#Glinda's hair

[rosalie-starfall]

Wicked

Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland

"First, hair... We toss our hair. Ready? Toss, Toss."

[cronchy-baguette]

pink goes good (well) with green

[moghedien]

How Galinda gets ready for bed knowing she's gonna homoerotically argue with Elphaba all night once again

[mari-thesapphic-lady]

quality is terrible but LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE IS!!

[stephgingrich]

live elphie reaction

[incorrectgliyeraba]

Galinda: I like your hair, Elphie. Elphaba, internally: Oh Oz, first positive reinforcement I've heard in years. Respond appropriately. Elphaba: Thanks, I...grew it myself. Elphaba, interally: Damn it.

[thetorturedlovergirl]

Choose your fighter: Galinda admiring Elphaba’s hair in the Wicked book vs. Elphaba admiring Galinda’s hair during I’m not that girl

[eye-crescented]

Like a comet pulled from orbit (like a ship blown from its mooring)

[arianagbstuff]

(c) moonlightstuff; like/reblog. ღ

[corinnastonewall]

Glinda Upland is basically Howl. If you see her throwing a major sulking fit, you can be sure something insignificant has transpired to wound her ego. If you see her change the tiniest thing about her appearance, you know she’s down bad.

[whatevertheywant]

I have a theory that probably isn't new,but I think that Galinda probably had a very lonely childhood and may not have actually been popular until like 8th-10th grade. She was obviously doted on and surrounded by yes-men from an early age,but I think she empathized with elphie from the beginning. I also think she was scared to express that for fear of losing the image she had so carefully crafted. She feels all this "loathing" as well as love towards Elphaba because she sees everything she still could be if she were braver...unfortunately this also includes becoming a pariah. Mind you,she does make wisecracks about elphie being green but they both enjoyed their little spat in history class. That Ozdust dance scene really seems to drive it home with how she joined Elphaba's dance. Okay,that might have been out of remorse for setting her up like that,but the comforting???? The wiping her tears and the embrace???? Ignoring her toxic ass friends trying to get her to stop when she's usually all about image???? Her doing the most to secure her date and position of love interest with fiyero only to ditch him entirely to run off with Elphie????

And THEN we get the Popular sequence. It's not just a flirty or silly little number (it is those things but it's more than that). Popularity has helped her rise up the social ladder despite a lack (at the time) of talent. Her ambition to become a sorceress is altruistic if also self-serving. She wants to actually DO and BE good and feel like the adoration she seems to acquire so easily has been earned. She tries to help Elphaba become popular because Elphaba IS good and has so much talent. BUT Elphaba lacks social skills and isn't conventionally attractive. Elphaba gave her a leg up towards her goals by not only insisting Galinda be in the seminar as well but also THREATENING TO QUIT THAT INSTANT if morrible didn't include her and give her the training wand. They both spend the rest of act 1 bar like a couple of scenes helping each other advance until they have to part ways inevitably. That's love born of empathy and understanding. The "galindafying" was her protecting Elphaba and literally the best gift she was able to give in return

[cronchy-baguette]

double posting this comic bc tbh it deserves its own post.... thinking about how elphie was definitely crying after she runs off to hide somewhere following popular... what do the two of them think about afterwards....

[olgipolgi]

Uh oh, they loathe each other so much 😢

[luckysalbum]

Some people talk about how Glinda and Elphabas fashion slowly merge and they begin sporting similar clothes.

But I'd like to point out something about Glinda's hair. (Someone's probably already mentioned this though)

Before she and Elphaba become friends, she has her hair partially up. One side pinned back, the other loose so it could partially shield her face. Possibly linked to how she's always performing for everyone, curating her persona to be this extremely 1 dimensional good person. When she's not 1 dimensional at all, but by keeping her true nature hidden, she can always stay in the publics favor and therefore popular.

Elphaba, in contrast, always has her hair fully back, out of her face. She's not trying to hide who she is. She knows she's green she knows she's different and owns it because either way, she'll be shunned. She, too, puts on this persona.

Then they become friends. And well, we don't get to see glinda after her transformation we do see elphaba.

Glinda starts putting her hair back entirely. Showing her face. This could be her keeping a piece of Elphaba with her, the same way Elphaba has with Glinda (her hat and cape) based off of context this could also be her removing that part of herself she keeps hidden. She's now entirely the 1 dimensional good person Oz expects her to be. There's no Elphaba to push her to be truly good. It's her (like Elphaba) accepting the persona pushed onto her entirely and just going with that.

[gelphiegifs]

"Why, Miss Elphaba, look at you. You're beautiful."

[purplemoonabove]

Every time my hair gets caught on my hoodie, I go Glinda and regret nothing 😂