u/XipeTotecwithGlitter

*Don't read too much into the lower rankings so much. Even my least favorite favorites were still so enjoyable for me

Maybe he's out of touch from reality and has to check his corporeal self? Maybe it's an inside joke? Does anyone know for sure?

Not necessarily from another Beauty and the Beast. Just a non-Disney female character who compliments/contrasts Belle's character

(Lake could also be in magenta and swap with Hunter, who has blue eyes. But Hunter is hard, since boy is at 0.000 saturation🩶)

• This is an interesting set up for the Villains Alliance. I'd like to imagine that we see Alec see how outnumbered he and Ellie are on cyan and from there he formulates the Villains Alliance
• Miriam and James still don't have a prayer in this version.
  • Alternatively, James does a fake heel turn to join the Villains majority. And maybe Fiore teams up with him to backstab Riya, Grett and Yul.
• I guess in this Aiden becomes Jake's season-long enemy instead of Jake. Meanwhile I see Tom getting closest to Lake in this lineup. So maybe Lake becomes Aiden in this version as the one that Jake hates from afar?
• I have no idea what Connor, Hunter and Gabby have going on when they're not within an inch of their love interests. But I guess that was Jake and Aiden's defining traits in All-Stars, so that tracks. Everyone in magenta but Tess is a lovelorn sap lol

It's obvious that it was something for Nazi support, but the musical itself never confirms what specifically he was having Cliff transport. Was it funds? Was it bombs or weapons? Pro-Nazi advertisements? I really don't know.

In my neck of the woods, I've heard "stuff", "crap", "notions", "knick knacks" and the occasional "tinkers".

Mine might be "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", particularly the 1987 version. Also have a soft spot for "G*psies, Tramps and Thieves" and "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife".

Styled by Taylor Angino. Paired with "200-year-old" tiara sourced from through Fred Leighton and green bag in matching green resin (or resin-like finish) labeled "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" in gold.

I've not been having fun drawing lately but I also don't feel like giving up because I've enjoyed some of the stuff I've done over the past three years. But I don't know what my art is missing.

I struggle to master the fundamentals of art and drawing and just charge towards stylized, bold concepts. To compensate, I feel that I put a lot of time, energy and medium on my works. The process and sometimes the result is very messy and inconsistent which stresses me out. Does this inconsistent messiness show in my art? Does it look too amateurish like I'm putting too much energy into the wrong things?

Fun fact: season 11 was my first live season. Before this season I'd watched a few seasons before, but only online and long after they concluded. So the season 11 was my first time watching a regular season as it was airing. I still remember the excitement I had anticipating every episode week to week and while in hindsight the sheer amount of queens is overwhelming, I didn't know any better while watching. Truly a game changer season for Drag Race that introduced us to such talented queens. It was so wild to see how much they've changed over the years.

Who do you think is the most changed? Has your opinion on these queens/this season changed since it aired? Is the orange runway possibly the best runway on a mainline season? Probably not but it's damn good.

NOTES:

• There has been at least one season 11 queen featured in every All-Stars since the season aired except for 10 (Yvie and Vanjie were LSAs on AS5).
• 10 out of 5 queens from this season (67% of the cast) have returned to compete. This makes season 11 the third season with the most returning queens, behind season 9 (10 out of 15 returnees/71%) and season 2 (10 out of 12/83%; 92% if you only count alive queens; 100% if you only include queens who are likely to return to the franchise).
• I just learned while doing this project that Honey Davenport is into leather now alongside her drag. The skirt she's in in the post is the same skirt as her season 11 finale look.
• Out of all of these queens' changes, Ariel Versace's surprises me the most. Not a fan of how much she's toned down her makeup and aesthetic, but werk I guess. According to her Insta, purple is her "power color", which is ironic given how much Ra'jah, Shuga and Brooke rock the color.
• Speaking of Ra'jah, she has had the biggest glow up of the contestants over time. Her drag was always lovely, but reflecting on her mental health and honing her sewing skills has really enhanced her brand. It was hard to find contemporary pictures which reflect this since when she's not appearing on a season her socials are quiet. I respect an offline queen. Just see the evolution of her finale looks and you'll see what I mean.
  • Also, while purple has always been a part of her color palette it wasn't until AS6 that her brand really became PURPLE. She and Lawrence Chaney have been having a custody battle over the hue since 2021.
• A'keria's sewing skills have also just improved over time. While her three sewing challenge looks on S11 weren't terrible, they definitely didn't match up to others in their season and didn't compare to the looks she made and brought from home. Seriously, she made both her All Stars promo look and that blue cup dress. Make it make sense. Anyway, this recent win on AS11 is a long-time coming. Proud of her!
• Plastique was always pretty, but she has evolved to straight up c*nt. I'm so jealous! lol. But on some level I do miss the light pink hair. I don't miss the corset, trains and strappy heels.
• Vanjie is an interesting case for a retrospective because we're able to see her transformation across two regular seasons, then Vegas Revue, then All-Stars 5 and then years later with All-Stars 9 (with Werq the World in the middle if you're paying attention). I had much more to say but deleted it because it went on for so damn long.
• I spent way too much time on this, didn't I?

Movie pictured: Private Benjamin (1980). Looking for movies that basically start where this movie ends: a woman walks out of a wedding to set off on a better life for herself.

Edit: I love all of these recommendations, but I'm also curious if there are movies out there which start with the woman having liberated herself and starting the next chapter of her life, rather than movies culminating to that moment. Like, what does a person's life look like in the aftermath of a major ordeal? What parts of the life she's given up does she keep with her? Does she end up returning? Does she fully break away and thrive? How does the effort to thrive look like separate from her former life? And preferably she's able to remain alive in this aftermath

And yes I split Favorite Historical into two because history is long, okay?

More than anything, she's the most skilled/experienced of the eliminated contestants, both physically and strategically. If the comeback challenge is a race/triathlon as it's been in the past two seasons then Ana could definitely win it. If the eliminated contestants have to team up with those still competing, I struggle to think of many who would outright object to working with her. Of course there's Natalia who is anti-Anastasia, and then there's Fiore, Spencer, Ara and Dunia who could find reasons to hate her, but as of what was shown Anastasia was eliminated with few bridges burned and at least 4 possible connections (Rosa, Lake and Gabby, plus Tom by extension of Gabby).

Then there's the third condition of making the comeback: storyline. I admit, I don't know where Anastasia's story could go. Her main roles this season were to hate Alec, mend bridges with Natalia and make connections. She did the first, attempted the second but Natalia wouldn't budge and accomplished the third. The only thing she'd have to do is finish things with Natalia, either winning her trust or getting revenge and booting her from the game (neither of which are all that interesting). Then again, it's not like Amelie had a lot of prospects going into the comeback challenge. She was an early out without a major storyline and ended up winning by mastering the physicality of the challenge. Then when she came back, she fit easily into the merge dynamic despite really only having a pre-established relationship with Hannah. At the very least I can see Ana fitting into an Amelie-like position: not a lot of story potential but a lot of justification for her return after the fact. She could branch out to the fans and enter their dynamics in interesting ways and/or she could continue making connections to Faves from other seasons. To reaffirm, she is more mindful of burning bridges this time around, yet still retains her grit and won't be easily manipulated.

Lastly, her competition for the comeback aren't likely to return. Or at least not at first sight; anything can happen.

• Jury is out of what Aubrey has to offer when she's not spouting off Zodiac nonsense. She and Ernesto alike could subsume the Amelie role of getting booted early with few connections yet still returning based on their skills or growth.
• Manu and Finn are strong but undisciplined (i.e. they both really struggle to put their own feelings aside for the sake of the game). Finn especially had a lousy attitude and gameplay (I still won't forget him just bailing on the pole-walking challenge) and I don't see much story potential with either of them coming back. But then again, the Amelie storyline, so who knows.
• Aiden really only has fandom inspiring his return. He's a fan favorite and that may factor in the comeback. Otherwise, what does he do successfully? Quickly! I love the guy, but he is notorious for being flailing when left to his own devices. For as far as he's gotten, his track record and storylines have been dependent on him bouncing off of someone. Whether it was James and Lake in season 2, Tom and Jake in All-Stars, or the Cyan Alliance and Evie's fake advantage this season, he's never been proficient as a player or character on his own.
• Going off of those who haven't been eliminated yet, but people still feel they might be going soon:
  • She could beat Ally, who really only has Benji as support both in game and storywise.
  • Dunia could give Anastasia a run for her money but I've been convinced that she could inspire a lot of purpose and a lot of drama if she was eliminated.
  • Gabby has raw power but great insecurity. Plus her storylines have been more attached to Anastasia and Natalia (and we still have yet to see if there will be repercussions for Nat manipulating Gabby for the vote)
  • Oliwia similarly has raw power but great insecurities. She's more of a wildcard than anything else.
  • Tom is a strong competitor, but really isn't doing much except for...being Tom.