Pink Goes Good with Green

"Acceptance"

A redraw of one of the comic panels I drew back in july 2025.

Enclosed or small spaces have become a comfort for her, an extremely painful detail if thought about too hard. After Elphaba returns, she notices the way Glinda will sleep in the linen closet in her suite when she isn’t around, curled up at the very back with a pillow and blanket

Glinda apologizes for every small mistake that she makes, especially if it has to do with Elphaba

Glinda refuses to wear silver shoes of any kind, even if they would go well with her outfit

Ironically, for one that travels via bubble, Glinda isn’t fond of heights whatsoever. Elphaba notices that she’ll put up with it for the sake of Oz, but that it takes a lot out of her

There’s a lot of awful self-talk where Glinda never seems to stop referring to herself as ‘useless.’ She could have spilled a glass of water and it’s the first word out of her mouth. Elphaba notices this early on and immediately decides she doesn’t like it

Glinda is now a voracious reader and it warms/breaks Elphaba’s heart when she realizes that all the books on Glinda’s nightstand are ones Elphaba tried to convince her to read at Shiz and Glinda always said no

Perhaps one of Elphaba’s favorites is the way Glinda is always determined to be the little spoon, there’s no way out of it (not that Elphaba minds)

Glinda is by no means an alcoholic, but the way she seems to rely on it for sleep on rough days is disturbing

Ever since Elphaba’s ‘death’ and Glinda’s thrust into unexpected (and unwanted) power, the Grimmerie has begun to respond to her more and more. It’s later on that Elphaba realizes it must be because things were definitely not easy for Glinda the past five years she’d been left alone

What each Mike Flanagan horror series represents: The Haunting of Hill House (2018) The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) Midnight Mass (2021) The Midnight Club (2022) The Fall of The House of Usher (2023)

"Your way hasn't worked."

These two women love each other so much that they change each other for the better in an irreplaceable way. Their love is so strong that they forgive each other for transgressions that would normally tear apart friendships/relationships. But they never get to see each other ever again.

Glinda has to live the rest of her life thinking that Elphaba is dead and that she’s partially responsible for her best friend’s death due to her role in an oppressive regime. But then she topples that regime and spends the rest of her life fulfilling Elphaba’s heart desire by revoking the anti Animal laws and creating a more equal and kinder Oz, all because of Elphaba (and her desire to do goodness). She literally can’t escape Elphaba because everything she does going forward is for her.

Elphaba has to live the rest of her life with the knowledge and guilt about lying to Glinda by faking her own death. She has to live in a abandoned hellscape desert because she knows that if Glinda were to tell the Ozians the truth that they would turn on her and she can’t bare the idea of Glinda getting hurt or dying like rest of the people she loved. She has to allow herself to be the scapegoat in order to protect Glinda and Oz. She can never go home.

Yes it’s that serious.