finally watching the end of BBUK15 and omfg i feel like i could literally write a fucking dissertation on this season’s narrative and fight to the bitter end between helen and ashleigh. good vs evil, evil vs evil, woman vs woman, older woman vs younger woman, blonde vs brunette, british vs irish. like holy SHIT i dont think ive ever seen a more complete and complex female narrative utterly dominate a series. the constant fighting and being each others’ worst enemies literally from episode one, creating opposite sides of the house and herding other housemates in their respective camps, puppeteering pretty much the whole game together consciously and subconsciously. i mean the sheer fact they were the last two women in the house and they were both alpha females, moreso alpha than any of the men in the house and watching their male followers drop likes flies in true battle to the crown style. then making up on the LAST episode after various truces which were proven to be fake or a ruse and resulted in apocalyptic drama when they fell apart. using each other to go further in the game, them being utter nemeses but also so similar in a lot of ways. then fittingly it being the pair of them in the final two and the vote being one of the closest it EVER was between finalists at 1.2 per cent’s difference. and as a cherry on the cake (arguably as I wouldve preferred the alternative) the true evil in the form of helen coming out on top. such an interesting season and one of a kind. the only thing that really comes close is jun vs alison but even that i dont think comes anywhere near this kind of feud/narrative. love love LOVE!
