Love island 8 the Anton appreciation thread 🏝☀️

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Here we go!

I really don’t get how this was Danny’s gameplan. He was really into Yewande and nothing but nice and reassuring to her. Her insecurities are not his problem. And it was her pulling away and acting standoffish and disinterested. Whether that’s because she’s insecure or she just didn’t fancy him, there is no onus on him to put up with that. This was her doing.

Also she is really not handling this well - going over and actually sitting on him to mark her territory? How can Joe get hammered for being too possessive yet we’re supposed to be Team Yewande?

And making jokes about punching Arabella if he looked at her/how it will be their last kiss. Insecurity is not an excuse to be controlling, possessive and manipulative - like blanking him and then saying "What did you not do when you came back from your date?" as if he was a toddler who forgot to say please.

Who dafuq says "I'm going to go over and be affectionate now", it's so strange

@FieldsOfWheat I agree with you actually about Yewande making the "I'm going to be affectionate now" like it's some sort of tap or switch that she can just turn off. A very strange comment indeed

I hated that when she said ‘what did you not do when you came back from your date?’ Really horrible way to speak to someone

Yewande's defences were up for a good reason. Danny has played a fucking blinder. Her inexperience with men and awkwardness have helped deflect the fact he was waiting for a new girl to come in and timed his victim act accordingly.

I dont see how he has played a blinder to be honest.

I think Yewande is playing a blinder. She is a perfect example of 'self fulfilling prophecy' and 'too little too late'.

Danny was into her and kept trying and she kept playing the Ice queen, while there was no one else in the house for him.

Once someone was in the house that could be for him her personality took a, as Tommy would say, 520 degree switch.

Her affection was faked. But if hevis already into Arabella it's too little too late.

I would have respected Danny more, though, if he had told her straight there and then (when she was faking the gushing) that he wasnt sure and still wanted to get to know Arabella. He should have told her then he needed time to think.

But then I assume some people would think he was just doing that to hurt her back.

It's a fucked up situation that could end with neither of them looking great.

It's not about disliking Yewande for not playing the game and then not liking her for playing the game. It's the way she is going about things

Danny wanted natural affection. If you have to say 'right, I am going to go be affectionate' then basically jump on his chest so the other girl cant even see his face. That's not natural affection. They just arent suited.

She needs someone who doesnt need affection and reassurance. He needs someone who is happy to give affection naturally and reassurance.

They just arent suited. Buy Yewande doesnt look great at the moment, because she was scathing of him wanting affection, spoke to him like a child, tried to rewrite what she had said about him (first she was saying he was too much then he wasnt doing enough). The way she spoke to him in the terrace was awful. And she is faking affection just to try and stop him getting to know arabella.

If arabella doesnt pick him, Yewande will go cold on Danny again. I would bet money on it.

@desperatehousewife21 completely agree it was vile! He’s not a child! So patronising I really don’t like her.

First look is fab today. I can’t wait for the aftermath of that game; Amy’s face was a picture. I looked on the board and Curtis gave Amy a 7!
Also, when Anton said “that’s not who you thought it was” he shook his head and all the boys went ooh when he said good connection it’s a 10.... I feel like he knew it was arabella????
Oohhh is this going to a big plot twist.., Curtis and Arabella?
It’s like wez Lauren Megan from last year.

Loved Arabella and Danny’s snog though and I want to see her and Danny couple up just cus he deserves it and I couldn’t stand smug Yewande “that’ll be the last time she kisses him”

OMG Yewande what are you doing? I'm embarrassed for the woman.

Curtis would know by the height difference that that wasn't Amy.

Sorry Laura last year not Lauren!

I think yewande is coming across as really immature.

I don't know if she's saying what she thinks she should be saying if that makes sense?

Like she thinks the right think to do is get angry so she does, she thinks she supposed to be possessive so she is. To me it seems like it's all acting.

She really doesn't seem into Danny at all, like she doesn't naturally touch him in any way, even her being affectionate was sitting on him.

I think she could be mimicking what MM did after Tommy's date with Maura, sort of marking her territory and bringing him to heel.

Or I could be totally over invested and should be working instead.

I don't like Yewande at all. She's my least favourite girl.

I have a male friend (Northern) who's as camp as Curtis and he's very very successful with females 🤷‍♀️

I like Curtis I think he's funny 😂 I hope Amy laughs it off but I would be secretly furious too

Yewande is being a whiny drama queen,I hope she leaves somehow.

I don't like Yewande at all, never have, but I do feel sorry for her as watching this back/reading the comments about how cringey/awkward she is can't be easy for anyone. I do think she has no feelings for Danny and just wants to keep him so she can stay. He should move on though.

So far this series is boring, I'd love a mass cull of: Amber, Anna, Tom, Yewande, maybe Amy although I think she can be good TV and quite funny. Curtis is skating on thin ice too. Chuck Jordan out.

The rest I don't mind so much.

Danny's played a blinder because he last night his reaction to Yewande letting her guard down (just like Amber finally did with Michael I might add) was to look genuinely chuffed and so into her, as he has seemed all along. But he isn't, as we can tell from the preview...'I won't be fooled by that woman' 😬 he was waiting for a newbie all along. If he clicks with Arabella then fair dos, it's the name of the game. But he'll walking straight into that situation with everyone on his side and none on Yewande's. He has been clever. He's used the fact she seems to be unlikeable to his advantage.

He'll be walking*

We could very easily drop Anna, Tom, Yewande and Jordan without noticing.

I guess from the off Danny was very in to Yewande and it didn’t seem to be based on anything (other than an initial attraction) and that may be why she was wary. He wanted to instantly couple up and be all affectionate. You can’t say they ‘connected’ emotionally as she barely spoke to him. So why was he so keen?

However, if she’s not in to him, as she doesn’t appear to be, she should just let him go. Agree she is too wary of men/love to be on Love Island.

I thought the same about Jamie and Camilla. Everyone assumed he had a game plan and targeted her, but they’re still together 2 years later.

I think Danny was going off what he saw of her on TV - she’s good-looking, came across as nice initially and seemed relatively intelligent, the date genuinely seemed to go well. I get why he was keen.

It’s hard being keen on your own though. Hello wall.

We could very easily drop Anna, Tom, Yewande and Jordan without noticing.

They are so dull! I dislike Yewande as she comes across as so arrogant and shy. I don’t know if she is really shy, she is certainly very loud and very rude talking AT people. The parts of herself she is showing aren’t nice at all.

Place marking for later.

Can’t believe i’m going to miss the kiss episode tonight!

I anticipate a great drama in the next few weeks of Curtis moving on. PLEASE

I like Anna and Jordon, they seem like decent people. And they quite like each other.

Yewande is simply not coming across as a very nice person. This woman is intelligent and she has not just made rhe decision to go on a program as huge as love island, she had enough about her to actually get through the auditions and get on it. That will have taken tenacity, determination and self confidence.

I don't think being on there is doing her any favours. And I'm not sure why she has decided to go on there, as it's clearly not to find a relarionship, and she's not acting like she wants a tv career either.🤷‍♀️

Danny couldn’t have ‘capitalised’ on the situation if Yewande hadn’t created it in the first place. From that point he is free to react as he wishes - why should he put up with being frozen out and ignored just because she doesn’t trust men? It really isn’t his problem. I don’t think he should have gone along with all the sudden affection though - he should have questioned it then. Even Tommy managed to push back when MM pulled a similar stunt when Maura made a move. He just seems a bit clueless - I really don’t see some kind of scheming player in him at all. I hope him and Arabella get together (though poor Anton!)

So in my head there are more girls than guys now, and the defs are:
Amber/Michael
Amy/Curtis
Molly/Tommy
Anna/Jordan

Then Arabella and Danny? Or Anton (less likely)
Yewande and Danny? (Not looking great right now)
Maura and Tom (As friends)? Or Danny (v outside chance)

Lucie and Anton? (As friends)

Looking at it I really want Yewande to go as I would much rather the others stayed to see what happens. She isn’t open to a relationship and doesn’t know how to manage her feelings in one. Not a good show for her.

How does it work if eg two girls pick the same guy? Does he get to choose? Do all the girls get a pick and then the guy has to decide? This is actually the first year I’ve properly watched it!

It depends on who the producers let pick first. So if they said Yewande to pick first, and she picked Danny, then Danny would not be available to Arabella.

But think maybe the boys pick this time. Not sure.