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roseofcards90 · 17 days ago

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Completely unrelated thought but I've always loved just how ironic Wicked's opening is. "No one mourns the wicked" SAYS THE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MOURNING HER DEATH EVER SINCE

Like just the complete irony of the song where Glinda keeps trying to emphasize to the people that no one cares about the wicked witch of the west while simultaneously being the sole person to continue to tell her best friend's story, not only to the world of oz but also to herself because she realizes she is the only one who is mourning this loss. She is the only one who knows most of the truth beneath the various amount of lies people have made for Elphaba for years and years. But alas, she must play this part to the very end and live a lie, unlike Elphaba who embraced and accepted herself a long time ago

#and now it's stuck in my head again rip #obviously Elphie has to play a role too but I think it’s different from Glinda #Elphie gets to be authentic and be free from the status quo that oppressed her meanwhile Glinda benefits from said status quo #so ofc she will continue to benefit from it and keep her reputation but that doesn’t encompass all her feelings #just like how being the wicked witch of the west doesn’t encompass all of Elphie’s feelings #it’s just the way their witch counterparts are a manifestation of how they’ve been treated in society #Elphie was an outcast so she naturally rebelled while Glinda was privileged so she continued benefiting off of that reputation #“evil” being rebellious and “good” being conformity #this got rambly but yeah #my posts

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