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Galinda in her corner of the dorm after spending the whole day with Elphaba ✨ (yes, Elphaba is also in the room)

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I dedicate this post to the funniest beef ever

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angel in space who falls in love with an astronaut floating out in the void, not realizing they've been dead for years out there nor comprehending what death even is. is that anything

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You think elphie ever sky writes messages to glinda during the years between act 1 and 2?

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Okay I want to talk about this moment between Morrible and Glinda for a sec because it adds such a wonderfully sinister layer to a scene that is otherwise a triumphant defining moment for Elphaba, and it sets up the dynamics for Part 2 so perfectly.

At this point, we are in the thick of “Defying Gravity.” Everyone’s attention is on Elphaba - and rightfully so, she’s up there declaring war on the Wizard, displaying incredible feats of magic, of course everyone’s attention is on her.

…Everyone, except Morrible.

Morrible has realized that Plan A was a bust, but rather than panicking, she’s already worked over Plans B through Z in her head and has realized that Glinda, not Elphaba, is actually the key figure here. Glinda is actually the best thing that could have happened to them.

Mind you, Morrible hates Glinda. She thinks Glinda is vapid and attention-seeking and completely without talent. It would be extremely easy for her to brand Glinda as an accomplice to Elphaba, have the guards drag her off, imprison her, never have to deal with her again, nice and neat.

Instead, while everyone else is focused on Elphaba, Morrible only has eyes for Glinda. She zeroes in on her, releases her, and comforts her, because she understands what no one else understands, which is that yes, that’s great that the Wizard now has an enemy to unify his people against, but they also need a symbol of hope, something that is the exact antithesis to Elphaba, something to keep everyone at extremes. 

The Wizard himself can’t really be a symbol of hope, because the key to his success is that he remains shrouded in mystery, and yes people think he’s wonderful, but there’s a level of uncertainty and intimidation to him. He is Oz the Great and Terrible, and everyone’s preeeeeetty sure he’s a good guy, but if you have someone like Elphaba out there - who Morrible knows from experience is very smart, very articulate, and has her own sort of magnetism - there’s a potential that she could turn at least enough people against the Wizard to make things very inconvenient.

So what they need, now that they have an enemy, is to have an equally magnetic figurehead representing the Wizard who embodies all these one-dimensional ideas of goodness, someone for the public to adore and fawn over so the association between Wizard and Goodness is crystal clear.

And by bringing Glinda along, Elphaba has unknowingly served that figurehead up on a platter.

Glinda is everything Elphaba isn’t, from personality, to appearance - Morrible has already set Elphaba up by calling her green skin an “outward manifestorium of her twisted nature,” which paves the way for Glinda, who is the perfect conventional beauty, to be an “outward manifestorium” of pure goodness. 

Morrible realizes they need these two lightning rods of Absolute Evil and Absolute Good in order to manipulate people - fear alone isn’t enough; the only way to effectively radicalize the populace is to make sure there is no gray area whatsoever, no room for question: you're either good, or you’re evil. And the Wizard alone isn’t a strong enough representation of “goodness” when by virtue of existing, he has to remain in the shadows. Glinda on the other hand? With her looks and her charm and her openness and her ability to expertly win over a crowd? Perfect for the role.

Now the tricky part for Morrible is taking into consideration that Glinda and Elphaba love each other. But we also know from earlier scenes that Morrible is a master at manipulating emotions. Right from the start when Elphaba is having trouble with her magic, Morrible casually brings up the “Animals should be seen and not heard” disturbance from class, spoon-feeding her just enough to get Elphaba upset, triggering her magic, after which Morrible makes sure to give her assurance and praise to keep Elphaba optimistic about her power.

She’s also aware that Glinda does have quite a bit of influence over Elphaba, because when Elphaba flees, Morrible immediately tasks her with winning her over, rather than simply relying on the guards or even going after Elphaba herself. She knows if anyone has a chance at roping Elphaba back in, it's Glinda.

Obviously, Glinda isn’t successful in getting her back, but while this puts a dent in Morrible’s plans to get control of Elphaba, it does give her an extra weak spot to exploit in Glinda.

So now, at the height of “Defying Gravity” when Elphaba has officially taken her stand against them, Morrible sees Glinda, and Glinda is at her most vulnerable, her most emotionally fragile. Not only is she heartbroken and in shock, she’s also just witnessed in real time exactly how easy it is to turn an entire nation against someone. She’s scared, she’s powerless. She’s just lost the love of her life her only friend, she has no one to turn to - Morrible has definitely picked up on the fact that even though Glinda has countless people who fawn over her, none of them can be considered a true friend except for Elphaba, which means Glinda is completely isolated. Glinda also has a very limited understanding of the bigger picture of what the Wizard is trying to accomplish, and because she’s never been a victim of the system the way Elphaba has, she is still desperately clinging to the idea that everything will be okay as long as she plays by the rules of the people in power.

She has been perfectly primed for Morrible to begin manipulating, not through violence or intimidation, but by offering her comfort when no one else would - when not even Glinda’s only friend would - when no one else is even paying attention to Glinda, because they have the very real and present threat of Elphaba quite literally hanging over them. In this moment, Morrible chooses Glinda, which Glinda has been striving for since the beginning. Elphaba has chosen her principles, the Wizard has chosen his enemy, but Morrible has chosen Glinda, and in this moment of being so alone and so afraid and so betrayed, that makes all the difference.

We also get kind of a parallel shot too - Elphaba really sealed her fate the second her hand closed around the broom. But here, Glinda seals her fate when she gives in and reciprocates Morrible’s hold on her.

THIS is the moment that sets us up for Part 2, with Elphaba and Glinda as our lightning rods for Absolute Evil and Absolute Good, but more to the point, it makes it clear that they’ve BOTH been used, they’ve BOTH played right into these respective roles Morrible and the Wizard need in order to be successful - even if it wasn’t how Morrible originally planned for things to go.

I just love it, because “Defying Gravity” is Elphaba’s song - it’s triumphant, and it’s heartbreaking, and it’s everything a defining moment should be for a character. But by injecting this little moment between Morrible and Glinda into the scene, we also get an underlying current of dread because we know we’re about to see the consequences of Elphaba’s defiance versus Glinda’s compliance and how both serve to benefit the Wizard/Morrible’s propaganda.

TL;DR - when I said "I want to talk about this scene between Morrible and Glinda for a sec" I clearly meant "I'm gonna write a whole essay. Like a nerd."

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Unlimited...

(can't talk rn I'm busy thinking about how elphaba found all the things she wanted from the wizard in glinda instead)

Bonus: finding her "why not"

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One Long Night

There were a lot of sudden decisions made that day, and every single one mattered.

Some more details down below~

I made an alt version to appease a personal hc of mine. I like to think elphie is forever cold while Glinda runs a perpetual fever with how toasty she is. So if they’re snuggled together they have to compromise on how each is able to be cozy less Glinda eventually crawls away for a cool spot

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feeling this going into 2025

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Having "a lot" of followers on tumblr is funny because probably 80% of them are ghost blogs who haven't been on here in like a decade.

It's like, no no, those aren't my followers, that's a graveyard! I'm the caretaker of a thousands of tombs. I love them, but they've been dead for seven years.

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GELPHIE NSFW HEADCANONS!!!!!!!!!!!

nsfw warning... clearly. men dni!!!

this is honestly just for me. feel free to throw tomatos at me.

CW: lesbians (ah!!!), mentions of tribbing, strap-on sex, oral sex, this honestly isnt very explicit, praise kink

Top Glinda Upland... obviously???

that is a DEVIOUS soft dom if ive ever seen one. She is a blatantly dominant presence, at the very LEAST she's a power bottom. I think she'd be open to laying back and receiving on her terms, but she says almost everything with complete confidence and is always expecting an obedient response; that is TOP behavior.

Bottom Elphaba Thropp... duh. DUH!!!

"top elphaba thropp!!" where. when I see that girl, I see A) the hottest being to ever grace this plain of existence and B) a girl with little life experience that is EAGER to please and learn. She likes knowing she's doing a good job, she likes being challenged - this girl is a dirty talk SPONGE. Ideally, I think she could test and learn things and maybe be a switch but wicked part 1 elphie? dont play.

dirty talk aka the thing all gelpie shippers can agree on

we all love their idiot banter, we know they'd never shut up while doing the dirty. what theyd SAY is the actual debate.

Elphie would say veeery little, only short responses/babbles or weak pleas, as well as a LOT of saying glinda's name. speaking of her.

"surely you can do better than that, miss elphaba."

"ah, ah, now, you know how to behave, darling."

If glinda's anything in bed, it's an asshole. I don't think she's CRAZY rough or sadistic but a secret third thing - a sensual, intimate, dick. She takes things slow and lets tension naturally build but always has SOMETHING to say. Like I said, Elphie would like both praise AND light scolding so if elphaba is taking it nice, it's praise, and if she's messy and unraveling, it's condescension. That is, unless glinda is unraveling as well, in which i think she'd praise... vulgarly. Rambling, thoughtless, lewd praise.

Intimacy Preferences!!

Glinda and elphaba are both definitely skin-on-skin lovers - tribbing, fingers, head - they have to feel eachother. Not only that, but I think glinda would adore the feminity in loving another girl with nothing more than their bodies. However, strap glinda holds LOOOOTS of potential.

she'd hate realistic dildos. with a passion. she hates the veins, natural color, everything. She definitely have just a simple bright pink one, I would NOT be surprised if it was deep in her luggage somewhere... or deep somewhere else...

elphaba would definitely be open to anything due to her lack of experience but, I think she'd see like a 4 inch dildo and start shaking about how "big" it is so it's definitely something theyd be discussing at LENGTH. get it. length. cock. the strap is decidedly 8 inches for anyone wondering.

adding on, I think elphie and glinda would mutually NEED to see eachother's face when strapping, the most they allow themselves is to bite down on a pillow while in missionary, making sure their eyes are almost always connected and visible. Their fave position is riding for this exact reason. sidenote: glinda would beg elphaba to sit on her face for head. no further comment.

aftercare!!!!

the praise does NOT stop after they're done - Glinda often can fill in the gaps on whether or not she's done a good job, Elphaba's state after fucking usually saying enough, but Elphie likes to be told that she did well, how good she was, all of it. Lots of pillowtalk once they're more coherent, mostly elphaba shyly admitting what she liked and glinda bluntly confessing how much she loved hearing elphaba's moans echo through their dorm. their neighbors hate them. elphie and glin are both very VERY verbal. I rest my case.

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Poor Galinda forced to reside with someone so…. beautifully tragic and openly bisexual when SHE is 59 pairs of shoes and 101 poofy dresses deep in the closet :(

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this modern day fandom culture is killing me because we’re losing the art of shipping

these days you have to publish a dissertation and make a 100 page powerpoint with textual and subtextual evidence to back up the fact that you like seeing two characters together because apparently people can only ship what’s canon now

back in my day we used to be able to ship characters who never interacted,

we used to ship characters that didn’t even exist within the same media

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🚨I beg you, do not cross me, I need your help

Hello my friends, my little brother needs milk, diapers and clothes. Please save us. Please save my brother. Please. He is starving. I don’t want to lose my brother. Please🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇵🇸💔

https://chuffed.org/project/save-abdul-karims-family

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I can't even tell you why but the retitling of part 2 has me vibrating.

Calling it now: we're getting a kiss in part 2. They won't actually change the ending. Fiyero and Elphie will flee Oz together etc. But the hug in For Good is going to be replaced by a kiss and we are going to be made to feel the tragedy that they aren't and can't be together.

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spotify, play me every song ive ever loved in the order i need to achieve perfect emotional catharsis