#not saying him having a completely circular head was a bad choice tho

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Digging the head shape tho

MY SHAYLLLAAAAAAA

He’s so cute istg

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The Masked Singer Season 3 Episode 5: Group B Playoffs (Commentary and Guesses)

Hello fellow Masked Singer lovers! Welcome (or welcome back) to my commentary and guesses for the Masked Singer, this time for the Group B Playoffs, where 5 remaining masks compete for 4 spots at the Group B championships. Ok, so let’s begin with the celebrity mask who was eliminated (btw I am pissed at this one ngl)...

Disclaimer: This is a spoiler alert, don’t say I didn’t warn you. If you don’t want the show spoiled, get out of here...

Ok so now that they’re gone, the eliminated mask was 

*DRUMROLL PLEASE*

THE MOUSE 

Ughhhhh why Masked Singer?! Why do you keep doing this to me? Always taking away the legends who deserve to stay on the show way longer than some others... not gonna name names, but yo White Tiger I’m looking at you. Anyways, yup I was sad about this, but I knew who the mouse was since the first time I saw her. 

So, the Mouse was revealed to be... *SPOILER* 

DIONNE WARWICK  

Wow, yeah I was not surprised, this was too easy. Even my mom knew it was her and she doesn’t really know many American celebrities. The clues totally gave it away: 

Rhino sculpture= her record company is called Rhino Records

Prayer hands= her hit song I sing a little prayer for you and she is also a woman of faith 

Putting on makeup= I sang a little prayer for you lyric “the moment I wake up before I put on my makeup” 

Brazil nuts= she lived in Brazil for years

They asked all the masked singers what their favorite subject in school is and she said math = she does have the Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, a magnet school focusing on economics which she did mention had to do with why she liked math

As for her performance, her voice is so recognizable like wow. She sang “This will be an everlasting love” by Natalie Cole and it was a beautiful performance. I loved it and I am actually really sad to see her go. She really did a great job in her performance because she’s a living legend. 

Anyways, now that we are done with that, let’s take a look at our remaining 4 masked singers, one of which I have figured out and one of which is stumping me and 2 that I am maintaining firm on my guesses: 

1. The Taco  

Performance: Like I said last week, Taco is quickly becoming my favorite performer in this group. He sang Elvis Presley’s Bossa Nova Baby and it was a perfect song for his vocal ability. He has a very old crooner voice, like a Frank Sinatra vibe. He’s also really funny and it looked like he was having fun in this performance. Never thought I would love a guy in a taco costume but here we are so I think that guy is... 

TOM BERGERON 

Ok so I am 100% sure on this one, I know other people think it’s Tim Allen but no it’s not him, I am positive it is Tom Bergeron because of the clues: 

Whoopee Cushion= allude to America’s Funniest Home Videos (AFHV) or because Whoopi Goldberg was a main square on Hollywood Squares, which he hosted. 

The female taco he met that helped him become less of a hot head= his wife, he had anger issues before meeting her and learned to meditate because of her 

Gemini constellation= him and his wife got married in gemini season May 22, 1982 

The circular globe with the constellation= resembles the shape of the mirrorball trophy from Dancing with the Stars which he hosts 

In the package, he was dancing with the “Mrs. Taco”= allude to Dancing with the Stars perhaps. 

2. The Frog

Performance: Ok so ngl I wanted him to go home. He was my least favorite performance of the night, not because he was bad per se, it was just weird what he did with the song. He sang “In Da Club” by 50 Cent and oh wow he changed it to make it sound more jazzy and the lyrics were changed to be family friendly, which is all good, but it didn’t sound natural. It sounded a bit off the music with what he was singing. It was pretty shaky in the beginning, but I started liking it a bit in the middle of it. He’s a bomb dancer tho, very talented and smooth dancer. 

Alright so I think this frog is as I said last week: 

BOW WOW 

I feel pretty good about this one especially looking at the clues: 

Typewriter with the letters “CSI” emphasized= starred in CSI: Cyber 

“Frog Eat Frog world”= real saying is “dog eat dog” world so another reference to his stage name Bow Wow. 

Fame Star with $19 price tag= when he was 19, wrote a song called the price of fame

Little Green Soldiers= collaborated with Soulja Boy on mixtapes 

3. The Banana 

Performance: Ok, so this one I really am warming up to. I like him more now than I did last week, because he was more real and I don’t know I just really enjoy when he performs. It is always fun to see him perform, but having said that, oh my gosh you guys I feel like I know who he is and I am sure about this even though last week I was confused af... this week the clues helped me get it. 

I think the Banana is: 

BRET MICHAELS 

Ok I am so sure about this one, the body type and height match. The accent and voice matches his too and the clues really solidified it for me this time: 

Snake on the computer= poisonous= his band named Poison  

Cowboy Boots and Hats= he was those all of the time 

Alarm clock with 2:13= 2nd letter of the alphabet is b and the 13th one is m (his initials) 

6/8 on the alarm clock= June 8th is National Name Your Poison Day 

4. The Kitty 

Performance: Ok, like I know I love the kitty and her voice is amazing, but she’s really confusing me. I felt like last week I was sure about Sabrina Carpenter and that’s what I heard in her voice, but now I am hearing something completely different. She sang Mercy by Brett Young and I don’t feel like this is a song Sabrina would sing. I am really torn with this one, so this is just a guess that I have so far, but I have no idea: 

LUCY HALE? 

Ok, so hear me out. I have been going back and forth between her and Sabrina Carpenter and in this performance, she didn’t sound like Sabrina and when I looked up Lucy’s voice, it sounded very similar to this performance and the song choice made sense because of Lucy’s love of country music, but let’s look at the clues: 

The sewing in the clue package looks eerily similar to her role as Katy Keene in the CW Riverdale spin-off show that just came out of the same name. 

Red Riding Hood= allude to Pretty Little Liars which used red riding hood as a metaphor for the show

I mean I don’t know she is very short (5′ 2″) so fits the profile 

Well, that’s it. Let me know if you agree or disagree with my guesses/what your guesses were. Also, did you guess the mouse correctly? Let me know! That's all and see you next week for the Group B championships, the last of Group B. 

[baereaved]

my dgm tarot associations

i wrote my explanations to why i chose what dgm charas for certain tarot cards a while ago but never posted it, so i polished it up and here it is now. i hope you enjoy, and feel free to tell me your own ideas for the cards and what charas you’d put on them! dgm is my one tru love and tarot is up there too, so i could talk about either of them forever

the fool - of course i chose allen for this, i could write a literal essay as to why he would be the fool, it should be blindingly obvious. the clown thing, first of all, allen as the jester/the fool is perfect and fitting. he's also the main character, and the entire major arcana focuses on the fool's journey, so it fits. he's young and innocent and he's old enough to have been through a lot but he is still inexperienced and naive and about to take on the world, even if that leads him into danger and even though he makes reckless decisions along the way. also, dog. the dog. the fool has a dog following him, allen is named after a dog, literally that alone is enough for me to put allen on this card, i die every day & constantly

the magician - i chose cross here, bc 1. he's a sorcerer and 2. when i was initially deciding all of this, i was thinking a lot about the fool's journey, and cross is about as early in allen's journey as they come, so. it made sense. mostly, though, the knowledgeable sorcerer who is all-knowing but won't tell the fool everything and only guides him, that's cross.

the high priestess - past!allen, here. i was a little iffy on that but i figured there wasn't really anyone better to portray knowledge and secrets (except maybe road, but the high priestess has a counterpart in the moon, and that's where i put my adorable daughter) in this series, except maybe bookman, but i just mentioned the relation of the priestess to the moon and i really wanted the priestess to have a stronger connection to the moon than it would've been had i put bookman here

the empress - tyki went here. i'll be honest, this was mostly to get a good counterpart to the emperor (who i put as sheril) but i mean. relaxed, down to earth, enjoys nature, good with kids. i like to think that tyki's human half would correspond with the empress pretty well.

this is a damn long post, so the rest of the cards are under the cut~

the emperor - like i said, this is where i put sheril, because. what is he if not dominant and controlling, really. plus, what can i say? i have a strong connection to the emperor card and i wanted to put my fave here, let me rest

the hierophant - i was tempted to put komui here for a while but i went with malcolm in the end to really represent the black order & central. the hierophant is a grounded and typically positive card, which is why i considered komui, but the christian aspects and the traditionalism were too hard to ignore lmao. i thought about zu mei a lot too, but i wanted a more prominent character who was more focused on the world around them than their religion. though, malcolm isn't much of a christian, is he? i'm not sure i could find any good christians in this series besides the pope himself, tbh

the lovers - jasdevi. figured there was no one better to represent a closeness like the lovers than the noah of bonds. it leaves out the choice part of the card, though, so tyki wouldn't have been bad here in that aspect, but. jasdevi fits more, i think.

the chariot - i put kanda here. fast-paced, confident, a warrior, highly emotional. has a goal they'll follow relentlessly, even if it means pushing themselves and running down anyone in their way. the self-reliance but need for harmony within its parts is clear for the chariot and is just as clear in kanda as well (the driver/chariot/steed = kanda and his innocence) and the focus on victory in relation to his goals and only his goals is fitting as well. i debated putting lena here too, but, well

strength - i think lenalee fit better here~ i struggled with this card a lot, actually, because lenalee isn't exactly, like, emotionally stable like the woman typically represented in this card, but she does have a lot of strength in basically every sense of the word, so i figured it'd work, and i like the idea of the lion she's taming equaling her innocence.

the hermit - wiselyyyy. i honestly was switching back and forth a ton on whether to put wisely or lavi here (and whether to put lavi or wisely as the hanged man), and i ended up going with wisely for the sake of feeling like lavi was more of a changing person in general (especially since he's in limbo rn lmao) and since wisely is generally the old man who's always lost in his own mind. i also debated putting bookman here for a while, but.... my son....

the wheel of fortune - miranda, if only bc 1. her innocence is circular (like a wheel) and 2. i thought it'd be Good to put the bad luck woman as representing fate and how things change, especially considering how things changed for her

justice - komui, the counterpart to lena's strength. we see a lot of him being the kind but occasionally harsh leader when situations force him into it and i think that fairness & level head worked well here. i think a lot about the times where he has to be cruel to lenalee and the others around him for work even though it kills him and. that's perfect here.

the hanged man - like i said, i put lavi here. the hanged man is not a card i understand stunningly well, and i feel as though he fits here, and i just don't know how to explain it. maybe i'll save that for another post.

death - the earl, as in, adult mana. allen's papa. figured since he was dead and also controlled death that it worked well enough, not to mention that death marks a change in the fool's life, and meeting mana and mana's death were both some of the biggest changes in allen's life

temperance - link, my sweet summer child. calm & not entirely balanced, but does help balance and control everyone around him. tempers emotions. also, um. wing symbolism. i literally could not resist in the fucking slightest.

the devil - young mana. i originally was going to have three people on this card, that is, the earl as the devil, and nea and mana as his prisoners, for symbolism, and i still stand by that, but. i thought that'd be a lot of work for the artist |D so i had them just put mana here instead. as mana basically is the earl and still works well as a prisoner, i thought it'd work.

the tower - fiidora. i just wanted to put him somewhere lololol. i was gonna put nea here initially because Destruction and also bc boy is he a disaster, but i ended up putting him somewhere else to fit w/ allen better, so. corrosion isn't so bad here either, really, because something corroding and breaking down fits with the idea of the tower, and. well. fiidora's a pretty drastic-seeming person in general

the star - timcanpy, our sweet guide. he's basically leading allen around from day one and for most of the series, plus, i mean, he looks like a star. he's very literally guiding the way and he fits super well here

the moon - as i mentioned, the counterpart to the high priestess, road. basically the dark side of the high priestess, the knowledge but also the unknown, a dreamy, distorted world that the fool almost gets lost in and can't quite understand, but leads you to clarity. the moon card is confusing and it's all (or at least some) of the high priestess' secrets, finally being revealed to the fool. since road knows everything in the series and has her own world, well. it fits.

the sun - johnny, bc he is pure. need i say more forreal tho, the sun is bright and hopeful and calm and brings the fool peace and happiness and reminds him of the childlike innocence he once had and i'm emotional, okay

judgment - almaaaaaa. mostly i put them here as a "judging the entire order for their sins" type of thing, but i also like the idea of alma being the people rising up and being judged because of their different past lives. iirc, it shows the different forms of the fool, as a man, woman, and child, and. alma. that's alma

the world - nea. the end of the fool's journey (at least, when he's card 0) and a transformed version of the fool. the clueless, happy boy we met at the beginning, but mature and finally understanding the world. i'm not sure nea truly fits the completion and success the world card embodies, but he definitely is endgame and from the looks of it his goal is gonna be the way things go, so. well.