Originally Posted by Tangerine_82:
“What annoys me is the defensiveness. If you're perceived as being a fan of someone, any comment made about someone else is immediately written off as jealousy or a direct attack for no good reason. That annoys me far more than the bashing of each others' rivals.”
Even if you're not in any particular camp, the defensiveness rears its head.
Take comments about Natalie being 'boring', for example. All things being relative, I think the statement is pretty apt. Natalie started this show in the unenviable position of having expectations placed upon her dancing - especially when coupled with a Pro who many consider to be our own Derek Hough. And while technically she is exemplary, there has been no surprise, no standout choreography, no special connection to her partner, that has made us go 'wow'.
I have 100% confidence that it will happen...maybe even in tonight's rumba...but it hasn't happened for many of us yet and I don't see that it is a crime to say as such.
I'm never that invested in any one contestant anyway; it will be weeks until I have a 'favourite' and even then it is subject to change (fickle creature that I am

), so if I say anything to the negative about Celeb A, it will not be because of anyone other than Celeb A (and possibly their partnership).
Starting a thread claiming 'war' has begun...could that be projection?