#rpdr 9 winner

[tampire]

#Good for Angie

[viceandmature]

Rose Petals for the Goddess

[mxmercury]

all stars spoiler 🌟

i'll never be upset with a black queen winning, but i thought for sure roxxxy had it. and that top 2 was. interesting.

[thewestfling]

i am almost done rewatching/catching up on rpdr and i wish i still had my old tumblr cause 15 year old me had absolutely delusional opinions. anyways here are the highlights (that i can remember)

adore was robbed and her outfits were good

violet was the best winner (please this is so embarrassing)

before violet i stanned sh*ron and thought she was the best winner

alaska was robbed

and i was a roxxxy apologist (tbh i still am)

[congregamus]

Decadence

RPDR Spoiler warning

The "Golden Age" of RuPaul's Drag Race, such as it is described, did not happen simultaneous with clock time, as can be confirmed by the people who were present for it. The described "Golden Age" as it was directly experienced during clock time, is found quite wanting.

The undisputed "Golden Age" of RPDR spans a very specific period of time to include Seasons 4, 5, and 6, airing between 2012 - 2014. However, some might be willing to expand the category (or perhaps, if prompted, agree to admit a least a "Silver Age") that extends through Season 9, the finale of which provided us with the iconic, series-defining lipsync win by Sasha Velour. It aired on June 23, 2017, officially closing the category at least as far as "orthodox" opinion, such as it may exist, goes. This period also includes the fan-favorite iterations of All Stars 2 (2016), which, at least anecdotally including everyone I know at all invested in the show, is necessary for inclusion in any "Golden Age" discussion of the franchise.

2017 was a long time ago. As such, we are deep into the decadence (decline) of RPDR, even though it is still pretty enjoyable as an ongoing media franchise in multiple international spin-offs, with All Stars 7 (2022) being a particular pinnacle.

Last night, Angeria Paris van Michaels was crowned winner of All Stars 9. Angeria offered so many incredible looks, characters, and jokes, enough and in such high quality, that her entry into this parade could have easily deposed Sharon Needles, the first queen of the "Golden Age".

And yet, Angeria, who absolutely deserves her win — (any of the contestants deserved to win, except, in my extremely subjective opinion, Jorgeous, and no do not @ me) — is getting dragged for not being Plastique Tiara. Which is to say, light skinned, more "traditionally" beautiful, and who has passing realness, even if Plastique does not ID (so far as I know) as trans.

I bow to Plastique. She is worthy of all the accolades heaped upon her. But she did not win, and her fans (and Roxxxy's fans too, to a lesser degree), are showing once again why the RPDR fandom cannot have nice things.

To be fair, it is not just RPDR; it is anything in which all levels of the society participate. Anything unlucky enough to garner the attention of most of the (American) public, we rend to fleshy pieces in a great, decadent feast and revel in such unholy festival as renders the remains unrecognizable, fit only for refuse. Because this is the national character of the American citizen, and we are a decadent people.

Surprisingly, at least to long-time visitors of this padded cell, I offer no judgement upon us, no prophetic call to repentance. How could I, when to do so would be in some ways to negate the decadence of drag itself? Never I.

I do urge us to remember that the "Golden Age" never existed, will never exist; however, in paying attention to what is now, what is real, we will find where the actual gold is, and as shitty and as cliché as it might be to admit, it is nowhere but here.

[rachel-rebellio]

tell me why i almost started crying 😂

[hausofzamo]

Lesbianism.

Raja & Shea Coulee in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 E1, “ Legends ”.

[theluxmethyd]

[alltherestisdrag]

“I thought they were gonna save the best for the last and I was the opposite of right!”

[shesthesapphicqueen]

🌹🌹🌹

[redlyncentral]

Who wore this best; Sasha Velour (left) or a random girl on an advertisement for an Israeli supermarket (right)?

[sheaquaria]

sasha velour by cesar mansilla

[caviarandcigarettesz]

© alaskatf

[tampire]

“Beauty Be Damned, Let Monsters Reign!” Bonus Untucked Moment:

[victoriaelizabethblack]

☆  superstar snatch game   ☆

[femme-bitch]

I present the most previous winners of drag race