"you're the writer, you control how the story goes" no not really. i wrote the first sentence and then my characters said "WE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE" and promptly swerved into an electrical fence.
I will be entirely honest, I have only watched the first episode and overall I am a little disappointed. If I ever get further into the season I'll give a real opinion on it, since I really haven't seen enough of it yet.
anyway madam morrible and the wizard both groomed glinda in the same way they were attempting to groom elphie and the only reason people don’t see it about glinda is bc they only see you as a victim if you’re a morally pure little marshmallow and I will die on that hill.
Wearing a shirt that says “i heart when media is good but contains flaws so that i can exercise my creative ability to understand what i dislike about something i like”
fanfiction is a rare gem and a solid, living proof that, in a world of tiktok, influencers and content posting, not everything is about money and going viral. art can still be art just for the sake of the artists’ pure love, joy and passion for the art they create. fanfic writers write 100k words and more about the characters they love for free. just because they love these characters and the art of writing so much. art is not dead and the world is still beautiful.
I have watched it!! And Oz, do I have thoughts. Probably way too many to put as an answer to your question. But I shall share some.
Some spoilers under the cut
The acting of this movie was absolute perfection. Ari and Cynthia just really are Glinda and Elphaba and every emotional jab hits like a knife in the chest. But I also want to give some attention to the others. Jonathan Bailey in the scene where he holds a gun to Glinda's head specifically. Michelle Yeoh, I mean, do I really need to say anything, it's Michelle Yeoh. Jeff Goldblum during Wonderful! Marissa Bode just her performance! I thought she did great.
Other thoughts, let me think. I thought the movie was pretty gay, could have been gayer. My girls should have kissed after singing For Good but then again, we did get the door scene which tore my heart out but they said 'I love you' to each other.
There is not a single moment where I believe Elphaba is romantically in love with Fiyero. I feel like she cares for him. I feel like she platonically loves him. I do not believe she is romantically in love with him. There are only two things on her mind throughout the movie: saving the Animals and Glinda. And yes, I could go into depth on how As Long As You're Mine is not a love song between the two and instead cements the one sided love but that is for another day.
The choice to not show Dorothy's face actually turned out to be a really good one. The work with the shadows! I could write a dissertation on that.
But mostly, my girls. My girls. Glinda and Elphaba, Elphaba and Glinde, darlings, you are in love. And I am in love with your love. Like Glinda during Wonderful, just trying to get the love of her life to stay. Elphaba visiting her the night of her wedding. The looks, the hugs, all of For Good. Damn, those two wanted to kiss.
I have so many ideas to undoom them, so stay tuned for some fics if you are interested.
“but undooming gelphie would fundamentally change the fabric of the story” you mean like how they literally changed the book to have elphaba and her male love interest survive and run off together? we are like four layers deep into wizard of oz fanfiction this whole operation is built on ppl retelling and twisting the same story and world to fit their needs. and my needs happen to be promoting the lesbian agenda
what is gayer everyone; being an out and proud gay person vs hypothetically asking your friend out saying she looks like 'a sunset after a magical day' basically glazing her the whole day, thinking of 'seducing' your 'best buddy' just 'to see if she can be seduced' putting them over all your dates and boyfriends in the past and finally; wishing she was your date instead of the boy you (yes you, no one forced you to accept) accepted to go out to the ball with
Honestly, nothing will ever be gayer than all that. How have they not realised it yet??? Or at least realised that they both love each other so much!! Like what do you mean you called her a 'sunset after a magical day' and what do you mean you are 'seducing' her just 'to see if she can be seduced'
How oblivious are they???
(If you want to know what this is about you can read it in my gelphie penpal fanfic)
Lovely question. I don't know if I have answered this ever before but either way it changes all the time anyway so here we go:
Comfort Movies:
Wicked
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
IT
Anastasia
Kpop Demon Hunters
I think that's it for movies. For TV shows we got:
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Victorious
Avatar the Last Airbender
The Vampire Diaries
Stranger Things (although is it?)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Are these all good movies and good shows? No. But they comfort me! I actually do think all the movies I mentioned are good. The shows.... They're comforting to me, you know.