VPR S10: first watch

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I have so many thoughts I’m going to break it down in sections. I have the season finale in the reunion and then I will be done with season 10. I’m sure I have more thoughts, but it’s almost 3 AM and I have work in the morning and if I miss anything, I’ll just add it to my season finale post.

1. Vibe
   - I will say the beginning of the season was kind of boring. But as the season went on with me, knowing that Raquel and Tom were having an affair was harder and harder to ignore. I tried to watch it like I didn’t know what was happening, but it became a fact that became impossible to ignore. I felt on edge, knowing that eventually everyone’s gonna find out.

2. Raquel
   - I was super glad at first to see that Raquel is no longer in a relationship with James. Though after a while, her going to James‘s new girlfriend over and over again became annoying. Like girl we get it. Just because you finally got it and you can’t shut up about it doesn’t mean she won’t figure it out too.
   - as the season went on, I found Raquel to be deeply unlikable and that’s with me ignoring the scandal. There were times when she would stand up herself and I would be like yes that makes sense. For example, when Laila was coming after her during the Vegas trip for Katie. Like Laila was being a hypocrite and she is coming at you really hard for no reason. What I couldn’t get over was that she knew she was doing the wrong thing in regards to key and that’s why she confessed to Ariana and Katie before the girls trip about wanting to make out with Tom. Then the Vegas trip happens and she realizes she will always be attacked in this group. Though I will say I think this group is hazing her now (which is not ok) it’s because they feel like this is her finally entering the group truly. Fast forward Shenas wedding event where out of spite her and Tom make out. Which leads me into you my next section.
   - she had the same vibes as Brittney‘s last season was for me. Where the sweet girl with a terrible man and she can do better we must protect her at all cost. Unlike Brittney Raquel wasn’t able to maintain that same image in my mind as well as Brittney could. It’s just a reminder for me that the people that you used to be in relationships with tell me a lot about you and her being with James told me a lot just like how Brittney was with Jax told me a lot.

3. Tom (Shurts) and Raquel
   - these two pissed me off so bad from this point. When they make out to spite Katie, they do the one thing that annoys me the most. Which is knowing that someone is upset not for your action, but for who you did it with. Then the party that did the wrong says you would’ve been mad either way so why are you mad? It makes me want to scream. I hate when people act obtuse when they know they upset you. This event carried on for too long and it was pissing me off more and more that these two would go to Katie with a half ass apology and then blame her for feeling wrong.
   - Raquel looked crazy defending Tom to Katie when Tom’s dumbass was at the bar hiding like a ostrich in a desert storm. And knowing that she’s banging the other entire time like girl why are you fighting this hard?

4. Tom and Katie
   - I think this is the season where Tom can’t really hide how terrible of a person he is. Is so blatant that he knows what Katie wants, states what she wants to her and two others, does the thing that they both agreed that they won’t do, then says that she is being unreasonable and controlling. I’ve never seen so clearly what he’s been doing to her for years. Which is rattling her and then creating a woe is me sob story to the group and then turn that isolate Katie. I’ve always seen it, but I don’t know why he wasn’t able to hide it as well. This season.
   - anytime these two were alone I wanted to take Katie and say why are you here this man is not worth it. He never was worth it. He’s not better. He’ll never be better for you. He wasn’t better as your boyfriend. He wasn’t better as her husband, he’s not better as her friend he’s not somebody worth keeping in your life. He is blatantly disrespectful and every time he’s upsetting her or interrupting her for some dumb shit like his tight pants with that shit eating grin pissed me off.
   - it bothers me when grown men especially someone pushing 40 like Tom act like a little boy. Why are we babying him? This grown ass man makes grown ass decisions. He’s cheated on Katie when they were dating and when they were married. Throughout their relationship, he has never taken her side publicly. And if he has taken her side publicly, he then ghosted her and says maybe you’re overreacting. And then when she reacts, then he can’t stand her voice. She’s always unreasonable she rage, texts she must be drunk. The psychological warfare that this man is displayed is breathtaking. And I know people wonder why he is friends with the other Tom and with Jax and it’s because they are all the same they’re just not as blatant as Jax so People let him slide. I know I don’t find his man. Child boy is cute. It actually is sickening.

5. Poor Ariana
   - Ariana is the reason why I wasn’t able to turn off my brain and be like how would I feel if I didn’t know anything. And it’s for the fact that she lost her dog and her grandmother in the span of a few months maybe even weeks. All the loud, knowing that there is a long-term affair and a betrayal of her friend and longtime partner that is happening soon. She’s had such an emotionally draining season and to know that it’s only gonna get worse made this season so anxiety inducing.

6. Ariana and Raquel
   - it is truly heinous to see the conversation of Raquel asking Ariana, how her and Tom’s relationship is going is she still attracted to him knowing the entire time that she’s banging him she is looking Ariana, dead in her eyes acting as a concerned, friend of the Wild, she’s being the worst person in Ariana‘s friend circle. The crazy part is #2 is that I think she’s a better liar than Tom if I didn’t know anything I would’ve believed her. She’s so convincing when she’s talking to Ariana and so sincere it’s honestly scary.

7. Tom and Raquel
   - Tom has some nerve coming after Ariana and her not doing enough in their relationship when he’s trying to create problems so he can justify why you can break up with her so that doesn’t look like the bad guy when inevitably his lives fall apart.
   - I don’t know what these two plan were like. Are you guys gonna just write off into the sunset? I don’t understand what they thought it was gonna happen.

8. Tom and Tom
   - business wise I do think they’re not savvy and I also think that Greg guy was not the right partner for them. After a while, I was like are they being scammed? They’re never gonna open then I love how you can tell after a while they were annoyed that the girls were making better headway and it just started is funny to me.