Love Island 10 - what comes around, goes around

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New thread unless someone's beaten me to it.

Just caught up with last night's episode.

I'm disappointed Yewande wasn't a bit more grown up when she left the villa. No one has a 'right' to be there, it's a game show and they're all there for the same reasons. She knew before she went in how it went - I thought she acted spoilt and churlish and probably confirmed to Danny that she wasn't for him. I don't believe Arrabella is either, but he might have a nicer time with her.

Where do they get the clothes?

Are they their own?

Amy has wore that horrible fringe dress at least twice and the snake print thing twice too.

The same with some of the others with swimsuits/ bikinis

They need more clothes

They really do. The boys sharing that flipping leather jacket like they’re the bloody T Birds is really irritating 🤣

Amy seems to be the most widely disliked person on there... and she isn't BAME-and I agree, lots of white contestants have been pied, ignored, dumped, vilified...

There isn't always a sinister subtext to disliking someone. I dislike Lucie and have from the get go...no real idea why-just find her annoying... I have a very conscious bias against bad ring extensions!

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Jesus! Don't get me started on that jacket / white T look 🙈

Yewande behaved poorly and was horribly sarcastic saying goodbye to Danny. She could have been more gracious and left taking the high road.

She behaved like a spoiled brat used to being someone’s princess.

Anyway, I like Arabella, her and Danny are clearly a mismatch but I’m glad she’s in the house.

Maura for the win!

I can't believe the poster who said Yewande behaved with dignity! She may be intelligent but she is bitchy and immature. You saw glimpses of her being bitchy in the very early days.. Think it was towards Lucie.

Think her true colours came out last night with the hissing "how dare he" and the "what comes around goes around" comments. So glad she's gone.

Think the islanders need to be reminded that it is a game show! You are meant to swap partners if you so wish. And people slating Danny saying he has lied about having his head turned..if you remember he didn't just declare that to her out of the blue. It was the day where she was quiet and sulking and had just. Had. That. Conversation. With. The. Others. Where she spoke like that. Where she said she was having doubts about him. Sitting on the bean bags a little later, she asked him if another girl came in would his head be turned. She was clearly in a funny mood and you could tell he felt uncomfortable and put on the spot. How would she have reacted if he had answered differently?

Really don't like Amber and Michael. They are acting like King and Queen of the villa and there is a lot of double standards going on. Don't like the Amber/Amy/Anna clique at all.

Love Maura! She's holding up the series so far.

I want Tom to really woo Maura and then for her to dramatically go for Anton. Now that’s a story arc. Then tom will go for Lucy and she’ll stroke his wavy hair and forget all about thick tongue Joe.

I think the threads on here really are not for the most part racist or classist. The whole point of LI and the commentary is to weigh in and talk about the contestants.

What they wear
What they say
Their hair
Their look
Their behaviour
The eye contact

All of it, all of it is up for discussion! I’d like to think the collective mind of MN is attuned to not making offensive comments, but equally we have to given some leeway into being able to don our snakeskin, Lycra, high waisted with a thigh split judgey pants?!

Rocking I agree with you and I've found it difficult especially when being shouted down or told to start my own thread or being told that I'm argumentative and need to keep it light and fluffy. But I've carried on posting regardless because I enjoy the programme.
I've noticed the same comments you have and felt unable to stand up once again and go against the grain because it feeds into me being argumentative. I feel conflicted now. Calling Yewande a gaslighting abuser and bully minimises domestic abuse and actual bullying and makes a mockery of victims- I wanted to get that one out. The racist/classist can be reported.

we have to be given some leeway into being able to don our snakeskin, Lycra, high waisted with a thigh split judgey pants?!.

Darn it mine are in the wash. I’ll have to wear my sparkly fringed ones.

Think the islanders need to be reminded that it is a game show! You are meant to swap partners if you so wish.

I think some of the viewers need to be reminded of that fact too!

Amber is in danger of splitting the villa if she doesn't wind her neck in a bit. She seems to think that Danny should have kept Yewande in because she was her friend, rather than choose who he wanted to be with. I like Amber, but stirring the pot won't help her.

I know i'll probably be shot down for this but I wonder if Maura has considered that if she's so hell bent on meeting a Gentleman she could possibly give acting like a Lady a bit of a try?

The racist/classist can be reported

No, generally it's covert/unconscious and in isolation, isn't really reportable

It's more a cultural problem

Sagrada it was your comments that made me contribute because I thought you were getting such a hard time for raising important questions. Normally, I'm happy just to coast along reading, I do enjoy light-hearted gossip! And your comments helped get me thinking too, thank you.

There would be no point in just stating opinions without thinking about how we formed them. We see so little of the people on the show we are all making snap judgements really. It's not divorced from real life, 'harmless' quips and double standards aren't breezy.

No one is saying it's racist to not like the black girl. If you are still reducing it to that go back and read the 'derailments'. There's lots of less overt prejudism involved that can't just be reported and deleted, and no harm in thinking about it.

Are all LI threads like this? Can it not just be a fun conversation?

Apparently not. It’s ruining Ll for me now so will be watching it thread-free from now on.

Vesperia, give over-
how do ladies act?
Maura knows what she's worth, she needs to change nothing about her behaviour.

Well someone definitely helped Danny with his coupling speech. There is no way he came up with that all by himself. It was deliberately obtuse so that it could have been either Arabella or Yewande.

Once again, I think Yewande was true to herself. She was disappointed and angry and she let it show. I still think Danny messed both girls around a bit by being so fucking indecisive. I couldn't not have done the metaphorical 'pick-me' dance for him, but that's probably why I'd never get picked for LI (in addition to the fact I'm a gimmer and have quilted thighs).

Still think Arabella & Danny are welcome to each other and if there is twooo lurve between them, I'll roast one of my quilted thighs and eat it for Sunday lunch.

So, so, so glad that Maura showed some backbone and really tore Tom off a strip or three. My DD (6th form) and all her friends watch this show like it was a religious experience and they need to see women stand up for themselves where sex is concerned much, much more!

Getting a bit bored of all the dynamics now - so bring on Casa Amore!

I actually think Tom is the most attractive guy in there.
He and Lucie would make a hot couple.

I love Anton - what a fab guy!
I don't see Danny and Arabella lasting beyond the end of the week.
Love Michael and I like how Amber is around him, but not so much when she's with the girls if that makes sense.

I've never heard ByeFelicia before. Who said it last night btw? I completely missed it and am curious.

Have just caught up with last nights episode! Liking Maura more and more each day which I never thought I would say. Yewande could have left with her head held high but she was completely immature and ungracious it was embarrassing. Can't see Tom and Maura actually being a thing he is so boring and she needs someone with some excitement.

I’ve just looked at Yewande’s Insta. Not quite sure how she got on LI or had loads of followers before entering as she only had 20 Instagram posts in 3 years?!

Not saying that’s a bad thing, it’s quite refreshing actually, but I thought the criteria was that you had to have something like 10k Insta followers and be quite a prolific poster? Not quite sure how you’d get followers in the thousands from only about 6 posts a year?!

I think Amy has been spoken to by the producers

Either that or they are carefully editing every word and facial expression.

We need some women with strong personalities to come into the show via Casa Amor to bring the Amber/Anna/Amy clique down a peg or two.

I very nearly bought the gold tassle halter neck jumpsuit that Amy wore last week in the recoupling.

Then I reminded myself I'm an overweight 47 year old and sadly removed it from the basket.

I’m so pleased Danny stood up against the Amber/Michael/Anna clique and chose Arabella who he has far more natural chemistry with and seems happy and at ease in her company. I thought Yewande came across pretty poorly last night - the whispering, the comment about Arabella being ‘a bitch that was after my man’ or similar, then the ‘how dare he’ and the ‘what comes around’ comment at the end - to me she is taking her issues, baggage and anger from previous boyfriend cheating on her out on Danny, who she has known for two minutes and snogged a few times when she didn’t have her fucking eye mask on. She should have dealt with that before she came in, not inflicted it on someone and expected them just to put up with stonewalling, withdrawing, being cold/distant, being slated for being too needy, faking affection for the wrong reasons, and rewriting history. She was just as gaslight-y and possessive as eg Joe at points (sitting on D, saying he’d better not look at Arabella) and displayed some really unpleasant flashes of anger/rudeness when talking to D or/and A or about the situation with Amber/Mollie and co. And she never once took any responsibility for things going wrong with D. Yes, she wasn’t helped by the shit advice/coaching given to her by Amber/Michael and co, or the fact that Amber and Anna made her into a complete victim blaming D & A for everything, but I just think she wasn’t remotely in a place to be on a TV dating show and it’s not fair for her to push that on everyone else.

I’m glad she isn’t getting a hard time on Twitter but I also hope she does some proper reflection and realises how her behaviour contributed to this otherwise the same issues will come up again.

Agree that first look tends to make things look worse than they are but I’ve expressed my reservations about Amber before - I like her in a couple with Michael but she can be very bitchy, stir-y, judgemental and hypocritical and I hate the way her and Michael seem to think they are the moral arbiters of the Villa and how much they try to control who is with who because they are friends with them.

I feel sorry for Danny/Arabella if they get a hard time over this - if they (Amber/Anna/Michael) can’t accept it they should just keep their counsel. Not slate Danny for being a ‘liar’ or ‘fake’. One of the good things about eg Mollie Mae is that she just drew a line under the Maura thing and they are now friends. Even while it was going on she didn’t resort to calling Maura a ‘bitch’. Look at how well Anton has coped with continual rejection - joking with Danny about having a scientist and a supermodel after him. Yewande couldn’t cope with it and handled it badly - that’s not a crime, she’s only human - but she really isn’t some blameless victim in all this.

Very true, Hebden. It's difficult.