#like i was aware its a broadeay play but only recently learned more about it

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You know it's probably 70% because it's Jeff Goldblum but you know what. You know what. You know what. Why is the Wizard kinda... you know.... 👀

I was in my yt shorts foreverscrolling, as one does, and a clip of when Elphaba received her balloon from the Wizard came up and one comment said "you have to admit his little messenger balloon is pretty cute" and someone replied something like "manipulators like him often use 'cute' things to deceive people" and something in my brain just remembered "oh, right, so he's a charismatic manipulating charlatan who is also desperate for approval and praise but also secretly extremely insecure and he sees nothing wrong with lying and having big grandiose gestures to lie/celebrate/indulge himself even to the point he has no problem massively misleading people on an untold scale. Go on 👀"

None of the civilians even fucking know what the Wizard looks like but most of them are so camp-level brain dead that you could just have Madame Morrible say "oh, [the Reader] ran away because they're just so shy :) you know everyone has been young and in love and, the Wizard needs your help making sure they stay out of trouble and come home, everyone ^^" and you'd have munchkins tailing you by that same week

Personally I've always been a little, hungry for the trope of "Powerful 'damsel' whose abilities are used/exploited by the villain who is obsessed with them" trope and I couldn't decide if the idea of Reader being a witch or a civilian is more appealing to me. Are you powerless because of the social pressure and manipulated situation you are forced into, or, are you also literally powerless?

You're just like, forcibly cowed into being his little... personal sorceror/pal/loverrrrrrrrr i guess?

Seeing the new movie, and especially The Wiz, the Emerald City celebrations are always so grandiose, and I can picture he's just constantly dragging you to those. Or, would you be forced to be a recluse, since he hides his face from even his palace guards? Does he even go out or does he just make announcements with scwry automatons? How many people even know he's like, a person-person? Does the general public just hear "oh hey this is Reader they're gonna be the Wizard's 'special friend' ;) be nice to them everyone" and they just immediately accept you're this weird giant robot/human weird interspecies couple (or am I totally misinterpreting and people think he summons the robot to talk with magic...)

I mean, I guess spoilers but we also already know that the Wizard knows how to be charming and seductive when he wants to 👀 I admit I didn't recognize his voice when he first appeared but everyone is saying it's super obvious to tell and also that the play/book is so old that everyone already knows but, again spoilers, finding out that he's the guy I was talking about from my last post has me a lil 🥴😳 we literally just watched him seduce and party his way into impregnating her like, no I'm GONNA be gross about it! she really did deadass let him hit it raw he nailed that shit so good like???? Hello???? I'm about to risk it all--