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makotoscoffee · 2 years ago

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Drag Race France season 1, episode 2, my thoughts🍾

Hi racers, I am BACK to recap and analyze season 1 of DRF and we are on what is actually my FAVORITE episode of the season, I cannot tell you how many times I've re-watched this😭 SHOWTIME!

per usual, the episode starts off after the elimination when the queens return to the werkroom. Still can't believe it's all one huge room like they're technically not returning to anything😭

that was a lie.

A new week has begun! This is the beginning of their silly werkroom entrances I love them so much :')

🚨Paloma quotes Mylène, I think this was the first time she explicitly referenced her🚨

I love the queens hyping Nicky up in his lil leather moment, the vibes are so good😭❤️

Paloma practicing for the finale😌

Nicky tells the queens, first to scream, and then to yell. This is typical of the French. The girls have 20 minutes to get into quick drag for the mini challenge, which is to do a rock performance with DRAG KINGSSS YASSS !!!❤️‍🔥 It won't happen but wouldn't it be so fun if Sergueï went on the show and kept the crown in the family? Either way, I genuinely predict that we'll see our first king/s compete on either DRF2 or DRESP3. QUOTE ME ON THAT!🗣️

Being the superfan of the show that she is, Paloma explains the nature of the mini challenge✨

I liked seeing Soa talk to Bertha while Bertha was running around and stressing out, we got a little glimpse of their dynamic back home🕵🏻

Once again Kam is killing me with her shady confessionals😭💀

This was a fun mini-challenge and it seemed like everyone had a fun time. Especially Paloma who gave it her all (note: Paloma 2022 wig, 80s earrings from a bygone era, one of many web/net dresses, and yellow boa that she wore on The Masked Singer. You can't see them here but I'm dying to know more about the snake print heels she wore👁️👁️)

LGD was cracking me UPPP I love when someone picks a character for a mini challenges and commits to the bit. And she showed that she can be weird and ugly!

subtitle mistake: the title of Call My Agent was directly translated to Ten Percent, however this worked out well because it made "Queen Percent" make sense as the parody title. Later it is translated to Call My Agent, the English title.

are you 5 years old...

As the winner of the mini-challenge, LGD gets to assign everyone's roles. This is her opportunity to sabotage everyone, but since this is RuPaul's Best Friend Race she won't do that.

AS SOON AS LGD MENTIONED VIVIANE SHE GRINNED FROM EAR TO EAR SHJDHJSHSK. Dame points out that the roles are clearly written with the queens in mind. THIS IS WHERE THE RIGGORY BEGINS. They wrote in, literally based the story around, a Latina character, and then Lolita was criticized for playing the role. .........

I was surprised to hear Kam say she's done Edith Piaf before, but I've come to learn that Kam is a lot more than meets the surface and can be very strange. It was also very sporty of her to let La Briochée have the role instead, shout-out to Kam! Marianne James visits the werkroom and I have to say I'm so glad they brought in someone with that level of experience to help with the challenge!! Nicky went home during the acting challenge on her season, after all.

Get yourself someone who looks at you the way Paloma looks at Marianne James❤️(once again with the fingers...)

I normally am not a huge fan of acting challenges shot in the werkroom but this time it worked well because they at least put up a wall and made it look like a different room

TIME TO ACT!

Because we still hadn't seen a lot of the queens and like I said, I hadn't singled out Paloma yet, I was very intrigued when I saw her outfit and over-all curious about the skit.

I thought what LGD was doing with her accent and cadence was SO FUNNY I still can't fathom why they didn't like it!! But I do think they gave her constructive criticism and good direction regardless, and you could tell it was hard for her to do something other than what she'd planned. Then there is the iconic, César and Emmy award-winning performance of Lova Ladiva as Kimberley. That Emmy actually helped Lova achieve EGOT status. Cue one of my favorite Paloma confessionals

NOW WE GET TO SEE PALOMA ACT YAYY ^-^ the way she says reggaeton scratches my brain so nicely and all the jokes in her part were already really funny and she just delivered them so well. I love how she walked in with confidence and I thought she was super professional. I'll talk more about the actual skit when we see the finished product. Kam comes in and does her part - sidenote: I really like how they edited the shooting segment of the episode because it really saved all the funny moments and gave just enough context - shout-out to @sira-ines for noticing Kam borrowed Paloma's wig✨

LOVA IN THE BACK PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE

Bertha got nervous the second she received any notes from Marianne, which is understandable, but also stupid. I was so relieved that Elips did great with her scene, and I'm glad she had fun with the role. It's really important to nail those smaller characters with less screen-time, and she totally did. La Briochée's shoot was barely shown and my impression based solely on that was that she would be safe (and she was!) THEN, LOLITA COMES IN AND NAILS IT IN JUST ONE TAKE. That is RARE. Soa comes in and immediately it is a mess and I'm nervous for her. But at least she was aware of exactly what was happening (she said it in her confessional.) Then they skip to the end of the shoot as to not spoil the dramatic plot twist😌

Would like to point out Paloma and Lolita. Remember this moment.

I am LIVING for delusional Lova!!

While doing their makeup the girls have a heartfelt talk about coming out of the closet. This felt pretty genuine, it wasn't just like "okay now we have to talk about this to teach the audience about what LGBT is" and it was nice hearing everyone's stories, and cool to hear Soa talk about her journey with gender identity! Over-all I feel like we got multiple perspectives of different backgrounds in this talk, even if it wasn't a hardcore, kleenex kind of scene it was still heartfelt.

RUNWAY TIME

Earlier in the episode when Nicky mentioned both The César Awards and The Oscar Awards, they kept César- but this time when she just said César, they subtitled it as Oscar! Interesting to see what makes the cultural context filter and what doesn't. This week's runway is "Say it with flowers" which in English was simply subtitled as "floral" oh well.

Soa: Very cool but compared to the others.... it's a miss for me I fear.

Kam: honestly... she didn't have a single bad runway, in my book. this is stunning- yes it is very literal and floral but it's just too fucking good

La Big Bertha: I mean, she technically did say it with flowers... but overall the look is not up to par. and personally I don't like food on the runway it's overdone

Elips: Stunning, creative, completely outside the box❤️

La Briochée: THIS WAS SO CREATIVE loved it

Lolita Banana: I am going to say something completely unexpected and perhaps controversial to some........ Lolita could and should have won this episode. DON'T GO!!! I LOVE PALOMA SHE ALSO DESERVED IT!!! me and my mom literally discussed this for DAYS we were in the car and she turned off the radio and went "can we talk? because i dont know how to feel about who won last night..." mind you this was before the Paloma obsession kicked in. Stunning reveal, stunning look, stunning story.

Paloma: this made me think. like, i was so intrigued by this. she said it's "100% Paloma" and that made me even more curious as to WHO IS SHE!! also it was so cool to see that niche reference and even cooler that Daphné recognized it. I'm not big on bodysuits but this is obviously way more than that and really elevated and gorgeous. the way the thorns surround her is just magical and such a creative take on the theme.

Lova Ladiva: it hurt to watch, really

La Grande Dame: another less literal interpretation of flowers, at first i didn't like it but honestly it's so stunning. sorry, Soa, but she gets away with it tonight

IT'S TIME TO WATCH THE FUNNIEST ACTING CHALLENGE ON DRAG RACE EVER !!!!! This is the only one that I've re-watched over and over, I could probably recite the whole thing if I spoke French. Paloma and LGD gave the best performances in my opinion. I was surprised LGD was able to carry it like that! her and Paloma were definitely the supporting pillars of the sketch, they made a really strong team together. Within the first three seconds we see her, Paloma is a powerhouse. Her character is well-rounded yet easy to understand, and her line-delivery is just hysterical.

C'est un miracle🚬

The physical gags like the champagne cork hitting Kimberley were actually so funny and the strange slapstick-like acting was simply... art. LGD was so funny! I still can't believe the judges weren't thrilled with her. Idk why but when Paloma sat down w her legs spread I was like "oh god what is she about to do" like idk the character choice immediately made sense and made me soooo excited to see where she was going to take it. "La Vie En Rose 2: Le retour d'Edith" makes me laugh so I hard I cry. me and my brother will literally just randomly quote this sketch at each other all the time. The plot of the sketch is so easy to follow, even when you haven't seen Call My Agent, and it never relied on just screaming/fighting/making fun of lesbians like some sketches (mostly improvised ones) do... also I love how many of Paloma's outfits on the show were things she already had and has worn many times, if you look through old photos you can find all the pieces of this look! Thrifty queen.

Bertha did a better job than I expected!🤭 Good for her, it wasn't an easy character to work with. All the queens with supporting roles had their work cut out for them since they had little time to communicate very quirky characters, so aside from Soa they all did really well!

If you pay attention you'll see that Paloma (and LGD too) stayed in character the ENTIRE time just sitting down. Even the way she was sitting was in character. Her mannerisms and looks and ALL OF IT was perfect and consistent. Also is the way she played Viviane like some sort of typical character in French comedy? This is so niche but there was a sketch Mylène did on Colaricocoshow and one of the characters reminded me so much of her... either way, Paloma is clearly very smart and a good actor.

I don't want anyone to like, kill themselves or something, but Lolita was wearing the nails that Paloma borrowed in episode six😐

Soa's performance was a hot mess, I'm sorry but she was the only one who made me cringe. oddly enough she nailed the 'singing' part?? "I'm gonna give you HEDITH"

Rewatching this is making me laugh so hard I'm going to wake my mom up omfg. "But Kimberley, it's your job! You're my assistant, for crying out loud!" "JE SUIS UNE ACTRICEEE👅👅👅" 😭😭 Lova Ladiva, please never change.

PALOMA JUST KILLS ME IN THIS SCENE SJDKDHKSDHK she gave us so much range and nuance it's insane!!! The bit with the champagne cork coming back was very funny TO ME and also Lova putting her wig back on and blinking while she's supposed to be passed out😭😭😭

Now it's time for the judges to crush and destroy Lova's dream. Honestly I can't watch this it's just so awkward😭 Marianne James went IN on LGD but tbh that's just keeping it real. Judges, especially guest judges, need to keep it real more often. And clearly it worked!

Time for the critiques.

Now I agree with everything they said to Soa, she didn't push herself enough and needed to live up to the standard she set winning the week before. I thought that Daphné had great feedback for Bertha, generally I think she's very attentive and constructive, and I really like her as a judge.

Let me see if I understood this correctly:

- Lolita did her scene in one take

- Lolita had a spectacular runway, made with love, that told a story

- Lolita made all the judges cry happy tears

- Lolita didn't win...

DON'T GO I PROMISE TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER FROM BOTH SIDES!!! Paloma was immediately praised for her look: AGREE. Paloma was praised for her performance: HARD AGREE. Paloma was applauded for being a good friend and teammate: IM CRYING AND SHAKING AND THROWING UP: AGREE. she 1000% deserved to won, she also had a much bigger role than Lolita and was in nearly the entire sketch. Only LGD had a slightly bigger role, in terms of being around through the whole sketch, but Paloma had by far the most lines. Where Lolita impressed with one take, Paloma impressed with great takes over and over. Still so much to think about, There is a part of me that resents the production for the treatment of Lolita and wishes that she'd have won certain challenges, mainly this one. But at the same time, it's so easy to just give it to Paloma. She's a total pro, she was just as good, why not just give her the win?

i'm literally going to be thinking about this until the day I die.

UNTUCKED

Everyone agrees Paloma is in the top and she said that Lolita is equally as high😐 I wish I was in a coma.

In deliberations, Kiddy said (about Lolita) "Just because there's a Latina role, doesn't mean it's for you" BFFR. BE FUCKING FOR REAL. RECALL EARLIER IN THE EPISODE WHEN THEY READ THE SCRIPT AND THE ROLES WERE DESIGNED FOR EACH OF THEM? GIRL.......... at least attempt to hide the riggory😐 Lolita was truly the other woman in this episode.

If you made it all the way down to the end, thank you for reading and i'll see you next episode to discuss one of the best balls in drag race HERSTORY😍✨ Au revoir✨

Back on stage, I was actually so torn and biting my nails wondering who would win! I wish that they had the budget for a double win so bad😞 Paloma wins and it's hardly a surprise (except the lack of a double win) and everyone starts chanting her name and cheering for her. I get so emotional even thinking about that moment, I can't. You can tell how much they love and appreciate her, and how they know she's needed to feel that love for a lot of her life. Even if it's not explicit, I think they could tell that she has a sometimes fragile soul (she's a Cancer, after all) and they want to let her know that she means a lot to them................................................😐😭😐

I ran out of photos but if you look at Paloma in the back when Lolita is safe, she look so genuinely proud of her and is cheering for her............................. their friendship makes me feel so sick knowing what's about to happen. Even if they are still close and good friends after the show, it hurts.... Lolita, graceful and humble as ever, commends Paloma on her win and is happy for her. It hurts to smile sometimes.

Paloma kissed Bertha's hand when she was safe :'( <3

As soon as Soa said "let's go!" you knew Lova was going home lol. The song did not feel like a set-up, I feel like they both had their own potential to slay it. But Lova lost when she undressed, and Soa won x3 when she did the "sexy" quotation marks. If you pay close attention to Paloma, she made a heart with her hands 🫶🏻 @ Lova when she walked off the stage :') When the music plays, we don't see Lolita hug a single queen. And to me, her body language was quite reserved. Not even Paloma hugged her. And it ends here. There was no close-up of the doorway as they walked off the stage. If you blink, you miss it.

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artificialqueens · 2 years ago

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Because My Heart Races Every Time I See You (Kam Hugh/La Grande Dame) - Kali

A/N: Happy belated birthday, Kam! <3

This was heavily inspired by Oh My Girl's song 'Nonstop', because Kam made a post on Instagram with this song. It's adorable, so I'd totally recommend checking it out! It also explains all the mentions of fluttering hearts, aha. DRF ruined my dreams, but also gave me a new ship to love. Hope you enjoy this!

Summary:

Kam spent too long thinking about her best friend, all of a sudden. It was driving her absolutely insane.

Dame’s brown hair was in her usual messy ponytail for whenever she needed to focus, yet she looked different to Kam.

The two girls were sitting around Kam’s dinner table, textbooks spread all over it as they tutored each other for finals week, although most of the tutoring duties had passed on to Dame, considering she was the only one of them actually paying attention to the content. She had nagged Kam about it initially, but both girls wanted nothing more than to ditch their schoolwork and go outside together to enjoy the warm, sunny afternoon weather, so she was kind enough to give her a free pass.

If only it were the weather or the boredom bothering her.

Kam was painfully aware of how weird she’d been acting around her best friend for the past two weeks, however each and every attempt to find a solution for her issue came fruitless. She felt a little weird, lonelier than usual and more attached to Dame’s presence, whilst wishing to avoid her at all costs. It always seemed like Dame was different, speaking differently, wearing something unusual, when her conscious mind knew she was the exact same as before. It was Kam herself who reacted oddly to everything she did.

She spent too long thinking about her best friend, all of a sudden. It was driving her absolutely insane.

The blonde sighed, her fingertips touching the braided crown she had styled her hair with to make sure it was still pristine. She did at least six other hairstyles before settling on the one after Dame texted her, saying she would be coming over because Kam clearly did not know the first thing necessary for their Biology exam on Monday and she would not watch her friend crash and burn.

“Fine,” Dame exhaled next to her, one of her eyebrows raised. “You can have five minutes of phone time if it’ll make you stop sighing like this is detention.”

Kam giggled, pleased when she saw the much, much taller girl do the same. Both of them had their phones in hand in no time, which made the blonde suspect Dame was also in desperate need of a tiny break from Calculus and Biology. She instantly opened Instagram, a tiny pout appearing on her rosy lips as she watched stories of Soa, Nicky and Bertha hanging out together at an ice cream parlor, definitely enjoying the weather better than she was.

“Can we finish early and go out for ice cream?” she asked Dame, batting her eyelashes in an attempt to further convince her.

Dame gently poked her cheek in response. She was smiling as she shook her head in denial to the request, and it made Kam’s stomach feel funny.

She stuck out her tongue at her before going back to Instagram, tummy doing another weird turn when she heard Dame laugh in response. She scrolled past all the posts quickly, wanting to absorb as much useless content as humanly possible in such a short timespan, only coming to a stop when she saw a post from one of her favorite accounts.

It was an account that would post ‘what-if’ scenarios, more often than not completely random. It made Kam happy to read them and imagine what she would do if she came home one day and found out her house was infested with dragons, or if she could spend her life never sleeping.

This time, the post was a little more cliché than their usual, which did not stop it from being their most interesting ever. She even felt silly about how excited she got over it.

"Hey, Dame," she called her friend.

Dame lifted her eyes from her phone, her long fingers stopping their previous incessant typing. "Yeah, ange?"

"What-if post just dropped!" She announced excitedly, Dame shooting her a knowing smile in reply. "It says: if you were trapped on an island alone with your best friend, what would you do?"

Dame stopped smiling.

"Oh, wow… that's scary to even think about," she frowned at the question, her head tilting sideways and her cheeks acquiring a pinkish tone, as if she had just ran for a minute straight. "Honestly, Kam? I don't think I can tell you."

Kam's heart fluttered a little.

"Why not?" she asked, trying to sound playful when her cheeks were also rosy. She felt something in the way Dame gazed at her, like she could burn her with just her chocolate eyes.

The brunette seemed to instantly regret her answer, her voice almost sharp when she replied back. "I don't know. What if it actually happens? I don't want to spoil the scenario."

Kam huffed, offended. Why would she not say it? "You're no fun! You have to say it, those are the rules."

Their phone time was up, but Dame did not seem to notice. "Rules? Since when does what-if have rules?"

"I'm the one who asked the question," the blonde clarified, crossing her arms over her chest, like a tiny queen. "I get to make the rules!"

"Kamille."

"Dame."

She was not going to drop it, and Dame knew it. There was a primal need to know , as if her answer could perhaps solve the mess of feelings she was going through, hoping her friend could meet her halfway and explain to her why she hurt so much when they were together, but even more when she was not around. She felt insane; bullheaded and insane.

Dame was the one to sigh this time. She closed her eyes, opened them, paused. She took forever. "If we were alone together, I would probably kiss you."

Oh.

"We're alone right now," she blurted out, her lips moving faster than her brain could.

Kam's heart was racing so bad she could almost hear it through her shirt. There was a very real possibility her best friend would kiss her in the next minute, yet instead of being grossed out or terrified, she felt a sudden wave of desire hit her. She had known from the first time they met, a year and a half before, that Dame was the most beautiful person she would ever see. Even though her stupid, little brain failed to make the connection before, it was so clear now. So annoyingly clear.

Two realizations at once.

She was attracted to her best friend. She had feelings for her.

Dame said something, but she wasn't paying attention anymore. It felt like the sun itself had swallowed her dining room, the abrupt heat making her breathless. "Huh?"

The taller girl blinked, her lips slightly parted. She was wearing lip gloss, Kam found herself way too interested in finding out whether it was flavored or not. "You have no idea what you're saying."

"Today is the first warm day we've had in months," Kam whispered, her eyes chasing Dame's own, chin tilted upwards to make up for their height difference. "You could be outside, everyone is outside. You're here with me."

Dame nodded, in a clear motion for her to continue. She did. "You like me."

Her reply took a little longer to come, as if she was politely allowing the realization to down on her. "It's been obvious from the start, mon petit ange. I would do anything for you."

Her deep voice was so rich with emotion that it sent a shiver down Kam's spine. She mentally cursed herself for being so stupid, so painfully unobservant, "Anything?"

Another nod. "Anything."

"Kiss me."

Dame flinched, as if she'd been slapped across the face. It was a confusing reaction, one that filled Kam with anxiety for the seconds it took the other girl to speak again. "You don't know what you're asking, Kam. You can't possibly feel the same way as I do."

"My heart's been fluttering when I see you for two weeks now," she confessed in a higher voice, firm. She wanted to be heard, to make sure Dame understood . "I didn't know why before, it took me a little while but… I know now. And I know you like me enough not to condemn me into spending the rest of my life wanting you."

Dame smiled at her dramatic antics, which sent more funny twists into her stomach. If those were the butterflies people sang about, they felt fucking uncomfortable.

"Is this a dream?" The brunette asked her, her voice sounding breathless even though they had not done anything yet. She was smiling her adorably goofy smile, the one which was quick to end her usual intimidating aura. She had never looked more beautiful.

Kam chuckled with a shake of her head, then moved closer until she had replaced her own chair with Dame's lap, sitting comfortably on her thin legs. "You're so slow."

She had no time to say or do anything else, not when Dame's lips pressed against hers.

It was gentle at first, Kam's arms wrapping around her neck while Dame held her by the waist, the slight pressure she put on her fingertips making the blonde whine softly against her lips, which in consequence made the taller girl kiss her harder. She did not remember her legs following her arms and wrapping around Dame's middle, or how her tiny fingers ended up entangled with soft brown locks, ruining her ponytail, nonetheless she would never forget the long digits on her thighs, wonderfully burning her skin, pulling her closer until they were close to melting into one.

Dame was the one to break the kiss, gently pecking Kam's nose after she did it. "My heart has been fluttering when I see you for months. I win."

She laughed. "I thought there were no secrets between you, and you've been keeping this from me."

She was laying on Dame's chest, confident in her notion that none of her parents would be home for a few hours at least. She kissed her there, receiving a kiss on the forehead in retribution. "Trust me, I really wanted to talk to you about having feelings for someone. Except this someone was… also you."

They kissed again after that, and again, and again, until nothing else seemed remotely fun to do. Kam had kissed people before, all of them boys she had no real feelings for, none remotely comparable to the beauty of kissing Dame.

“Do you still want to go out for ice cream?” Dame whispered against her lips, making the two of them chuckle.

“Actually,” Kam started, still keeping their faces close. “I probably still have some ice cream in the freezer… so maybe we could stay here instead?”

She smiled. “I’d like that.”

Then, they kissed again.

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