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I can’t find the original incorrect quote post, the credit for this idea goes to the original author😭

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I can’t imagine how unbearable it must’ve been for her to sit underneath the trapdoor listening to Glinda’s screams after the “melting”☹️☹️☹️

thinking of elphie sobbing as she hugs glinda for one last time, being wrecked with guilt over what she's done and about to do

everyone talks abt how glinda has regrets because we see her in nomtw and she's objectively in the moral wrong for her complicity in the wizard's regime, but elphie has just as many regrets as glinda in that moment

elphie gave up everything her fight against the wizard. not just her chance at being loved and adored by oz, but her closest relationships. her unwavering sense of justice means she's willing to sacrifice anything for the greater good, even if it means destroying her friendship with glinda

but in the end, where does that get her? nessa's dead, fiyero's "dead," and pre-kiamo ko her relationship with glinda all but collapses in on itself like a dying star. she's changed so much; she hardly recognizes herself anymore. there's a crying child in her basement she's threatened to murder. a mob is coming to fucking kill her and there's nothing she can do to stop it

and here's glinda, who despite everything still went to kiamo ko to extend one last olive branch, even after elphie left her, even after elphie stole her fiancé, even after elphie proved that she really is just as wicked as everyone thinks she is, begging elphie to let her stand beside her and clear her name

but elphie knows it's too late, and after everything that's happened, everything she's lost, she can't lose glinda anymore than she already has. elphie only breaks everything she loved and cared about, and she's already hurt glinda enough

so they're sharing one last hug and all elphie can think about is how much she loves glinda, how badly she wants to be with her, how if she only listened to her one of those times maybe things could've been different

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no but fr

what living in the gelphie delusions of part 2 feels like

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AHHHH the details are killing meeeeeee

She tries to avoid looking for so long, I love how now the Munchkins are not looking directly at her she doesn't even try to smile anymore.

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Elphaba on that balcony trying to act casual after rizzing Glinda with her signature move (magically breaking glass windows)

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This is the funniest thing I have ever seen😭 hope he sees it as well, please Jon M Chu, we’re counting on you🙏

please jon…we’re counting on you…

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Couldn’t make this scene gayer even if I tried. It ends with a kiss, the broom-swing told me

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AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FREAKED TF OUT WHEN THIS SCENE CAME ON IN THE TRAILER BECAUSE I THOUGHT ELPHABA WILL JUST STRAIGHT UP KISS GLINDA

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Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn as GELPHIE!

Wow! If I had a nickel for every time green-skinned sassy bisexual queen fell in love with pure chaos blonde yearner™️ lesbian I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

I can’t believe someone hasn’t drawn this yet (they probably did, if so, please send me!)

(also I’m sorry for not posting, I’m graduating rn so I don’t have time for anything😭)

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There are ships you consume. And then there are ships that consume you in a never-ending abyss of complete brainrot.

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amen

oh yeah btw gelphie is still the greatest ship of all time

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no no cause the thing is- i think its super curious that within the wicked fandom glinda is really fucking popular. we love our little blonde witch over here.

but the casual wicked viewers, people just watching a movie, are almost always anti-glinda. I've seen a couple of like post-wicked-coming-out-on-peacock-first-watch videos on tiktok now and they're all like "fuck glinda, she's not her friend"😭

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Was rewatching Wicked the movie (again) and have thoughts about the hot air balloon escape scene

Initially, I'd thought it was mostly there to 1) be a cool and exciting visual sequence, 2) kind of an action scene, and 3) pad out the film further. Maybe even a bit of symbolism of trying and failing to use the Wizard's own means against him to escape. And I do think it's still all those things, to be clear.

However, I also think it's really interesting from a character standpoint for Glinda, specifically how it sets up her choice to not leave in Defying Gravity.

You have the hot air balloon be Elphaba's plan first, no surprise there, with her immediately getting on and lighting it. Glinda lingers behind (again, no surprise there) and she struggles to take the literal leap required ("It's time to close my eyes and leap") despite Elphaba telling her to: "Quick, jump!" Glinda can't quite believe it: "Jump? Me, jump?"

But Glinda does take the leap, Elphaba help pulling her onto their escape craft. Glinda is the first to directly hit/fight off one of the guards, then Elphaba. And once the girls have a shared glance, they both reach upwards together to urge the balloon to go faster:

Together, we're unlimited.

I could talk more about how Glinda in some ways becomes Elphaba's replacement (more genuine) form of the Wizard throughout the film, i.e. she pins her hopes for acceptance and companionship on the Wizard, but actually receives these things from Glinda ("As half of Oz's favourite team" / "together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been") even before she meets him in-film (her being accepted at school because of Glinda's love and influence), because I think that aspect of the bond is an undercurrent in a lot of ways. The end of the film isn't just being betrayed/abandoned by the Wizard for Elphaba, but also — in a way — by Glinda as well.

But what I think the hot air balloon scene importantly illustrates is that, in it, Glinda was going to leave with Elpabha. They were trying to escape together, and Glinda was clearly hoping they'd make it successfully to the skies.

But of course they don't, the Wizard's palace — the symbol of his power — literally closing in on them, with Elphaba escaping the burning hulk of the balloon first (again, a parallel to the end of the play) and Glinda being the last to leave the balloon. So what's the difference between this escape attempt, wherein Glinda is willing to go, versus Defying Gravity's, where she stays behind?

A few things, I think:

The hot air balloon escape not working is a sobering reminder of how badly things can go

It is, accordingly, a reminder of the Wizard's power

But more importantly, I think, it illustrates the fundamental fact that despite Glinda telling Elphaba that "you can do anything," Glinda never considers the possibility or believes that Elphaba is more powerful than the Wizard.

This is the lynchpin of her choice not to leave in Defying Gravity, of course — Elphaba may have brains and knowledge and heart, but she is not "popular," and social sway/approval is what Glinda believes to be the most powerful thing in the world — but it's also indicated in the hot air balloon scene.

Because Glinda is willing to leave and escape with Elphaba when they are relying on the Wizard's vestiges of power (the balloon). She is not when it is Elphaba's (the broom).

She only trusts that one of them can fly, and so she stays on the ground the second time around.

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Fiyero and Glinda shenanigans

Again based on quotes by @wildlyincorrect

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Gelphie comics based on quotes by @wildlyincorrect part 1!!

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(open pages for better image quality)

the moment I heard elphaba's delivery of "there's a girl i know..." in i'm not that girl i knew i had to draw this comic, i strongly recommend listening to it while you read for the full experience!

this comic is a companion to this piece (which was inspired by glinda's delivery of the same line in the i'm not that girl reprise).

pages 1-4 are from elphie's pov, pages 5-8 are from glinda's.

flower meanings in order of appearance:

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Hold out my sweet