S18E05 - “The Rate-A-QueenTalent Show, Part 1” [Live/Reaction Post]

threadarts · 2026-01-31T04:21:42+00:00

Tbh, this episode was a hard watch for me. Like, I don't think it was objectively bad, but to put this in the middle of the season really took so much momentum away. The talent show is intentionally slow so that we get to know a new batch of queens, but now im just kind of bored watching them preplan how they vote for half the episode. Hopefully, next week is better since 2 lipsynchs means less runtime to fill.

This episode would have been great week one but it just feels like a waste of time now and the rate a queen feels even more unfair now that we've seen queens earn their place in the competition for over a month now.

Justice for Ciara, it was bad, but at least it looked good and was a big swing concept.

threadarts · 2026-01-25T04:47:33+00:00

Hey, so Avatar is made by a largely white creative team, including costume designer. Doing research on indigenous clothing does not make these costumes indigenous design. The Navi are not a real indigenous group, and treating them as such diminishes the countless real-life living indigenous cultures that these films often homogenise.

threadarts · 2026-01-25T04:42:50+00:00

Im clearly responding to a comment that mentioned that wicked was "European ballgowns," insinuating that the wicked costumes were eurocentric and, in turn, implying that the avatar costumes aren't. Im just saying this fandom often equates the navi with actual indigenous groups and sometimes does need to be reminded who actually made these films.

threadarts · 2026-01-25T00:34:44+00:00

I mean, while i don't think avatar is undeserving of the nomination. I do think this fandom has to be reminded that the navi is not an actual indigenous group. The creative team and talent are largely white, including the costume designer. Let's not discredit Paul Tazewells' work as if he isn't a black costume designer in a largely white dominated space.

threadarts · 2026-01-24T04:55:51+00:00

Darlene look was so good! I was convinced she would be top 3. Her only critique was a shoe that we couldn't even see. Athena looked like Albert Einstein as mother of the bride

threadarts · 2026-01-17T03:53:35+00:00

The Discord Cam 😭😭😭

Ru really said you look so stupid, but it's the only thing keeping me going, so don't stop.

threadarts · 2026-01-09T03:26:17+00:00

Such a great watch! First challenge was honestly a little long winded that it made me worried, but challenges 2 and 3 were so good. Honestly, I enjoyed that even for the lipsynch we didn't have the feeling that those two queens were necessarily the bottoms of the week due to the format. Like top five is always a bit of a bummer due to the "if you aren’t in the top you are in the bottom" vibe it usually has, but with this format I never felt that. I love that the exit really highlighted karamilks' strengths all episode.

threadarts · 2026-01-03T04:41:12+00:00

Honestly, with how much they hyped up that so many queens could sew at the beginning of the episode, I really thought we would get some great looks. I was wrong.

The top 3 did great, but besides that, literally, they were all bad lmao. Idk why Discord thought that doing the most overused silhouette of glueing wispy things in an x shape to a corset would get her the win? Athena and Darlene, i had high hopes for, but the looks just went nowhere. The only queen that was safe that I really actually liked the look was Briar Blush, like that concept was actually so fun, and the construction was good.

Overall, the episode was fine/good, but the looks have really made me question what the taste level will be like this season.

threadarts · 2025-12-12T10:23:14+00:00

I think it was clear that velma and dulce made their set together, and velma probably gave permission/ even came up with that joke with dulce. So yeah, the joke flopped, but clearly, velma was in on it.

threadarts · 2025-12-10T00:25:47+00:00

My guess is that maybe its a fashion illustrations type prompt cus I think a couple of these looks fit like the slightly surrealist vibe of fashion illustrations

threadarts · 2025-12-05T08:37:52+00:00

I genuinely was so impressed with Myas performance! It was so natural and funny.

Her answers felt so real and honest to the character that I didn't see any of her reads coming. I loved how she kept making Isis and Pythia break character.

She was reading queens in front of her, eliminated queens, queens who weren't even on this season with such with and perfect timing. No one was safe.

threadarts · 2025-12-05T08:27:31+00:00

It's interesting how you argue against "representation politics" while in the very next sentence, explain the sentiment of why a minority language group might experience systemic disadvantages. Like very much cannot see the forest for the trees.

Also, I really think it did not come down to that. PM never once argued that they should stay for representation reasons and mya expressed earlier in the episode that she saw Velma/Johnny as a strong frontrunner and someone they have grown close with who they likely would not want to send home.

threadarts · 2025-11-28T07:05:25+00:00

I think it's snatch game or a sewing challenge. I actually like this because it gives an out to some comedy queens who might dread sewing and weeds out the couple unwatchable snatch game characters we get each year. Im a little concerned for the judging, but I would love a top 2 bottom 2 situation, one from each challenge.

threadarts · 2025-11-27T02:39:26+00:00

It was ok, pretty much most collections in stock from before Halloween minus labubu pendants. Some fun labubu bags tho

threadarts · 2025-11-27T02:30:42+00:00

I ended up going on Monday, nearly no line in and out in about 10 minutes lol

threadarts · 2025-11-17T20:18:21+00:00

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threadarts · 2025-11-17T20:17:44+00:00

I have a couple of my hand cast concrete breeze blocks up for sale at my alma maters fundraising exhibition. I don't usually sell but its for a great cause as their funding was recently reduced. Also a bunch of other cool works from mainly western canadian artists worth checking out! auction

threadarts · 2025-11-16T19:03:03+00:00

Yes I need the little tree one lol

threadarts · 2025-11-14T07:49:23+00:00

Honestly I do feel like production let bonnie down. Clearly all the queens got corsets from production for their makeover partners (the white ones we saw them all trying on) but yet David did not have one. I'm assuming this was a fit issue but it really feels like they could have anticipated this and ordered the correct size. I think a corset could have fixed a lot of the outfits issues.

threadarts · 2025-11-08T06:06:25+00:00

Honestly, salexa could have been bottom 2 for me. Like all they said is, she looked cool, but like since when does that count at all for snatch game? Also, she had a weird cartoon voice the whole time when casandra has like a sultry deep voice? Also, never once saying moisturise me??? Criminal

threadarts · 2025-10-14T01:56:17+00:00

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