#drag race holland s2

[shujubeelamoglia]

Queen of the Universe

Season 2 Promo

Queens:

Aura Eternal

Chloe V

Jazell Royale

Love Masisi

Maxie

Militia Scunt

Miss Sistrata

Taiga Brava

Trevor Ashley

Viola

Premieres March 31st on Paramount+

[petitmonde]

top 5 underrated seasons of drag race please :)

Well, underrated is debatable, so I guess I'm just gonna go with the international seasons. Keeping it to one per franchise.

1. Hands down Drag Race Thailand s2. Like, what are you even doing with your life if you haven't watched it? Season 1 is also phenomenal. The format is slightly different, with maxi challenge and runway being judged separately.

2. In terms of which is the most underrated of the two, the second season of Drag Race Philippines. The queens consistently brought it. The challenges were fun. Yet not that many people saw it compared to the first season.

3. Drag Race Holland s1. I dunno, it just had a certain charm over it. Also, have you seen Envy Peru?

4. Drag Race France s1 consumed me in a way I never expected it to. Nicky is such a good main judge, and everyone who raised eyebrows at her being picked got proven wrong. I don't even need to mention the fashion, that part is obvious.

5. Down Under s2 was the surprise of the century after the shitshow that was the first season. Spankie going from lipsyncing in the first episode, to getting back up and then winning the whole thing was a satisfying narrative.

[justanothergeneralkrow]

Thoughts on the UKvsTW s2 Talent Show

Choriza May, Lip Sync Performance (Party in Hell) She opened the show really well. Probably the best song we heard that night alongside Marina's Amafilipina. The outfit was designed by mr.oystr and looked spectacular. Her energy was vivacious and infectious as she performed. Though I did feel like I was having more fun listening to her song rather than having fun by her performance.

Scarlet Envy, Live Singing Performance (Bad Advice) I actually quite enjoyed Scarlet's performance. When she was kept on stage I thought they were going to praise her but instead she was mostly negatively critiqued. Though I don't disagree with the critiques I thought she did well enough to be safe. I just think her mistake with the talent show was that the song's humor was a bit lax. Some of the bad advice was more nonsesical than bad or too general. I feel like if she had referenced herself and her drag race run more the performance would've been much better. The line I laughed at the most was: “Keep losing like me and soon you’ll be, Invited back more times than Jujubee.” Nevertheless she looked stunning so it's fine.

La Grande Dame, Soundboard Comedy Performance Truly frustrating that someone that gorgeous is also that stupid and funny. She stepped on that stage in an LBD, a blonde human hair unit and a mic then proceeded to laugh, grunt and press buttons. It was a phenomenal performance and my favorite details were the reference to her first talent show with the saxophone and at the end when she put the mic under her dress and laughed one more time. Definitely the second best performance of the night.

Gothy Kendoll, Lip Sync & Fire Performance (Inferno) I was really rooting for Gothy here, I love seeing early outs get an opportunity to return but this performance was just not it. The song wasn't very good which made the start of her performance hard to watch. When the fire tricks came out my interest was piqued again and while the tricks were impressive her lack of confidence really brought down the performance. She just looked uncomfortable on stage, even the way she walked looked a bit off. I am glad she got to stay though I hope she's able to build up her confidence and really perform.

Marina Summers, Lip Sync & Silk Poi Performance (AMAFILIPINA) "Born in an island and raised by the seas, Gold in my skin I'm the Filipina queen, I'm a Filipina, Filipina Winner." I loved her performance, pure pinay pride, pure pinay talent just amazing. I could keep talking about how amazing she is but the performance speaks for itself. I will say her doing her own version of AMAKABOGERA by Maymay Entrata sent me into a laughing fit of pure entertainment and joy. (Also that song was a lip sync on her original season and resulted in a double shantay between Minty Fresh and Brigiding).

Keta Minaj, Lip Sync & Gymnastics Performance (Yay2theK) I was so excited for Keta to return, she remains the only queen to garner 3 wins and not make the finale. Truly a robbed queen. She's super talented and her Holland talent show was amazing. Unfortunately she did not live up to the hype. I was expecting a lot from her and I was disappointed. I wasn't enthused by her song it was weird in a forced kind of way and her performance wasn't the best. I'm convinced her gymnastics got her the safe placement but I think she should've been in the bottom 3.

Mayhem Miller, Meditation ijbol

Hannah Conda, Live Singing Comedy Performance I feel like she could've been in the top 3 over Choriza. Her performance was really funny and she sounded great. The false piano playing to the false reveal. It was all really well conceived and showcased her personality really well. As someone who didn't watch Down Under this talent show was a great introduction to the Hannah Conda and I'm excited to see more.

Jonbers Blonde, Lip Sync Performance (In Fashion) A really fun performance from Jonbers. Her personality is just so bright and captivating and it's great to see it shining through her performance. I will say this is like the third "fashion" song in a talent show. (AS3 Milk & AS4 Naomi) So it's a bit of a tired thing to do for a talent show, in my opinion. I did love her look at the start of the performance. The coat played well with the dress and she looked really good, less of a fan of dress' bodice though.

Arantxa Castilla La Mancha, Comedy Performance It was funny when she called them idiots but I felt like the performance went on for a bit too long without a punchline. She just kept saying her name and there is comedy in the absurdity of that but personally I just felt a little uncomfortable. Love her though and while I was uncomfortable I was also laughing and giggling.

Tia Kofi, Live Singing (Read my Lips) I didn't like this performance. It reminded me of Megami's and Ginger Minj's talent show. It was sincere and subpar, to speak a bit bluntly. Her vocals weren't that amazing and the performance felt a bit stilted. I feel like this performance needed dancers or something that could help Tia keep the energy up.

[fairy-moan]

Drag Race Franchise & Dragula Asian Excellence - 2021

[smugpuffin]

I was LIVING for Chelseaboy being totally unimpressed by Reggy B. She really said, "Go girl give us nothing!"

I had to go ahead and make my new reaction image. I also made a transparent for all your custom emoji needs.

[madam-fox]

vivaldi only made it through cuz she’s a fashion girl. she should’ve been disqualified for that shit she pulled

[anestheticalien]

Fixed it! :)

No hate to Vanessa, she's an amazing queen and I'm happy for her that she won the crown. That being said though, I would have loved to see Keta in the finale and possibly win this whole thing (and see the Puny - Keta lipsync). She steamrolled all over the competition bringing so much talent and gorgeous looks (my god, I can't get over that final look, wow that was stunning). Very curious to see what Keta is going to bring next and she deserves all the love and support.  My winner!!

[fuckyeahbananafreak]

I tried the first episode of drag race holland season 1 but didn’t feel it

I tried the first episode of drag race holland season 2 but didn’t feel it either

[t4yce]

could you please do 15, 20, and 21 for the drag race asks?

thank you!! 💞

15: what's an elimination that upset you or you disagreed with?

Oh there are a few but I think the most unjust one was keta minaj on Holland s2... That whole situation with vivaldi was so messy she should not have gone through to the final x

Plus keta was incredibly talented and deserving, it really sucks she missed out on it

20: who's a queen that you think got a bad edit or was treated unfairly?

I'm gonna answer treated unfairly and I'm gonna say tayce because uk2 is one of the only seasons I'd finish the eps like??!???!!?!!!!?!?!??? I feel like Ru and Michelle always gave her harsher critiques than they did everyone else, like if 2 queens made the same mistake theyd only mention it for tayce and stuff like that. I'm not usually someone that gets heated about TV shows but I needed half an hour after every ep just to process those critiques lol

21: any catchphrases from drag race that you really love or say a lot?

"choices" is probably my favourite and the one I use most ; it's so short yet says so much!

And not exactly a catchphrase?? But I can't stop myself from saying 'all alone in the drainpipes' whenever someone says 'flashbacks' lol

[shujubeelamoglia]

Vivaldi

Drag Race Holland

Statements on the Runway - Deforestation

Photography by Cyriel Jacobs

[knuckleduster]

the way drag race thailand s1 and s2 and drag race holland s1 had the same format where the challenge just did not matter at all and everything was decided based on the runway

[moonshotsx]

me deciding drag race holland s2 wasn't worth watching was honestly one of the best decisions i've made this year, what an absolute rigged mess lol

[zwritestuff]

hot take: in every season of drag race, the latines are the queens who ALWAYS are insulted by the production. in season 3, when yara was wearing that beautiful dress that represents her culture, rupaul basically makes fun of it. we have seen alexis in a regular season + all star 1 & 5 being portrayed as someone loud and crazy (also, i really hate when juju said "second language my ass", but nobody calls her bc she is a fan favorite). as much that the fandom LOVES talking about +

+ the favouritism of vanessa, we can see her being despise for the production and the fandom, (when she was actually one of the strongest contenders in season 11), just because "she is loud and annoying". the only queen latine that didn't receive all of this is probably crystal, but not a lot of fans perceives her as a mexican. i don't know if one day we could watch a latine winning in USA drag race... but i hope that in drag race holland abby or envy gets the crown, we need more representation.

GO THE FUCK OFF QUEEN. this show and fandom in general treats QOC in such a disgusting way. we CAN’T have latines without them getting the “oh i can’t speak english and i have an accent that absolutel errases all of the good qualities i have bc all everyone talks about is my broken english” OR “i’m loud and messy and i have a very volatile personality so you better don’t come for me” edit. it’s exhausting, and we’re SO MUCH MORE than that. when that instance with jujubee happened it rubbed me the wrong way SO MUCH. i’ve been learning english since i was 4 and guess what? I STILL SPEAK BADLY SOMETIMES, I PROBABLY HAVE MADE LOTS OF MISTAKES IN THIS POST ALONE. jujubee, being a bilingual person (bc she also speaks laos as seen in s2) should be MORE than aware of this.

and when it comes to vanessa, GUESS THE FUCK WHAT? SHE ONLY EXISTS FOR BRANJIE, SHE CAN’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT AT LEAST SOMEONE POINTING OUT IT WAS FOR BROOKE OR KAMERON. I’M FUCKING OVER IT. i know people is entitled to shipping whatever they want, but when you reduce a qoc to just a ship and not her own person with her own life independetly of branjie/kamjie it gives me serious red flag. and crystal, i was SO BEYOND THE MOON when i found out a season favorite was latine, but THEN bc crystal didn’t adhere to either of the nasty stereotypes the world in general has about us, people doubted her identity, WHEN SHE HERSELF SAID IT A LOT OF TIMES. SHE’S MEXICAN. SHE’S LATINE. SHE’S OURS. 

i am ROOTING for drag race holland to let us have a latine winner, moreover, A SOUTH AMERICAN LATINE winner, bc we’re so overlooked. everyone always focuses on center america and the caribbean, we south americans have no representation point blank period. and the fact abby and envy are the ONLY poc casted in drh only makes me want this even BADLIER than i already want qoc to win in drus seasons. 

[serzhantkris]

Rebel Yell- 1

Summary: Let’s get something straight: he does not love you. He knows that for sure, because he doesn’t want to scream at you and he doesn’t want to get married, and that’s the only things he knows for sure about people who are in love. And he was doomed to kiss with his fists and scream and be angry and blame everyone but himself for the rest of his life. So, no. Billy did not love you. Billy Hargrove x Hopper!Reader

Word Count: 2079

AN: Hey all! Just a forward for this series, it does follow s2 kind of. Also, I have 8 parts currently written and it’s... it’s gonna be a long one, ya’ll.

It’s snowing, inside the trailer. The fluttering, gentle flakes kissing the furniture and disappearing against fabric and wood. Above, the colorful strings of lights twinkle to the distorted tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. It’s quiet, dark, peaceful.

Why, then, are you so afraid?

The lights flicker, the electric buzz bleeding into something far more sinister. A hiss. A growl. The snowflakes aren’t snow at all, but ash. The smell of gasoline replaces any hint of gingerbread. The growling grows louder, the lights match the speed of your racing heart. The lights fall like a rainbow on your face, but everytime they flash off, a dark shadow lingers over you. It stretches up the wall and ceiling, until there’s nothing left but long, crooked limbs and a blossoming head, it’s mouth open and hungry.

You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

You jerk awake, snapping like a rubber band back into reality, where the only flickering light is the alarm clock by your bed. It takes a second for you to catch up, breathing the stale smell of the trailer- no gasoline or gingerbread or fear- and look at the clock. It’s 5:22, and the world is still asleep.

Shoving the covers off, you sit up, rubbing your palms in your eyes like you can blur away the nightmare. Stuffing your feet into your boots, the laces drag the ground as you shuffle quietly to the back door. The October air is welcoming on your skin, wiping away the sweat stuck to your forehead and shushing away your fears like a comforting kiss. A cigarette in hand, the smoke drifts towards the west, where your back deck overlooks the lake, and disappears into the night sky.

Always darkest, you think. Just before dawn.

It takes three cigarettes before the sun starts to rise. Birds begin to stretch their wings, chirping from the woods beyond the lake. Smothering the butts on the deck railing, you flick the last one over the side and slip back through the door. When it closes behind you, the sounds of morning are replaced by the sounds of sleep.

The snoring is muffled by the pillow over his head, held there by a limp arm. His legs stick out over the other end of the couch, all of it sinking under his weight. There’s a bottle, hanging limply in his other hand, two more on the table. Sighing, you reach toward him and tug gently on the pillow.

“Dad.” Your voice is a harsh whisper, no louder than his snores, and you clear your throat to swallow the remnants of sleep and smoke. “Dad, get up.”

He hugs the pillow tighter, a dragonesque snore pulling from his lips. You let go, frowning down at him, and grab the curtain on the window overhead. Pulling it open, the light spills over his sleeping form and the literred table.

“We’re both gonna be late,” louder this time, you grab up the empty bottles and clang them together. The snore turns into a groan turns into a sigh, and he throws the pillow onto the floor as you move toward the kitchen. “It’s Monday, Dad.”

“You’re insufferable,” he mumbled, the couch protesting loudly as he pushes himself up. “Who taught you to be so damn responsible?”

“Must’ve been Mom,” you shrug, turning the knobs on the stove as he lumbers toward the bathroom. 

“Must’ve been.”

Seven thirty, the world is brighter and you’re both climbing into the car marked ‘Hawkins Police Dept.’ Warm air floods the vehicle as he pulls onto the road, driving straight toward the growing sun. 

“You ready for that chemistry test?” One hand on the wheel, his eyes flickered over, trying to read your expression in the reflection of the window.

“Test was last week,” you said. Jim Hopper looks back at the dirty windshield, tapping his thumb on the wheel to the faint music coming from the dash.

“Really? How, uh, how’d it go?”

“Got a C.”

He doesn’t know if he should be disappointed or proud, but he nods anyway. “How ‘bout everything else? Grades look okay?”

“They’re fine,” you answer, tracing shapes on the car window. Even with the heat on, the windows fog over and it feels like winter. “Nancy wants to go to this Halloween party tomorrow.”

“Oh yeah? A party, huh?”

“Yeah,” you breathe on the glass, blurring out the frowning doodles. “We were thinking I’d spend the night with her after.”

Jim flicks the turn signal, pausing at a stop sign. “Just you and Nancy?”

“Yes, Dad. Just me and Nancy.”

“Where’s the party?”

“Tina’s.”

Jim frowns. Which one was Tina, again? Was she one of the ones he liked? “You’ll call when you make it to Nancy’s?”

“Yeah, okay. Does that mean I can go?” The car stops outside of Hawkins High School. Groups of students make their way toward the doors, books in hand and bags over their shoulders. Jim puts the car in park as you reach for the handle. 

“Just don’t forget to call.”

The door slams shut behind you, your eyes already looking for a familiar BMW as you cross the gravel lot. A flash of blue, a dash of pink, and you recognize Steve and Nancy standing out of the car. Nancy spots you first, raising her hand to get your attention as you skid down the hill toward them.

The purr of a hot engine and squealing tires makes you pause at the edge of the lot. A midnight blue Camaro separates you from Nancy and Steve, blaring a song you’d heard a million times on your own stereo. It parks and the doors swing open. A red headed girl hops out of the passenger’s seat, points a skateboard for the middle school, and is gone. 

The driver moves slower, one boot out and then the other, and when he stands tall, he’s nothing you had seen at Hawkins before. You would have recognized the denim-on-denim, steel-horse cowboy if you had seen him before.

The stranger pauses to look around, surveying the area like a wolf searching for prey. He turns on the spot, just enough for you to get a good look at his face. His jaw is square, a barely-there stubble over his cheeks and above wine red lips. He’s soft, with rough edges and sharp blue eyes. And when he walks away, he swaggers like a rockstar on stage.

“Who is that?”

“I have no idea-“

The moment passes, and you skip across the lot toward Nancy and Steve.

“Sorry I’m late,” you sigh, shifting the weight of your backpack. “Overslept.”

The three of you start for the school, following the steady stream of students through the halls. You shoulder pressed tight to Nancy’s, slipping through a doorway where Tina was handing out bright orange fliers for her party. 

“Y/N,” Nancy pauses where the hall splits in three directions, tugging your sleeve. “You’re coming tonight, right? We can’t cancel again.”

You nod, moving toward your locker. “Yeah, I’ll be there.”

Satisfied, Nancy allows Steve to drag her off, the two of them disappearing into the flood of students. Turning back around, you twist open the lock on your locker and start unloading your books on the shelf, shoving the backpack to the bottom, on top of a pile of forgotten homework and clothes. Glancing up, you catch sight of the photograph pinned to the inside of the door.

You’re smiling, in the photo. A Polaroid taken at a carnival, you’re holding an ice cream cone and making a peace sign. Nancy holds her own cone, that cotton candy smile plastered on her rosy cheeks. On the other side of her, Barbara Holland is laughing.

It’s overcast when the last bell rings and students begin pouring out onto the asphalt. Leaves crunch under your feet as you weave between huddles of teenagers and their cars, searching absently for a familiar BMW. The click of wheels on the pavement behind you caught your attention, and you turned to see the redhead standing on the board, heading toward you as you passed by Tommy H’s car. The tail lights of the car flashed, and before you could warn the preteen, the car backed up and knocked her flat on her back. The skateboard slid under the car and came out the other side, hitting you in the foot as Tommy slammed on his brakes.

“Watch it, little twerp!” Carol leaned out the passenger window, sneering down at where the girl sprawled on the pavement. She clamored to her feet as you grabbed the skateboard off the ground.

“Shove it up your ass, Carol!” You hip checked the back of Tommy’s car as you rounded it, jostling her, and ignored the middle finger she sent you as you helped the middle schooler to her feet. Tommy backed up as soon as you both were clear, wheels churning dust as they peeled out of the lot.

“You okay, red?” She nodded, face flushed as red as her hair as she took the board back from you. “Hey, you’re the new kid, right?”

She rolled her eyes. “Yeah, I guess. It’s, uh, I’m Max.”

“Sorry, Max. Small town, word gets around. You can call me Hopper. Everyone does.”

Max flashes a quick smile before turning the board over to inspect it. “Crap, one of my bearings broke.”

Following her line of sight, you peer at the cracked piece of metal attached to the wheel. “Shit, I’m sorry. I don’t think Melvald’s carries anything like that, but I bet you can get them to order one.”

“Melvald’s? Where’s that?”

“Downtown, right by Radio Shack. It’s near the Palace Arcade, too, if that’s your kind of thing.”

Max smiles, tucking the board under her arm. “Thanks,” she says. Her smile vanishes, her eyes trained somewhere over your shoulder. You turn, spotting the familiar blue eyes watching you from beside the Camaro. “I better go before I get left behind. Can’t skate home without a board.”

“Yeah,” you mumble, adjusting the backpack on your shoulder. “What’s he, like your brother or something?”

Max snorted. “Or something.”

Max waved a half-hearted goodbye and you watched after her a moment as she neared the car before you continued your search for Steve or his notoriously loud BMW.

“Who were you talking to?”

Max rolled her eyes, yanking the passenger door open. “Nobody.”

“Nobody?”

The doors slammed and the car came to life, music blaring from the radio as the car reversed and swung out of the lot. “Just some girl.”

Barbara’s parents welcome you, Nancy and Steve into their home, each week, with hopeful smiles. All of you, seated around the flowery table with your plates loaded with take-out chicken, chatting lightly about things that don’t matter. The table behind you is decorated with various mismatched frames, all of them photos of Barb, and you keep looking at them like her eyes, all pairs, some behind thick glasses, others young and carefree, all watching you. Like they know the secret that you, Nancy and Steve have been keeping the better part of a year.

Barbara Holland was dead. You knew this. Steve knew. Nancy knew. Others, too, but it was still somehow something that was guised under Missing. There was nothing ‘Missing.’ There were no footprints to follow. Barbara Holland was dead, but her parents still held the door open for the three of you, still held out hope that someday their daughter would come home.

“It means we’re going to find our Barb,” Mrs. Holland was saying.

You stuck your fork into the macaroni and cheese. Nancy and Steve exchanged looks.

“For the first time in a long time, we’re hopeful.”

Nancy slipped away from the table, disappearing into the bathroom. Steve cleared his throat, trying to retain a semblance of normalcy with the Hollands. You didn’t look up, staring hard at the barely-touched plate in front of you.

Hawkins had not been the same since last November. Things had changed, forever tainted by the things that had happened. Will Byers disappeared and seemingly came back from the dead. Barbara Holland was taken and did not come back. Monsters proved themselves to be very real, and not the kind you had seen under your bed and in your closet in your youth. In short, life in Hawkins, Indiana, had been completely turned upside down.

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[fairy-moan]

Drag Race Franchise & Dragula Trans Excellence - 2021

[missjanjie]

hey do you think you'll watch drag race españa when it comes out or not?

im not sure. the thing is i have adhd and it’s hard for me to exclusively focus on watching something, which i would need to when using subtitles (the exception here is movies, i got through parasite fine, for example). i managed s2 of drag race thailand but i never got past the first episode of holland because of this. the one thing that’s different is that i do speak some spanish so i might be able to watch it with divided attention like i do for the english-speaking international iterations.

tldr: maybe, provided my shit brain lets me