So since you all seemed to like my last blog, I thought I’d
give it another shot. But buckle up
people, because I’m going to let you into my head and WARNING that’s a scary place!
I want to share with you my feelings about this past week’s Big Brother (and
I guess) the whole season in general. I even
have some BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS at the
end as a reward if you make it through! I’m
not the best at writing… you could say I’m more of a Gina Maire than Ragan Fox when
it comes to expressing myself. But I
care a lot about those of you who have supported me and my shows for the last
three years. So I want to share a
personal side of myself with you all.
SIDE NOTE: I put hyperlinks in this blog to enhance
your reading experience. So if you need
a break to just laugh, click them.
Before I get into it, I’m going to put a disclaimer on
everything I say going forward. It’s undeniable
that this season of Big Brother is hands down one of thee worst ever. It was filled with the constant undertones of
racist, homophobic, misogynistic
and downright violent actions of (almost) every house guest. It became a game of, “who will I kinda be ok
with winning” instead of, “who do I want to win”. That
is heartbreaking for so many fans, myself include (as somebody who puts in fifteen
hour days covering this show). I
understand and agree with you all… the personal attacks and the hateful speech
is unacceptable. There should be (and I
think will be) real life ramifications and sincere apologies for it. For some of them there already is. But, this is a game. So I am going to take the “personal” out of
everything I say going forward and focus on the game moves.
This Thursday’s double elimination episode took out Amanda
and Elissa… and caused an internet uproar that proved SOME “fans” of the show
have evolved since the death threats made on Shelly Moores family. I shouldn’t say “they were taken out” more specially,
Andy took them out. Now stay with me
Andy haters, this isn’t all about him… just this next part. I know Andy is seen as a floater and that
that isn’t a “respected” type of game play amongst most fans. However, I think being able to “lie” or “rat
out” people throughout the game, constantly switch sides (when its best for
your game) all while trying to keep everyone thinking that you are REALLY
working with them is the hardest game of all to play. But maybe that is just because I wouldn’t be
one to dominate physical challenges. Week
after week Andy has voted out one half of the house, while remaining in the
good graces of those left behind. He has
made deliberate choices of what comps to throw, what to “blame on” other
people, and which side to go with each week.
And his “game moves” this past week (switching from Team McCranda to Team
Exterminators) and then blaming the vote on Elissa to get into the final 3 was
some of the best GAME PLAY this whole season.
The same could be said about Amanda. While her personal attacks, at times hateful
speech and abrasive personality were hard to watch… it doesn’t change the fact that she
controlled and manipulated EVERYONE in that house to make the moves she wanted
all season. That is until Andy took over
that over that job, and voted her out. I
feel like if this season wasn’t filled with such personal and hateful speech we
would all be looking at these moves as great GAME PLAY. For example, everyone makes fun of Andy “popping”
up in every conversation… I think that
was brilliant. He always had all the
information he needed to use for himself, or against other people. The fact that nobody stopped Andy from doing
this isn’t his fault. Team McCranda or
Team Exterminators should had forced him to pick a side publically. They each allowed him to play the other side,
which in turn gave Andy the ability to play each side against the other. That (to me) isn’t Andy being a “rat” that is
GREAT game play on his part… or HORRIBLE game play on the parts of everyone
else in the house. I don’t understand
why so many people want Andy’s head on a platter, or think he is a rat. Just because he is playing a more “manipulative”
or “floater” game doesn’t mean he is not playing… like say McCrae.
McCrae has hid behind Amanda this whole game. He hardly utters more than, “like, I dunno, yea” over
and over when talking game play. He let
Amanda run his whole game and on his one opportunity to get some power back
(keeping Elissa… who I LOVE BTW) he proved he has no clue what is going on in this game.
Elissa was very entertaining to watch. And while I do think she is one of thee kindest
and most authentic people in that house her game was lacking. She is no Rachel Reilly and that is not a
bad thing. She was at the top of her
game with Helen, but
it went downhill after her eviction. This
game pulls in all types of people. That
is what makes it so much fun to watch. It is a reflection of
our society that we get to see 24/7. So
I understand why we all as fans get invested.
It becomes part of our lives too.
But sometimes we as fans take things too far.
Since Thursday night, I have seen ex-housguests slamming the
families of other houseguests. I have read
thee most hypocritical comments by many ex-houseguests regarding the game play
of all current players. I’ve heard
people saying they are going to get Andy fired, burn Judd’s house down, and
rape Gina Marie. Hell people even told
me I should go kill myself because I said Andy made a great game move this
week. I dont find jokes about death, murder, or suicide funny, ever. I also find bullying for ANY reason unacceptable. I even did a PSA website about it and my experiences (what these pictures are from). But I won't get into any of that in this blog. I should also note however, I was accused of only supporting Andy because we're gay… and you know we have an “agenda”.
For simply having a different opinion… I should kill
myself. Look, maybe I am just too open
minded. I’m ok with people having
differences of opinion. You don’t have
to agree with me, I don’t have to agree with you… I just don’t think we need to
rape, pillage and murder over it. I
could go on and on, but we don’t need to get into the topic of fandom and anonymity
on the internet here. I don’t understand
why we can’t just all have opinions, and agree to disagree civilly. Berating, attacking, or threatening people
because they feel differently then you… is that really what Big Brother fandom
has come too? For example, some fans
hate Spencer for being
a loud and rude dickhead. They express
these feelings by being louder and ruder to other people on the internet… it
just doesn’t make sense to me.
What is most upsetting to me is that these actions by fans is
causing so many of us who create content for fans to stop. The Big Brother House Rodent is done doing
his videos, Jun Song has stopped watching completely, and even some of our very own stopped transcribing.
It kills me that this is what this season of Big Brother is going to be
known for.
I don’t know what “the right answer” is. I don’t think there is one. We are all entitled to our opinions. It’s just my hope that we can try and get
back to doing so in a more respectable way.
And people I am not without blame here either. Allow me to take a hard right turn here for a
moment… I realize that I make comedic video recaps…
which call Jeremy a “super-douche”, feature Aaryn running over black and gay babies, and
even mock the insanity of Gina Marie. Some could even say I am
promoting the violence
I am speaking out against here. In my
defense I will say that I try to never make my videos personal. They are merely a comedic reflection of what
the Big Brother community is feeling that week.
My goal with them is never to attack but instead show how ridiculously funny it is
that we all think these things on my comedic video mashup shows. Of course those
of you who watch our Live Feed Breaking News shows, or Weekly Group Recaps with past houseguests get to see the more personal side of me
and what I really think about the players and game this season. To that point,
you may have heard that my YouTube was canceled this week as well. This was for two reasons… 1. It was hacked and used to spam people (says
YouTube) after 2. Bravo filed a ton of copyright claims against me for using
there theme song in my intro. The latter
was fault but it’s been resolved now. It came at the expense of days worth of work, so I wont have a mashup show for you this week. But we did do an INSANE weekly group recap for this week. That said, if you want to help support me, and my shows please take a moment to re-subscribe to my all new YouTube channel, and add YourReality Recaps to your bookmarks. Because
if ever something like this happens again all my content will always be
available on my website. Ok, now back on
track with some BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS & A TEASER!
So in conclusion, I just want to say I am not going
anywhere. I am here for the duration of
Big Brother, and might even have a HUGE FINALE surprise for you
all. HINT: It’s finale party related. I will also be covering Survivor,
and The Amazing Race (which are both starting in two weeks) with my short comedic
recaps. I will also be doing longer
group recaps, and I’m happy to announce WERE GETTING EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR BOTH SHOWS! The only difference is the exit interviews
will be audio only, so you will have to be subscribed to my iTunes audio only feed (for iDevices) or RSS audio only feed
(for any player) to hear them each week.
I’m assuming you knew we had that option to take our shows on the go… as
well as the iTunes video feed, and RSS video feed. See how awesome we are,
we give you options people, and all for FREE!
So ya know… if you’re in iTunes and could rate us 5 stars and say nice
things in a comment that would also be AWESOME.
I’ll end this with some bad news for some of you… unfortunately
I’m not going to kill myself. I’m not
going anywhere. I am going to continue
to do what I love… creating funny content around my favorite reality shows and
involving fans with them… because who else am I gonna talk to? Hopefully you can come be a part of our
community and interact with us on twitter,
facebook, google+, or any of our various other social media websites. To those of you who
already do, you know I love and appreciate you so much! To those who haven’t, come on down! I do what I do for you all, and I believe
together we can keep our little “Your Reality Recaps” community a happy place
to laugh with friends about our favorite reality tv shows, have fun contests
and prize giveaways, and get exclusive content you wont find anywhere else.
Don’t agree? Well that’s
fine. You can have your opinion… like
Gina Marie says, “No point intended”.
