Popaz

Once again, Alec is taking some of my advice. 

Group hug

After a full and fruitless day of campaigning yesterday, he had an animated chat about Big Brother fandom last night with Topaz and Peter.

Debating crashing next year's open calls in disguise

There's been a weird dynamic between Peter and Topaz for awhile, and I think it boils down to a twinge of jealousy. Topaz has always known that Alec cares about Peter more than her, which Alec basically admitted last night in this conversation, describing Peter as the friend he'll keep after the show, and Topaz as the "sexual friend". 

Ouch. 

Peter has played into Alec's hints of dislike for Topaz all season, even as he's grudgingly accepted that Alec has to spend time with her at least for game purposes.

All of them know that the bromance beats the cuddlemance,  but it's still always been an unspoken bit of tension between the two of them.

Still hating everyone else

The Buck Chargers have been hard at work trying to drive a wedge between Peter and Topaz, with Topaz being pulled into a fake girls' alliance, and Emmett and Jillian trying to rope Peter in. That's why it was so interesting to see them end their day this way, laughing loudly together over their shared love of Big Brother. 

Granted, everyone in the house is being fairly nice to everyone else in spite of all the competing alliance dramas, but this moment stood out. If I had to guess, I'd say that both Peter and Topaz know, from the campaigning they were doing all day, that they're both on the outs and may have to team up when Alec leaves Thursday.

The one thing they haven't done yet is strategize and form a concrete alliance. I anticipate that happening before Alec's eviction, with him possibly negotiating along with them. Topaz isn't much for forming alliances, especially since all of hers have evaporated, so it may take Alec and Peter deputizing her as a Shield member - can you imagine? Actually, now that I've typed that, I really want it to happen.  

The only question is, will Peter and Topaz survive the Double Eviction? If neither of them can win a competition, it's doubtful.