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"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music."

It fits in very well with the lyrics of the "Defying Gravity" song:

Something has changed within me Something is not the same I'm through with playing by The rules of someone else's game Too late for second-guessing Too late to go back to sleep It's time to trust my instincts Close my eyes And leap...

Whoever the winner is this season (well at least whoever Survivor Phoenix thinks the winner is) it will be someone who is playing a very original game of the type we haven't seen before. It is *also* not likely to be a UTR winner as this and the line "I May, I Might, I Must" is a very strong willed statement. Whoever wins this season will win through force of will.

ksolitaire wrote:

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Well, if one must read a ton into one card, here is my input: the Wicked card shown is the actual poster from the London version of the musical. That said, here are some Wicked the musical facts: Elphaba (the green witch) was not afraid of water.... the water issue was just a malicious rumor. Dorothy didn't really off her: taking the rumors that water would melt her, she let Dorothy throw water on her so she could disappear under the assumption that she was dead, to live life away from the strife of Oz, with Fiyero. In the end, the Wizard of Oz turns out to be her father, and Fiyero turns out to be the Scarecrow. As for analyzing songs from the musical: there is also No Good Deed Goes Unpunished... a song where Elphaba regrets trying to do good things because people keep turning it around on her to make her look bad. It wasn't until that song did she embrace the "wicked" aspect, because she was just plain tired of the crap. ETA: about Defying Gravity, that song actually starts off with a spoken bit where Glenda tells her not to be afraid (because the Oz guards were hunting her down)... but Elphaba tells Glenda that she is not afraid... that it is the Wizard that should be afraid... of her (Elphaba).

I sense some criticism here about my focus on Wicked :) I of course agree that one should not focus to one thing to the exclusion of all else. I mean Survivor Phoenix chose the Wicked link not because the events in Survivor exactly mirror the book/musical but because certain features of it mirror it. I mean if the events in Survivor were to mirror the book/musical then Ozzie would be Cirie's father (in the book at least the Wizard of Oz was the Green Witch's father. If Ozzie=OZ=Wizard of Oz and Cirie is the Green Witch...) and that would be patently absurd. The key to teasing out which features exactly can be seen in repeated motifs and big fat hammers. I mean Survivor Phoenix isn't exactly *subtle* about the clues. More like a big fat hammer. There are some consistent themes:

- The winner will NOT be playing UTR. They will be playing an original game. The choice of "Defying Gravity" as the title of the House of Cards, the title of the Anatomy of a Victory clue and the Billie Holiday quote all point to a winner who is playing a strong will game which is likely to be completely different from any sort of game we've seen before. - The repeated motif of the Green Witch. The card in the original picture and the obsessive use of the color green in the end of game clues. Some people suggest it is due to the merge tribe color being green but has Survivor Phoenix ever done that sort of hey, let's color the end of game spoilers a certain color because it is the same color as the merged tribe color before? I can't recall it. Why suddenly start now? Also one of the women in the "Spoilers and Misdirections" picture is Ami who has been spoiled as going out pre-merge. She doesn't make it to the merged tribe at all. Also if it is Cirie who is afraid of open water in the next episode that makes the link with the Green Witch far too much to be just a coincidence (in the book she really was allergic to water and died BTW). Color is one thing but a common fear? - The Anatomy of a Victory clue alone points somewhat to a Cirie victory.

Personally I think all of the clues together points to a dominant strategic Cirie which would be a first - a female mastermind winner. I can't see how the clues put together can point to any other likely winner, *if* she is the Green Witch which we'll see in the next episode when they go on the boat trip.

Of course in the end this all assumes Survivor Phoenix actually *has* the correct spoiler in the first place.

Basically let's just see what happens in the coming episodes. If it is Cirie who gets tricked to go on the boat trip and is responsible for deceiving Ami, Natalie, Amanda and Parvati then it is likely that Survivor Phoenix has the right clue and my interpretation of the pictures is correct.