#because there’s no way elphaba would have stayed with glinda or for glinda to go with her

[gonkaccino]

hey hey another thing. Everyone noticed how subdued movie Elphaba is relative to book/musical Elphaba, right? Book Elphaba's whole thing is being loudly independent and making her own bold choices (then getting [metaphorically] pushed down 5 flights of stairs for having the gall to exist). Musical Elphaba is less of a reddit atheist than her book counterpart, but still plenty abrasive and, ultimately, forges her own path (with its own relatively less tragic consequences).

Movie Elphaba? She doesn't choose to go to Shiz. Her father's planning on keeping her tucked away in their family home until the day she dies, where she can't hurt anyone or further embarrass the Thropp name. Morrible's the one who gets her enrolled, fully aware that Elphaba has no choice if she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life stuck at home, only ever leaving to accompany Nessa. This Elphaba doesn't choose to go to school, she doesn't choose to go to the Emerald City, and, really, she doesn't even choose to defy gravity -- there is no alternative, she can't live if she stays with the Wizard, especially not after Morrible's preemptive announcement of her wickedness. Movie Elphaba's trapped by her destiny, walking the path laid out for her. With one crucial exception, of course: Glinda, baby, that's right, the only thing this Elphie's ever chosen for herself, the only thing she's been allowed to choose, is to have Glinda at her side!

This softer, more noticeably scared Elphaba creates the extremely juicy dynamic of visibly relying on Glinda for support. As soon as they become pals, Elphaba's latched onto her, the only person who isn't scared of her magic, the first person to care for Elphaba's well-being. She chooses to befriend Glinda, she chooses to bring Glinda to the Emerald City, she chooses to ask Glinda to defy gravity with her. This is what makes this version of Defying Gravity so delicious: Elphaba's never truly believed in herself! The only reason she ever started was because Glinda was there to encourage her, and now, at this crucial moment, this Elphaba, who has lived her life so terrified of the harm she could cause others, has the confidence to not only risk her own life with a spell she's never tried, but the life of her one and only friend!

And Glinda refuses! And it's totally understandable now! Of course this Glinda would say no -- she's not scared of what could happen to her, she's scared of what will happen to Elphie, and standing there, she gets it. She understands the role she's played in Elphaba's life. Glinda knows Elphaba wouldn't be there, ready to declare war on the Wizard, if Glinda hadn't been by her side the entire time, and she has to refuse. She has to. Elphaba's request isn't come with me, we're stronger together, it's I can't do this without you, I'm not strong enough, and Glinda KNOWS that's not true. The only way she can express this is by sending Elphie off on her own, to straighten her hat and wish her luck. It's the only way Elphie will take flight and finally realize that she's got the power to do anything she wants, if she just tries.

[moghedien]

the way Glinda’s name change happens in the book is just so much more it always makes me a little upset of how shallow it is in the musical

like it’s more or less a trauma response for her. Because it’s still more or less because of Dr. Dillamond, but it’s because Dr. Dillamond was murdered

And its not only “I feel bad about getting upset that Dr Dillamond said my name wrong” but it’s also like, a response to Glinda realizing the kind of world she’s in

Because Glinda is the only person who would immediately know that Madame Morrible was responsible.

Because the only witness was Ama Clutch, who immediately upon witnessing it fell ill with a relapse of a disease that she supposedly had, and the only people who knew about this supposed fake illness was Galinda and Morrible.

And then suddenly Ama Clutch has it for real and right when she could reveal what happened to Dr. Dillamond?

Glinda obviously knows that Morrible is involved because they point out immediately that she won’t go to see Morrible anymore and when she tries to reassign her and Elphaba to the main dormitory, Glinda just accepts it when she had been repulsed by the idea before. It’s Elphaba who has push against that and to get Nanny (and Nessarose) to Shiz so that they can stay roommates and “preserve Glinda’s dignity.”

Like Galinda would never have let herself meekly get shuffled in with the common students. That’s what got her in this in the first place.

But Glinda knows shes in a dangerous world with dangerous people who can and will use her. It’s not all social climbing and polite company, it’s two people she knew having their lives ended and her being directly tied up in that, and knowing that she knows who did it and that she can’t do anything.

It’s a very, very scary world suddenly and that’s the reason why Galinda makes way for Glinda. She can’t be a naive girl anymore and literally has to become someone else to go on

[fishbonex]

Flower crowns and you all

Elphaba Thropp x fem!reader x Glinda Upland

Summary: A peaceful attempt at making flower crowns with Glinda and Elphaba.

Word Count: 0,5K

Warnings: none 🤍

ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE.

"You keep copying mine." Glinda's overly sweet voice grumbled, earning a snort from Elphaba, who was sitting next to you.

"I don't know if you noticed but we're in a field of flowers, all the flowers here look alike." Elphaba said, not bothering to lift her head to look at the blonde girl, who had an annoyed pout on her lips.

"I'm not talking about that, you know. You're braiding in the same pattern as me." Glinda held up the flower braid in production to prove it.

You frowned and shrugged your shoulders even more. The two of them had been arguing since they arrived. Uninvited. You were making flower crowns alone, enjoying the cool breeze of the late afternoon. A moment of peace, away from the typical chaos of Shiz.

But Galinda seemed to have a radar that pointed straight at you, because it wasn't long before she appeared, dragging Elphaba by the hand.

She blinked her big eyes at you and you gave her permission to sit down and join in your activity. Everything was fine, but soon Glinda began to get annoyed with Elphaba's crown.

"That's nonsense! I'm braiding them so they stay firmly attached." the green girl argued, starting to work harder with her hands.

"That's envy." Glinda hummed, pursing her lips so that her dimples were visible.

"Why would I be jealous of the way you weave flowers, Galinda?" Elphaba finally lifted her face to look at her.

"There are many reasons for this. You don't have the ability-"

With a loud huff, you stood up from the grass, dropping your flowers and brushing the dirt off your uniform. Grabbing your bag, you began walking away from the pair.

"Look what you did! You pissed her off," Glinda's voice whispered.

"Be quiet." Elphaba ordered, and turned to you. "Hey, where are you going?"

You stopped in your tracks and turned to them, "To my dorm."

"Don't you want to go study with me?" She stood up, her expression embarrassed.

Glinda hurriedly stood up and stood in front of her, "Don't you want to go try on dresses with me? Or watch me practice with my wand-"

"No, thank you." you turned around and continued walking towards campus with heavy steps.

A few days later, you buried your face even deeper into the book you were reading when you heard Glinda's melodious voice approaching. You squinted your eyes as she let out a happy little squeal upon spotting you.

"There you are!" she exclaimed, then turned to Elphaba. "I told you she'd be here."

"I'm reading." you grumbled.

"Oh, we see." Glinda continued to act excited, pulling Elphaba closer to her. "We just want to give you something."

Elphaba opened her bag and took out a wreath, making you look up from your book, "We finished yours for you, you left it lying there."

You closed the book and stood up, taking the crown in your hands delicately, it was sloppy and had some flaws, but it was closed and someone had placed extra flowers on top.

"Which one of you did it?" you asked, not wanting to cause another fight.

"Both of us! Did you like it?" Glinda asked, looking at you expectantly.

You sighed in relief, finally. They did something without fighting.

"I- yes, I love it, it's beautiful." you replied and Glinda quickly took the crown and put it on you, Elphaba adjusted it slightly so it wouldn't be crooked.

"Oh, you look like a princess." Glinda said, pretending to wipe away tears.

"It suits you very much." Elphaba said, pressing her lips together in a smile.

Oh, how you loved those two idiots.

[aparticularbandit]

I RAN OUT OF TAGS.

Still turning Wicked around in my head.

Rotating it in the tumbler.

Debating writing something with it but like. Not quite there.

There's a couple of moments that scream to me.

Not sure my grasp of the characters is strong enough and like it....

It's Wicked, with its huge fandom, and it's....

I want to make sure I have the grasp on the characters I want before getting into it.

[toxinoire]

Fanfics can fix things but we KNOW the only way Oz would have truly changed its system is for Glinda to stay and for Elphaba to leave.

Elphaba may be powerful in the literal sense, but in the metaphorical sense? The kinda needed to persuade people? She doesn't have that. People hate her.

But Glinda? She's not powerful in the literal sense, but metaphorically? The necessary power to get people to listen? That's her specialty. Everyone loves her.

Glinda had to stay because no matter how correct and truly good Elphaba is, Elphaba cannot get the people to listen to her. Sure, Elphaba (and Fiyero) have power over Glinda and were the catalysts of her be coming actually good and taking a real stand, but Elphaba doesn't have that power over people. Unfortunately, Glinda had to stay. The only way Oz won't shatter to dust and become better at the same time is for her to stay.

If she didn't, The Wizard would have succeeded then become the next H!tler and then people will learn he's terrible far too late. If Elphaba continued to stay in Oz, guns and torches will always be pointed her way. It's why she had to leave. And Glinda? It's why she had to be the one to step up. Yes, it's partly the consequences of her actions. But also, she's literally Oz's last hope. If Elphaba says "Animal rights" people will try to light her on fire. If Glinda says it, people will be like "Yes okay 👌👍😄" and not bat an eye. Because people is where Elphaba falls weak but where Glinda is strong. It's sad, it sucks. And it's why Glinda can't go. She can't leave. Because if Wicked ended with her leaving Oz too, Oz will fall further into corruption. Heck, it would probably fall into war.

Elphaba and Fiyero don't have the power necessary to change Oz. Maybe they could have if they weren't villanized, but they were, and therefore lost all of it. Glinda was never villanized, Glinda was always loved. That's the reason that among the three, she's the one who has the power to lead Oz to be better, because people love her. They see her as GOOD. It's why she has to stay. She's the one people will listen to.

Maybe they reunite in the far ass future. But until then, Glinda is required to stay.

[sukibenders]

Glinda mentions to Elphaba how Fiyero can't stop thinking about that moment in Dillamond's class, or that he's having thoughts in general and how it worries her because it's not something she's used to from him (which is him thinking about actual things), in contrast to Elphaba, who doesn't seem all that bothered and, even more so interested in the manner when Fiyero brings up how he can't stop thinking about when they rescued the lion cub. I don't know about everyone else but for me, even with this scene probably being added for lighthearted value, I also see it as another piece in the puzzle cementing how Fiyero's and Glinda's actions will, eventually, either pull them closer or further away from Elphaba. I lowkey don't like it when people act surprised or confused as to why Glinda was spelled or get annoyed that Fiyero is in her place but I, personally, don't think she would have helped in that moment, specifically in the movie.

Prior to the train scene, Glinda is shown to, not only, be completely rude and spoiled (as shown with her literally fainting over not getting her way), when in class, she publicly points out Dillamond's inability to pronounce her name correctly even though it's an obvious struggle, parading in front of the class how easier it was for her other teachers to do it, then being dismissive during the rest of the lesson when learning the importance of history and why to learn from it (correct me if I'm wrong, as it has been a minute since I've seen the movie). All that already tells me that she doesn't really care for the animals' cause, let alone enough to follow Elphaba and Fiyero into the woods after stealing the lion cub and I think, subconsciously, Elphaba knew that. In fact, I can only see Glinda trying to sway them to leave the cub and how what their new professor wanted to teach probably wasn't all that bad (not saying that she would want the cub to be harmed, just that she would try to rationalize what's going as we've seen her do before). This is the same woman who, after learning that the Wizard was a fraud and responsible for the missing and harmed animals, still tried to justify his actions and berated Elphaba for not "acting accordingly" to the news, but yet we still think she should have been there to save the lion cub? That she would have helped those animals alongside Fiyero and Elphaba? I think it could allude to how Glinda could/will be used to help further push propaganda for the Wizard, especially given how it benefits her socially, as figures of propaganda often don't think too hard, or enough to critique the system around them not because they aren't smart enough too (for the most part), but more so because they understand how their world works and understand the consequences that follow when stepping out of line.

You don't have to like Fiyeraba or even find Fiyero interesting, but to purposely ignore what the movie is presenting you is such a cop-out. Fiyero enters the film being a sort of anti-establishment-like character, caring little if he gets kicked out of Shiz for breaking the rules, or just hardly caring in general (something Elphaba calls him out for), and so on. Why wouldn't he be down to rescue the lion? Even if it was to just feed his rebellious streak, he still would have gone, but when he and Elphaba meet, he's on a talking horse and they are conversing like lifelong friends. That might add another layer to the pair saving the lion. Even if he wasn't on the same level as Elphaba at that moment, the train scene shows that it had a profound impact on him that he couldn't shake. I think, had he been presented with the choice of joining Elphaba or staying, he would have gone, not only for her but also because he now knows that the Wizard is a fraud and most definitely wouldn't stand for what he [Oz] is doing. This is what sets him apart from Glinda which, isn't necessarily me hating on her but just stating facts. Glinda isn't/won't be willing to sacrifice her position and what it brings her, until it's too late (which is the tragedy of her character and her relationship with Elphaba), while Fiyero risks everything, even to some extent his own body (Scarecrow) and, in the end, gets to stand with Elphaba.

[kayhi808]

Hey girly!

Another idea what if Abby’s parents take her to see wicked and she just sings popular and defying gravity ALL the time. I also feel like Bucky isn’t into musicals but he would like wicked because he can relate to Elphaba so he and Abby see it a couple times after.

** spoilers**

Popular!

You're gonna be pop-u-lar!

I'll teach you the proper ploys

When you talk to boys

Little ways to flirt and flounce

Ooh!

You and Abby have been singing this song for days. It's been stuck in her head. She hasn't seen "The Wizard of Oz," but your read her the story. She was always too young and with her imagination, the Wicked Witch and the Wizard scenes would give her nightmares. She'll be waking you up telling you she saw the witch in her eyeballs.

But once Abby saw the commercials, the billboards, the ads in the Metro, on the sides of buses and taxis she's been begging and pleading daily to go. Arianna Grande as Glinda became Abby's obsession. That's all she talked about. She'd only wear her pink clothes. You were worried that some of the scenes would be too scary for your toddler. You told her you'd think about it.

Then Abby switched her attack to Bucky. "Papa, you knows what?"

Putting down his book & getting comfortable, "What, Abby?"

"Cans you pweeeease comes with me and Mama to sees Wicked?"

Bucky had no interest in going to watch that movie. Musical? Witches? They aren't on the top of his list of things to watch. Bucky scrunches his nose & groans, "Why can't just you and your Mama go?"

"Oh pwease! You had to come." Abby climbs on the couch to stand beside him & squish his face between her palms, "Cos, what if I gets scared? Only my Papa can save me." She gives Bucky big doe-eyes. "You'd keep me safe."

Bucky in a drawn out sigh, "Fiiinnne." Sucker!

"Yay!! I go tells Mama!" She bounces down on her butt & then off the couch. "Mama! Where's you??" She turns back to Bucky, "tank you, Papa," and continues her search for you.

******

The following weekend, you took in a matinee of Wicked. Abby was decked out in her finest pinkery, sitting between you and Bucky at the theater. She was so excited. She's been listening to the soundtrack for her after dinner dance parties all week. Your little girl was ready to get this party started! Currently, she's doing a happy wiggle because Bucky gave her popcorn to eat. Bucky looks over at you and gives you a wink.

Abby knows she's not supposed to talk during the movie, but that doesn't stop her from keeping 2 inches away from your ear, yakking non-stop. Being courteous to theater patrons doesn't apply to her Mama.

"I wants to ride in a bubble & have her dress."

"Why Gwinda don't like her??"

"Ooh her so smart in magic!"

"Look Mama, the cuuuute mans!"

"I want to be like Elphie & do's magic, too."

"That twain is not like the Metro."

The first part of the movie she was stuck to you like glue, but as soon as she saw the Wizard's big head, she hopped over into Bucky's lap & stayed safe with him. She did not like what happened to the monkeys either.

Abby was too young to catch all the nuances of the film, but she understood that the 2 friends weren't going to be together and she felt that & started to cry. Then at the end of Defying Gravity, you were in your chair trying to get your crying under control and Abigail was sobbing into Bucky's neck. He's rubbing her back trying to console her.

The lights come up & you reach for your baby. Abby leans over to grab you. "It's ok baby. It's just a movie."

Bucky moves closer and pats your head, "It's okay, Doll. It's just a movie." You give him a sad frown & he kisses your forehead.

"Abigail?" You pull away, trying to wipe her tears.

"She didn't go with Elphie, Mama. She stayed with the bad teacher and fake wizard! How could she?!"

"I know, baby. Everything was happening so fast for her."

"She the bad witch. Not Elphie. Mama?"

"Yes?"

"Elphie sing and I hear her with my ears & she sound so...the BEST! So pwetty. And then she sing loud and I hear her in my heart too..." Abby starts to cry again, "And it makes it like...too much, Mama." Abby places her palm against her heart and curls into you.

Bucky chuckles & kisses her head, "Lots of feelings?" He had to admit he enjoyed the movie so much more than he thought he would. "Too much feeling, huh?"

"Ya, too much."

"Well, you saw it. You don't have to see it again."

Abby's head whips up, "Oh, no! I wants to see it again!"

Confused, Bucky tries to reason with her, "Look how it made you cry."

Abby's chubby hands wipes away her tears, "Papa, it was the BESTEST!"

Girl Logic.

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[gelphielovebot]

This may be a weird question to ask but…could you write a fic about Elphaba self-harming and Glinda finding out about it?? The only reason I ask is because I’m a self-harm addict and I would find it a bit comforting to see something like this…if that is too much totally understandable, it’s a hard subject. But anyway I love your short fics! have a lovely day!!

— love me anyway

⋆.˚｡𖦹°🫧⋆.ೃ࿔ glinda catches elphaba hurting herself and for once, elphaba finds comfort in somebody.

౨ৎ warnings: self-harm, depression

౨ৎ a/n: not a weird question at all don’t worry! here you are lovey, i hope this brings you comfort! i completely understand what you’re going through, please keep yourself safe and i’m always here to talk or to just bring some gelphie comfort :)

every evening, glinda and elphaba followed the same routine. glinda would get herself ready for bed by her vanity which would take about thirty minutes while elphaba would sit on her bed, already ready to get to sleep, with a book on her lap.

at least, glinda thought she was reading. that’s what it appeared to be. but unbeknownst to her, elphaba was enduring something much worse behind the book.

it was silent in the room. glinda always respected elphaba’s time to wind down. as much as she wanted to talk about everything at a mile a minute, she stayed quiet for her dear friend at this time.

to her surprise, elphaba was the one to break the silence.

not in the way she’d expect.

“shit,” elphaba cursed. she typically never cursed. she sounded in pain. it immediately worried glinda.

“elphie?” glinda asks, hesitantly walking closer to elphaba’s side of the room. elphaba was sat in her typical spot on her bed, however, her back was turned towards glinda. “are you okay?…what are you doing?”

when she hears glinda’s footsteps, she hastily shuts her book, letting the small blade hide between the pages. she bunches her sleeve in her fist and she looks at glinda like she had been a child caught sneaking candy late at night. but unfortunately for her, the situation is not as simple and innocent as that.

“i’m— nothing. i’m just reading.”

“no you’re not. your book isn’t even open.”

glinda makes it to elphaba’s side of the room. she plops herself next to the green witch on her bed. elphaba can feel her own sweat against the black cotton bunched in the palm of her hand.

“elphaba thropp, what are you doing? tell me! i want to know!” glinda says sternly but elphaba finds it hard to take her sweet voice seriously. elphaba doesn’t answer, she stares down at her lap. the lap that her covered bloody arm is resting on. “did you get hurt or something? let me see.”

before elphie can respond, glinda reaches towards elphaba’s left arm. glinda’s hand wraps around her wrist and elphie winces when she feels that pressure against her fresh wound.

glinda notices this, and so she doesn’t stop. and somehow, someway, elphaba doesn’t stop her either. her brain shuts down and all she can do is sit there in pain and let it happen. and it’s too late for her to do anything because now her arm that was once green but is now covered in bloody red, is out on display for the blonde girl to see.

“oh my goodness,” glinda says, as if her breath was stolen from her lungs.

she’s going to think your violent. evil. a monster. you’ll live up to your reputation. she will tell everybody.

“elphie, say something,” glinda now says, worry laced throughout her words. “elphie please,” she sounds like she’s crying now and so elphaba finally looks up, meets her eye to eye. and both girls have tears pooling in them.

“i’m sorry,” is all she says at first. and she doesn’t know why she says it, but it just comes out. “i’m sorry. you shouldn’t have seen that. you can request a new roommate or—”

“elphie stop! stop with that nonsense,” she cries, “i don’t want another roommate i want you. and i want you to be okay.”

“i am okay,” the green witch gulps. she can hear her own heartbeat in her ears, almost making her want to scream and run away. she wonders if glinda can hear it to.

“no, no you’re not. stop lying to me, elphie, please!” tears are rolling down her face now. glinda is typically emotional, but elphaba can’t seem to understand why she would be crying over this. “why do you do this? how long? and how did i not know?”

“before i met you. way before.”

glinda grabs her arm again and looks down at it, careful not to touch any of the fresh wounds. she couldn’t bare to have elphaba endure anymore pain than she already has. “oh elphie. i didn’t know everything was this hard for you.”

elphaba doesn’t say anything back. she’s looking everywhere except for the scene in-front of her. she doesn’t like talking about her feelings or how hard she feels everyone’s treatment towards her. she doesn’t like feeling weak.

“i’m getting the first aid kit. don’t move.”

glinda stands up and goes across the room. elphaba can hear shuffling and moving of things and then the dip of the bed when glinda sits back down beside her.

she grabs elphaba’s arm again, gently wipes away all the extra blood all over her skin. when she does this, she can fully see all the damage that she’s done to her perfect green skin. to glinda, the green is beautiful despite what classmates may say.

“you don’t have to do this,” elphaba says, breaking the uncomfortable silence. she doesn’t like feeling glinda’s eyes on all of her hurt. it feels vulnerable. she feels naked.

“i don’t,” she says, and she doesn’t look up at her friend; too focused on caring for her. “but i want to.”

glinda applies special ointment to her cuts. elphaba doesn’t know what it is. and she doesn’t really want to either. probably some high end shit, she thinks.

glinda tries her hardest to not hurt elphaba further. elphaba doesn’t know entirely why glinda’s doing this, but elphaba feels as though she doesn’t deserve it.

nonetheless, the featherlight pressure of glinda’s fingertip stings when the ointment touches her open wound.

she hisses and says, “ow,” under her breath. she doesn’t want to make glinda feel bad. she’s just trying to help. but everything is hurting so badly right now.

“sorry. i’m sorry,” glinda pulls her hand back, looks up at elphie that refuses to meet her in the eyes. maybe it’s me, glinda thinks, maybe this is all my fault and she’s too ashamed to look at me. “i should’ve warned you that it would hurt.”

“it’s not your fault. you’re just trying to help.”

they stay silent again. it’s not typically awkward between them now that they’re best friends, however, the silence now is extremely painful.

glinda pulls out a box of bandaids. elphaba can see on the box that they’re all light pink ones. she almost laughs at it. of course glinda would have pink bandaid’s.

glinda peels off the wrapping, and with elphaba’s arm still displayed for her, she places it right on her wounds. she adds two more to make sure everything is covered so she doesn’t get an infection. she knows elphaba wouldn’t tell her if it got infected either. that worries her.

elphaba doesn’t move, doesn’t pull her sleeve back down, she simply just stares down at her arm. at the pink bandaid that clashes with her emerald green skin. as a constant reminder of who cared for her. of the first person to ever care for her.

“i’m sorry. i didn’t have any other ones. i can go down to the nurse and ask, if you don’t like the pink.”

“no,” elphaba says, and glinda swears she heard elphie even laugh a little, “i like it. it goes good with green.”

despite her correcting glinda days prior, she says it the way glinda did in a way to give back her kindness she’s shown and to humor the serious situation.

“it so does,” glinda says, quiet enough to wonder if elphaba had even heard it if it weren’t for the gentle smile on her face. “elphie. can you look at me?”

it takes her a lot, it truly does. she feels as though there is a lock on her neck that is keeping her staring down at her arm. she misses looking at glinda’s face, and staring into her big brown eyes. but she can’t want that right now. it pains her. it shames her.

she does it anyway. because somehow she always ends up following glinda commands. glinda shows to have much little magic in her, but maybe her power is in making elphaba obey to all of her demands. could’ve fooled her, to say the least.

she expects to find fear written on her roommates face. but she only seems to find concern. not fearing that elphaba would end up hurting her too, but concern that elphaba wasn’t okay. she didn’t care about herself. she knew elphaba was harmless. maybe to glinda and others, but not to herself.

“why?” glinda asks. she doesn’t know what else to say. the words are there but she can’t think of them.

“why not,” elphaba says. she thinks it would truly be easier to explain why not. there’s not many why not’s, but it would take explaining her entire life and everything everyone has ever said and done to her to explain why.

glinda looks terribly upset at her response. “i wish you told me.”

“i’ve never told anyone.”

glinda stares at her momentarily. elphaba thinks, for a moment, that she’s about to say something heartbreaking. instead, glinda wraps elphie into an unexpected hug. so tight that she believes all of her shattered pieces are being glued back together. and glinda just hold’s her is all. so no more hurt. no more questions. no more fear. she just holds her which is just enough for now.

the gentle lavender scent of elphaba sparks tears in glinda’s eyes. it’s the little simple things about her that makes her wonder how people can be so cruel to her. and yes, she was too at first. but she doesn’t believe it was ever with malice, however, she still truly regrets it every day.

her sweet scent of lavender, how her green skin glows in the moonlight, how pretty she looks when she’s zoned out into another history book. glinda thinks of these things and it doesn’t add up to the elphaba she saw tonight. how can she be so hurt like this.

“promise me you won’t do this again. i don’t want you to hurt,” glinda says against her ear. squeezing her eyes shut as she still holds elphaba in her arms.

“it’s not that easy…” elphaba responds quietly, gulping down her words and the lump in her throat.

“then promise me you’ll always come to me first,” glinda pulls away, but doesn’t unravel her arms from around elphie’s neck. now they’re faces are so incredibly close. glinda can see all the hurt on her face. maybe it’s always been there, she thinks, as she can see clearly now.

elphaba couldn’t recall the feeling she felt inside of her body right now. the feeling of being cared for. the feeling of someone not wanting her to hurt. it was unfamiliar. scary. but not entirely horrible.

“i promise,” elphaba says. she was good as keeping her promises, glinda knew that much. elphaba just hoped she wouldn’t let glinda down and go against her this time.

glinda gently smiles at her promise. she grabs elphaba’s arm and brings it to her rosy pink lips. with elphaba intently watching the scene, she places a kiss onto the bandaids.

the feeling inside elphaba was too overwhelming. she didn’t know what it was. love, maybe? either way, it was so empowering the she completely bursts into tears right in-front of glinda.

it was only the second time this had happened. first; at the ozdust. and then now. but something about this time was so inimate. and the tears flowed so much stronger, like an ocean of pain.

“oh, elphie,” glinda pulled her roommate back into a hug. elphaba just let it happen, curled up into glinda’s body with her hands covering her soaked face. “it’s okay. i’m here now. it’ll all be okay.”

she let her friend cry in her arms for what felt like ages. she didn’t want it to end. she wanted to sit here with her elphie in her arms where she knew she was safe forever.

“do you want to talk about it,” glinda asked, “or do you just want to be right now?”

“i don’t want to talk about it.”

“tomorrow? please, elphie?” glinda nearly begs and she sounds almost hurt, herself. she couldn’t go on knowing elphaba is hurting this badly without her knowing what’s going on. she needs to take everything that hurts her out of her little world.

“tomorrow,” elphaba confirms quietly. sniffles after too.

elphaba was the one to pull back when she composed herself. she was embarrassed. but at the same time, she felt completely safe here with glinda. glinda, somehow, always knew how to care for her. which was completely unexpected due to their first encounter.

“i’m sorry. thank you for all of this,” elphaba says shyly.

“elphaba thropp, don’t thank me. i only ever want to be here for you,” glinda says. she places her warm hand against elphaba’s cheek. elphie melts into it. she wants to become one with her. glinda wipes away the last of elphie’s tears with her thumb. “i’m going to sleep right here with you tonight.”

it wasn’t the first night they had slept in the same bed. glinda got scared of a storm another night and forced her roommate to sleep with her. it just felt out of the ordinary that it was due to her own problems now.

elphaba probably would’ve fought against it if it was any other night. but right now, all she wanted was glinda. and her gentle touch. “okay,” elphie murmured.

glinda was expecting to quarrel with her about it, but to her pleasure, elphaba complied very easily. glinda got up and put her first aid kit away while elphie got under the covers, leaving the duvet folded at the shins of her legs so glinda could slip in.

“can i hold you, elphie?” glinda asks as she lays beside elphaba in her bed. the pillows smell like her and elphaba is so warm. it brings her a sense of comfort that she’s hoping elphaba feels right now too.

glinda grabs the duvet and covers both their bodies with her. elphaba hums a yes. she doesn’t trust her voice right now and she doesn’t want to feel weak by verbally saying yes. if she doesn’t say it, then it’s completely glinda’s want. deep down, she wants nothing more than to lay in glinda’s arms for eternity.

glinda settles her arms around elphaba’s body. it’s unusual for them to lay like this together but it feels so natural, as if they haven’t gone a single night without laying together like this.

it’s silent for a couple of minutes. however, they both lay awake staring at the ceiling. elphaba assumes glinda’s asleep by now but, really, she’s thinking about everything and nothing to say to elphaba. she’s never dealt with something this heavy but she’d deal with it forever if it meant she was there for elphaba.

“elphie?” glinda says quietly yet it seems to bounce off the walls and echo. it makes elphaba cringe because the way she says it implies that she’s bringing that dreaded situation up again. “i know you’re hurting. I can't take the pain away, but i want to be the one to make it easier.”

“glinda—”

“if the pain is too much, let me carry it for you. i can’t ever lose you, elphie, i love you too much.” her confession made elphaba’s heart drop. she didn’t know how glinda exactly meant it. she couldn’t possibly feel the same way…

“i promise you won’t. i love you too, glinda,” elphaba murmurs the last part, but glinda hearing it reciprocated makes her heart flutter. like there’s a baby bird testing out it’s new wings in her chest. she has to take a deep breath to ease the feeling.

[into-fiction]

Ok here's another idea. Pirate AU where Elphaba is the captain of a pirate ship and Glinda is a wealthy noble on board a ship Elphaba attacks. She holds Glinda for ransom and they fall in love or Glinda begs to join the crew because she was on her way to be forcibly married to someone she didn't know.

It's kind of shades of Pirates of the Caribbean in my head but less supernatural. Maybe Elphaba has magic and that's how she got her own ship and crew and it's full on misfits like her who were shunned because they're different.

idk if u wanted a drabble for this but i did one anyway lol

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Elphaba was not in a good mood.

First, because their sail had been significantly more damaged in the attack than she'd expected. Second, because the weather on the horizon looked sour and formidable.

And third, the reason currently making her fists clench and her blood boil, is that their hostage is not being cooperative.

"A bunch of incompetent fools," Elphaba mutters, though the few crew members hustling to keep up with her know she doesn't truly mean it. Elphaba loves her rag-tag crew, and they'd found a family here on the seas that the land had never given them.

But seriously: they couldn't even handle a single prissy noble girl?!

Elphaba slams into the cabin with enough force for her grimy footprint to leave a permanent mark on the door. The single occupant doesn't even flinch, just cocks an eyebrow like the behavior is beneath her.

Glinda Upland is one of the richest nobles this side of Oz, and it was pure luck that Elphaba recognized her family's flag flying from that ship. The small, sleek ship had put up more of a fight than expected, but eventually, she'd been forced to retreat, her most precious cargo locked in cuffs and dragged aboard The Broomstick.

Elphaba had been ecstatic. There was nothing she and her crew hated more than those obnoxious, stuck-up nobles with their fancy parties and their wasted money and their utter lack of empathy or care.

The only thing they did care about, was themselves. The Upland family were well-known for doting on their only daughter and would surely pay out the wazoo to get her back. She was the perfect ransom.

Except that, apparently, she refused to cooperate.

As though she thought she had a choice.

Elphaba tries to impart this on the girl, her blonde hair tangled and her pink dress rumpled and stained. But there is not even a hint of fear in the stupid girl's eyes, not even when the swords come out, and not even when Elphaba brings in her largest crew member.

"You aren't going to hurt me," Glinda says confidently. She crosses her arms and tilts her chin, a tiny smirk pulling on the edge of her lips.

"And what makes you so sure?" Elphaba growls, leaning in to loom over the smaller girl.

Glinda's brown eyes sparkle- not with fear, but with delight. She's enjoying this, the little brat.

"You need me unharmed for this ransom to work. That's why you want me to write the letter myself. Momsie and Popsicle aren't going to pay for a corpse."

"Is that so? Are you sure your parents wouldn't be just as happy to pay up....after we chop one of your fingers off?"

Not even a flicker.

Glinda grins, leaning forward on her toes to get right in Elphaba's face. "What if I gave you an even better offer?" she whispers, glossy pink lips just inches from Elphaba's own.

"Oh?"

"Mmhm." Glinda rocks back, smiling winningly. "You want money, right? Well, I can get you that. I can get you anything you want. I know people."

"And what, pray tell, do you want in return?"

To leave, Elphaba expects the girl to say. To go home.

But Glinda hasn't cooperated with anything Elphaba has assumed so far. Of course, she wouldn't cooperate here either.

"If I help you," Glinda says, brown eyes sharpening into something intelligent and cunning. "Then you have to let me stay. Unharmed."

"What?"

Glinda's hair curls wildly around her face, her dress sways gently by her knees, and her hands, which Elphaba stupidly stupidly hadn't been watching, are slipping out of a pair of cuffs that clatter uselessly to the floor.

"I want to join your crew."

Glinda leans in once more, close enough that Elphaba has to force herself not to lean away.

"I want to be yours."

[luckyshinyhunter]

Gravity Falls Headcanons

Warning, contains drinking and spoilers for the entire show, so bewarb!

The twins have a YouTube channel.

The Pines goes fishing on the Stan-o-war.

Stan, Fidds and Ford are Bisexual.

Mabel, Wendy and Pacifica are Pansexual.

Dipper and Wendy are Trans, while Tracey is Asexual and Quattro is Aro-ace.

Stan sometimes drinks when he's working on the portal but he stops when he heard that the kids were coming to stay with him for the summer.

Mabel introduced Stan to fanfiction, he made a bunch of fics about The Duchess Approves even though they are not age-appropriate but Soos likes them to show his support.

The Pines family, Soos and Fiddleford are Autistic.

Ford does some yoga and meditation.

Soos and Melody temporarily owns the Stanmobile.

Fiddleford got a makeover, thanks to Pacifica and Tate.

Soos and Stan spend Father's day together.

While helping Stan with his memory problem, Ford doesn't wanna talk about Filbrick, knowing that it felt trigging talking about the bad memories with him involved.

Soos hosts Karaoke night as the Mystery Shack.

Ford made a special back brace for Fidds.

Though Stan is the better cook, Ford is kinda bad at cooking but does practice and gets better from time to time, especially at baking.

Dipper helps Mabel via tutoring, but Stan or Ford does help them with homework from time to time.

After reconciling with his dad, Tate and Fiddleford would go fishing or do a jam session.

Stan give the kids boxing lessons and give them a old speed bag to practice on, Dipper mostly uses it just to remove stress, of course Stan is proud to see the kid hold his own.

Ford helps Mabel with her new sweaters design and models for her or add new concoctions to her Mabel juice.

Dipper and the Multibear are fans of Sabrina Carpenter and would sing some of her songs during Karaoke night.

Sometimes Stan visits the farm where Compy lives to check on him and plans to break him out.

Even though they still celebrate Hanukkah, the Pines family also celebrate Christmas.

The stan twins loved The Wizard of Oz, but haven't heard of Wicked until Mabel had the gang watch it for movie night.

Ford teared up because the film reminded him of a lot of their childhood and how much he relate to both Glinda and Elphaba.

Stan does too but tries to brush it off and said the film was fine until Soos caught him humming to popular the next day.

Even though he's does have some resentment towards Ford, Tate respects his dad's choice of giving Ford a chance.

The kids made a list of old and new shows to watch for the stan twins.

Stan can speak fluent spanish and brazilian while Ford can speak french, japanese and many other languages.

Stan and Dipper have their own guys night, even inviting Ford, Fiddleford and Soos to join if they have the time.

Mabel, Pacifica and Soos are huge Chappell Roan fans.

Stan can play the ukulele while Ford can play the pan flute.

Ford had a crush on Fiddleford since college but after he got married, he eventually moved on until he called him about making the portal.

After weirdmageddon, Ford confessed his love for him, he was shocked but felt the same way back.

Ford and Fiddleford text or video chat a lot, talking about the discoveries they made.

Even though he finds it a bit irritating, Stan is happy and is very supportive to his brother, even if his taste is somewhat questionable.

The kids received packages from both the stan twins and the residents of Gravity Falls, leading up to the day they come back.

Soos got Fiddleford in a lot of anime and the two watch a bunch of classic or new anime together.

Ford gave Dipper his very own journal to record his own adventures.

After coming across them in the woods, Fiddleford pretty much adopted the Dipper clones and have them live in his mansion.

Stan does cuts his hair sometimes, but likes keep it longer or have it as a ponytale.

Ford still has the green shorts from college.

Dipper and Soos got Ford and Fiddleford invested in Pokémon.

Ford and Fiddleford would go hiking or make robots together as some form of a date.

The stan twins reconnect with Shermie, As expected he was pissed for not telling him about everything that happen but happy to see them again

Instead of destroying them, Ford gave the journals to Fidds, hiding them where only he could find them.

[briarlovesclara]

Choices and Consequences: A Wicked Analysis

"If Movie 1 [of Wicked] is about choices, then Movie 2 is about the consequences." -- Jon M. Chu, interviewed by @/mayaegbo on tiktok

Here's the thing: there's a pivotal choice that is presented to each of the main three (Elphaba, Fiyero, and Glinda) at least once in every configuration within the two acts (of the musical, presuming this transfers to the movie):

Character A asks Character B to run away with them.

Often this is talked about in the context of Defying Gravity, but it actually happens TWO TIMES before that! And it all starts with...

Now, this is the movie's rough draft, so the scene does change slightly on screen, but it's for dramatic emphasis and the important part's fairly consistent through both the musical and movie. Same for the rest of these :)

Fiyero asks Elphaba to run away with him, albeit temporarily, to do a criminal or socially unacceptable act. Elphaba accepts this, which jumpstarts their relationship in earnest (in contrast with him asking her to ride with him and Feldspur in the forest, where she denies what would be an understandable request).

The next example of this situation, interestingly enough, shows to be the exception to the rule.

Elphaba asks Glinda to come with her, and Glinda accepts. What makes this different from the other times? There is a) no loss if she accepts, and b) active gain. Even though she can't expect to get her heart's desire, meeting The Wizard and even going to the Emerald City is huge for anyone, especially someone like Glinda!

The heartbreaking effect of this being the first time someone asks Glinda to come with her is that the audience may be prepped to think she will say yes in the future. Maybe she's just adventurous; maybe she'll follow Elphie anywhere, or can't bear to miss out on excitement. The rug pull is that she won't always say yes, and you deliberately are able to mischaracterize this choice until she makes a different one in Defying Gravity. Speaking of which...

Elphaba asks Glinda to come with her again, this time to truly become a criminal, wanted and unwanted, to cast herself out from society irrevocably... and she can't. Glinda refuses.

Some people like to talk about the tragedy that by the time Glinda would have come with her-- at the end of the story, maybe-- it's too late. And I agree that if she ever reaches that point, that's true. But I want to make it clear that this isn't just an Act 1, pre-time jump way of thinking.

I don't have script for this one, because the second movie isn't out yet, and it's not included in the musical script provided in The Grimmerie, but Fiyero asks Glinda to run away with him to find Elphaba in the middle of Thank Goodness after Glinda says that she hates staying and listening to the slander about her. Not only does Glinda refuse, she admits that it's because of the glamor and love she's grown used to. Crucially, she asks who could give it all up, and Fiyero answers, "you know who could, and did." (Pretty certain that's the wording.)

Fast forwarding, we get to the Wizard's Throne Room. There's no way that Elphaba would ask Fiyero to come with her-- but he decides he's coming anyway, and she accepts.

Now we get to Fiyero's only denial of Elphaba-- in Munchkinland, when it's obvious that he is going to die either way. If he tries to run, they will both be caught and killed. If he stays and dies, she has a chance, so of course he's yelling at her to go without him.

(And maybe, just maybe, he's paralyzed with fear and guilt, staring down the barrel at Glinda as he yells to Elphaba, unseen behind him. Despite it all, he can't seem to turn his back on his fiancée. He won't leave her again.)

Finally, Fiyero and Elphaba run away together in the finale. That's not an ask, is it? But Elphaba wants Glinda to know. She's hesitating. Fiyero starts walking, but she holds back, and he reaches out a hand to her and says "come". After a pause, she follows him, and he puts her hat on as they leave together. So as it started, Fiyero asks Elphaba to come with him, and she accepts.

But wait, you might be saying, what about Glinda? When does she ask either of them to come with her? And the answer is that she doesn't, not explicitly, because that's not who she is.

Glinda wouldn't ask someone to come with her, because she'd never be caught doing something that needed persuasion. The other two are the revolutionaries, who inspire the best in her, but just like she doesn't go through with following any serious rebellion, she doesn't incite it, even as a joke.

That being said, she does tell Elphaba to do something big one time: when Glinda asks Elphaba to listen to the Wizard and Madame Morrible at the end of Act 1. Then, during Defying Gravity, she says, "Listen to me. Just say you're sorry." Even when she is finally trying to convince someone to do something rebellious, it's rebelling against what Elphaba knows is right, her sense of justice. The audience should have known by the time Elphaba asks Glinda to come with her that it wouldn't work; the Glinda that begged Elphaba to let go of Animal rights for her own comfort would never fly away from a life in the Wizard's Palace.

Some loose ends with Glinda:

Glinda similarly asks Elphaba to come with everybody else to the Ozdust, but she leaves without her and we know where that motivation came from.

I can't think of Glinda directly asking Fiyero to come with her anywhere, besides discouraging him from leaving with Elphaba in Act 2, which I don't feel like counts.

So yes, Jon M. Chu, choices and consequences. The two best words to describe this incredible story :)

[dearreader]

i’m sorry but the fact they cut a scene where glinda is mad at elphaba for not taking her with her to free the cub because she left her alone and elphaba promises to never leave her alone is so infuriating to me! the way that could give some interesting and new background to glinda and that it would add an interesting level to the fieyro and elphaba love triangle by having glinda being mad at both the people she loves bonding without her and her being afraid of being abandoned. AND how when elphaba chooses to go but glinda stays and gets everything she ever wants like majoring in sorcery and being e have to fieyro and having a private dorm and being the most beloved person in oz- but she was abandoned by the one person who saw her for her and loved her AND WHO SHE LOVES inspite of everything… universal, drop your location i just wanna talk

[theseerasures]

this whole sequence is eight bars (the first two of which have no vocals) but somehow contains enough meaning and emotion to fill a seven layer dip

Katie's Glinda always looks at Laurel's Elphaba with such ambivalence whenever Elphaba isn't paying attention. it started all the way during Room Assignments after Elphaba's magical outburst. there's curiosity and wonder, but there's also caution; even now there is caution. she can't understand Elphaba, which is scary. she loves Elphaba despite--or even because--not understanding her, which is even scarier.

but Elphaba catches her looking, just as she had during Popular. back then Galinda had been able to transform her wariness into awe: why, Miss Elphaba, look at you. but too much has happened, and she is too overwhelmed, to do the same thing here.

the only thing she can muster is a headshake. a denial. earlier she'd told Elphaba: don't be afraid. now she says i'm not afraid. not of you. it's a lie, but it's the lie Elphaba has needed to hear all her life--that she is not frightening.

and she's Glinda now so obviously Katie has to hit herself and rip her cuticles to shreds

Laurel!Elphaba's little faltering half step backwards as Glinda starts singing is just like. some part of her really believed they would be leaving together! that's how strong her belief in Glinda was. she'd let Glinda dither by putting on the cloak, and you get the sense that she would have stayed for as long as Glinda kept arguing with her, because she could keep arguing back and then Glinda would finally be convinced

but Glinda isn't arguing anymore. she's already convinced, so she shakes her head again. Glinda has decided this fight is over, and she will have the last word. i'm not coming. you can't talk me into this. she can't bear to say it out loud, but Elphaba is at least owed a gesture. a refusal.

which Elphaba accepts with gentle grace: you too. Glinda's decision is one she can neither understand nor abide, but in this moment she is so concerned for her best and only friend she wishes, fleetingly and irrationally, that she could be wrong and Glinda right. anything, really, to wipe the shame and misery from Glinda's face.

and to this extension of care Glinda can only shake her head for a third. a refusal; a denial. Elphaba shouldn't have to worry about her right now. if Elphaba needs to leave--and she does--then Glinda won't be the anchor dragging her down. it's the least she can do. it's the ONLY thing she can do. don't worry about me, Elphaba; i'll be fine. safe journey.

a denial; a refusal. i hope it brings you bliss, Elphaba offers, loving Glinda so much she's willing to bend her own sense of right and wrong. Glinda shakes her head, loving Elphaba too much in turn to accept this concession. she won't win this fight if this is where it leaves them. what are you talking about? you're leaving me. i'm letting you go. i won't be happy again; not like i was with you.

[katherinemckay]

i'm really curious and excited about how the movie equivalent of wonderful seems to include glinda there as persuasion for elphaba to join the wizard, which changes all the dynamics going on. i keep thinking through the bits we've seen in the trailer in context of the full story, and in my mind there are a few ways this could play out:

there's one extreme where glinda still fully trusts the wizard at this point and genuinely is trying to get elphaba to come to their side and join their team. i think this has the most potential for angst, because elphaba would really see glinda as aligned with the enemy and against her cause. it could be really interesting to see glinda deep in the wizard's regime to the point where she now believes the propaganda she's been spreading.

then there's the other extreme where during the private swing(?) moments we saw, glinda suggests a plan to join the wizard under false pretenses and work from within to actively remove him from power. this seems the least likely to me since it's still early in glinda's act 2 arc for direct action, but ariana grande said a few times on the part 1 screenings circuit that glinda's perspective in defying gravity was that they'd be more powerful working from within and changing the system from the inside out. so, it could potentially be something glinda's been thinking about over the years.

i'm leaning that it'll be somewhere in-between. it's after thank goodness, so glinda already has some hesitations about her role but is still trying to convince herself staying there is for the best. the new synopsis on the movie's website says glinda is "haunted by her separation from elphaba" and that she then "attempts to broker a conciliation between elphaba and the wizard." so i'm thinking glinda misses elphaba so much that she's willing to help push the wizard's propaganda on her if it means getting her back. going back to the swing scene, i think she tries to convince elphaba to compromise and let herself be a reformed figure with the wizard in order to gain some power to eventually work from within and implement policies that support elphaba's cause. i also think the "think of what we could do together" callback will be somewhere along these lines -- glinda proposing that if they can work alongside the wizard for now, they can combine magical power and social power to eventually change the system. however elphaba will obviously not abandon her morals to stay complacent even for a brief period of time, so this would push her further from glinda. glinda would essentially be asking elphaba to change who she fundamentally is in favor of the possibility of later progress (and in favor of them getting to permanently stay together, which is a deliciously angsty dynamic that would probably lead to both of them feeling betrayed/abandoned in the fallout in different ways).

i'm excited to see how the tension between them in part two may be mainly rooted in their fundamental differences and their different approaches to gaining and maintaining power, hopefully moreso than the love triangle drama. having glinda in wonderful will set that up so nicely

[spiribia]

i get too sidetracked with animal metaphors until they're completely inscrutable to anyone else. the original conceit of this was I need to make Elphaba's design reflect that she's green and gnarly in some way -> maybe they could both have animal masks and Elphie could be a gator or a crocodile -> then Glinda should also be some kind of animal that hatches from an egg considering the Out of Oz breaking out of the egg / prison imagery -> bird seems obvious and then i can give her cage imagery too but that would be too trite an animal choice, no? -> LOL maybe she's that bird that cleans crocodile's teeth since she and Elphaba are friends -> apparently that's just a fable and we don't have confirmation that really happens -> so we have a symbiotic relationship where one of the animals is extant (the Nile crocodile) and the other animal (the trochilus) in its partnership is just an old fable though some people insist it has credence. it has generated a lot of speculation? -> and birds can defy gravity? why isn't Elphaba in her elusive rumor-generating the bird then? -> why not have Glinda be the recognized living, grounded thing that fantasizes about the mythological bygone relation with something that could fly? and it would be fun to integrate 'crocodile tears' into her concept -> why do they each only have to be one? they change each other 'for good', why don't they swap mask animals at some point? -> Elphaba's mask had its jaws open to evoke that a bird could go in and start cleaning. Glinda's would by contrast obviously have its jaws shut because she doesn't act -> but they shouldn't stay closed forever. when the two meet each other again at the end, the masks should therefore crumble off like they are only facades -> if they meet without masks, Elphaba should be recognizable as a bird even without a bird mask so the viewer understands they have swapped roles -> therefore her cloak should convey 'trochilus' in some way, maybe based off of existing birds that people speculate the trochilus could be -> There's actually a genus of existing hummingbird named Trochilus that's green and black birds, which would be perfect -> the face shape could actually make a good mask for her even though i said she'd be maskless since it's layered black on top and green on bottom -> i can turn the top part of the mask into her signature pointed 'hat' with the beak as part of the brim -> the

[nobodysdaydreams]

Accidentally a Long Anon, and not really a question or anything, just waxing on about silly ideas

In my imaginary perfect Wicked, one of the things I’d change (among other stuff) would be to extend the “as long as you’re mine” era (not in a sexy way (personally the canon sexiness doesn’t make sense to me but I’m very ace so maybe that’s why?)) where Elphaba and Fiyero are hanging out together— and they get to kick ASS. They’d be such a wild team together (“together we’ll be the greatest team there’s ever been…” musical motif wistfully in the background) it might give Elphaba an energy boost, and she’s got direct insider knowledge from her new sidekick. And they’d help lots of Animals escape Oz, swashbuckle guards, and they’d realise that they for-reals love each other 🥺 as they gaze into each others eyes, 🥺🥺 which are obviously reflecting the romantic lighting from a huge explosion of an Animal prison or something. 🥺🥺🥺

Actually have a little happy time together where things look up, until the Twister incident happens. I’d give them a montage of badassery before it all goes wrong.

Since they’re not cohabiting at Kiamo Ko castle HQ at this time, (I wish, haha. Wicked witch and her traitorous henchman living in their cartoonishly evil lair, wreaking havoc and dastardly deeds upon the poor wizard 😔 maybe in another life) would they be camping in the woods and hiding out in charitable Animal’s barns and Airbnbs? Windmills and such. Oh oh oh, an abandoned windmill date/song sounds awesome- Fiyero would be climbing all over the moving parts like it’s Tornado Wheel 2. They could climb onto a big outer blade and ascend uuup, into the last sun rays of the day, looking out over the landscape as far as the eye can see, before it rotates them back down, back into evening shadow. (Maybe in a foreshadowing way T_T oh it would be even more foreshadowing if it was just Fiyero on the windmill blade, and Elphaba was up on her broom, staying in the light for a little longer as the wheel rotates Fiyero down and away, grinning up at her. Putting my head in my hands ;_; Hyping her up saying that she can do anything, and he’d do anything for her T___T)

…

I kinda chuckle at the mental image of poor Prince Fiyero, living out in the woods without his fancy shampoo and razor and lotions and monogrammed pyjamas and slippers and satin sheets, and going a bit feral. Getting a bit unkempt. (In a perfect world he’d get an “I work with elphaba now” outfit, and it would slay) Growing his hair?! A love so strong not even a terrible terrible moustache can’t keep them apart :,) Ok maybe not the moustache. 😂 Unrecognisable to everyone except Elphaba and Glinda, maybe save for his eyes. (Glinda would scream, then recognise him, then scream again with renewed horror at what has become of him: he’s become… rugged…) So scruffy he’s compared to a scarecrow. But having the best time of his life.

That’s what’s floating around in my head right now, hopefully you enjoy 😂

I love everything about this anon. If Fiyero and/or Galinda tried to join Elphaba and live on the run in the woods with her, she'd have to stop them from eating poisonous berries. Actually, she'd only have to stop Galinda, but the only reason Fiyero wouldn't need to be stopped is because he already tried to eat the berries as a child and his horse stopped him.