Becca Tilly - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

If Ben's not truly interested in her and she's not his F1, she'll stay as long as she's useful to the story TPTB are trying to sell this season... Even if Ben wants to let her go earlier (than he actually gets to).  

It wouldn't surprise me to see them repeat last season (since there were multiple returnees this season) where the returning F2, ends up F2 again....only this time it's a fan favorite and not the villain and could potentially set her up to become the next 'Ette, especially if she actually falls for Ben and is heartbroken this time.  As awful as it sounds, I wouldn't put anything past TPTB.  I know others have mentioned having similar thoughts early on as we speculated and sleuthed, will she or won't she return.  All JMHO.

I would not be surprised either. It makes perfect sense.

I'm sure they would love that, but if the chemistry isn't there and you can tell that Ben just has zero interest (kind of like Sean/Kacie), I just don't think it's going to work. I think that Becca will be there long enough for them to get a soundbite of "I'm in love!" or "I'm ready for a proposal", and then they'll have Ben dump her. I also don't know if Becca is going to generate as much interest as Nick did. I personally loved her, but people were pretty neutral on her and I don't think it's going to be as much of a draw to get her to F2. I think it'll be like Sean's season, where the new girls are way more interesting and memorable than the returnee. I think the furthest she'll make it is hometowns, based on what both RS/RJ are saying. I'd love to be surprised, though!

(jmo)

Technically she has already made more of an impact than Kacie did by at least getting a 1-on-1. There's no telling how much chemistry she and Ben actually have, but I think we are all discounting her a little bit. if Ben had sent her home on the 1-on-1 I think we would've heard about it by now. And it has been pretty silent on all fronts, so I don't think the date ended disastrously for her

loveactually9 wrote:Technically she has already made more of an impact than Kacie did by at least getting a 1-on-1. There's no telling how much chemistry she and Ben actually have, but I think we are all discounting her a little bit. if Ben had sent her home on the 1-on-1 I think we would've heard about it by now. And it has been pretty silent on all fronts, so I don't think the date ended disastrously for her

I haven't heard anything and she's still MIA, so I'm assuming that she got a rose.

chasingpavements wrote:I'm sure they would love that, but if the chemistry isn't there and you can tell that Ben just has zero interest (kind of like Sean/Kacie), I just don't think it's going to work. I think that Becca will be there long enough for them to get a soundbite of "I'm in love!" or "I'm ready for a proposal", and then they'll have Ben dump her. I also don't know if Becca is going to generate as much interest as Nick did. I personally loved her, but people were pretty neutral on her and I don't think it's going to be as much of a draw to get her to F2. I think it'll be like Sean's season, where the new girls are way more interesting and memorable than the returnee. I think the furthest she'll make it is hometowns, based on what both RS/RJ are saying. I'd love to be surprised, though!

(jmo)

I hope so. Not here for another season that is all about the returnee like last was all about Nick and Shawn.  I wanna get to know the new girls.

who knows how much Ben likes Becca, he might he might not. Getting a one-on one doesn't mean he really likes her, but he might.

That's exactly my point. We don't know either way. It's certainly not a sure thing that she's there just for a storyline or whether they have actual chemistry.

I don't think Becca's a good choice for lead since she's too slow for this show imo. Can you imagine her dating multiple guys and having to pick one at the end?

I also don't see them going for the former f2 is f2 again this soon. Now if Ben really likes her then we'll see but fingers crossed he doesn't.

loveactually9 wrote:That's exactly my point. We don't know either way. It's certainly not a sure thing that she's there just for a storyline or whether they have actual chemistry.

Definitely. I just think that if both RS and RJ are hearing so strongly that Ben isn't going to pick her (and she's not even going to make it much further), it's either that it's a solid piece of scoop that's being supported by a number of sources...or they are both being intentionally lied to. I could see it going either way, but I still kind of think it's the former. Just because RS usually gets it's right during the season who's the frontrunner (Josh, Shawn, Ashlee, Brooks). Like I said, I would love to be surprised, but I just don't think it's going to happen. I could see Becca making it to hometowns, even if Ben didn't like her, just because her family dynamics were so "unique" that they would probably like a repeat of it.

(jmo)

No offense to RJ bc she has given us the scoop a few times and I definitely appreciate her info, but she has been wrong before. And when it comes to RS I really think it's his opinion. He has a way of saying things jar makes it sound like fact when I highly doubt he is actually privvy to any inside info on how Ben feels about Becca.

I tend to think there are members here that know more about the situation than RS. JMOAA