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ninjasmudge

ive been in here so long........

ninjasmudge

who the fuck is michael

catchymemes

They supporting

queerstudiesnatural

some of my favourite sign fails <3

samwiselastname

bruzum

rockshitty

Nothing reminds me what a goddamn miracle modern medicine is more so than hearing stories about people who contracted the black plague in the 21st century and were prescribed antibiotics for it.

Like yeah man you got the disease that wiped out half of Europe, like, a couple separate times within written history, and we have no clue how many times before that. To cure it you have to take 14 pills and drink lots of juice. You’re gonna feel kind of crummy for a while. It’s vitally important you take all 14 pills.

janlanpan1412

“I have a fairy eye — one of yours, remember?”

Doing a year of War and Peace (reading a chapter a day for a year) while also being very familiar with Great Comet is funny.

Because like yes, I'm cheering Andre on for falling in love with Natasha and having purpose in his life again, but also... This is not gonna end well...

#war and peace #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #also FFS Pierre the freemasons are not gonna help you

tropicalt1na

Fiyerabas don’t have to be insecure. We don’t need to look for crumbs and subtext to validate Fae and Yero’s romance. It exists in the book, in musical, and the movie overtly. A lot of us don’t even hate Glinda and even enjoy her and Elphaba together we just think Fiyero is a healthier fit for Elphaba as he makes the sacrifices Glinda won’t and accepts her and her wildness unconditionally.

This is what I personally don’t like. Here we got some casual ableism… Again. We don’t care that he’s “ruined” we are not that shallow. His sacrifice is actually character development that completes his character arc and its really beautiful that he’s somehow how happier and more greatful to be alive as a scarecrow than he was as a nihilistic depressed handsome prince. Like are partners supposed to abandon their loved ones the minute they have a life altering injury that prevents them from having traditional sex? Relationships are deeper than physical need and function its the unshakeable connection between two people and they have it.

scandalaciousintentions

"A ruined consolation trophy".

That actually made me want to throw up in my mouth a little bit. Thanks for that. Someone else has discussed the ableism of this view, so I'll just stick to Baby's First Media Literacy lessons.

OK, so first of all, if I fucking loathe it when the female romantic lead is a prize for the protagonist to have won, I also fucking loathe it when it's the himbo hero. And why do I love this show so much? Because Fiyero is the very antithesis of the prize to be won. Even down to his last lines in the show, even as he leads her away.

Fiyero has agency. Fiyero is an insurgent. Fiyero makes this sacrifice willingly not just for Elphaba, but for their shared vision of what the world should be.

But that sacrifice is death. He is expecting death. What has happened to him in its place is horrific. He has been mutilated literally beyond recognition for basically everybody else. And that is what makes their happy ending so powerful.

Because this happened to Boq too and he was out with the flaming torch and pitchfork, but Fiyero is not just understanding of his new body and his new life, he is actively grateful to her for it.

Why?

When he comes to in that cornfield, he has no idea whether he will even see her again, whether she would know him. So this body, this second chance, is not to be used to shag her senseless, you see? It is to be used to bring down the government. It is to be used to create a new heaven and a new earth.

And who could mourn the loss of their former good looks when this floppy bundle of burlap with a head full of straw is so much more successful?

If you can't see that Glinda both couldn't and wouldn't see that bigger picture if the situation were to have been reversed, you not only have no understanding of the characters, I'm genuinely not sure you should be tossing around the word "soulmate" either.

I won't get into the sex, but I suspect some people aren't thinking creatively enough. Perhaps you might go and see a wizard for a diploma or something? I've heard it's life-changing.

deeplyshalllow

It is not shallow to like the canonical relationship, it is never shallow to do so - unless Tumblr really wants to retreat to it's johnlock era.

Yes, he's a secondary character to the girls, yes gelphie is good and valid but that doesn't make Fiyero or Fiyeraba any less valid.

Fiyero is Elphaba's reflection, he too is judged on appearances and hates it, he too finds himself placed in the role the fairytale dictates to him despite his best efforts. He and Elphaba's relationship is built on this mutual understanding that they are the only people who see each other for who they really are. "It's not lying it's looking at things another way", is that both of them a different points *because* they are both having to work to break the trauma of how Oz judges them compared to who they really are.

Glinda doesn't have any of this in her story. Aside from being more sympathetic to the witch than outward presenting, she is essentially who she presents herself as and who Oz sees her as. Again, this doesn't make her relationship with Elphaba any less important, nor less interesting, but it is a very different relationship. Glinda and Elphaba's story is about two very different people with different points of view and moral values who grow to understand each other and end up closer in opinion. But they are powerful because they are different and ultimately their different paths make Oz a stronger place as a whole. Their friendship, hell their romance is important, but it doesn't devalue other relationships in the show.