#sorry fiyero but your gfs gay!!

[shadowharkness]

there is something so gay about the song 'one short day' and the specific line:

"i think i've found the place where we belong" (sung by both glinda and elphaba)

the place where they both belong. for elphaba this makes sense. it's all green and she doesn't feel ogled at.

but for glinda? she's revered wherever she walks, be it shiz or munchkinland, she's never faced public scrutiny. so her finding comfort in the emerald city, a place that's entirely green and theatrical, and full of "wonders" that she's never seen, is strange! it seems to imply that there is something within the emerald city that allows her to be her true self.

perhaps its because she wants to be where elphaba feels most secure. she wants to be amongst the free-spirited. she has a whole boyfriend (fiyero) back at shiz, yet she feels like she belongs in the emerald city, where elphaba is able to be herself. it's also super gay because despite glinda being the standard & who people look up to, internally she seems to be going through a conflict. she cannot be herself (queer, unashamed) unless she's with elphaba.

near the end of the song, elphaba and glinda repeatedly make references to returning to the city, calling it "home" and a place to "make their way", heavily implying that the two of them would return together. they're gonna move in! and no one will judge these two women for living together and being together in any capacity.

one short day is the gay yearning to feeling accepted song of all time.

[gliyerabaa]

Gay disaster who thinks shes straight galinda trying to convince herself her attraction to elphie is pity or smth stupid but combusting everytime her and elphie are in their room together. Oblivious elphie not being aware that everything she does is setting galinda off. Ultimately leads to love and gfs.

Galinda didn’t hate her roommate.

Over the past few months, she had actually come to admire some aspects of her roommate’s personality.

Like her constant love for reading. Their shared room was often silent, the only sound being the occasional turn of a page. The silence, to Galinda, was actually quite a refreshing break from the rowdiness of her popular, outgoing friends.

Her roommate had a sharp sense of humor, with sarcastic remarks that were meant to offend, but Galinda couldn’t help but be impressed by the girl’s cleverness and wit.

There was something about the way she moved, too- her angular form somehow moving so smoothly in the simple task of brushing her long, dark hair. The darkness of her hair actually did contrast quite nicely with the green.

And her laugh, so rare, usually laughing at her own sharp wit- oh, her laugh was just absolutely gorgeous.

The green itself, she realized, was actually quite nice to look at in the right light.

Oh stars- why was she so caught up in admiring the looks of her artichoke of a roommate?

--

She used to absolutely loathe the green girl.

But now- now she had developed a sort of fondness for her.

Only a few months ago, she couldn’t imagine Elphaba as part of her life.

Now, she couldn’t imagine life without her.

--

It was pity, it *had* to be pity.

She felt sorry for the green girl, she wanted to give her some companionship because literally no one else would, yes, that was it.

Pity. And nothing else.

--

She clearly must’ve kissed her out of pity, too.

“You have Fiyero- and I can’t help but be jealous of your relationship because you two have what I could only dream of!”

“Don’t talk like that; I’m sure you’ll find yourself in a relationship someday, just give it time.”

“I’m not even worried about time, it’s a matter of finding the right person. Who in their right mind would willingly spend time with me and actually enjoy it?”

“I would.”

“You- what?”

“We’ve been roommates for an entire year, and I haven’t left yet, have I?”

“Yes, but- why?”

“Well...”

Galinda couldn’t find the right words.

So, in an effort to make her point, she carefully pressed her lips against Elphaba’s in a gentle kiss.

Pity- What a terrible excuse.

She did feel sorry for her roommate, of course, but that was only partly the truth.

She felt sorry for the girl, pitied her lonely existence, yes. 

But she also wanted to try and make it better, to bring a spark of happiness into the darkness of the night, she wanted to fill Elphaba’s heart with the same kind of fluttery joy that the green girl had inexplicably brought into her life.

So she kissed her slowly until her lungs ached for air.

Then she took a deep breath and kissed her again.