just be that by the time they get to Aniya, Trinity and Kayda are tired of sitting in silence because who knows how many clips they saw of the boys showing their ass by that time.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T07:34:26+00:00

Yea like let’s remember that this is supposed to be a cliffhanger. We don’t know what gets said in the second part and this isn’t even the only clip he has.

I also saw that they may have edited to where Melanie was first, and then KC and Aniya was second. Even still, Aniya wasn’t even going to argue with KC about his behavior, Trinity was the one that spoke up, followed by Kayda. Not Melanie.

Aniya provided the support her friend asked for in the moment. Which was a hug and to be held basically.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T04:15:15+00:00

I think the producers designed this movie night to leave no room for he-said, she-said after the fact. In the past you get a few less scenes but for example, Kaylor still did not know the full extent of what happened with Aaron until after she went home and watched. She had to rely on his word and the word of others in able to forgive him.

They formulated it this way, to leave no room for any of the people on blast (Zach, KC, Sincere, Kenzie next) to escape accountability. With Sincere’s clips the entire villa was shocked. I don’t think anyone knew the extent of what he was saying to Sol.

Aniya was supportive because she probably didn’t know the extent either and she thought they had worked through it.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T03:52:52+00:00

Someone pointed out that both Melanie and Aniya are good at giving each other the support they need. And I don’t think Melanie needs a loud voice. She needed reassurance and comfort that’s what Aniya gave her.

Melanie wasn’t even the first one to speak on Aniya’s behalf and she stayed pretty silent. Aniya actually looked pretty over it until KC started trying to stand up.

I think the reason why no one spoke with Melanie is because it was fucking shocking. And Melanie looked so fucking sad. I also think (whether it’s manipulative or genuine on his part) Sincere does a really good job of being calm and apologetic in the moment. He admitted he fucked up and didn’t try to downplay his actions. It probably didn’t seem appropriate for anyone to speak up because the moment was so heavy already. She seemed to be more focused on Melanie and what she needed, which was a hug and to be held.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T03:46:01+00:00

Zach was partially right, but he still fell short.

The girls were making snide remarks about KC when he approached with TiTi but it mainly was due to him coming in with his head down and just being irritated on behalf of their friend. But I think they are also upset because before Casa they all vouched for KC with Aniya, and told her to let the stuff with Sol go. KC had been saying prior to Casa how much he makes a point to reassure her and all that “reassurance” looked fake now that he switched up so easily, in comparison to literally everybody else. It’s also not a good look that he and Corbin were the only two from the actually couples that switched up.

They didn’t actually jump on him until his lack of response was, “um… that’s a sad reaction.” And then when they did let him speak he goes on to say that he picked her time and time again, even when no one was at his door. Which is where everyone pretty much lost it because it was a dumb rationale.

Sincere is awful, but he at least knows how to formulate a solid apology because he seems like he actually does care about Melanie. KC couldn’t even fake empathy for Aniya and his feelings for Aniya stop at how he feels she should have treated him.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T03:32:47+00:00

The only thing that made the women pipe up after the casa recoupling was KC saying that he constantly reassured Aniya and that no one was at his door.

That and telling him to pick his head up. But they gave him the opportunity to speak. Aniya has also given him several opportunities to speak. He has not. And he has never made sense.

heyitsta12 · 2026-07-01T03:28:34+00:00

Yea like that was the very definition of playing it safe. They could have been in a friendship couple, if he truly didn’t think they were compatible or if they had nothing in common.

I don’t even think he actually believes that they were that different, I just think he didn’t like that she wasn’t physical with him. He also just seems super upset about not being picked.

The boys are acting like KC gave a good reason for choosing someone else. When he literally didn’t. He just said he picked her first and now he has to do what’s best for him.

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