#wicked novel

[eatingjewels]

I'm reading Wicked rn and idk if I just have lez colored glasses but... Galinda, after a night of talking and realizing elphaba is sexy in a praying mantis way is a bitch to her a poetry reading(not a gay reading just propaganda). Then when elphaba gets bummed out by seeing a childhood playmate she goes back to their shared dorm room. AND THEN GALINDA FEELs REJECTED WHNE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO HER. THEN FEELS ASHAMED(not about being bitchy) THAT SHE EVEN FEELS REJECTED. So on and so forth toxic yuri.

[just-some-guy-at-shiz]

Fact: in the novel, Elphaba calls Fiyero “Yero, my hero” in affection. It wouldn’t make sense for her to invent this phrase if the abbreviation “yero” didn’t actually rhyme with “hero.” Therefore, I propose that, in the novel, Fiyero’s name is meant to be pronounced “fee-yee-row” instead of “fee-yay-row.” In this essay I will

[violet-moonstone]

things from the first wicked novel that aren't in wicked the musical

(keep in mind i have a very basic knowledge of the musical, so there may be some things that were included/partially included that i missed)

some of these are just fun facts...others are very upsetting or just absolutely wild

spoilers below!

two of boq's uni friends are gay (and possibly dating?)

baby elphaba was born with a full set of sharp teeth that later fell out and were replaced with regular teeth. when she was born, she bit the tip of a woman's finger off

fiyero is brown and comes from a culture distinct from those of the other students at shiz

elphaba and nessa's mother (melena) and their legal father (frexspar) were in a polycule with a man named turtle heart (implied to be nessarose's biological father)

elphaba is intersex

frexspar is a priest of unionism, a major monotheistic religion in oz that worships an entity called the unnamed god

elphaba and nessa have a younger brother called shell (who if i remember correctly is a pretty terrible person)

the wizard is a racist, authoritarian ruler

nessarose can walk but has no arms

nessarose becomes a religious zealot when she rules munchkinland. she uses magic but calls it "performing miracles"

fiyero has a wife, whom he cheats on with elphaba

elphaba meets fiyero's wife and becomes friends with her

elphaba murders a child (but he deserved it, trust me)

elphaba had a son with fiyero...who she treated pretty badly

one of elphaba's (human) uni friends had sex with a Tiger (capital first letter for sentient animals)...with...dubious consent if I remember correctly

elphaba briefly becomes a terrorist

gregory maguire (the author) predicted tiktok...kind of...im not sure if i know how to explain this coherently

[cigarettestreetlight]

So I've been reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire and oh my god I am in love. I haven't finished it yet, I'm on like page 383 or 519 but regardless of how it ends I adore this book. It's probably one of the more thought provoking books I've read in a while.

--Also, slight sidenote ig. I've heard part of the musical version before, and after getting into this book a lot (I really adore this book so far like more than I expected, like my love of the falsettos musical where I want to write 20 page essays analyzing it kind of love) I decided to listen to the musical again. I got to Popular before I couldn't take it anymore. And I'm probably biased with me getting really into the book and whatnot but I was hoping for a bit of similarity between the novel and the musical, which was my mistake. From what I heard so far it's like they kept the characters names but stripped them down to their barest elements and then twisted it more for the musicals sake. And it may be a very good musical, I'm not sure, but I have to regard it as being very separate from the book because they're ridiculously different from each other. But that's a rant for a different day and perhaps an essay I'll never end up writing.

But the point of this all comes back to Taylor Swift because that's where my mind always ends up. The blessing and curse if growing up with her music for as long as I can remember. But I was listening to Champagne Problems, and maybe it's just me being insane but it reminded me somewhat of Elphaba...

Maybe I'm insane but I think it's a pretty fitting song in some ways of what I know of Elphaba so far, even if I haven't finished the book. At the very least I think it's more fitting to her character than The Wizard and I or whatever from the musical, but that's just me.....

[knightotoc]

Animal Crossing takes place in the same universe as Gregory Maguire's Wicked because there are both animals and Animals, and some of them are made of metal or fabric. And, you can even dye your eyes to match your gown. I do seem to be standing under a rainbow, though I believe this is just a facsimile, as it has a shadow.

Perhaps our avatars are liberated Munchkins? I have often thought about how the player characters always get more power and bigger houses than the Animals, and how this wealth inequality has increased with every game. 90% of the dialogue in Pocket Camp is the Animals complimenting me and begging for a spot at my campsite. I think AC takes place in a neighboring kingdom to Oz, to which Animals fled for the promise of a conditional freedom, and we play as some sort of colonial supervisor.

[clockworkbee]

When they propose marriage, and that's the response they get. My beloved boys 😭🤌🏼

—The Wicked King, chapter 29

—The Prisoner's Throne, chapter 12

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

Elphaba using the same nickname for Fiyero, her CANON love interest, that she uses for Glinda

Like okay Greg you ain’t slick

[eatingjewels]

Lmao she's a reddit atheist

[wingzoffeather]

Ya, the novel is PG-13, AT LEAST.

I mean, I read the book when I was 15. Baby-ace me wasn't prepared for some of that lol.

[just-some-guy-at-shiz]

Fanart for @the-patchwork-girl-of-oz’s chopper siblings AU

Nick: I refuse to let my brothers fight each other over a girl. Talk it out, you two.

I’m considering nicknames for the twins. They’ll both respond to Boq, but for clarification, or mostly just when they’re talking to each other:

B -> Bee | Q -> Que -> Query

I think these work well personality-wise too. Opinions?

Plus, if Oz has a Halloween equivalent, then this definitely happened when they were kids:

[duarteegreenbriar]

I suddenly thought of this line from The Stolen Heir, where Oak says that the Folk adore Cardan and are terrified of Jude. This is exactly what Jude and Cardan had wished for years ago— Cardan always wanted to be loved and accepted, and Jude always wanted to be respected and feared, not live in fear.

The fact that they finally have this and so much more now is 🫶🏻🥹

[iluvbell]

𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝑯𝒄𝒔

Sleeping;

Feel like he's sometimes annoying when he sleeps

He's not like other book bfs where he's just clingy and cuddly,

No no, this man will probably be snoring one second and then a cute, little, cuddly, menace, the next

He'll snore sometimes, but softly (not too loud bc I can't have one of my fav fictional characters giving me the ick)

He'll just be sprawled across the bed, gripping your hand in his sleep, snoring softly, and just saying a bunch of shit that doesn't make sense (incoherent queen 😩🥺)

Poetic bastard;

Mr. "By you I am forever undone", has some tricks up his sleevessss

He'll randomly try to rizz you up with his Shakespearean ass vocabulary when you guys are finally in a established relationship

I can't think of anything poetic he might say so I'll leave it at that for now

So cute and demure in the human world;

He wouldn't really know what anything is when he visits,

So you'd definitely need to teach him,

But strangely enough he knows random ass shit like Lana deal Rey and Taylor Swift

He'd be like "Yeah, ig these mortals have tolerable music",

Meanwhile he blasts Red (Taylor's Version) at any minor inconvenience

Like ok, Mr. "Well maybe this thing was a masterpiece till you tore it all up"

Like yeah ok, Mr. "Perfectly fine" after you guys have a small ass disagreement and he's already halfway through Norman Fucking Rockwell

I love him.

These were random ass headcanons and I was gonna do spicy ones but idc bc it's almost 3 am

Let me know if I should do spicy headcanons bc I already have some creative ideas that include his tail...

[witchlingcirce]

ANYYY shadowhunter who has black hair, some herondale descendant, and is flirty af will ALWAYS be in my top 5 no takers

[lumax-mayclair]

I’m just rereading here and I’ve always wondered; why a crystal ball?? Anyone any ideas ??? 🤔🙏

[balladofbells]

Somebody give jace A HUG

[litandlifequotes]

People who claim they’re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It’s people who claim that they’re good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire