"Demi is winning just because of the narrative"
It's funny how we're in 2025 and people can't fathom that for a lot of people, Demi is their favorite performance too or at least one of their favorite performance. Can a great speech help? Yes, obviously. But to say that it's just the narrative is so unserious.
And yes you can apply this to any person with a narrative. They still need people who have them as their favorite performance, like Brendan Fraser. Yes, there are some Brendan deniers out there but there's a lot of people who love that performance and film too.