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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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More BTS of Jonathan Bailey as The Scarecrow
I am OBSESSED with his costume!
Eyes only for each other
[prints available!]
Today years old when I realized it’s not Fiyerocrow, it’s Fiyercrow???? Which is an objectively funnier pun, how did I not notice this before????
Jonathan Bailey talks about the scarecrow transformation🤎🌾
Wicked for Good | 2025
Jonathan Bailey as The Scarecrow
Wicked for Good | 2025
SHOW THE SCARECROW DELETED SCENE NEOW!😤☝🏻
All I want for Christmas is every single deleted or extended scene from this film
Okay I want to talk about this moment between Morrible and Glinda for a sec because it adds such a wonderfully sinister layer to a scene that is otherwise a triumphant defining moment for Elphaba, and it sets up the dynamics for Part 2 so perfectly.
At this point, we are in the thick of “Defying Gravity.” Everyone’s attention is on Elphaba - and rightfully so, she’s up there declaring war on the Wizard, displaying incredible feats of magic, of course everyone’s attention is on her.
…Everyone, except Morrible.
Morrible has realized that Plan A was a bust, but rather than panicking, she’s already worked over Plans B through Z in her head and has realized that Glinda, not Elphaba, is actually the key figure here. Glinda is actually the best thing that could have happened to them.
Mind you, Morrible hates Glinda. She thinks Glinda is vapid and attention-seeking and completely without talent. It would be extremely easy for her to brand Glinda as an accomplice to Elphaba, have the guards drag her off, imprison her, never have to deal with her again, nice and neat.
Instead, while everyone else is focused on Elphaba, Morrible only has eyes for Glinda. She zeroes in on her, releases her, and comforts her, because she understands what no one else understands, which is that yes, that’s great that the Wizard now has an enemy to unify his people against, but they also need a symbol of hope, something that is the exact antithesis to Elphaba, something to keep everyone at extremes.
The Wizard himself can’t really be a symbol of hope, because the key to his success is that he remains shrouded in mystery, and yes people think he’s wonderful, but there’s a level of uncertainty and intimidation to him. He is Oz the Great and Terrible, and everyone’s preeeeeetty sure he’s a good guy, but if you have someone like Elphaba out there - who Morrible knows from experience is very smart, very articulate, and has her own sort of magnetism - there’s a potential that she could turn at least enough people against the Wizard to make things very inconvenient.
So what they need, now that they have an enemy, is to have an equally magnetic figurehead representing the Wizard who embodies all these one-dimensional ideas of goodness, someone for the public to adore and fawn over so the association between Wizard and Goodness is crystal clear.
And by bringing Glinda along, Elphaba has unknowingly served that figurehead up on a platter.
Glinda is everything Elphaba isn’t, from personality, to appearance - Morrible has already set Elphaba up by calling her green skin an “outward manifestorium of her twisted nature,” which paves the way for Glinda, who is the perfect conventional beauty, to be an “outward manifestorium” of pure goodness.
Morrible realizes they need these two lightning rods of Absolute Evil and Absolute Good in order to manipulate people - fear alone isn’t enough; the only way to effectively radicalize the populace is to make sure there is no gray area whatsoever, no room for question: you're either good, or you’re evil. And the Wizard alone isn’t a strong enough representation of “goodness” when by virtue of existing, he has to remain in the shadows. Glinda on the other hand? With her looks and her charm and her openness and her ability to expertly win over a crowd? Perfect for the role.
Now the tricky part for Morrible is taking into consideration that Glinda and Elphaba love each other. But we also know from earlier scenes that Morrible is a master at manipulating emotions. Right from the start when Elphaba is having trouble with her magic, Morrible casually brings up the “Animals should be seen and not heard” disturbance from class, spoon-feeding her just enough to get Elphaba upset, triggering her magic, after which Morrible makes sure to give her assurance and praise to keep Elphaba optimistic about her power.
She’s also aware that Glinda does have quite a bit of influence over Elphaba, because when Elphaba flees, Morrible immediately tasks her with winning her over, rather than simply relying on the guards or even going after Elphaba herself. She knows if anyone has a chance at roping Elphaba back in, it's Glinda.
Obviously, Glinda isn’t successful in getting her back, but while this puts a dent in Morrible’s plans to get control of Elphaba, it does give her an extra weak spot to exploit in Glinda.
So now, at the height of “Defying Gravity” when Elphaba has officially taken her stand against them, Morrible sees Glinda, and Glinda is at her most vulnerable, her most emotionally fragile. Not only is she heartbroken and in shock, she’s also just witnessed in real time exactly how easy it is to turn an entire nation against someone. She’s scared, she’s powerless. She’s just lost the love of her life her only friend, she has no one to turn to - Morrible has definitely picked up on the fact that even though Glinda has countless people who fawn over her, none of them can be considered a true friend except for Elphaba, which means Glinda is completely isolated. Glinda also has a very limited understanding of the bigger picture of what the Wizard is trying to accomplish, and because she’s never been a victim of the system the way Elphaba has, she is still desperately clinging to the idea that everything will be okay as long as she plays by the rules of the people in power.
She has been perfectly primed for Morrible to begin manipulating, not through violence or intimidation, but by offering her comfort when no one else would - when not even Glinda’s only friend would - when no one else is even paying attention to Glinda, because they have the very real and present threat of Elphaba quite literally hanging over them. In this moment, Morrible chooses Glinda, which Glinda has been striving for since the beginning. Elphaba has chosen her principles, the Wizard has chosen his enemy, but Morrible has chosen Glinda, and in this moment of being so alone and so afraid and so betrayed, that makes all the difference.
We also get kind of a parallel shot too - Elphaba really sealed her fate the second her hand closed around the broom. But here, Glinda seals her fate when she gives in and reciprocates Morrible’s hold on her.
THIS is the moment that sets us up for Part 2, with Elphaba and Glinda as our lightning rods for Absolute Evil and Absolute Good, but more to the point, it makes it clear that they’ve BOTH been used, they’ve BOTH played right into these respective roles Morrible and the Wizard need in order to be successful - even if it wasn’t how Morrible originally planned for things to go.
I just love it, because “Defying Gravity” is Elphaba’s song - it’s triumphant, and it’s heartbreaking, and it’s everything a defining moment should be for a character. But by injecting this little moment between Morrible and Glinda into the scene, we also get an underlying current of dread because we know we’re about to see the consequences of Elphaba’s defiance versus Glinda’s compliance and how both serve to benefit the Wizard/Morrible’s propaganda.
TL;DR - when I said "I want to talk about this scene between Morrible and Glinda for a sec" I clearly meant "I'm gonna write a whole essay. Like a nerd."
Jonathan Bailey and Cynthia Erivo in a clip from the latest episode of Wicked: The Official Podcast😍🔥🫠✨🤩🥹🥰♥️
CYNTHIA ERIVO and JEFF GOLDBLUM behind the scenes of Wicked: Part One (2024)
Hands Touch
fandom: Wicked
pairings: Fiyeraba, Elphaba & Glinda (technically pre-Thropple, but it happens later in this series)
rating: teen
warnings: no archive warnings apply
tags: character study, hurt/comfort introspection chapter 1 + borderline crack fluff chapter 2, re-learning intimacy, SPOILERS for Act 2
word count: 1852
chapters: 2/2
summary:
“'It’s not going to feel like that night, though, I’m serious!' And he’s laughing, he taps her knee back, but he’s staring at his boots. 'Even when I hug you, I can’t hold you like I used to. You have to know that.' 'That’s alright. I didn’t know how to hug people when I was little.'” *** A study in physical touch, Elphaba, and Fiyercrow.
notes:
There is so much of me in this fic. Elphaba's relationship with touch was based almost entirely off of my own experiences, down to the "hugging funny" comment and ducking out of my best friend's embrace, which made this both incredibly therapeutic and incredibly difficult to write. I also found an article that resonated with me a whole lot in the process of outlining this story: https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/i-want-touch-dont-touch-me-c5dfb83ae1f5.
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hands touch: a Wicked web weave
“Elphaba sagged as if boneless in her arms, neither fussing nor returning the hug, just falling limp from the novelty of being touched.” —Wicked, Gregory Maguire, page 35
“She obeyed, but sat forward, apart from Nanny’s cushiony bosom, allowing Nanny’s arms to ring around her waist but no contact more than that.” —Wicked, Gregory Maguire, page 55
“She pulled herself to her feet and clasped Elphaba into her arms. Elphaba stood as stiff as a plaster figure.” —Wicked, Gregory Maguire, page 120
“In a single lumpy bed, they huddled together for warmth and encouragement and, Glinda told herself, protection… Glinda would start as if from a frightful dream, and nestle in nearer to Elphaba, who seemed at night never to sleep. Daytimes, the long hours spent in poorly sprung carriages, Elphaba would nod off against Glinda’s shoulder.” —Wicked, Gregory Maguire, page 169
“She put her face against Glinda’s and kissed her. ‘Hold out if you can,’ she murmured, and kissed her again. ‘Hold out, my sweet.’” —Wicked, Gregory Maguire, page 178
“He wanted to take her hands in his—he didn’t remember that he’d ever touched her before. He corrected himself—he knew he never had.” —Wicked, Gregory Maguire, page 188
“Hands touch, eyes meet. Sudden silence, sudden heat.” —“I’m Not That Girl”, Wicked
“Kiss me too fiercely, hold me too tight/ I need help believing you’re with me tonight.” —“As Long As You’re Mine”, Wicked
“You’ll be with me like a handprint on my heart.” —“For Good”, Wicked
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i CAN and WILL finish this fic tonight! i can write beautiful things!
take 2: I'M GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN.
i finished itttttt: Hands Touch by serendipnpipity
i CAN and WILL finish this fic tonight! i can write beautiful things!
take 2: I'M GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Galinda, I am so sorry.
I really love the way Cynthia's acting choices basically characterize Elphaba as a bisexual woman who is painfully unaware of her sapphism because she's been living in survival mode since her mother died and never had the time and space to explore her sexuality. Like I truly believe this version of Elphie is gonna wake up in a cold sweat at 2 am three years post-canon as she's hit with the full force of the romantic subtext of every interaction she's ever had with Glinda.
Fiyero: You're just realizing now????
#Elphaba: I think I might be bi
#Fiyero: how are you just now— wait. you mean you WEREN’T having sex with Glinda???
#Elphaba: what. no.
#Fiyero: NO?? NO???? WHY THE HELL NOT???? YOU WERE IN LOVE
#Elphaba: I WAS???? OH MY OZ I WAS
#Fiyero: 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
#bi4bi ever
@youvebeengalindafied Why leave this in the tags???
have no idea if this has been done before but I needed to draw my designs for these goobers again. I call this one “elphaba being a disaster bisexual”