#y’all don’t have to misrepresent fiyeraba just to prop up g(a)linda/elphaba! you can just prefer the latter! it’s okay!

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…why are people acting like “it’s not lying, it’s looking at things another way” is a backhanded compliment?? It’s very obviously not.

When Fiyero says that, he means that he sees the beauty in Elphaba that many others don’t—that just because she’s not “conventionally” beautiful like G(a)linda doesn’t make her ugly, far from it. It’s like something he says in Act 1: “You’ve been Galindafied. You don’t need to do that, you know?” He loves her for who she is, he thinks she’s beautiful just as she is!

It’s also the same line Elphaba echoes to him when he turns into the Scarecrow. It’s a loving sentiment, not a backhanded one—y’all are just taking the line out of context