#wicked 2003

[azural83]

Fiyero is so me because if I saw miss elphaba pulling up like this I'd also abandon everything for her

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

THIS!! also ahahah my dirty mind, i read it differently the first time

" elphaba didn't ask fiyero to come "

SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO

[lady-griffin]

Munchkins: No one mourns the wicked! Glinda: I guess I’m changing my name again. Munchkins: What? No One: Nothing!

[eurydicees]

the restless creature of my heart wants to love you wherever and always (fiyeraba, 3547 words)

As it turns out, becoming a scarecrow does not cure ADHD. Fiyero copes, as best as he can. Elphaba drinks hot chocolate. They love each other, in the beginning and in the middle and in the end.

op is having a terrible terrible terrible adhd boredom day(s) and is taking it out on fiyero. surprising no one. also fiyero has adhd not being an ao3 tag is a crime. take my hand everyone. i can show you the light. let's fix this.

[chocolate-mallowmelt]

So after looking over the google form, I have made some updates on Fiyeraba February!!

There will be weekend and week prompts, so a total of 16 prompts (two per week/weekend). You do not have to use the prompts they are simply for inspiration!

For the event you can create anything so long as it relates to Fiyeraba. You can create 100 word drabbles or 100k+ words sagas! You can create art, meta, gif sets, or anything else you can imagine!! I plan to create an AO3 collection for fics created for the event.

Instead of creating a new discord server we will use the Fiyeraba discord (thank you so much for the offer @lillifaba !!), which should be up before the end of January!

I’m currently working on creating a tumblr blog for the event, but if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me ( @chocolate-mallowmelt ) in either DMs or my ask box, or even on this post!

I am also awful at making graphics and if anyone wants to create graphics for the event please feel more than welcome to!!

Here’s a sneak peak at the prompt list to get those creative juices flowing!!

[moon-axolotl]

That One Audacious Munchkin: Is it TRUE you were her FRIEND???

Glinda the Good: …Yes

Munchkins: holy shit

Glinda the Good: That is… our tongues did cross. I MEAN OUR PATHS. Our PATHS did cross… back at school.

Munchkins: …

Munchkins: HOLY SHIT

[clowningcrows]

today i am thinking about the inherent devastating nature of the song, “one short day” in wicked and how, despite its upbeat sound and feel, the lyrics are meant to foreshadow the little time that these characters have, not only in the emerald city living out their dreams, but together as friends (or potential lovers etc). in the end, they really only had one short day. one day to live out their wildest dreams and fantasies together before they’d essentially be split up forever, because regardless of what happens after this, they’re both permanently changed in ways that cannot truly be reconciled. but anyway

[glesbianupland]

listening to the 2003 wicked soundtrack and replacing elphaba's 'please' with galinda's 2024 'RIGHT👹💥💯' for that lyric in popular when singing along

[queenmeriadoc]

Wicked the book is retelling/fanfiction of the Wizard of OZ books,

Wicked the musical is a fanfiction musical of the Wicked book,

So I could make gay retelling/fanfiction of them all right? (Probably not legally published but)

[liongrl321]

Wicked Fandom

my Wicked community got approved :D

[raven-curls]

X

[pop-pop-pop-popculture]

Can you please review the Wicked OBC show and share the link?!

WICKED on Broadway Review (2003)

I'm going to try and leave off quotes and lyrics that I really liked...

Idina Menzel is my Elphaba Thropp and I love her

Great first impression of our Green Girl™

The transition into the songs was smooth

"What's in this punch?" // "Lemons, and melons, and pears." // "Oh my."

Norbert played the himbo trope so well

Fiyero's entrance was a great first impression, and I would not expect anything less

Madame Morrible gushing over Nessarose and then subtly being startled by Elphaba's appearance

The way Fiyero went from being in love with G(a)linda to, instead, being in love with Elphaba was sweet

Speaking of Fiyero and Elphaba, the chemistry between Norbert and Idina felt genuine, thus, making the romance and feelings between their characters believable. The storyline between them was written well and didn't feel rushed or forced. #TeamWhateverTheShipNameForElphabaAndFiyeroIs

Elphaba telling Doctor Dillamond "...I have no friends." I'll be your friend! 🥺

The Wizard sounded less cruel in the musical than the novel, so I was on the fence about liking him or disliking him

Speaking of The Wizard, I loved Joel's portrayal of him. He was quite the charmer and honestly a little hard to not like.

So we all hate Madame Morrible, right??

“I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow." -Fiyero Tigelaar in a nutshell

I love how protective Fiyero eventually became of Elphaba (same, Fiyero, same)

Fiyero panicking after hearing someone say how to possibly k*ll Elphaba

"I can't stand here grinning, pretending to go along with all of this!" He was genuinely worried about his green, soon-to-be girlfriend.

ANIMALS SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD .. Ouch.

The train station part

"Fiyero, do you think I like hearing them say all these things about her?!" She still loves Elphaba deep down but can't vocalize it; however, there were a few times she tried to defend her.

Fiyero calling G(a)linda out on her bullsh*t: "You can't leave because you can't resist this, and that's the truth."

G(A)LINDA TOLD MADAME MORRIBLE AND THE WIZARD TO KILL NESSAROSE!!!! Well... use her as bait to capture Elphaba. This was done out of pure jealousy due to Fiyero confessing his feelings for Elphaba and running away with her.

(previous bullet point) Morrible: "We must now force her to show herself." // The Wizard: "How?" // Galinda: "Her sister." // Morrible: "What? What did she say?" // Galinda: "Use her sister. Spread a rumor, make her think her sister is in trouble..."

I loved the attitude and how dramatic Elphaba was over a pair of shoes. To be fair, though, they did belong to her sister. They were the last thing she had to remember her.

Regarding the previous bullet point, I love how Idina raised her pitch a few times towards the end of the musical, which began around her argument with Glinda shortly after Nessarose's death. For those who saw the musical, the argument begins after Elphaba asks to be alone with her (now dead) sister. Anyways, it sounded like she was paying a homage to Margaret Hamilton from the 1939 film by doing that.

The Wizard cutting Elphaba off just as she was about to tell him what happened to Doctor Dillamond by saying he knows why she's there and that she first must "prove" herself. He's a manipulative charmer.

So.. in the novel (and based on this), Elphaba went insane, like, mentally unstable kind of insane to the point of having at least one, full-blown mental breakdown. That being said, going back to the musical, I could hear the insanity in Idina's tone post-Nessarose's death (well done, Queen!); however, I wish there was more dialogue and "scenes" added to really emphasize Elphaba's mental instability. I mean.. our Green Girl™ went through a lot of shit (for a lack of better words) and most everyone hated her! And so, I wish we actually got to see how all of that took a mental toll on her to the point of having a full-blown mental breakdown.

Some of the songs felt rushed as well as lacked emotion too. I won't list out which ones, but that's just my opinion. For the songs that are my favorite, I like how the cast sounded in the album recording instead of on stage.

Since the quality was low, I couldn't hear too well...

The lion cub part. This is when a spark ignited in Elphaba and Fiyero's hearts.

Elphaba coming to Doctor Dillamond's defense after G(a)linda vocalized her anger of him accidentally mispronouncing her name for the second time

Elphaba's attempt at dancing. She tried, and that's what matters most.

I love how she immediately yanked the hat off once people began laughing at her and then, eventually, put it back on to start dancing

G(a)linda felt bad for purposely humiliating Elphaba, especially after Madame Morrible told her that Elphaba was the one who told her to give G(a)linda the training wand as a way to repay her for telling Boq to ask her sister to the dance

"For Good" is a beautiful song, and I love how Kristin and Idina sounded together. However, I just don't really buy the song, though, and here is why: Both mentally and emotionally, Elphaba was in a bad place. She was grieving over the loss of her sister and Fiyero, who was taken away by Oz guards to get tortured because he had a weapon on him and threatened to kill G(a)linda. To make things even worse, Elphaba was hated by everyone, and that's all thanks to The Wizard and Madame Morrible. Those are just a few things... . I'm sure some of you will argue that G(a)linda tried to comfort her (in secret since she was a "public figure"), and she did, but only once. Even during that one time, which was after they met up at the spot her sister was killed, the attempt at comforting Elphaba immediately turned into an argument, so I wouldn't really count that.

*This is just my opinion, though!*

I liked Doctor Dillamond, but I didn't care enough about him to the point of being sad about what happened to him. In the book, he was killed by a creature under Madame Morrible's orders...

Not G(a)linda calling Elphaba an "artichoke", lmao

The big hat at the beginning. That was so cool, and clever!

The ending!!!! Fiyero ran back on the stage and then knocked on the ground. After a few seconds, Elphaba opened the tile and he helped her out. My babies got their happy ending. 🥹❤️

Despite the crappy quality, I still enjoyed watching this, and I am beyond grateful for that person uploading a full bootleg performance. So.. thank you, kind stranger!

I'll probably end up reblogging this and adding more things that I liked, but for now, these moments stuck out to me the most.

[theoscouts-sideblog]

I don't want to think about the election tonight, so I'll think about Wicked the musical that I watched today. It was so good! And I got one or two headcanons.

As of the current script it feels like Oz didn't really have explicit problems that required a scapegoat- Elphaba's dad did all of that just in case there were any. I have a personal headcanon/theory that Elphaba's dad had era-typical eugenicist beliefs and decided to target sapient animals in particular because he saw them as a competitor species to humans. It's also why he exiles himself instantly when he realises Elphaba is his daughter- he probably taught eugenics to a bunch of Emerald City residents, and realised what deep shit it would mean to his safety and reputation if his secret got out.

I don't know how to feel about Boq/ Tin Man's transformation in terms of personality- since in the book it was made apparent that he only needed to believe he had a heart to act like he had one. So! I have a headcanon that Nessarose's spell removed his memories- to stop him from remembering his love for Glinda. That explains his change in personality- he was made anew and just happened to absorb all the violent anti-Elphaba propaganda that he was exposed to. Also, it wouldn't make sense for him to not have his memories erased, because then who's stopping him from squealing on Nessarose collaborating with Elphaba, even just for a little?

I headcanon the potion-thing that Elphaba's dad was giving Melena was a magical energy drink, that normally doesn't have an effect on humans from earth aside from maybe tasting good, but (temporarily) energises humans from Oz.

So theoretically, if a pregnant person drinks it while holding a child with both Oz and Earth lineage, the baby's dual heritages will interact. Since they neither can ignore the energy nor absorb it directly, it instead gives them energy through other means- such as giving them chloroplasts and making them able to photosynthesise!

That's why it feels as though there are 0 people who have heard of whatever condition that causes Elphaba's green skin before- it only happens under rare and highly specific circumstances.

This excess energy is also what makes Elphaba is so good at magic. It also means that if Elphaba were to eat less and stay out of the sun, she'd begin to lose her magical energy. Though she'd only need to stay healthy in order to maintain it again.

The original writers of the magic language that the spellbook is written in drove themselves to extinction or some kind of apocalypse where all this technology was forgotten via warfare.

Aaand I think this is pretty much confirmed canon, but I think when Elphaba cast a spell on Nessarose to let her walk, it targeted her shoes. If you translate whatever magic words she says to English, they're something along the lines of 'these shoes will take you wherever you want to go'. So on a paraplegic person like Nessarose, they would give her the ability to walk.... but also give someone who wanted to go somewhere badly like Dorothy the ability to teleport.

I have 1 or 2 complaints about what I've seen of the film. I kind of wish they had cast actors who looked more like each other for the plot twist that Elphaba is the Wizard's daughter. Also, some dialogue really shouldn't have been kept imho. It looks like they followed a lot of it word-by-word from the musical, which isn't great because while it works for a musical due to the plot needing to be fast and the songs and most exchanges needing to be (entertaining) summaries, it feels really awkward when imagining it happening irl. Musicals aren't meant to be literal, they're meant to be interpretative. They're making the same mistake that Cats 2019 did, but without the uncanny valley effect.

That's all for now, I might rewatch the original 1939 film since the last time I saw it I was like 10, and come up with new headcanons based on that.

[azural83]

All those youtube bros calling wicked woke or dei would lose their nonexistent minds over the book

[chocolate-mallowmelt]

I’m thinking of hosting a fiyeraba fandom month in february (fiyero february) and i’m trying to gauge interest? would people be interested?

here’s a link to the a google form for the event, please fill it out if you are interested!

[kwillow]

POPULAR! I'll help you be popular! You'll hang with the right cohorts You'll be good at sports Know the slang you've got to know So let's start - 'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go!

Desiring the cachet that being the friend of a royal can bring (and having long since scuppered his chances with the crown prince), Ambroys attaches himself like a glittery barnacle to the younger prince, Lucas. Of course, Lucas is not particularly well-liked. But a celebutante like Ambroys can change that, can't he? (No. He can't.)

(BY THE WAY Prince Lucas belongs to @broncoburro and stars in @forevergoldgame which has a demo out that you can play right now!!)