because galinda upland killed my grandma, okay?

really fascinating that nessarose got so much shit for not standing up for elphaba at the ozdust, to the point where marissa bode had to log on and ask people to knock it off with the ableism. glinda did stand up for elphaba at the ozdust, but you still have people arguing that she only did it for selfish reasons and therefore it doesn't count. meanwhile i don't think i've seen anyone give fiyero any shit for not standing up for elphaba at the ozdust he just gets a free pass for some reason

glinda is g*y (yuck) but elphaba is the one who said i love you to glinda despite there being some production rule that they weren't allowed to say love in oz. elphaba was breaking the rules of the movie she was in because it was so important that she said i love you to glinda. something deeply truly insane about the love between two women being so powerful it transcends the confines of narrative

the thing about elphaba a lot of people miss--especially with how the musical/movie adaptations sort of put her through the corporate girlboss #empowerment filter--is that she actually is a failure. she sucks. she doesn't accomplish any of her goals. things get so bad she has to pass things off to fucking glinda. and elphaba being such a loser actually is very empowering. i love when women are losers

i was gonna make some post that was like 'book fiyero and book elphaba should link up with those edgy arianators to talk about how they want glinda to go away' but elphaba's a performative glinda hater so that actually wouldn't go very well and i love book fiyero very much and because i love him i think it's important to acknowledge that shitting your bowels out and getting brutally murdered by the secret police is more pleasant than interacting with arianators