(Edit: 11 new pages were born whilst I wrote this up at a snail's pace. Fuck me.)
"I was trying to stir the pot and it just backfired on me."
Someone got upset at Binx because she allegedly ruined someone's hair with red sauce and considered it a hate crime. ("This is not a threat on your life, it's just sauce on your bed.") I assume this is her having some sort of breakdown about her Dark Harlot Binx arc. If someone is seriously conflating marinara sauce on the hair with murder is silly but Binx herself has made a lot of stupid choices since Brandon. Like Star says later, actions have consequences.
TTS: You had one bad day. Get over it.
Literally, Binx. I would say this would give the 'Binx didn't get Hassled!' believers a point since being hassled should armor you up for some mild pushback but again, Payton was barely annoyed and freaked out immensely so I think above everything these two have a completely warped perspective of what is and isn't worth breaking down over. They're both clearly damaged so the fucked up priority list in their brains come from somewhere.
Then again Slimeball remained largely unphased by Fish Tank until Luke started sharing the same air so this could also be a thing for people with shaky sexual history (Payton) and self-centered/egotistic personalities (Slimeball), traits which Binx has.
Binx: "How is (Ling-Ling) freaking out? She has one braincell." A beat passes as she realizes that saying that about a woman she has known for less than a week cannot be anything but an insult and will make her look worse in this situation, "She knows. She's aware."
With Breezy and Mizzy no longer acting as direct competition in the eyes of the audience, Binx has likely been using the attention from younger contestants to puff herself up. There was mild flirting with Tony and Kawan, kissing and eventually cuddling with Lily from the confessional to the bedroom, as well as all the positive attention from viewers during Fish Tank. She, like Slimeball, is flying far too close to the sun after getting an elimination to go her way. How beautiful it is that Slimeball's kick was Luke and Binx's was Slimeball, who is now being investigated by Luke upon return. Cinema.
Luke enters the room and prints content. Within minutes Cry Tank became Famous Tank, a beautifully weaved combination of the type of charisma and personality casting agents likely seek when casting actual reality TV and the remnants of Fish Tank and its fallout for Binx, wrapped in typical reality TV drama: did they or didn't they? (Even though everyone is 99% sure they did.)
Luke: "Your support is diminishing, Binx. That's all you have."
Luke casually and rather amicably hits the nail on the head. This is likely what the issue is: Binx is waking up and realizing that the temporary attention she gorged on is going to directly hamper her ability to maintain the stockpile of attention she's been growing which would have funded her streaming career and kept her afloat whether or not she won the 50k. The life she wants is Mizzy's.
Fun fact: Fish Tank is now two degrees of separation away from Miley Cyrus, who co-starred on the Disney Channel series 'Hannah Montana' alongside Mitchel Musso, the younger brother of Mason Musso, who is allegedly a fan of Sam's and a friend of Mizzy's (noted in a prior post). I bring this up because the idea of casting a bunch of Disney/Nick's semi-rejects and lukewarm failures on a variation of Fish Tank tickles me. Mitchel himself has been in trouble with the law multiple times over now, with a DUI torpedoing his career as he'd been the lead of a Disney show, 'Pair of Kings', at the time. He was then replaced by Adam Hicks, who himself was later sentenced to five years in prison after pleading no-contest to one count of robbery (two other charges, second-degree robbery and one count attempted second-degree robbery, were dismissed).
Nobody fucks the kids up quite like Hollywood.
Binx touched him (not pictured), potentially with one of her fishing hands. He had to go clean up.
TTS: "How did you enjoy your succulent Chinese meal last night?"
Luke: (Cackles through his tissue mask)
Not pictured: the aforementioned tissue mask being worn. Reporters deemed clear pictures of the face to be of more importance.
Pictured above: the tissue mask in Luke's hand. It was real.
Luke begins his investigation in earnest after his meeting with Binx and her refusal to play ball with him. She, along with Payton, also refuse to play bad cop/good cop with him. Detective Luke is on the case regardless.
His first witness in the
The Smelly Clam Caper is Star. I didn't hear most of the conversation as they were too far away from the mics for the majority of it but it seemed she more or less believed something might have gone at, at least some kissing. She had been the one to make the kissy noise that night.
Upon Luke leaving, he wishes her a good workout and Star playfully retorts: "Gotta look sexy for you~"
Luke: "You're sexy enough!"
Star: "Thank you! Gotta be a 15."
The rizz on this man is unbearable. I want ten. Star, to her credit, continues to be a delight to watch.
I'm running out of time and we are getting further and further away from the time when all of these events occurred so I'm going to become incredibly slapdash with the rest of this as my own memory about half of this is leaking out of my ears.
Skye confirms she had a bit of a thing with Lily (kind of but not really, they were 'girlies') and doesn't believe Lily and Binx did anything sexual (though she was on the top bunk). This is the first conversation Luke has had with Skye in the house and I think he's successfully charmed her pants off. Unfortunately I mean that metaphorically; I am still struggling to figure out if Skye is or isn't trans.
Surprised that production has effectively repeated a lot of the things from the earlier days of this season with their casting: Tony as an Ian type, Payton/Skye troon speculation, Star being the Smaack in terms of audience reception (on the day of her elimination at least), Alex B's name alone (and eventually some shades of her personality), and Breezy being a combination of Alexis and Ron in a Mizzy-punned package.
Famous House 2, where the reboot copies the remake but messes it up despite having the recipe right in front of them. Makes the heart warm and long for simpler times; it's the little things.
Interrogating Tony is a fool's errand but our great detective refuses to leave any stones unturned. Their interactions do produce some funny moments, like Luke telling Tony "you're my fucking paisan" and Tony losing his absolute shit getting hype about it. Wholesome.
TTS suggests moving to the confessional, now dubbed the interrogation room. When questioned on how he felt about Lily and Binx, Tony is quite to say he didn't care. Luke counters and says that's not how it seemed that morning but doesn't press against Tony's adament refusal that he is at all affected by any of this. Not suspicious at all. He truly couldn't be a mafia boy, boy's got a terrible poker face.
TTS: "Spaghetti brains doesn't know nothing about anything."
Luke: "Yeah, I know."
After some searching (thanks Director Cam; in future do remember Luke is the lifeblood of this new season and needs to be followed at all costs for my personal convenience), we find Luke reassuring Burt that he is adored and cared for in the tank and will be when he leaves, as he was the most endorsed fish before Burt ruined his good will during The Drag Breakdown of '02. Burt sighs and seems to want to launch into an explanation but Luke quickly reassures him again, stating the current consensus on Burt is still fuzzy. Much like Burt's state of mind.
Mizzy is in the bathroom sulking. At a point she offers Burt throw sauce on her and he balks, stating that's assault and it's wrong.
TTS: "Prove that you're not just a thot. Isn't that what this is all about?"
Burt proceeds to call-out TTS for slut shaming and (verbally) assaulting females. We have been through several iterations of Burt at this point and I have to admit, White Knight Burt is the most boring son of a bitch in his collection.
Kevin ate food. Though a more physically active iteration of the I-4N strand (or perhaps the J-0Be string), he seems to actively been avoiding socialization at times. He remains unbothered by everything save for sharing a room with Burt, and Burt himself. Quite based.
Payton: "I'm so bored but I don't know what to do. How do we make them walk? Do we do the cell again? All the aggressive people have left."
Perhaps, and this is just a theory, but perhaps joining the anti-Brandon bandwagon when nudged with the support of Luke and clearly production would have encouraged a majority of the house to leave because they surely would not have been able to stand to be in the same house as two white-skins who were against drag's association with children.
No, being a friend works every time. Friendship is magic!
TTS: Binx spilled the beans to flick a bean!
Payton: surprised-pikachu.webp
She's got good facial reactions at times, I'll give her that. Production seemed to only be allowing softball messages get to Payton. Understandable considering the target of the day seems to be Binx and they've stated they're letting the Brandon thing die, but production and even some of the audience still being so nice to her (relatively) and getting nothing back is frustrating. How many chances can one 19 year old squander? Watch Famous House to find out!
TTS tells her it's time to go after Binx. How could she? This is Friendtank.
Payton: She's worked harder than me. She's worked her ass off. I think I'm too comfortable, too relaxed.
She always gets so fucking close, doesn't she? Right before this she noted that if Binx was manipulating her (as a message said), Payton couldn't be too mad about it because that's part of the game. Somewhat valid, if this wasn't unnecessary emotional manipulation and potentially Binx fucking with Payton to get her on her side through means of deception like tear-works, rather than something less sinister like admitting the actual truth: she's scared she'll lose the positive attention and possibly the money but really, really wants to fuck.
She keeps circling good ideas, like putting effort into winning this fucking game and putting herself before someone else who acts nice to her for her own fucking sake, but never stares at the idea long enough to truly take it in.
This is all after learning Binx has potentially outed them to Lily, by the way. That's our silly 19 year old girl right there.
TTS Computer then advises Payton just distance herself from Binx as she's clearly on the chopping block and continuing to associate is going to get her dragged down with her.
Payton: I don't want to distance myself from her.
This is a loyalty that only goes as far as women (and even then it's just Binx, possibly because she stated she's queer, as Payton voted out Mizzy over Burt before) considering she was happy to get Burt kicked on day one, then merrily went along with getting Slimeball out when the score changed despite seemingly building something of a rapport with the latter. Insert rapport/rape zinger here.
It might be her seeking safety in large numbers of women, it might be some abuse trigger, it might be a tiny part of her brain working as hard as it can to eject bad actors from her vicinity while a larger part screams DRAG KIDS! QUEER ALLY! Who knows what happens in that mystery meat we call her brain.
TTS: Can't believe you're still here.
Payton: I know! I know, right?
Neither can I, folks. Neither can I.
