The Final One (F1) - Bachelorette 9 - Spoilers - Discussion

SueSt wrote:Thanks for your responses, Piper and Kasha...  Not surprised to read about the behind the scenes pressure ... thanks for the insider insight, Kasha.

nutty1 wrote:I really like the sleuthing times better than these finals days. Hopefully they will announce the new lead soon, and we can concentrate on that. Even better, I wish I had the willpower to stop watching altogether….but that will never happen.

Back to the F1….do you think we will get an TV Grapevine videos with any hints of the outcome?

laurentx wrote:Question about how the Finale plays out - do you think after Brooks comes back, Des tells the other guys?  Assume Drew might know because of the beach breakup, but that could have just been Des being candid about what she felt for Brooks.

Just wondering if Chris goes into the FRC knowing Brooks is the other guy?  And assuming he does, Des must have laid out some doubt about his sincerity as Chris does propose..

Chacharo wrote:I haven't seen one post where anyone has acted as though they were deriving pleasure out of the thought of Des and Brooks breaking up - not one.  But let's just say that I do derive pleasure from that thought - so what?  Am I not entitled to state what I think about the contestants of this show without receiving less than nice posts in reply, or being constantly reminded of the spoilers, or called a hater because I'm not a fan?

I've always been fascinated by the sleuthing and speculation.  Even though I have never had the time or patience, the sleuthing of screen caps can be simply amazing to watch.  For years, I have watched as people speculated about what happens during these shows and many times have thought - "that is so far out, no WAY does it happen" - only to be amazed when speculation turns into the reality of what we are shown.  I admire and am a little jealous at the imagination of so many posters who can come up with some of these scenarios and do enjoy reading them.  What saddens me is when these people don't post because they are labeled "haters" and being constantly reminded about our rock-solid spoilers.  For many of us, the spoilers take the fun out of the game.

I make no secret of the fact that I don't really care about the outcome of this show.  I watch it for entertainment.  It's not that I'm a hater of these people, I just don't know them and I never will.  I enjoy laughing at them and with them.  I laugh out loud sitting here by myself at the computer at several of the snarktastic blogs.  I giggled when Mia posted about the renewal of the vows of Team Tin Foil - a post made in fun but responded to with negativity.  Being a founding member, I can say for sure that Team Tin Foil was and is all about laughing at ourselves and making fun of our dedication to this silly show.  It has nothing to do with hating on contestants or other posters as was implied by the response.

The contestants made a choice to go on a reality dating show and personally, I doubt the sincerity of most of them.  I think most of the relationships fail because they don't really sign up to fall in love.  I think many of them believe they are in love because of the bachelor bubble and the manipulation of the producers.  I think they are auditioning for singing parts or acting parts or dancing parts or simply for the adventures.  I'm fine with that and even enjoy following the ones who do stay in the public eye like Melissa Rycroft.  I think she's a doll but I don't personally know her or know why she went on the show in the first place, but I suspect it was for more than falling in love with Jason Mesnick.  I love watching Michelle Money's acerbic sense of humor and her sarcastic best friend in their videos, and I have learned a thing or two about make-up brands and how to apply them.

This is the F1 thread - a place for sleuthing and speculation.  Now, since I'm really bad at both things, I shall shut up and watch the experts do their thing.

nutty1 wrote:I really like the sleuthing times better than these finals days. Hopefully they will announce the new lead soon, and we can concentrate on that. Even better, I wish I had the willpower to stop watching altogether….but that will never happen.

Back to the F1….do you think we will get an TV Grapevine videos with any hints of the outcome?

atem wrote:

nutty1 wrote:I really like the sleuthing times better than these finals days. Hopefully they will announce the new lead soon, and we can concentrate on that. Even better, I wish I had the willpower to stop watching altogether….but that will never happen.

Back to the F1….do you think we will get an TV Grapevine videos with any hints of the outcome?

This season has sucked with sleuthing that's for sure.

nd4reality wrote:

atem wrote:

nutty1 wrote:I really like the sleuthing times better than these finals days. Hopefully they will announce the new lead soon, and we can concentrate on that. Even better, I wish I had the willpower to stop watching altogether….but that will never happen.

Back to the F1….do you think we will get an TV Grapevine videos with any hints of the outcome?

This season has sucked with sleuthing that's for sure.

Actually it hasn't been that bad. The SCs analysis did tell us a lot of what has gone down till this point. We just don't have anything for the ending.

But I agree that these confirmed spoilers have put the nail in the coffin for real sleuthing and speculating for sure. The boards turn into more a fangirl fest than anything else.

atem wrote:

nd4reality wrote:

atem wrote:

nutty1 wrote:I really like the sleuthing times better than these finals days. Hopefully they will announce the new lead soon, and we can concentrate on that. Even better, I wish I had the willpower to stop watching altogether….but that will never happen.

Back to the F1….do you think we will get an TV Grapevine videos with any hints of the outcome?

This season has sucked with sleuthing that's for sure.

Actually it hasn't been that bad. The SCs analysis did tell us a lot of what has gone down till this point. We just don't have anything for the ending.

But I agree that these confirmed spoilers have put the nail in the coffin for real sleuthing and speculating for sure. The boards turn into more a fangirl fest than anything else.

I don't agree there at all that confirmed spoilers.  It's MF warped idea that spoilers hurt ratings.  They don't!