#litg Archie

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Alright so my friend @riouarcadia helped me out and it seems no matter what boy you favor in Casa, the coupling is always the same:

MC with Matt

Kez with Joshua

Tori with Dante

Rosalie with Archie

I was really hoping that MC was the determinant, but it looks like they’re fixed. I suppose the one good thing about this is the boys will keep their individual personalities a bit longer.

But there’s so many other problems. Everyone is decoupled and recoupled which barely makes sense. I’ve been told they did something similar on LIUS this season, which is just dumb. And in the game it shouldn’t be determined by a compatibility test. The whole point of Casa is to be tempted by someone else that you have chemistry with, not forced to be with.

This is also unfortunate whether you intended to twist or stick. For loyal girlies, you’re forced to twist. For those looking forward to twisting, you don’t even get to choose your partner. It’s all kinds of messy and not in a good way. The only winners are Matt romancers like my girl @libelle949 lol get that gorgeous pixel man away from me, I’m trying to stay loyal!!

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I want Matt and Archie to stay at least 6 feet away from me at all times they are giving me the ick on looks alone

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s12 vol 8 thoughts

actually so conflicted lol (both between love interests and whether I like this volume)

first offense is where tf is Kami and Darin it's been DAYS what do you mean they're stuck at the sleepover villa like just bring them back and shove those extra girls into the background it's fine they can get dumped later

speaking of dumping, when are we doing those three couple dumpings like it's been at least a day but I assume we're waiting for Kami and Darin so we can dump Kami first (Rosalie's OG partner)

I'm assuming the couples getting dumped are archie/rosalie, kami/casa girl, and tori/dante (unless they're stretching out that love triangle even longer which I hope not)

There's also mentions of a Jasleen as a casa girl which I thought was maybe the mean girl from casa (not dani) so I'm assuming they're waiting to bring her once Dani chills out to introduce more drama. and because I think Kami is getting dumped, she's probably coupled with Darin (boy bestie).

anyway the mailboxes are a copy from LI USA S7 again, which makes me wonder when this season was written because that was like a month/less than a month ago? I assumed they put the whole thing together before the first episode drops but this is one too many times to be a coincidence like I was maybe being generous thinking they weren't writing with AI but like the fact this season feels like a previous litg season and also features things you'd see in an actual love island show is feeling a bit sus

anyway I could not help myself and picked the messy option of writing a love letter to Gryff instead of Matt and we'll see if that bites me in the ass later

I also liked Matt in casa but now maybe there's just less time with him or less chemistry in the writing but I started to go back to Gryff except lowkey I kinda am inclined to believe Dani when she says he's been acting different now that MC is back. The one thing about fusebox being vague and not cleaning up these storylines is that there's some wiggle room so like if you don't believe her and you believe gryff, that can also be true. I do miss when we were all on the same page though of like yeah Lucas definitely was into Blake in Casa because he didn't feel assured with MC before Casa but we're all flawed. Here it's Gryff will keep denying and it's up to you to determine your truth.

anyway so the truth in my mind is gryff absolutely was acting different (not like maliciously leading on Dani or anything but definitely mixed signals and shes allowed to whack him one time) and for me that also gave me an ick the way he's just casting aside Dani who he hasn't shut down otherwise she wouldn't be acting like this

like idk I just believe her

also sometimes on love island they cast people that look similar to the og girls in casa and I'm pretending that's the case for Dani and my mc lol... probably just the skin tone and highlights in the hair

so talent show happens and I like the duo aspect of it

Archie secretly being a good singer is very fun I'm glad there's something good about him, makes him feel like a real character. that being said, I don't care if he's a good singer, I still don't like him. up until the end, I was like oh poor Rosalie, then she did a complete 180 from dreading the idea of being in the hideaway with him to voluntarily kissing him in the tower game. she asked who MC thinks she should focus on and I'm glad there was a neutral option because Archie sucks but they at least like each other (I guess??) and in theory it's fun he's a diva and she's a country girl who won't take his antics. Kami is cool and is better looking but I kept getting the vibe while he's trying to make it work with Rosalie, he was still into MC and probably would break up with her the week after they made it out the villa.

I'm upset they interrupted Tori's talent thing like who cares, someone sings or dances every season, let her do her little real estate routine. and then she crashes out and settles on just kissing Dante, who is just in the villa to be a lapdog, which I think is the natural progression for casa boys on love island anyway.

I genuinely thought Irena and Nathan's performance should've won or at least third place over Archie like in my mind they do it like a circus act where it's very exaggerated that Nathan is weak and Irena is impressively strong like it's fun and that's what the talent show should be

Speaking of Irena, I was a little surprised i still got the option to romance her because I was not romancing Keziah (chose that MC was into girls, but not into Keziah) so it's nice they remembered that option. However it did just merge me back on the wlw route which sucks bc I liked being Keziah's friend, but now I'm getting narration of like Keziah looking flirtatiously at MC during challenges and I'm not into that. I'm assuming because I picked Irena over Keziah for which girl to take to the hideaway, that it's gonna go back to normal there though.

Dani and Gryff's performance being a dance in the water is fun, I accept that they win however, and I chalk this up again to Gryff giving mixed signals, this interaction is foul

MC just complimented Dani now you go and say this in front of her how rude. very much the Sonya of the season and that's unfortunate because fusebox is once again doing this to the woc but hopefully we're early enough that they turn this around for Dani the way they (sort of) redeemed Ava

I don't remember when it happens but there's a gem options for a conversation with gryff in the secret garden and it's unfortunate Matt doesn't get a gem option like that this volume because it did pull me towards gryff again

But then there's also the Nathan confession, which oh my god is so cute and I don't remember the season 10 Jesse confession but I do remember liking it so... just to continue to compare this season to season 10

However unlike Season 10, where I could jump ship from Ethan and Yash and go for Jesse, I'm kinda conflicted. Because I like gryff and his storyline with MC so far, but the way he's treating Dani is kind of an ick (again, considering the headcanons I have to insert to make this season interesting for me), and Nathan is sweet but I hardly remember anything about him aside from he was into Tori and now isn't but also he is (Irena also clocked that this was weird so like.... they KNOW), and Matt is great but he didn't get a lot of attention this volume and the attention he did get fell kinda flat for me (which is weird bc at the moment he's not merged with any other character).

Tower game is chill, whenever the heck spin the bottle happens is also chill (I'm a sucker for the jealous eyes narration idk apparently im the only love triangle trope fan but ill admit it can get dragged out too long and gets old, especially bc it happens every season)

Hideaway, picked Matt, his great grandfather owned a lighthouse and I didn't pay for the gem scene so it's whatever really, I was hoping there was going to be a good conversation of substance there but it wasn't a paid gem scene so why would I think that.

Rosalie also gets sent to the sleepover villa and I'm missing all of them, and why are they still not back for the mail challenge???

also I realize when Darin is back he's gonna also be proclaiming his love for MC? oh my god everyone is so in love with me 😭🤣

somehow in the season not centered around the sleepover villa I'm still mad at the sleepover villa

anyway yeah I'm definitely invested in this season, so I would say I'm liking it more than the last two so far, I just think some questionable choices are being made and there's definitely a lot of inspiration from previous seasons, I'm just hoping they learned their lesson

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I finally paid for the hideaway gem scene because I got Harry back instead of the Bill glitch and???

I loved this being included. I know it was highly theorised that he was adopted (I don’t think there’s been any conversations confirming it until now?), but the entire conversation about it was sweet and added a bit more to his character. Ngl, it’s probably my favourite gem scene so far - I just hope the dialogue isn’t re-used for another gem scene.

Also???

I love that MC can be adopted too!

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Thanks for tagging me @luckyqueenreign and @jamals-wifey 💕💕

Joy List☀️

My dog Archie

UGA Football

Teaching Ballet to little ones

Summer

The fact that I’m going to be an Aunt for the first time next year😍

Being on a boat in any body of water

LITG and the fan fics

Coming up with ridiculous theories for this sometimes ridiculous game

This fandom (it brings me so much light into my life)

Traveling

Meeting new people

Volunteering every summer for the Diabetes Summer Camp I went to as a kid

Hiking

Visiting new restaurants

Exploring new neighborhoods

Tagging @mrsbsmooth @rebelrayne @oliverslove @operationnope @perfectlysunny02 to share theirs😊

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LITG S12 VOL VII

Lots to cover so it’s under the cut. The quick version: Casa is short, Matt is HOT 🥵 and watch out for Dani if you’re a loyal girlie 🔪

Casa boys- Dante and Joshua, cute. Matt is ❤️‍🔥 Archie is the token dumbass 😒

Why is fb obsessed with threeway kisses 💀 But okay I would threeway with Kez and Matt so fast 💋💋💋

Fb plagiarizing themselves saying Archie kisses with his eyes open. It’s not the first time this season either, both double trouble and popcorn were referenced before 🙃

lol how are we all sleeping in separate beds the first night?! Why are there so many beds, that doesn’t make sense 😆

Dates in the morning were pretty quick and boring. Who did everyone go with? I knew I’d get Matt but had Dante, too. Trying to resist Matt is hard 🫣

Pay to have a chat with the boys on the bean bags to sus out who has a plan. It’s Dante and he’s going for Tori. Supposedly the boys met a Casa girl named Dani. Erm, I don’t think that’s how it works but she’s “one to watch out for.” Bet she gets coupled with our OG LI 🙄

FB SAID YOU DON’T GET A CHOICE, EVERYONE IS DECOUPLED 💀 Instead, you are in a couple with your most compatible Casa boy, which you find out later. The only “choice” is which one. Did everyone get their top pick? 👀

You have to pay to win Raunchy Races ofc. You get to have a waterfall kiss with a boy of your choice. Flashbacks to s3 and my boo Tai. I miss him 😢

I feel a bit bad going for Matt since Kez is clearly into him. She’s bestie, but he’s so 🫦 He’s like Kyle, Tai and Oli combined. Weakness 🫠

MC voted MVP for RR ofc. You get to watch some clips of the boys, which after all these seasons just aren’t scandalous anymore 🥱

I think you pay extra (I can’t remember now) to have a video call with your OG LI. Aww I’m still into Gryff, but excuse me sir, stop being so distracted. lol I called him out. Oh he also said he thinks he’ll get coupled with Dani. Literally called it 💁🏻‍♀️ I’m also gonna say she’ll be like Sienna which won’t be a good time if you’re trying to stay loyal 💀

Erm, back off Rosalie, why are you asking to share a bed with my boy Matt?! Ohhh, so you can pay to sneak out with him 🤑

You can kiss/do bits but I just kept it to kissing for now. I’m still a bit stuck on Gryff, even though Matt is the definition of my type. I’m playing both sides until I see how this pans out 🤔

Wake up to an argument between Matt (I’m guessing it’s whoever is your top boy) and Archie. They don’t really explain but you can pay to eavesdrop on Archie and Rosalie for the tea. Ew gross, you end up listening to them have a flirt and kiss. So cringe 😬

Apparently Archie has a list of the girls and he’s checking them off with kisses? Idk but he kissed Tori, too. These girls need some self respect because he is icky 🤢

Ope I guess Casa is done 😂

It’s not even stick or twist, it’s a recoupling. My MC is with Matt, Tori with Dante, Kez with Joshua and Rosalie got stuck with Archie. I’m curious to know the different couples possible. Let me know 🙌

I’m actually wondering if there’s going to be four new girls?! Like wut, this Villa is going to be full. Watch fb somehow not have all the girls come back, just this bitch Dani 🫤

We’re set up for some sort of game just before the end of the volume. My two guesses: it will somehow cause drama between MC and her OG LI, and maybe it will get rid of the extra islanders because you know fb is too lazy to draw all the Casa girls 🤣 Also, it’s gonna be so dumb if they all return, but I guess you never know what ridiculousness fb will come up with next 😭

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LITG S12 VOL VIII

The short version- Two new girls, I’m stealing back Gryff, and Nathan stans get some love 🫶

The long version 😹

First and foremost, the new girls are gorgeous 😍 You can peek at them here

Not loving that Dani already tries to stake her claim, going on about her compatibility with Gryff. Girl, I don’t want to be your enemy 😒

Apparently Rosalie’s partner and boy bestie are away on a sleepover. lol they are just gone the whole volume 😆

Boy bestie thought when the girls left for Casa that we were just hiding and stayed up all night looking for us? Aww, buddy 🥹

Dani is hot but she can fuck right off trying to say Gryff isn’t busy chatting with me. You can of course pay to continue the chat 🤑

But actually Gryff is so so sweet and cute if you chat on the terrace. And you can have a sneaky kiss 😚

Oof Dani is salty in the dressing room. Sorry not sorry but Gryff is my man, babes 💁🏻‍♀️

Spin the bottle- not MC spinning Archie. But you can kiss Nathan, Matt and your ex-partner (if you choose). Actually that last one might be a diamond choice iirc 💋 Thank god Dani got the cheek from Gryff twice 😮‍💨

Supposedly a couple will get dumped each day over three days, although that has not happened yet. And fb can’t figure out timeline graphics, jumping from day to night back to day between episodes 🙃

I told Matt I’m keeping my options open, and he was actually cool about it. He was not cool about it later though 😬

You overhear a chat between your ex-partner and Dani. She says he’s acting “different” now that MC is back. I’m interpreting it as he was friendly with her because he’s sweet and she misconstrued that as romantic. Sorry girlie pop, but Gryff is still so into me 🤭

There’s a talent show and I was laughing at Dani and Gryff’s synchronized swimming 😂 The tango with Matt was hot 💃 Archie is still so cringe, I don’t care if he’s sings like an angel 👼 Oh and Hammy gets a mention 🌟

Tori is being so extra with Dante, trying to make Nathan jealous. But that ship has sailed sweetheart, Nathan is so into MC. I didn’t have the heart to completely let him down 🫣

Tower of truths was… forgettable 😅 I think I kissed Gryff? Oh and Archie clearly stole s6 Ryan’s story about sex on a piano 🎹 Somehow Rosalie gets sent to the sleepover bc Archie knocked over the tower?

MC gets to choose for the hideaway and I smashed the Gryff button so fast 🤣 Matt and Dani were not pleased. I only got to choose between Gryff and Matt. @elliesmith33 did you get to pick Nathan? Anyone else?

OMFG tHEy HaVE a BoX fOR tHE HOt TuB 💀 Why do they think we like that?! But I defo got it on with Gryff 🫦

Okay so at the beginning of the volume, they explain the “Love Boxes” and you can write someone a note and leave it in there. At the end, you’re about to read the notes 🧐 (Reminds me of Singles Inferno- anyone watch/play that?)

Irena is just kinda there. I’m guessing if you’re on a wlw route it’s more exciting with her. So my prediction was half right, we only got two new girls. I have a feeling not everyone is coming back from that sleepover, though. It’s kinda sending me that those two boys were just absent this volume 😂