More Wicked Headcannons (bookiscal canon)
- Elphaba isnât a women but doesnât have the language to identify her gender.
-the tribes of the Vinkus (Winkie country) have their own magic, as do the Quadlings. While Elphaba is out and about helping the resistance and animal refugees, she is also learning this magic with those whom are willing to share (some magic is closed to outsiders). She learns the different approaches and theories about magic, and it helps make her a more powerful witch.
-there was already a resistance against the Wizard when Elphaba becomes the face of it. While on the run, she is quickly intercepted by members of the resistance forces, brought to their leadership and everyone starts working collaboratively.
-Elphabaâs family tree is as such:
Oscar Diggs + Melena Thropp= Elphaba
Turtle Heart + Melena Thropp=Nessarose
Frexpar Thropp +Melena Thropp = Shell
A Quadling + Gilkeneese Munchkin=Melena Thropp
So Elphaba has kin ties to all parts of Oz- the north, east, south, and west!
-Shell grows up and becomes part of the resistance, heâs gay and has a great partner who is Vinkin. They live on the western boarder of Oz in an Animal town, and help Animals cross the impassable desert. Elphaba also passes on any orphaned Animals she has in to them if another Animal is not available to raise the orphan(s), so they run a pseudo Animal foster home. They also take in human children if there is a need.
-Elphaba loves politics, and when she is introduced to Fiyeroâs father (the King of the Vinkus), they butt heads at first. However, Fiyeroâs father eventually sees Elphaba as an equal, and as a strong ally. He also loves to get into political discussions with her, and playing chess with her.
-the Vinkus royal family are Animal sympathizers, but also recognized the Wizardâs plan for total control over Oz. They couldnât afford a full out civil war, so they contributed heavily to the resistance in secret.
- the resistance in the Emerald City is majority made up of displaced women from Quadling territory, whom are forced to participate in sex work to survive. They end up using sex work as a cover for communicating, blackmailing the Wizardâs supporters, and for getting Animals safely out of the City. Elphaba, for a short time, was one of these sex workers, posing as both the sex worker, and as clientele to pass along information, share supplies and resources, and to extort Wizard supporters.
- Elphaba also poses as a maunt (a nun) to hide from the Wizardâs Gale Force, and to pass along resistance information and resources.
-Fiyero will and does sit on Elphabaâs lap
- once they are forced to leave Oz, Elphaba and Fiyero donât truely leave Oz, they go live with Shell snd his partner, taking care of the Animals and children. The Vinkus royal family know their location, so that they can send warnings ahead if needed.
- Elphaba, with the help of various other magical folk around Oz, change Fiyero back to human, but canât reverse the damage done by the Gale Force. They nurse him back to a relativity non-dying state, but he was hurt really badly by the Gale Force. They are able to stabilize his spine enough with magic and physical therapy that he is mobile, though he deals with severe chronic pain. He refuses all pain medication, citing a need to be of clear head in case the worse should happen. Heâs also afraid of getting addicted.
-Elphaba doesnât like getting her hair cutâŚthe longest it ever was, it was down to the backs of her knees.
World building Headcannons:
-the Vinkus has many different climates. In the colder, more norther climates, mammoths roam. There are no Mammoths, and no one knows why. In same region, Dogs work together in teams to transport materials, people, other Animals, etc to places on sleds. Each year they have a Dog only race from Ugabu to the Lesser Kells.
- in Quadling country, there were rubies in the rivers-causing the water to look reddish. Now there are so many Quadling bodies mass dumped in the rivers due to the Wizardâs genocide of them, that the river flows red due to the blood. The surviving Quadlings were those whom were mixed raced, forced to assimilate into other parts of Oz. The rubies were dipped into green dye, and were used to build the Emerald City.
- there are parts of Munchkinland where the people dress extremely modestly- including face and hair coverings. This is where Elphaba gets the idea/fashion inspiration to hide her face (and skin)
- guns are strictly limited in Oz, per the Wizardâs orders. He saw what the American second amendment argued for and didnât want the public to have such power to form militias.
- Princess Ozma is still alive, but kept prisoner by the Wizard. She is kept in a guarded, but empty Quadling government building in Qhoyre. The building is overgrown with jungle foliage, and is made from clay and clam shells and rubies from the rivers; itâs a beautiful prison.
- pirates sail the Restwater and Kellswater Great Lakes
Hmmm thatâs all for now!
