the way Fiyero has operated his ENTIRE life as an act because he fears nobody will like the real him, so he pretends to be nothing more than a smoking hot, flexible, rule-breaking play-boy so people will "like him." and he finally finds someone who likes him for HIM and not his looks or status or ability to move all sexy-like. and he tries so hard to be friends with her. but before anything can really develop, that girl disappears. and so he does the only thing he KNOWS will help her and subjects himself to who knows what kinda stuff under the Wizard, he leads along a girl he doesn't actually love and is eventually forced into a marriage because of it, but it works out because, hey, at least he made sure nobody killed the girl he REALLY loves. and everything is going well. until he saves her AGAIN and then he's presumably tortured and strung up, and she casts a spell. yay he's alive.
except now he doesn't have his looks. because he doesn't have his looks, he doesn't have his status, popularity, and probably can't go back to his family. he can't even move the way he used to, so he's reduced to lumbering around the road and relying on a teenage girl. he cant even physically PROTECT the girl he loves. and he's worried sick as people start hunting her, but what can he possibly do? well, he uses what little smarts he has and saves the girl through faking her death, but he's so deeply convinced she won't love him again. because, unlike the girl who has always been hated for her appearance, he's only been loved for it and so now he has crippling self doubt because WHAT IF SHE SECRETLY ONLY WANTED HIS APPEARANCE TOO? and so he spends the entire journey before saving her for the third time thinking that she'll leave him once she sees the 'monster' he's been reduced to, because everyone else would.
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Tomb Raider: the Angel of Darkness tribute theme - Wicked One (Dean Kopri)
While I'm taking a short break from composing tracks for Dagger of Xian remake (while Nicobass continues to work on a new parts of the level) it was a right time to make something new. Since there are so many Angel of Darkness fans, I've decided to compose a track in a bit darker tone to my previous tracks as a tribute to a game with a great story, soundtrack and of course, a bit darker Lara! :) Hope you'll enjoy it :) You can find this track on my soundcloud profile: https://soundcloud.com/dean-kopri/tom... Please like, comment, share... or visit my FB page :) https://www.facebook.com/DeanMusicPro... Tomb Raider: the Angel of Darkness (2003) developed by Core Design, published by Eidos Interactive Original Tomb raider theme by Nathan McCree, game developed by Core Design
“On his right stood Christ, the Just One, on his left stood Barabbas, the wicked one. Pilate asked the mob to choose between the two. How would I have answered that question Good Friday morning? For it is as actual now as ever. My conscience is the tribunal of Pilate, as often as I choose to speak the uncharitable word or consent to the evil thought. And to choose Barabbas means to crucify Christ.”
So I've seen a spike of Gelphies (or Fiyero antis- I'm not exactly doing a background check on their blog to see where their shipping stands) claiming that Fiyero telling Elphaba, "it's not lying, its looking at things a different way" was backhanded, and I saw someone paraphrase it, saying "you're pretty for a green girl," someone else said, "you're beautiful but only on opposite day," and then someone on Twitter said, "yeah bae ur lowkey hideous as fuck but i somehow find you attractive so be grateful I'm not like everyone else."
And even on here, which is usually bounds better, people are bringing up Glinda's "why look at you, Miss Elphaba. You're beautiful," as proof that Fiyero doesn't actually love the way she looks or is disingenuous or that Fiyeraba is somehow less because of this. And this all also ties into Gelphies or Fiyeraba-antis (again, I'm not running CIA background checks to figure out which it is) claiming that 'As Long as Your Mine' is a ballad of nothing more than friends with benefits and that they know they'll break up because of the one line, "say there's no future for us as a pair," and I genuinely can't even imagine being that stupid and blinded by hatred of a "straight" ship to think that's true.
Because, one: the line, "say there's no future for us as a pair," is so very fucking obviously them lamenting the fact that all of Oz is hunting their asses, including Glinda. Not that they know about Glinda, specifically, but logic as far as lyrics in musicals go is odd (i.e its not like Glinda sent lyrics and musical notes via telepathy to everyone at Shiz to sing about how disgusitifed Elphaba is, it just happened because lyrics be wacky). Even as I look at Wicked: The Grimmerie, Steven Schwartz, when discussing his thought process behind each song, says, "It's a love song, and its supposed to sound sexy and passionate. But there's a darkness underneath it, because Elphaba and Fiyero know, even as they sing, that this can't last. They understand that they're fugitives and this is just a moment in time." Which is also what makes it more impactfull when Elphaba asks if they'll ever see each other again, and Fiyero reaffirms that they will. Like, they are trooping forward with their romance against all odds, against all Oz, against Glinda.
And so, of course, right before all this, the infamous "it's looking at things another way" line. Which, first and foremost, if Fiyero was being disingenuous when he said that, then it must mean that Elphaba was lying to him as well, and even Fiyero-haters should be at least trying to keep Elphaba in character. But anyway, it's so obvious that Fiyero says what he says because he knows Elphaba wouldn't believe him otherwise! She literally tells him, "you don't have to lie." She is fully convinced she's not beautiful, because of the way everyone (including Glinda in the beginning) has treated her and her greenness. Especially because Elphaba has been collecting her own propaganda posters. She has surrounded herself with the image that Morrible and perhaps Glinda put forward, convincing herself that she is unlovable. Probably because it's easier to think you could never possibly be with somebody than think you did have your chance, and you missed it. Which is emphasized in I'm Not That Girl, where Schwartz says, "The situation was so clear: Elphaba is an extremely self aware person who had a moment when she allowed herself to fall for this handsome guy. And then she has to stop herself from feeling anything, because it was too painful. In a very calm way, she says, "I can't feel that."" Plus, the lyrics itself- "Don't dream too far, don't lose sight of who you are... every so often we long to steal to the land of what-might-have-been, but that doesn't soften the ache we feel when reality sets back in... don't wish, don't start, wishing only wounds the heart." There's literally nothing more obvious.
And onto the note of Glinda and Popular. First and foremost, as I look at the Grimmerie, Schwartz uses the following phrases to describe Popular:
1. Glinda's shallowness and teen sensibility
2. No depth whatsoever
3. Empty calories
4. Faintly vicious
5. As shallow as possible
And, don't get me wrong, I do believe that Glinda finally saw the beauty in Elphaba. Sure, it only took presumed months of bullying (given that WITF is a montage over several classes, Elphaba's relation with Morrible growing, Dr. Dillamond talking about improvement in essays, and Fiyero being kicked out of at least the school his family owned, but probably a few more given he said "enough of them" as in multiple, and there's no reasonable way he would be kicked out of the school his family reigned over, even if it was like the Royal Winkie Middle School, kicked out of others, enrolled back into the Royal Winkie Academy, and then was kicked out again, so he hit up at least three total, I think, before Shiz), total public humiliation at a party, and Elphaba doing something nice for her at her own risk, and going through several different accessory options to realize it, but she realized it. But even after the fact, when Elphaba runs away, Glinda reverts back to being self-focused. She sings about how even though Elphaba protests, she'll make her grin and bare her popularity- but never quite as popular as herself, because heaven forbid someone outdo Glinda- hence the INTG reprise and the line at the train station- something akin to "so this is what normal people feel like? How do they bare it?"
And moreso, the next day- Elphaba has been Galindafied. Now, is this because Elphaba went back for the full makeover, or because she did it by her lonesome, we don't really know. But clearly, even though Glinda believes Elphaba is beautiful, nothing she said made Elphaba believe Elphaba is beautiful, because otherwise she wouldn't have faced the urge to change herself. Which, of course, directly mirrors Elphaba saying, "for the first time I feel wicked," because obviously she uses it in a positive (and freaky) manner, reclaiming the propaganda that Morrible, the Wizard, and perhaps Glinda have spewed forward- finally being proud of herself because only Fiyero, who loves her unequivocally, fully, without hesitation allows her to feel that safe.
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someone in the fiyeraba discord said they think that fiyer-crow has his stupid little hat because the other guards put it on him to mock his love and devotion to Elphaba, and oh god it makes sense because i don't think he ever had a hat before he transformed so like where the fuck did it come from and dear god i'm going to be SIIIIIIIICK
"W-well Glinda never told Morrible to kill Nessa, only to start a rumor about her!" *shakes you violently* THAT'S NOT THE POINT
The point is that Glinda told Morrible and the Wizard how to capture Elphaba. Because she was jealous that Fiyero loved Elphaba and not her. Because she was upset that Elphaba "stole" what belonged to her. Is it entirely her fault that Nessa died? No, I suppose not. It's not like Morrible was known as a murderous tornado-summoning lady before, so I can't blame Glinda for not knowing what would happen to Nessa. But she knew what would happen to Elphaba. Glinda told them how to capture Elphaba's green ass. That's the issue.
