‘Temptation Island’s Brion Whitley Is a Master Manipulator

Netflix’s iteration of Temptation Island is a veritable who’s who of those that are continuously shamed on these “Are We Relationship the Similar Man?” Fb teams. One which rises to the highest because the King of the Dregs of Society needs to be Brion Whitley. Brion lassoed girlfriend Shanté Glover into the Temptation Island expertise so he can show that he is in a position to be platonic buddies with ladies. The issue is that to be able to be buddies with ladies, it’s important to respect ladies, so Brion falls flat on his intention for the present virtually instantly. However was that actually his intention? He talks out of either side of his mouth, one minute saying he needs to discover polyamory and one other insisting that whoever he finally ends up with needs to be a Christian as a result of he takes his religion extremely critically. The biggest red flag about Brion is that he can by no means explicitly say what his intentions are, and that is as a result of his intentions are gross and would repel anybody.

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All through Brion’s time on the home, he demonstrates many shades of manipulation. After all, he’s initially charming and the lifetime of the social gathering. It is what reels ladies in, and it is why reserved and demure Shanté adores him. With an affinity for group intercourse and infidelity, Brion can’t assist however surprise out loud if he’s not minimize out for monogamy and will go for polyamory as an alternative. The issue is, polyamory nonetheless requires respecting ladies, and Brion can’t even deal with respecting one girl in the meanwhile, not to mention a number of. Polyamory has a robust emphasis on boundaries, and Brion thinks boundaries are negotiable. It takes little or no persuasion from housemates Alex Zamora and Courtney Randolph to have a threesome in his lavatory.

On the similar time, Brion is utilizing non secular bypassing to project impossible standards onto Shanté that he can not meet himself, and likewise to painting a picture of piety. He typically calls Shanté such “a great particular person” and a “good lady” as a result of she seems previous his transgressions time after time. That is not forgiveness; it is unyielding subservience at her expense. She’s sacrificed herself and her wants simply so he can really feel higher about himself, and he has utterly dismantled her capability to guard herself by manipulation.

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Religious Bypassing and the Fallacy of Being a “Good Woman”

Brion initiatives these requirements onto different ladies as nicely, insisting that they need to be Christian ought to they turn into his girlfriend. Throughout his date with Angel Vic, she asks him how he can reconcile his religion with the truth that he’s so fixated on threesomes and juggling a number of ladies. Throughout his confessional, Brion lamented that she was asking deep questions as a result of it was “offputting.” Angel, being the queen that she is, stated in her personal confessional, “I am not right here to guage…however he is truthfully all the time contradicting himself. You desire a godly girl, however you want threesomes. You like your girl, however you do not divulge heart’s contents to her. How do you sound correct now? Dumb.” Brion’s thought of the Holy Trinity is not the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; it is a ménage à trois. When Brion was first broadcasting his points with Shanté, he saved saying “she’s such a great particular person, such a great lady” and that is precisely why she will’t fulfill his sexual needs. He cannot reconcile how a lady is usually a good particular person and have a wholesome sexual urge for food, however then expects ladies to imagine he is a great particular person with needs.

Brion later has an unsettling interchange with Amiah Brooks, who he insisted was his good friend that he flirts with all through the present. He invited her into his room to journal, however then began unpacking his points with Shanté. He then invited Amiah into his mattress to speak some extra. Amiah hated the optics of the entire state of affairs, and insisted that they discuss exterior of the bed room. Brion refused, and as Amiah walked out of the room, he referred to as her “bizarre.” Amiah is not Brion’s therapist, and remedy tends to not occur underneath the covers in an intimate setting. Brion was offended by Amiah and Angel as a result of they referred to as his manipulative tendencies into query in a tactful however agency approach.

Brion is so good at manipulation that Shanté is ready to give you excuses for him in a completely completely different villa with out having to speak to him, and it’s unsettling to observe. When she noticed his threesome play out throughout the bonfire, individuals saved saying she “took it very well” as a result of she did not have a response. That is not “taking it nicely,” that is a damaged girl feeling defeated. She instantly began doing injury management on his behalf, appearing as his publicist and telling her housemates that he solely did it given the setting of Temptation Island, that he by no means would have accomplished it past this context.

In the course of the ultimate bonfire with host Mark L. Walberg, Shanté was reticent to say her choice to go residence with Brion. He knew after dishonest on her that she would forgive him, and so did she. She wasn’t tearful as a result of she did not know what to do, she was tearful as a result of she knew how horrible it seemed that she needed to go residence with him. Shanté stated throughout her ultimate remarks that she was “selecting herself” and adopted that up by saying she was selecting him. Brion did not must do any groveling or change in any respect to be able to get her to do that, and that is as a result of he has exploited her a lot all through their relationship that he does not even must raise a finger anymore; she simply chooses him each time. And that, proper there, is a grasp manipulator.

Temptation Island is obtainable to stream within the U.S. on Netlfix.