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The real reason Madeline does what she does.

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Just have lesbian sex already we know what you are

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yet another madhel comic inspired by a tweet

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We do not talk enough about "someone to hold at night, while my husband sleeps downstairs". Like Mad really just planned on having a lavender marriage after basically coming out in "For The Gaze", which leads me to believe that the realisation that Helen didn't love her back (or at least that's what she thought was the case when Hel introduced her fiancé) hit her so hard that she walked right back into that glass closet and slammed the door shut (and then as revenge seduced Ernest because she'll be damned before anyone else gets to be with her Hel).

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Ernest doesn't love Helen. Madeline does.

Or: an analysis of why Madhel is (at least in my mind) basically canon.

(This is a long one, sorry)

First of all, the whole thing with Ernest not caring about Helen's "unattractive" traits (eg: wearing a retainer ot crying at SPCA ads) is supposed to be in a positive way, as in he loves her regardless of those things, but the bit about how he doesn't care that she gives up on her dreams because she's too scared to try kinda feels off.

Like, surely your partner should encourage you to follow your dreams, and help you when it's scary. The idea that he doesn't do that just feels wrong.

And then there's the fact that, while helen says "You're my person", Ernest only responds with "That's right, dear." Never does he say the words back (at least in the soundtrack. I haven’t actually seen the musical live) Madeline, on the other hand, does.

Also, Ernest leaves Helen as soon as Madeline shows up to seduce him, and only goes back to liking her after she drinks the potion and is, in his eyes, more attractive. That, on top of Helen's reaction and Ernest's distinct lack of response to "How's Helen in the sack?", which to me implies that maybe they don't have much sex, gives the impression that Ernest saw that he could have a relationship with more sex and physical intimacy with Madaline than he could with Helen and jumps ship. Once he realises that a marriage to Madeline isn't all he thought it would be (a lot of which I attribute to my headcannon that Mad doesn't actually love him, and is probably a lesbian), he happily goes along with Helen's ideas and likes her, because now she's had the potion and is acting more like Mad was in "Tell Me, Ernest."

And now, some of the reasons Madeline loves Helen (and vice versa):

In "That Was Then, This Is Now", Helen's main focus is how her engagement affects Madeline, and how her reaction was "delicious" and "addicting". She wants to provoke a reaction from her because she wants her attention (even if this isn't a particularly kind way to get it, but these sapphics are toxic, what can you do?) Furthermore, Mad used to send her "spiralling into a hopeless place". Gay pining? Probably.

Later in the song, Hel describes Ernest as "My boring old willow tree/whose eyes only pone for me". That isn't the kind of description one would give to someone they love. And the mention of how he only pines for her could be reflective of how she wants Mad to pine for and focus on her and only her, but she's always off with other men (usually Helen's boyfriends)

On the topic of Mad stealing Hel's boyfriends, I've heard several theories but the one I like best is that Madeline knows she's jealous, and just assumes it's because she wants Helen's boyfriends, and so takes them, not realising she's actually in live with Helen (just to be clear, that doesn't make it okay or good that she stole them, but it does explain it. And again, they're both toxic). It's also a way of retaining Helen's attention, when she might otherwise be focused on her boyfriend.

And then, at Madeline's wedding, not only does she hire an opera singer and basically sing her vows with him rather than to Ernest, but she also changes Ernest's vows to remove any trace of him professing his love or him remaining with her (as he does in "Ernest's real vows) Mad is trying to make this wedding as unromantic as possible. Whether she knows this is what's she's doing or not is almost beside the point. She doesn't really love him.

Skipping to the end, not only do we get Mad saying she's Helen's person, she also apologises, to which Hel responds with forgiveness. (This whole song is very "For Good", which is also a very gay song). They both acknowledge their flaws and the toxicness of their relationship, but commit to staying together (something that Mad removes from Ernest's vows). And, lo and behold, 50 years later they're still together, mocking Ernest.

There is so much more I could say on this, but this post is already obscenely long, so I'll save it for another time.

TL;DR: Ernest doesn't really love Hel, as shown in how easily he leaves her and how he doesn't really care about her, and Mad doesn't really love Ernest either, but loves Helen.

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Jennifer Simard The Woman That You Are!!!!!!!

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So in every recording of the DBH musical I’ve seen Megan and Jennifer hug after Alive Forever, sometimes they even kiss on the cheek. My theory is that they know about the cut kiss and this is like the closest to that that they can get away with.

Do I have any proof or any reason to believe this? No. But the gay gremlins in my brain have decided that this is what happened so I’m just rolling with it because the knowledge of that kiss being cut has haunted me ever since I found out

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So in every recording of the DBH musical I’ve seen Megan and Jennifer hug after Alive Forever, sometimes they even kiss on the cheek. My theory is that they know about the cut kiss and this is like the closest to that that they can get away with.

Do I have any proof or any reason to believe this? No. But the gay gremlins in my brain have decided that this is what happened so I’m just rolling with it because the knowledge of that kiss being cut has haunted me ever since I found out

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POV your best friend (who you definitelyyyy don't want to have sex with) is coming to see you after your show, so this is the outfit you choose to greet her in, but then it turns out she brought her fiancé with her (????????), what do you do

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Just have lesbian sex already we know what you are

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Death Becomes Her said "sometimes the person that you have been looking for your whole life was right there the whole time, unfortunately you are both built for the most toxic yuri known to man" and it fucking slapped

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costume design in death becomes her is so good the green dress???

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Yes, this is work. No further comment.

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Sometimes babygirl is a hundreds of years old lesbian witch that pretends to be tough but is actually a softie when she lets her guard down and is also SO unhinged that Death fell in love with her because they can only match each others freak. And I think that's beautiful.

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Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Flower (obviously somewhat sapphic) just taught Hetty (a woman from a very sexist and homophobic age where she couldn't possibly have ever thought of her sexual preferences) how to masturbate? Yeah, they totally fucked. New ship btw, damn these ghosts are gay af!

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Hetty, laying in bed: Get out of my room.

Flower, standing just outside of the door frame: I’m not in your room.