Thanks,
sweetpea... a roundabout answer/comment to your question. Let's compare this season and last.
Didn't we say that Reid was much better for Jillian, that Ed was a three-timing d*bag? JED was destined, in some minds, to be a trainwreck. Sweet F3 gets together with video-crass Ed? Whaaat? But JED seems to be doing just fine, thank you very much. They are living together and partying more than working, if you believe all the photos of them together and mutually smitten. Looking back on it, Reid would not have been the best playah in this game - he was going to be *our* fantasy match, but not Jillian's.
And now, for this season: didn't we say that Jake lacked maturity [hello, why did you come back, crying-over-the-rail-boy?]? and didn't we say he was annoying in his perfection? If we're looking for a match for a cheesy, h*dog, somewhat(?) vain, little insecure, church-goin' but co-habitatin' dude, what better match than a almost-pretty, very vain, maybe desperate hanger-on?
And her little dog, too? She's certainly not going to out-perfect him. But she will adore him until... well, your guess is as good as mine as to what happens IRL. But I'll bet a ride from your house to mine in LRSC that this little fairy tale will not have a matrimonial blissful ending....
So, no, I don't think Vienna's terrible. I think she's deliberate, not as stoopid as we think, manipulative, and needs a class on getting along with women, but I also think she's got her game on. If this were Bachelorette Survivor, she'd win - she's outwitting and outplaying, and looks like she's outlasting. And the reason they're doing this? This is the only story they've got. When you only have deuces and treys, that's all you can play.
