#but a) the fundamental moral and method rift between gelphie is PART of that ship's appeal

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my respect and appreciation of the narrative and its characters who all serve important functions vs. my desire never to talk about this stupid man again

[just-your-average-shiz-student]

#i guess technically this is #anti fiyero tigelaar #bless jonathan bailey and your silly little buttons #but i feel myself progressively caring less the more people talk about fiyero #cool character concept fine execution not where the meat of the story is #and i'm getting so unreasonably cranky about people using his resistance as a moral gotcha to gelphie #(it's unreasonable because i know people can prefer whatever ship they want) #but a) the fundamental moral and method rift between gelphie is PART of that ship's appeal #and b) the stage musical does not do a very good job of framing fiyero's resistance as a moral one if that was the point #he likes that elphaba is principled and rebellious but #he is not driven by anti-fascist ideals #his arc is going from caring about nothing to caring about one (1) person #it's why fiyero and elphaba's ending in the musical is LEAVING THE FIGHT #anyway #*yells at cloud* (via toybonny17)

my respect and appreciation of the narrative and its characters who all serve important functions vs. my desire never to talk about this stupid man again