u/daisychains777

I've seen a lot of people express confusion about why there seems to be a larger reaction to KC's shenanigans than Sincere's when Sincere technically has a longer rap sheet.

It’s actually very simple: Sincere is just a liar, but KC is both a liar and brazenly mean. KC shenanigans have been accompanied by belittling and tearing down Aniya whereas Sincere hasn't said a single mean thing about any of the women he’s screwed over in the process. It might not seem fair, but people are always going to react more viscerally & acutely to sneakiness when it's accompanied by outward cruelty.

I actually tend to dislike ppl like Sincere more because IRL they often can easily convince people their behavior didn't come from a place of malice & tend to face less harsh consequences for their actions as a result. Not as easy to argue when you've called someone a grandma for not sleeping with you, said you’re not happy for them, thrown things you've done for them in their face and indirectly admitted to using them to get by.

People are more likely to believe Sincere didn't mean any malice toward Melanie, Sol and Amora. He probably does like all 3 of them (and probably would have all 3 if he could) he just likes himself a little lot more. Meanwhile, KC's dislike for Aniya is palpable and a total turn off. I mean maybe he did initially like her, that is til he realized she wasn't gonna put out (sound familiar, ladies?)

TLDR: KC is unabashedly cruel in his speech, Sincere is unabashedly sneaky, and unabashed cruel speech will always garner a larger response.

They may not have been laughing directly at Aniya but what the hell was there even to laugh and joke about? How do you see someone leave the area in tears (YES, they all saw) because of the outcome of the recoupling and find it in you to crack jokes about people “acting like they’re married after 2 days” (Which is ironic coming from Parmida who screeched at Corbin that she wants to be closed off literally the next day. How long have they known each other? 7 days? Right.)

I don’t remember anybody cracking jokes or laughing when the outcome of a Season 6 vote resulted in >!Andrea!< being eliminated and bawling her eyes out, and those girls did not even like her. Everyone sat there shook & looking sick to their stomachs because for normal people seeing someone cry is gut wrenching. And I’m not gonna let people who are unfamiliar with basic decency and empathy try to rewrite the scene or downplay that kind of behavior. I find these attempts to downplay, normalize, and validate casual cruelty & apathy so disgusting. If I was a casa girl seeing Aniya or anyone else cry would have zapped away any kind of humourous spirit I had in me.

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Seeing/hearing Aniya cry was such a hard watch, I had to skip through those parts

Not that there’s anything wrong with her crying but it really just broke my heart to see/hear☹️😔💔