S07.E22: Reunion Part 1

[greyflannel]

I've always thought of vocal fry and up-speak (along with the annoying exaggerated glottal stop) as affectations. I just want to give them a glass of water and tell them to stop asking so many questions. As for Raquel, she speaks so slowly and her voice is so quavery, it's difficult to listen to. I don't know if it was much worse during the reunion than it is normally on the show, but I hope it's just nervousness in front of the cameras. Speaking isn't really that difficult.

[Jextella]

So, is Kristin out for next season?

[chenoa333]

On 5/15/2019 at 10:14 AM, greyflannel said:

Speaking isn't really that difficult.

It is for Raquel. I'd hate to be a DMV clerk with Raquel next in line.

Edited May 29, 2020 by chenoa333

[RealHousewife]

On 5/7/2019 at 1:04 PM, LibertarianSlut said:

Raquel came on with the (obviously rehearsed) line that she could see why the other women would be intimidated by her, as she came on the show as a beauty queen.  The context of that comment cannot be ignored.  If someone who I don't like for a myriad of reasons implies that my dislike of them may be due to jealousy and not obvious flaws in their personality, they are not going to walk away without at least a little derision, especially if the person in question is walking around with a nose that would make Pinocchio covering up Watergate blush.  Plus, not to split hairs too much, but is she actuallly a "beauty queen" (I didn't think we had those anymore) or has she been a "pageant queen" at some point in the past?  

They were all, with the exception of Scheana, acting like disgusting little four-years-olds and I was embarassed that I watch, but even with this everyone going for the jugular at once mentality,  I don't think it's within the realm of decency for Jax to make a dig at Raquel and for James to retort with a dig against Brittney.  In this one isolated situation, Brittney is innocent.  She didn't say or do anything against James at this point in time.  James used rhetoric to imply that Brittney couldn't be a beauty queen because he was offended by something Jax said.  You go after Jax then, if that's the case.  Brittney doesn't belong to Jax; she's not his horse.  She's a sovereign person, and James had no right to take a dig at her for that comment.  Sandoval and his sweater can choke on a dick for trying to justify that shit. 

That's exactly it! If Raquel has won pageants, then yes, she is technically a beauty queen and could be stating a fact. The context of where she was going with it was not kind though. 

I think Jax was initially put off by Raquel referring to herself as a beauty queen, but it was indeed mean of him to say she wasn't a beauty queen to him. However, I think he said that in retaliation to James saying his fiancé wasn't a beauty queen, unlike his girlfriend. It was very uncomfortable to watch, and Brittany was innocent in all of it and didn't deserve to be in the middle. 

[ZettaK]

8 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

That's exactly it! If Raquel has won pageants, then yes, she is technically a beauty queen and could be stating a fact. The context of where she was going with it was not kind though. 

I think Jax was initially put off by Raquel referring to herself as a beauty queen, but it was indeed mean of him to say she wasn't a beauty queen to him. However, I think he said that in retaliation to James saying his fiancé wasn't a beauty queen, unlike his girlfriend. It was very uncomfortable to watch, and Brittany was innocent in all of it and didn't deserve to be in the middle. 

That's another example of James being an asshole. 

Edited June 18 by ZettaK