Becca Tilly - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

Litta123 wrote:IIRC, Becca referenced this song (on Twitter) during the farmer's season. I think it was one of our many "clues" pointing to her being F1.   Anyway....

IIRC, I  think I've ready on Twitter that it's her favorite TS song...fwiw.

I'm qualifying this all as it's from memory...so don't read it as fact.

I remember along with you, Litta. She tweeted the same lyrics after they were done filming Chris' season.

Holy PM's, Batman! Talk about a flood. I haven't heard anything. No guesses, no hints, nothing.

I guess it's just me, but don't think it's a big deal if Ben told her nicely that it wasn't a good idea to come on the show. I don't think it had much to do with Becca herself, rather just the situation. Didn't someone say Becca reached out to him? I can see her doing that when she knew she might be on the show. Ben on the other hand knew he had 24+ other options chosen specifically for him, so the easiest scenario for him would be just to date them and see if anyone steals his heart. He didn't really know Becca at that point, so I can see him thinking it's not worth all the possible returnee drama that happened with Nick. So he told her it wasn't a good idea, but she thought she could handle it and it would be worth the trouble, so she went anyway. Or she had already signed a contract or at least sorted out leave from work etc., so she couldn't really back out even if she wanted to. Who knows. None of that, however, means that Ben had no interest in her and never would. Not to me at least. You never really know how you'll feel about someone until you meet them face to face. He probably preferred to have no returnees simply because it was easier and he's a drama-free guy. Seems he had no option either way, so it's whatever to me.

I also think Becca would've been wiser to see if Jared was the guy for her, but if she liked Ben more then she liked Ben more. Simple as that. I doubt Jared would want to date a girl who was pining after his friend either. I don't think she really stood him up, since it doesn't sound like they had any concrete plans. From what I've read Becca was supposed to contact him about it but she didn't. I guess she knew by then she'd be on the show and didn't want to lie to Jared about the reason she couldn't meet up. Not very nice to leave him hanging but not nice to make up excuses either.

julychild wrote:

Litta123 wrote:IIRC, Becca referenced this song (on Twitter) during the farmer's season. I think it was one of our many "clues" pointing to her being F1.   Anyway....

IIRC, I  think I've ready on Twitter that it's her favorite TS song...fwiw.

I'm qualifying this all as it's from memory...so don't read it as fact.

I remember along with you, Litta. She tweeted the same lyrics after they were done filming Chris' season.

Me too - was about to post this. I got all excited when she posted it towards the end of Chris' season. Not quite as clever when used the second year in a row. I don't put in any stock in it meaning anything.

relaxing wrote:

julychild wrote:

Litta123 wrote:IIRC, Becca referenced this song (on Twitter) during the farmer's season. I think it was one of our many "clues" pointing to her being F1.   Anyway....

IIRC, I  think I've ready on Twitter that it's her favorite TS song...fwiw.

I'm qualifying this all as it's from memory...so don't read it as fact.

I remember along with you, Litta. She tweeted the same lyrics after they were done filming Chris' season.

Me too - was about to post this.  I got all excited when she posted it towards the end of Chris' season.   Not quite as clever when used the second year in a row.  I don't put in any stock in it meaning anything.

Whether this is Becca posting now, we do know that she posted these types of things last season. However you slice it, it just screams look at me, which in turn screams immaturity and did the same last season...at least it did to me. I do hope she is eliminated and I don't have to see another season where she is dragged to the F2 and then goes on about how conflicted she is and isn't ready for an engagement.

It would be simpler if she was eliminated soon.

^ Indeed it would. Because it would show that Ben just wasn't that into her.

To those who remember who posting the lyrics before, did she do so when the season aired? And was it towards the end? Just curious

mindless wrote:I guess it's just me, but don't think it's a big deal if Ben told her nicely that it wasn't a good idea to come on the show. I don't think it had much to do with Becca herself, rather just the situation. Didn't someone say Becca reached out to him? I can see her doing that when she knew she might be on the show. Ben on the other hand knew he had 24+ other options chosen specifically for him, so the easiest scenario for him would be just to date them and see if anyone steals his heart. He didn't really know Becca at that point, so I can see him thinking it's not worth all the possible returnee drama that happened with Nick. So he told her it wasn't a good idea, but she thought she could handle it and it would be worth the trouble, so she went anyway. Or she had already signed a contract or at least sorted out leave from work etc., so she couldn't really back out even if she wanted to. Who knows. None of that, however, means that Ben had no interest in her and never would. Not to me at least. You never really know how you'll feel about someone until you meet them face to face. He probably preferred to have no returnees simply because it was easier and he's a drama-free guy. Seems he had no option either way, so it's whatever to me.

I also think Becca would've been wiser to see if Jared was the guy for her, but if she liked Ben more then she liked Ben more. Simple as that. I doubt Jared would want to date a girl who was pining after his friend either. I don't think she really stood him up, since it doesn't sound like they had any concrete plans. From what I've read Becca was supposed to contact him about it but she didn't. I guess she knew by then she'd be on the show and didn't want to lie to Jared about the reason she couldn't meet up. Not very nice to leave him hanging but not nice to make up excuses either.

This explanation seems way more logical to me than the idea that Ben is in on some kind of grand subterfuge, because even though he and Becca were mutually crushing on each other, he decided to take the Bachelor gig anyway and bring her on the show, and then the two of them would have to pretend that this wasn't all planned out in advance (apparently with the help of producers, since they are now tweeting in Becca's name to throw us off the scent). When we start with the conclusion we want, we can always come up with a way to get there, no matter how convoluted.

On another note, I'm not convinced that what Becca did (IF she did) is a guarantee that she will be getting a bad edit, and that viewers will find her desperate/unlikable. IMO, the edit the producers ultimately decide on is influenced by facts on the ground, in this case, was Becca a problem in the house, did the others dislike her, was somebody else more disliked/disruptive and so more "villain-worthy", so it may not suit their story line to portray Becca negatively; they could just as easily make her sympathetic, since she was more or less a favorite on Chris' season. And the regular viewer is not necessarily going to know the backstory about Ben telling her not to go and her standing up Jared because not everyone who watches the show reads MBs and analyzes SM. And I'd be surprised if the producers bring any of this up on camera.

Super weird , her first Tweet in 20 days, is that and it's right after a rose ceremony...

Seems weird she would be allowed to tweet after being eliminated, but then again she tweeted a very obvious tweet right before filming started too.

Amber most likely got eliminated, but she hasn't tweeted, neither has Breanne....

I'll go with , I think she was eliminated

I don't know what to think. Amber is being discreet on SM only adding and liking some posters. Breanne's SM accounts are still deactivated, yet Becca tweets immediately after supposedly being eliminated? Wouldn't TPTB advised her to stay under the radar for a while?

ETA: KatCali we were thinking exactly the same thing.

But if it was a ploy to get people to think she's home, why now? why not a week ago? Or a few days ago?