THE BACHELORETTE - SEASON 12 - JOJO FLETCHER - **NO SPOILERS** - Episode Discussion - *SLEUTHING* DISCUSSION

veg_out wrote:AAL, glad you're back. I agree that something is odd about the season. What do you think is at work?

MiaHawk wrote:Hi Locoforbach,

It has been sleuthed here in the non-spoiler thread that Jojo wears the white dress on her SD with Jordan in Uruguay which we will see tonight.  It is thought that the crying scene with her in the white dress is when Jojo finds out that her ex-boyfriend provided an interview to a magazine (after her date with Jordan is finished).  In the article the ex-boyfriend claims that Jojo never fell in love with Ben and basically that Jojo is fake and insincere. The article is posted in the SC sleuthing thread, IIRC.  Then it is thought that she changes out of white dress and into grey sweater to go speak to the guys about the article. There is definitely a future SC showing Jordan playing soccer and talking to her with both wearing black leather jackets, presumed to be in epi 6 or 7 in BA.

There's "lots of Robby love" from, oh, I'd say, maybe, a grand total of 1 person....me! I just like to get really enthusiastic about somebody that I enjoy watching.  I like Robby and would like to see him stay longer. You're right, so far they haven't been showing us a story. Hopefully, tonight that will start to change, as Robby gets his long awaited SD. They have cut their conversations down to tiny bits. I'm hoping that we actually get to see a conversation on the SD, but I predict that I will be disappointed. I think they will edit the SD as an action date and show the diving and water canoodling more than the talking. And, Robby is a chatterbox. His greeting right out of the limo told me so much. So, I just know that there HAD to have been real conversations between them. I've studied the bits, and by stringing them together I have put together a connection and compatibility between them, even if I'm the only one who sees it!

I agree with you about the masculinity thing. Ben wasn't a meathead. Ben was an ex-athlete and in good shape, but he did not have a jock-persona. He was sincere and what I would call normal.  But, in the end, Ben didn't think that Jojo was the best fit for his life.  Why? Because she is a little less/more than normal?

Jordan's an ex-pro athlete for whom sports was everything. Jordan is Apple Pie. Everybody thinks of Apple Pie as the go-to dessert. Safe. Solid. A food to feed the masses. Except, sometimes Apple Pie is under cooked or the crust is too thin and soggy and not able to support the weight of the apples. Sometimes you grab the Apple Pie and put it on your tray, but then have buyer's remorse when you see the other options.

Chase strikes me as an ex-football player/competitive type with the ability to connect with a softer side. Chase is Chocolate Lava Cake.  He's an old standard chocolate cake on the outside but with a warm and gooey center. I personally find the center filling in the Chocolate Lava Cake to be too much chocolate, too much of the same thing, not enough contrast on my taste buds.  Typically, I never order the Chocolate Lava Cake.

Luke is the smart, sensitive, sexy, strong soldier/farm boy who can wield an ax with one of his ginormous hands while using the other ginormous hand to hold a girl above scalding water. He's checked off so many boxes that the man practically works at UPS.  Luke is a Fruits of the Forest Pie, a pie chock full of apples, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and rhubard.  Much more complicated than the ordinary Apple Pie and with a much better balanced flavor profile than the Chocolate Lava Cake. Fruits of the Forest Pie is sweet and tart combined. Yet, some people, not being fully aware of what they're going to get in a slice of Fruits of Forest Pie may pass it up. Or maybe they like apples, strawberries, and blueberries enough, but they're not so sure about the rhubard and they don't like those pesky raspberry seeds.

Robby is being shown as a fairly serious and mature guy who is staying out of the fray of the Chad drama.  He interacts with Chad with confidence and caution and is smart enough to know not to poke the Chad bear, as compared to others like Jordan and Alex. Robby is shown acting intentionally with Jojo. Some may interpret this as canned, calculated, or insincere (possibly due to his voice or unease with the process of recording his ITM/PIs), but if you study his tidbits of airtime and really listen to what he is saying, he is focused on her and wants to develop a relationship with her. Yet, he doesn't come across as intense. He is cool, smooth, refreshing, colorful, and has hidden surprises. Robby is Spumoni, a specially molded ice cream with layers of chocolate ice cream, vanilla ice cream with chopped cherries mixed in, and pistachio ice cream with nuts.  It's different and it's not for everyone. Some people like normal ice cream, but spumoni is a bit less/more than normal to them.