Fantasy Drag Race (s17) final update

Here are the final Fantasy Drag Race Top-4/Bottom-3 (RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17) results! Congrats to Cris on winning with 96 points. A&L came in second with 76 and I scored a gentleman's 52. There was no scoring for the final episode, which aired 4/18/25 (Onya Nurve won), because this roto only calculates scores at the end of each episode in which there are at least four contestants left in the competition.

Cris and I are doing something similar, but less structured, for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10. This time they're doing three brackets of six contestants each, so we picked our top-3 in each bracket (plus a bottom-1 per bracket) and then an overall top-3 from that pool of 9. Here are my picks for All Stars s10 (excuse the messiness):

FDR Update (s17e10), Mickey 17, HT2024 palettes

New Fantasy Drag Race update (now current through episode 10). Good thing this has been a bit of a test run—realized I'd completely forgotten a major part of the scoring (the points players get for members of their Top-4 remaining in the competition).

Saw Mickey 17 yesterday. Really enjoyed it. My Letterboxd review for anyone interested.

Been working on palette stuff for the next version of the Hex Translator. Finalized the 56-color "basic hues" palette a while back but never shared it here. This forms the backbone from which all the colors used in the patterns are derived. The basic hues each have 2-4 light variants and 0-4 dark variants based on formulas for minimum and maximum pigmentation (C+M+(Y/3)+(K*1.12) > 20 minimum, C+M+(Y/2)+(K*1.5) < 180 maximum). In the spreadsheet excerpt below you can see the effects of those formulas as red zeroes where a light or dark variant passed out of range for having too little or too much pigment. It's also why, for example, indigo (im500) in the BasicHues chart (right) only has light variants.

FDR Update

Fantasy Drag Race update for s17e08 (see below). And I made a mistake in the last one, now corrected.

Fantasy Drag Race update, new Kancho, card binder

Six episodes into Drag Race Season 17 now. Our updated Fantasy Drag Race T4B3 standings:

Also, another awesome Kancho illustration commissioned from the excellent Alen Fey!

Recently reunited with a binder of collectible cards I kept when I was 11. One of my most prized possessions at the time. The page shown here was "favorite Marvel superhero art cards (female)."

Made crinkle cake today. It's really good. Didn't put nuts in mine. I think next time I might do 50% more custard. Would go well with almond gelato.

FDRT4B3 Update

Three episodes into Drag Race s17 we finally have an elimination. Here are the current standings (click to enlarge):

Fantasy Drag Race Season 17

Some friends and I are doing a Fantasy Drag Race game for RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17. Here's a link to the rules (264 KB PDF): 2024-12-14_Rules for Fantasy Drag Race.pdf
(edit: updated file 12/14/24)

Message me your picks by Jan. 2, 2025 if you want to play!