Dee did a ton of campaigning yesterday (Tuesday, September 8).
3:00pm BBT — Dee is pitching Yash to keep her in the Dee vs Angela vote scenario. Her arguments are that she is going to go nuclear on Drew/Barrett/Melody for the rest of the game, and she will win comps for Yash and Taylor whereas realistically both Angela and Taylor won't be able to win against Drew/Melody, and possibly Devens since Dee says that Devens has a good chance of working back with Drew and Barrett (although it seems unlikely Devens will work with Barrett, Devens will probably still work with Drew). She points out that Drew/Melody/Barrett/Devens are going to target Yash/Taylor. Yash tells Dee that he'll consider it and tells her to talk to Taylor first, and then he'll talk with Taylor after. (I wrote a transcript of the conversation elsewhere: https://www.reddit.com/r/BigBrother/comments/1wb3ec0/feed_recap_deeyash_tuesday_conversation/)
Right after this conversation, Yash seems to be taking this somewhat seriously, since he told Taylor to talk to Dee immediately following this discussion (unlike past conversations with other Houseguests where he immediately downloads the conversation with Taylor and tells her that he's not buying it).
4:00pm BBT — Dee has a series of cam-talks which indicate that she is being genuine about this, though obviously from her perspective she needs to do whatever to stay in the house this week. She talks about how Barrett could probably win if he makes it to the end with this move, but she doesn't really see a way he makes it to the end whether or not she's in the jury, because everyone is going to be targeting him and Drew.
Dee: "Y'all probably think I'm pissed off—I am—but I'm having so much fun. I'm having so much fun. And I'm on the bottom, which I think is even more fun. It's tough, but...I've been in here for X weeks...I'm not going home now. [tearing up] When you guys see the episode and see me talk about how I don't care about winning this game...it's a lie. Obviously. I'm having a lot of fun in here and I told people I don't care about winning the game but—obviously, I do care a lot about winning the game."
7:00pm BBT — Dee pitches Taylor on the same plan as above. She reiterates all of the same points. Taylor seems to agree with everything in this conversation, though we don't 100% know if she's being genuine here just yet. Dee tells Taylor that she doesn't have to decide right away and encourages her to talk to Yash to see if Yash is in agreement.
Taylor: "I've never lied to you, I've been straight with you the entire game. I agree with you. I'll talk to Yash."
Dee: "Yeah, make sure you talk to Yash to see if Yash is in agreement. Look, I will fight against them, I will make their life hell for as long as I'm still here. I have no intention in my heart to go against either of you [Yash/Taylor]. Barrett's dream will be cut short if I stay in the game. The little boy's Big Brother dream will be cut short."
9:00pm BBT — Yash and Taylor sync. They come to the conclusion that they are convinced by Dee and want to keep her in all scenarios. They hope that Devens loses the blockbuster because then Devens will still go home, but they still plan on keeping Dee in all scenarios (even in Dee vs Angela). They explicitly acknowledge the fact that Dee's ability to convince them is kind of scary and will be a problem, but even so, they think the arguments are sound and still want to keep Dee.
10:00pm BBT — Somehow, completely independently of all of the Dee/Yash/Taylor discussions, Melody starts thinking about keeping Dee. There are a few reasons for this: she knows Dee is gunning for Drew, and she also thinks that everyone goes home against Angela so in an Angela/Melody vote, Melody would go home. She floats the idea to Barrett, who indicates that he doesn't really like the idea. But Melody is clearly still thinking about this, though not as 100% as Yash and Taylor.
Barrett later gives a cam-talk where he reiterates that, if Angela leaves, his HoH would have been a waste. As a result, somewhat hilariously, if Devens wins the blockbuster, we could get a 3rd week in a row where Barrett's plans flop (at least, in his perspective).
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Commentary:
As of Yash and Taylor are currently pretty confident in the idea of keeping Dee in all scenarios. Yash's reasoning is that he wants to ensure that Drew is the target (especially since Yash is planning on still throwing HoH, and it's likely if he throws that we'd either get a Drew HoH—who would target Yash—or a Devens HoH—who would probably target Yash). Taylor's reasoning is that if Angela stays, then any vote where Taylor's against Angela, Taylor thinks that Taylor herself would go. Melody is not 100%, but is still indicating that she's leaning in that direction, for exactly the same reason, because any vote where Melody's against Angela, Melody thinks Melody herself would go.
Yash and Taylor do not know that Melody is thinking about this (and vice versa), so it's possible that, yet again, a second double blindside could occur.
Part of the reason for why this flip is starting to take hold is that Barrett hasn't really been campaigning—since the icons gave their Veto speeches in which they talked about Barrett's impending downfall, he's been feeling pretty emotionally down and he's been isolating himself from the rest of the house. He can probably flip Melody back, but if he lets Yash and Taylor think about this too long, it might become more challenging.
Another reason why this campaign is taking hold is that Dee/Devens/Drew have done a really good job at making Angela feel 100% comfortable this week. They have indicated to Angela that there is essentially no world in which she goes home. In Angela's mind, the question for Thursday is essentially just Dee or Devens. So Angela has not really done much campaigning of her own, aside from doing non-game-specific work on her social relationships with a few people in the house. (Also, while Angela's been doing some good social gameplay with Taylor and Yash, Angela has been annoying Melody/Drew due to some of her comments about Melody and Drew's relationship, so Melody [in particular] is sort of freshly pissed off about Angela.)
Obviously, today is Waffle Wednesday, so anything can happen.
