Re: The Bachelorette 8 - Emily Maynard - Edit Thread - Discussion

[nutty1]

JBF....what about this one for the list....

Em felt an initial strong physical attraction to Arie, but gradually fell in love with Jef.

[Longhornfan]

I wonder if there's something to the fact that they seem to be trying to lock down on spoilers this season more than in past seasons (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully :giggle: ). If the frontrunner is obvious upfront, why go to the trouble. But it's not obvious that Em would fall for the softspoken skater boy, and maybe they are banking on the surprise factor this season to keep things interesting. It seems like there are things in the edit to suggest this is what they're attempting ... things like Arie saying he doesn't feel threatened and then immediately cutting to Jef. Jef flying under the radar, while being more of a "threat" all along, seems like part of the story they're trying to tell.

I'm not seeing Sean in the same way. Something about his role feels very scripted to me ... they're not having natural-sounding getting-to-know-you conversations. It feels more like a producer gives him his lines and tells him to go kiss her. That is just what I'm seeing.

To me, Sean is falling into the "telling her what she wants to hear" catagory.

I absolutely do not see anything about Sean that makes me believe that he is a producers pick who is just feeding Emily a bunch of lines. It appears to me that he is just answering the questions that Emily is asking all of them.

[Guest]

I wonder if there's something to the fact that they seem to be trying to lock down on spoilers this season more than in past seasons (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully :giggle: ). If the frontrunner is obvious upfront, why go to the trouble. But it's not obvious that Em would fall for the softspoken skater boy, and maybe they are banking on the surprise factor this season to keep things interesting. It seems like there are things in the edit to suggest this is what they're attempting ... things like Arie saying he doesn't feel threatened and then immediately cutting to Jef. Jef flying under the radar, while being more of a "threat" all along, seems like part of the story they're trying to tell.

I'm not seeing Sean in the same way. Something about his role feels very scripted to me ... they're not having natural-sounding getting-to-know-you conversations. It feels more like a producer gives him his lines and tells him to go kiss her. That is just what I'm seeing.

To me, Sean is falling into the "telling her what she wants to hear" catagory.

I absolutely do not see anything about Sean that makes me believe that he is a producers pick who is just feeding Emily a bunch of lines. It appears to me that he is just answering the questions that Emily is asking all of them.

Sean is veering into 'too good to be true' category for some. I've seen some say that if u scratch the surface of Sean, u might find Jake Pavelka underneath. :Smiley:

[oless4]

JBF....what about this one for the list....

Em felt an initial strong physical attraction to Arie, but gradually fell in love with Jef.

Yes!!

[shoepie]

I wonder if there's something to the fact that they seem to be trying to lock down on spoilers this season more than in past seasons (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully :giggle: ). If the frontrunner is obvious upfront, why go to the trouble. But it's not obvious that Em would fall for the softspoken skater boy, and maybe they are banking on the surprise factor this season to keep things interesting. It seems like there are things in the edit to suggest this is what they're attempting ... things like Arie saying he doesn't feel threatened and then immediately cutting to Jef. Jef flying under the radar, while being more of a "threat" all along, seems like part of the story they're trying to tell.

I'm not seeing Sean in the same way. Something about his role feels very scripted to me ... they're not having natural-sounding getting-to-know-you conversations. It feels more like a producer gives him his lines and tells him to go kiss her. That is just what I'm seeing.

To me, Sean is falling into the "telling her what she wants to hear" catagory.

I absolutely do not see anything about Sean that makes me believe that he is a producers pick who is just feeding Emily a bunch of lines. It appears to me that he is just answering the questions that Emily is asking all of them.

I don't either. I think she may see him as "too good to be true" and giving her answers that she wants to hear. She is very on top of that one! It is early still and I only speculate on what I have seen up until this point, knowing the outcome.

[elyn]

I wonder if there's something to the fact that they seem to be trying to lock down on spoilers this season more than in past seasons (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully :giggle: ). If the frontrunner is obvious upfront, why go to the trouble. But it's not obvious that Em would fall for the softspoken skater boy, and maybe they are banking on the surprise factor this season to keep things interesting. It seems like there are things in the edit to suggest this is what they're attempting ... things like Arie saying he doesn't feel threatened and then immediately cutting to Jef. Jef flying under the radar, while being more of a "threat" all along, seems like part of the story they're trying to tell.

I'm not seeing Sean in the same way. Something about his role feels very scripted to me ... they're not having natural-sounding getting-to-know-you conversations. It feels more like a producer gives him his lines and tells him to go kiss her. That is just what I'm seeing.

To me, Sean is falling into the "telling her what she wants to hear" catagory.

I absolutely do not see anything about Sean that makes me believe that he is a producers pick who is just feeding Emily a bunch of lines. It appears to me that he is just answering the questions that Emily is asking all of them.

That's just the vibe I'm getting so far, but I admit, we don't have much to go on yet, and I could be reading him wrong. Hopefully we'll have a better idea of what his deal is and what exists between him and Emily tomorrow night.

[Longhornfan]

I wonder if there's something to the fact that they seem to be trying to lock down on spoilers this season more than in past seasons (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully :giggle: ). If the frontrunner is obvious upfront, why go to the trouble. But it's not obvious that Em would fall for the softspoken skater boy, and maybe they are banking on the surprise factor this season to keep things interesting. It seems like there are things in the edit to suggest this is what they're attempting ... things like Arie saying he doesn't feel threatened and then immediately cutting to Jef. Jef flying under the radar, while being more of a "threat" all along, seems like part of the story they're trying to tell.

I'm not seeing Sean in the same way. Something about his role feels very scripted to me ... they're not having natural-sounding getting-to-know-you conversations. It feels more like a producer gives him his lines and tells him to go kiss her. That is just what I'm seeing.

To me, Sean is falling into the "telling her what she wants to hear" catagory.

I absolutely do not see anything about Sean that makes me believe that he is a producers pick who is just feeding Emily a bunch of lines. It appears to me that he is just answering the questions that Emily is asking all of them.

Sean is veering into 'too good to be true' category for some. I've seen some say that if u scratch the surface of Sean, u might find Jake Pavelka underneath. :Smiley:

Wow!! If anyone is comparing Sean to Jake Pavelka, then that is very disturbing to hear. I absolutely detested Jake Pavelka. I am shocked. That is just so wrong on so many levels!! For me, there is no comparison between those two, and that is highly insulting for Sean.

[Ice-9]

I wonder if there's something to the fact that they seem to be trying to lock down on spoilers this season more than in past seasons (albeit somewhat unsuccessfully :giggle: ). If the frontrunner is obvious upfront, why go to the trouble. But it's not obvious that Em would fall for the softspoken skater boy, and maybe they are banking on the surprise factor this season to keep things interesting. It seems like there are things in the edit to suggest this is what they're attempting ... things like Arie saying he doesn't feel threatened and then immediately cutting to Jef. Jef flying under the radar, while being more of a "threat" all along, seems like part of the story they're trying to tell.

I'm not seeing Sean in the same way. Something about his role feels very scripted to me ... they're not having natural-sounding getting-to-know-you conversations. It feels more like a producer gives him his lines and tells him to go kiss her. That is just what I'm seeing.

To me, Sean is falling into the "telling her what she wants to hear" catagory.

I absolutely do not see anything about Sean that makes me believe that he is a producers pick who is just feeding Emily a bunch of lines. It appears to me that he is just answering the questions that Emily is asking all of them.

Sean is veering into 'too good to be true' category for some. I've seen some say that if u scratch the surface of Sean, u might find Jake Pavelka underneath. :Smiley:

Wow!! If anyone is comparing Sean to Jake Pavelka, then that is very disturbing to hear. I absolutely detested Jake Pavelka. I am shocked. That is just so wrong on so many levels!! For me, there is no comparison between those two, and that is highly insulting for Sean.

I think it's taking it a bit far to compare Sean to Jake...I mean, that's just cruel. However, I have had a couple of moments where Sean gave me bad vibes. For example, when Sean was talking to Emily at the E3 rose ceremony, he said something along the lines of wanting a woman who would follow him. For me, that is a major turn-off and was giving of 'a woman should follow the lead of her man' vibes. No bueno!

[Love_Me]

My husband & I knew on the first date as well. Sometimes you just know

I knew the first time my fiance and I meet it was meant to be. I know that some relationships don't start of as love at first sight, but in my experience it was.

[ryvetted]

My husband & I knew on the first date as well. Sometimes you just know

I knew the first time my fiance and I meet it was meant to be. I know that some relationships don't start of as love at first sight, but in my experience it was.

Same here! :Nod:

[Admin]

My husband & I knew on the first date as well. Sometimes you just know

I knew the first time my fiance and I meet it was meant to be. I know that some relationships don't start of as love at first sight, but in my experience it was.

:pinkaw: So it is possible!

[haapa245]

My husband & I knew on the first date as well. Sometimes you just know

I knew the first time my fiance and I meet it was meant to be. I know that some relationships don't start of as love at first sight, but in my experience it was.

:pinkaw: So it is possible!

Oh wow! Same here with my fiance! Same with my parents too. They got engaged within two months after they met the first time. and been married for 30+ years. It is possible.

On other note, I thought I should show some clips of interaction between Arie and Emily, Sean and Emily and Jef and Emily to my fiance, who had never watched bachelorette before and asked for his perspective. You know sometimes, avid viewers like us tend to overanalyze and miss the obvious things. I find his answers quite interesting.

1. He sees that Arie seemed to force a chemistry between them. Like he want to believe there is more there or maybe he likes the idea of being in love with Emily than actually being in love with her. Example during GD epi 4, he had to repeat over and over again about his date with emily rather than just getting to know emily right there and then. Fiance was more convinced after the scene in RC episode 4 because he needed her reassurance. My fiance said guys are generate to think things like a game (even if it means play for the best intention like getting the girl of ur dream), so he sees the rubbing on her knee (or any physical touches) during "serious" conversation as a bonus point to make the girl thing more positively of him. Arie did that alot especially here.
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ETA: Oh Arie's response when Emily said those beautiful things to him seems like a guy whose confidence has been boosted, as opposed to being more into the girl. Unlike Jef, when Emily gave him the GDR, he was falling for her.


2. With Sean, he didnt have a strong opinion about it, just that it was like a physical attraction between them, lack of emotional substance (for now maybe). But due to their similar ideas in life, they could either become very good friends or an ideal partner.

3. Alright, with jef. Basically, I cringe at times when Jef get all nervous and repeating the word "like". My fiance was shocked to see me reacted that way and when I told him that it was awkward to watch, he was even more puzzled because he said that the way jef and emily acted with each other was the most natural reaction between two people who admire/like/have crush on and he said it reminded him of our early romance. He could see that Emily and Jef were in the process of getting to know each other and realized there's undeniably an attraction and chemistry there, and slowly figuring out if it something they want to pursue for the rest of their life. Mind you, this was before I showed the "no kiss" scene. After I did show him that, I love that my fiance was so proud like a lil boy how spot on he was with his perception. Well done to him.


So yeah, just thought I'd share his opinion. You know what they say about children sometime have much comprehensible perceptions at things because of their simple and unembellished minds. I hope it goes the same way with my fiance's perception as he is very new to bachelorette.

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