Bachelor In Paradise - Season 2 - Episode Discussions - #2 *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

kimberlyg wrote:

mizzoufan wrote:LOL Dan giving him a rose.

I wonder if Tenley will go on his season? Allowing her to be the next lead

#TeamBen-ley

chasingpavements wrote:

kimberlyg wrote:

mizzoufan wrote:LOL Dan giving him a rose.

I wonder if Tenley will go on his season? Allowing her to be the next lead

#TeamBen-ley

HECK NO. I honestly wish that Tenley takes a lesson from Nick or Kacie B; if the lead really saw potential with you, they would have turned down the Bachelor gig to be with you. Tenley has already said that she won't go on Bachelor again, so I hope she stays true to her word!

I could see someone like Becca (who tweeted something about 26 y/o's virgins named Becca being into Ben H) showing up. Krisily said that Sean had the most girls from past seasons wanting to return and I see the same happening for Ben.

GuardianAngel wrote:It's very European. It's the latest rage for guys. It's been popular long before Shawn Booth.

Why force something? If some magical connection between Mikey and Juelia really were there in the first place, Joe never would have had the power to change Juelia’s mind. Yes, what Joe did to her was unbelievably censored-ish, there’s no doubt about that. But Juelia was ripe for the picking when Joe came around; it’s not like Joe wrenched her from Mikey’s gargantuan arms. (Let’s not forget, when Joe had his horseback riding date card, he said to a group, “So, does anybody wanna go horseback riding?”, to which Juelia raised her hand and said, “I do.”) I’m not a believer in this “leave no stone unturned” bull crap. Mikey is not a stone left unturned, and even if he were, they hardly saw each other as more than a ticket to sticking around longer. They lived in the same space for several days, where Mikey was linked to Clare and Juelia was linked to Jonathan. If they had something worth exploring, it would have happened then. I’m not defending Joe in any way, but for all his villainy, he was actually not the one to “rob” Juelia of the chance to “find love.” Maybe—just maybe!—Juelia’s perfect match isn’t one of the two or so unattached men to sporadically rotate through the Paradise roster.

I genuinely like Juelia. I really do. And more importantly, just about everybody on Paradise seems to adore her, so that speaks volumes. (It really does.) But what perturbs me is how much the attention she receives has a tone of sympathy and pity to it. This is by no means her fault. We know by now how much this show loves a tragic backstory. Thus, we haven’t gotten much insight into her charisma, intelligence, or appeal as a romantic interest, but rather have only seen her painted a hapless sad sack who deserves love for being a hapless sad sack. To her credit, she did refuse JJ’s “pity” rose, but how was the show allowing Mikey’s return—as per her own request and after she herself sent him home—not also an act of pity?