I think this comparison from #1 guy to #1 girl is spot on. She sees the power struggle and plays the games (ie egging on Ciara) to get there without getting her hands messy. Shes not a horrible person like Jax but she does play the producer chess games that she thinks people are going to like, which brings me to Craig - I think she way overshot how many people "loved" Craig

Love this comparison. There are definite parallels. She dislikes Lindsay for the same reasons jax doesn’t like Sandoval…jealousy. And I don’t think Paige does it on purpose. It just comes out as bratty animosity 

Let's hope she doesn't get a "Craig" tattoo.  

NOTE: I also don't think Paige is as bad as a person as Jax. Not even by a mile. More so in show persona and personality and power ranking! 

I don't know if I fully buy that analysis. The basic assumption is that it's hard to understand why she'd have a problem with Lindsay. But Lindsay is a prickly personality. She has DEEPLY hurt the feelings of two of Paige's best friends, hasn't always been the warmest to a third (Amanda), tends to silo herself from the new kids (hence Mya hanging out in Paige and Ciara's room), and is overall quick to anger and slow to warm. I do think there are also some BTS Bravoleb politics at play... 1/2

 Good analysis. I noticed this season just how basic Paige is. The only thing going for her is that she’s pretty/ has good style but her personality is soooo self absorbed & frankly, boring. She was so judgmental to Lindsey for just being a sexually liberated woman, which P obv thinks is incompatible w/ self respect. The fact that Lindsey is her authentic self & doesn’t try to fit anyones image of perfection is prob v triggering for a spoiled brat who was raised to be a dainty prude ass bitch. 

Ummmm I wouldn’t compare her to Jax now bc he was just awful but I will say the assessment isn’t a bad one. Not sure if anyone caught it lastnight on Part 2 but when Paige brought up Lindsay knowing about Kyle cheating and didn’t say anything, Paige said that she held on to that with Lindsay. I honestly think with them it was a build up of things that we are not seeing crumble over from Paige’s side. 

Paige has been adored since she joined the show. The outfits! She is so pretty! She has great snark! But not super mean! Things started to go downhill with Hannah, and she let it go off the rails this summer. She was downright mean to Hubhouse- and we forgive our Summer Queen for everything because she has won our hearts. She really overestimated how we would react to Craig and thought they would make a splash- then RadHouse came through and really took her by surprise.  

I also think she is OVER compensating going hard for Ciara because she was criticized for NOT going hard for Hannah last season. I remember listening to the Giggly Squad on Call Her Daddy and Alex realllllly went in on Paige for not sticking up for Hannah. It was v uncomfy to listen to. I thought Paige was going to cry lol.

I can def see the parallels of the #1 friend in the group. 

I mentioned on Sam’s post how according to IG, Paige and Craig had a photo op at Sewing Down South’s one year anniversary last week and it felt…odd? I’m not sure if it’s just my distaste for Paige but it was awkward like, why are you there, and why do you have to be there in order to get people to show up? It felt v much like something Jax and Brittany would do. 

Idk, maybe I’m reaching. I can’t put my finger on it but it irked me. 

After watching the reunion and truly sitting with it for a day, I couldn't shake the nagging question I've wondered all season... why does Paige hate Lindsay? 

The excuse (yes, I said excuse) Paige gave during the reunion of why she was giving Lindsay a cold shoulder, was because "there's a hierarchy" and it's "hard to come into the group." From what I saw, Paige has never once — NOT ONCE — seemed like an outsider, nor has the rest of the group ever excluded her. It's also weird for her to bring this up so many seasons in... 

But then I had an a-ha moment. Paige wants to be the #1 Girl in the Group. Much like J*x Taylor, who wanted to be the #1 Guy in the Group on Vanderpump. 

We saw Jason Couchi turn against some of his closest friends, and make enemies out of nothing, just because he started to lose control of being the #1 Guy (which, I don't think he ever was, but it was cute to watch him think he held that title). 

Paige, on the other hand, I think had a great chance at being the #1 Girl, but when Hannah sh*t the bed last season, and left her in a bit of a lurch, and then Winter House and Beyond happened, when ppl lost all faith in her because she started dating Craig, she turned on the one person who was constantly being accepted by the Bravo fandom, no matter what she did: Lindsay. It's a matter of jealousy and trying to villainize someone to regain her crown.

It may not be 1:1 but I think that the argument can be made... Paige wants to be #1 Girl, felt like she was losing that (on her own accord, btw) and has now taken on a new Brat persona that will ultimately be her Bravo downfall. 

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