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Galinda: Do you know where my face would look really beautiful? Buried between-

The way Elphaba used the whip against the Guards... oh someone sedate me... good lord

The line of Elphaba saying "not you too" in the Wizard's throne room after 'Wonderful' to Fiyero was instead transferred to right after 'Thank Goodness,' where he "hunted" her and said some bad things. And in this, she said "even you," which I like a lot more because it shows how based on what she knew from him, she fully expected him to hold out more than some other characters who's names rhyme with Balinda. Like, 'not you too' just means he fell for the propaganda and that she's rightfully devastated, but not much else. But 'even you' means that she thinks it's gotten so bad that the ONE person to stand by her fell to it as well. Also, the way she must have gone back to Shiz to grab Fiyero's newspaper, I'm unwell. Cause, like, that paper was specifically about him being spotted at Shiz, and newspapers don't keep selling years after their initial publication. So she snuck back and grabbed it. OR, she had it folded up in her coat the whole time, which is also cute.

Fiyero actively using his position to usher the other Guards away from Elphaba's hiding spot- he 100% saw her given his split-second side eye to her hiding spot before he said to return.

NESSA AND BOQ'S RELATIONSHIP. Although it was very minimal screen time, their development in those... five(?) minutes was phenomenal. Boq begging Nessa not to sign the law banning Animals from travel, but her succumbing to it and throwing Munchkins in as well as to appease the Wizard and remain 'good.'

Nessa (and me tbh) absolutely thought that Boq was going to axe her when he stumbled out

Nessa crying for Boq during the tornado, I'm gonna be sick

They got rid of the "well it was like that" line from Fiyero, which I really enjoy. He was always weird for that, but in the movie, he just intensely stared at her. Also, Glinda told them to leave versus Fiyero dragging Elphaba out, which as Glinda's #1 hater (me no no like bullies and ppl who are a-okay w/ fascism until it bites them) was very nice. Like both Fiyero and Elphaba honestly looked like they expected Glinda to come with them, but nope.

I wish they had more domestic time in ALAYM, because I honestly thought we would get it due to Fiyero's mirror and toothbrush in the website, BUT!! It was phenomenal nonetheless. The way Elphaba teases Fiyero and he chases her around... how he deliberately kneels before her... how he told her she's beautiful after he saw the propaganda, how it must be effecting her, and went, "Well, this just won't do!" and how she didn't believe him and he made her believe him... hnnnnng

THE TORNADO. Actually cool as fuck.

I enjoyed Glinda using the Animals to do her hair and such, plus the butterflies. Although the film didn't really touch up beyond that? Like I would have assumed Elphaba would be angry, since Glinda is just aesthetically harming the Animals, but whatever

NGD was beyond phenominal

ALSO ALSO ALSO. The way that when Elphaba sings NGD, she has flashes of Fiyero being tortured- but in black and white. Because, obviously, we all know the Wicked Witch's origin in TWOO, which is famously going from black and white (technically sepia but you get the idea) to color. And so, when Elphaba is through with being good, and embracing the title of the Wicked Witch, it shows her breaking point (Fiyero) in black and white to symbolize that switch.

FIYERO SHAKING THE ENTIRE TIME HE HELD GLINDA AT GUN POINT. "If its so good for him why is he trembling."

A little crumb of Fiyero and Chistery alliance, though there really should have been more.

I'm laughing at everyone who insisted that Elphaba continuously went to go see Glinda and whatnot, because now we know that the first time in five years Elphaba saw Glinda was strictly after she thought Fiyero betrayed her and then she saw the posters. Because Glinda kept something akin to the "thank Oz you're alive" line, and it really read as them reuniting for the first time.

The Wizard talking about how nobody will believe Elphaba, or even himself because they'll see what they want to see

I feel bad for Elphaba, she finally allied with the Wizard and Glinda immediately starts talking about getting married n' shit.

Get you a man who walks through a forest during a tornado

The Guards singing "lalala" from Popular was hilarious

Chistery speaks!

The entirety of the WITF and Popular reprise in EDMW, very much so showed how as Glinda rises in power and lies to herself about the terrible things shes done, and how shallow shes being

Fiyero's sad puppy dog eyes

> Be a lowly Munchkinlander

> Your popular crush tells you to go date a girl

> You do. You feel bad, but hurting her would feel worse.

> The girl you’re dating has a magical green sister. She’s the favorite student of a well esteemed sorceress in the same social circles as your monarch

> The magical green sister is publicly declared a terrorist by the sorcerers. This is backed up by the now flying monkeys. It’s also backed up by your popular crush agreeing that she’s Wicked

> The sister you’re dating becomes a dictator to your land. You are her personal slave

> You finally get a chance to escape (or what you perceived as one), try to

> Oh ouchie my heart *pass out*

> Wakes up a microwave

> Is told it was magical terrorist sister

AND THEN, if we’re including TWOO infrences

> You make friends with a little girl running from the terrorist who has the dictators shoes

> She is kidnapped by terrorist

Preview of a comic I'm working on >:)

I think one of the things that makes me so mentally ill about Wicked is the full leaning in to names and titles as a whole-ass motif and I am a total sucker for that shit. I really love the way they do it with Boq and Nessa and Glinda specifically. The difference between "Nessa", which is a nickname, a term of endearment and intimacy, and the cold, stark "Madame Governor" is absolutely delicious.

"I told you to call me Nessa, remember?"

In a story all about how people are dehumanized through propaganda and scapegoating, Nessarose is demanding closeness from someone that she is actively oppressing. Boq only referring to her as "Madame Governor" works so well as a little flare of rebellion. She doesn't get to strip away his rights AND be his friend. And then after her breakdown the title of "Wicked Witch of the East" is introduced BY HER. This is how she views herself, all her bitterness and self-loathing distilled into a title that removes her humanity. After "No Good Deed" Elphaba clings to her title as Wicked Witch in a desperate attempt to reclaim a sense of autonomy, but Nessa gives herself the title in an act of defeated self-hatred.

"I spent my entire life trying to be a good person, and am only rejected for it. If they want a Wicked Witch, then I'll give them a Wicked Witch"

vs

"I was always going to be a Wicked Witch, I have just proved that I am incapable of being anyone better."