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thriftbooks better world books half-price books wonder book pangobooks libgen archive.org ubuweb kanopy (library card required; free) tubi pluto tv

storygraph

abebooks, book depository, and goodreads are all owned my amazon.

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shout out to green. somehow an underrated color despite being everywhere in nature. not enough real green appreciators out there. what can’t she do honestly. mint green sage green sea foam green forest green lime green!!! never have i ever met a green i did not like. true green enjoyers understand.

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Days and days and days go by in a blur of nothingness. There is an ache in his chest and every time Glinda comes to bed after him, he rolls over towards her in the soft cold dark and opens his leaden arms and lets her tuck her head under his chin, fragile shoulder blades like wings and the knowledge that there should be another person there lying heavy on their heads. It is on one of those quiet, sad nights that he says into the still darkness, “We can’t keep doing this.” Or, Wicked Act II, but Elphaba and Fiyero come back for Glinda sooner rather than later. Prequel to 'try not to speak superlatives' (not necessary to read beforehand).

told myself i wouldn't get bogged down with the lore of the stupid fucking au i built and yet here i am, 16.5k words later. more to come!

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A detail I love that they added for the film is the way Fiyero talks to/about his horse using "we" instead of "I". It's a wonderful little indication that he's going to be an ally in the fight for animal rights.

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This is a shout out to small fandoms.

Yes, there is five of us. No, no one is getting hundreds of kudos or comments.

But we all have immaculate taste and we are vibing. We are sitting in a cosy living room, taking turns reading stories. There is a fireplace and tea and rocking chairs. This is our house and these are our stories, inspired by and created for one another, with utmost love and care. And that's more than enough.

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I have to say that hilariously Wicked actually *insists* that you know at least some Wizard of Oz spoilers. The story relies so heavily on the assumption its audience knows at least some of what’s going on for dramatic irony.

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WICKED (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

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word on the street is that you have to keep living

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WICKED (2024)

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“Someday there’ll be a celebration throughout Oz that’s all to do with me.” 💔

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Punctum Project, installment 6

(what the heck is the Punctum Project? read me!)

March 14, 2006 - 1st National Tour Julia Murney, Kendra Kassebaum, Sebastian Arcelus

What:

[Kendra chooses violence]

How come:

Yes I realize I keep saying I have rules for this project and then breaking them but

this HAD to be a montage

because the thing that Gets Me about it is how consistent it is

if Kendra's Galinda likes it, she swats it. if she hates it, she swats it. if she's paying attention to it she swats it and if she's ignoring it she swats it. it is pure Cat Behavior. it is downright pugnacious. and it is INCREDIBLY memorable and endearing to me.

it has serious "my son loved your card so much he ate it" energy

she's got so many feelings in that tiny and unspeakably rage-fuelled body

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Fiyeraba parallels (3/?) ━ The poppy = being asleep & being asleep = ignoring the truth

Throughout the movie, and especially in the scenes with Elphaba and Fiyero, the theme of sleep is being tied to the poppies. The poppies are used in the spell cast by Elphaba to put the others to sleep, but Fiyero, who claims earlier that he is either "running amuck" or "sometimes is asleep" remains awake. He questions why this is too, and Elphaba doesn't really know the answer to that either. However with the theme of sleep and the poppies tied together later with finding out the truth (about the Wizard, and what's happening to the Animals) it is clear that the reason why Fiyero did not fall asleep was because similar to Elphaba, once he realized the problem, he couldn't ignore it anymore. "He started thinking." Similarly, Elphaba is so close to getting what she wanted, but she "can't want it anymore" because she woke up to the fact that it's all a lie, and she needs to take action. At this point, Elphaba and Fiyero already rescued the lion cub together, and while Elphaba put the students to sleep there, it was Fiyero who knew how to act, despite Elphaba calling out "what are you doing" he just jumped into action, trusting his instincts without hesitation, but he needed Elphaba to almost literally open his eyes. But Elphaba learned to trust her instincts from Fiyero. And she uses what she's learned from him to invite Glinda along as well, hoping Glinda will join her, just like she promised. Glinda however breaks her promise, despite giving her word that "she would have helped" Elphaba with the lion cub if she was asked. Glinda feels that she has to stay behind. As for Fiyero and Elphaba, netiher of them can go back to sleep anymore and aside from the fact that this parallels and complements their arcs very nicely, it also sets them on their somewhat doomed conclusions for the second half of the story.

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well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.

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isn’t it nice to know - that good will conquer evil?

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Art by "@young_ols311" on Twitter

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"so just for this moment, as long as you're mine"

or fiyeraba yuri bc i love them n omg its been years since ive drawn wicked fanart <3