i think elphaba and glinda are both actually very much idealists, at least in DG, only in opposite ways. elphaba's an idealist because she has this naive idea about affecting change. she thinks something being true or morally good will be enough to enact change, and that she if she can just tell enough people the wizard lies then she'll be able to take him down. but she's also very much a realist because she's able to recognize the flaws and injustices within oz, and that she won't be able to be happy while those injustices persist. she knows a life in the emerald palace serving the wizard could never satisfy her because it'd be partly built on a lie
whereas glinda's a realist in the sense that she's much more aware of the fact that popularity and social clout matter most to people and knows the social game you need to play to move up in the wold. but she's also very much an idealist because she believes that gaming the system enough will result in happiness. and this is idealism too because she gets everything she wants but is unsatisfied with her heterosexual happy ending and guilt ridden because her life is being propped up by lies and elphaba's demonization. and both of their idealized views on the world ultimately serve as a barrier to their happiness
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