hold out, my sweet

23 | lesbian | gelphie enjoyer

[malkymiaow]

currently tweaking because i absolutely cannot stand how the general public cannot 1) have sympathy for children and child characters and 2) use critical thinking to understand why a child character might be portrayed as particularly difficult or irritating. i’m sooo incredibly tired of “the kid ruined the movie” “the kid should’ve died” “this movie was free birth control” ass responses instead of taking time to understand the child’s role in the film or even extending basic sympathy to them.

i just watched ‘if i had legs i’d kick you’ the other week and thought it was fantastic, only to go online and see a viral clip of that one influencer whose only thought about the film was that the child was annoying. even worse when basically every opinion i saw online shared that sentiment. even if it wasn’t their main takeaway, most of them circled back to their hatred for the child.

it made me want to rewatch the babadook which i just did, only to go on letterboxd and reddit (don’t judge me) and see everyone essentially had the same exact opinion about the samuel in that film as well. i just genuinely do not understand people’s inability to engage with point of view in film. even if the child’s overbearing personality wasn’t all just from the perception of the mother, why can’t people just like, not be assholes? i honestly don’t really care if im being too woke about that like idk it’s just genuinely so so frustrating especially when these children are are written to reflect trauma, fear, grief, etc, and in both films the kids are victims of their circumstances and are struggling just as much as their mother.

idk it’s just the combination of bad media literacy and also lack of basic sympathy and i’m tired yall

[adonischildsupportcase]

[kitsynnnn]

The line "You're the only friend I've ever had" implies that Elphaba never thought of Fiyero as a friend and that's just so fucking funny to me especially through a gelphie lens, because its either that or she literally just forgets about everyone else and is like "Ah yes Glinda the most important person to me ever"

[shire-ivy]

I keep thinking about how in Wicked the musical, all of Elphaba's solo songs are only her in a wide empty stage. While Glinda's solos are always sang to other people, a crowd or Elphaba. Except the reprise of I'm Not That Girl.

And the fun thing is how the two songs that Stephen Schwartz added for the movie (No Place Like Home and Girl In The Bubble) are the exact opposite of this. Elphaba sings to a crowd in the middle of it, which she usually never does. And Glinda sings all alone in an empty space.

They have been changed for good by the other one and it shows with everything they do, even their solos.

[parthenosvenus]

happy birthday to @ohagis !!! here’s some gelphie i drew to torment her on her special day

[lady-glinda]

I love when Glinda is played like she is so done with every single man in the show.

When she looks at Boq like this for having the audacity to exist in her presence

When she spends the first half of thank goodness trying not to scream at Fiyero bc he keeps saying things that could absolutely land them both in deep shit

When the Wizard realises that Elphaba was his daughter and suddenly feels bad about everything and she wants to blow him up with lasers

Man-hating Glinda you are so real and special to me

[malkymiaow]

gelphie’s relationship arc being defined by the unlimited motif is so crazy and delicious… elphaba being vulernable enough to ask glinda to join her in defying gravity “come with me/think of what we could do together” + “unlimited /together were unlimited” + “together we’ll be the greatest team there’s ever been” and being rejected?? and then in the movie they add the notif an ADDITIONAL with glinda echoing those exact words to her in wonderful (“elphie / think of what we could do together”).. they were both so hopeful and desperate and they needed each other so bad and neither of them were able to get each other….then in for good elphaba finally admitting defeat “look at me, im limited” / “you can do all i couldn’t do, glinda” thus completing the “(un)limited” arc and then finally going their separate ways but taking the tools they gained from each other’s presence in their lives and using them for the rest of their lives..im going to kms like gelphie’s entire relationship being missed chances and bad timing and mourning kill me just kill me😭😭😭

[malkymiaow]

cannot stop thinking about the fact that book!glinda did not have a choice in elphaba leaving her behind. musical/movie!elphie invited glinda to rebel with her, she wanted them to work together against the wizard. but book!elphie? she didn’t give book!glinda that option. as soon as she realized she needed to leave shiz, she didn’t tell glinda where she was going. elphie kissed her goodbye and they basically never spoke again.

in the book, elphaba decides on a whim that her and glinda are going to visit the wizard completely uninvited or unannounced. glinda doesn’t really want to go, but does anyway, and then the wizard turns out to be…well, the wizard, and so elphaba of course is outraged and decides to rebel right then and there. she doesn’t even tell glinda what she’s doing, so of course she doesn’t ask her to come along either. her departure is solitary because she maybe believes that it has to be. she couldn’t possibly entertain the idea that glinda could work with her— it simply doesn’t ever cross her mind (granted, glinda wouldn’t leave with her anyway, but besides the point) because of book!elphie’s self hatred and isolated nature. she knows glinda will miss her, she knows glinda doesn’t want her to leave. she can’t bear witnessing it. so instead, she leaves without notice.

this is all obviously inverted in the moviesical verse. elphaba’s characterization is softened in both versions. she doesn’t just flee the emerald city- she allows herself to be vulnerable and ask glinda to join with her. moviesical elphaba is soo fucking hopeful it’s sick, a quality that book!elphie simply does not posses and i love all versions of her.

book!elphaba leaves alone because she refuses to share her burdens with anyone, especially not with glinda. book!elphaba flees without explanation because rebellion and the duties of her altruism are, in her mind, solitary actions. moviesical!elphaba tries to get glinda to go with her because she believes she can have both love/companionship AND serve her altruism all at once. book!glinda stays behind because elphaba didn’t communicate with her; she wasn’t given the choice to leave. moviesical!glinda stays because she knows she can do more from inside the system, and because she isn’t ready to abandon the safe role she knows how to play (and also because elphaba had no plan lol).

and yet, despite the great differences, both versions still showcase a deep connection between two girls who are fundamentally different and are ultimately separated due to those differences. in both versions, they both learn to be intimate with each other in their own ways, they both try to protect each other, and they’re both changed for the rest of their lives. and in both versions, elphaba always chooses righteousness, even if it costs her everything, and glinda always chooses survival, even if it costs her the person she loves.

even if the book and the musical/movie are so different, i think the tragedy of it all transcends mediums. i think the heart of both characters exists in all versions, and i think that’s why glinda and elphaba’s love persists through every adaptation and i just love these universes so much man

[malkymiaow]

being a wicked stan is so embarrassing sometimes bc how do i explain that i’ve been a fan of this show for over 10 years and i still get a deep visceral reaction when i hear for good start to play? how do i explain that i could asses every lyric over and over again for hours if given the chance even if it’s essentially the same shit every time? guys like i am stuck on this song and idk when ill ever not be

[malkymiaow]

there’s something so raw and real about hearing everyday phrases like “everything happens for a reason” and not knowing the validity or truth behind it. you may never know if it’s true. you may never be certain of anything at all. but change doesn’t need a reason or origin to make it anymore real. the only thing that we know for certain is for the fact that one person’s existence, their creation, their presence in your life has changed you and let you be the person you are today. regardless if it’s for better or worse, for good or bad, which we learn aren’t really things you can measure in totality- regardless, you are changed. people meet each other, they become friends or otherwise. it’s as natural as comets being pulled by the suns gravity, or the wind making a ship steer a different direction. and some of these things go unphased or relatively untouched. sometimes, you meet someone and enjoy their company, but nothing significant happens between you. but sometimes, every now and then, those changes, whether common or not, no matter how insignificant they feel in the moment, can have irreversible consequences due to whatever force brought them together.

at this point in the musical, glinda doesn’t know where to go from here. all of her worldviews are shattered. things like class, popularity, “goodness” etc, things she put so much faith and belief in, have failed her. she doesn’t really know who she is anymore or what she believes in. in that moment, there’s so much unknown, but there’s one thing she can count on: elphaba. loving her, and being loved by her, changed her life forever. their love is proof to glinda that she’s real, that she’s always been the person she is beneath all the performance. even after everything’s been dismantled, and her life is turned upside down, elphaba is rhe stablizing force through it all. elphaba’s love is the only real truth she’s ever known.

[malkymiaow]

being a wicked stan is so embarrassing sometimes bc how do i explain that i’ve been a fan of this show for over 10 years and i still get a deep visceral reaction when i hear for good start to play? how do i explain that i could asses every lyric over and over again for hours if given the chance even if it’s essentially the same shit every time? guys like i am stuck on this song and idk when ill ever not be

[titfairy]

"I need you."

Elphaba Thropp

Wicked: For Good (2025)

[malkymiaow]

thinking about this quote a lottt rn, i’ve always liked it but i don’t think ive ever rly just like sat with it like…yes, elphaba is admiring galinda in her own distant yet observant and probably gay way, but there’s also some envy in there, which i hadn’t really considered before. this conversation isn’t just reflecting elphaba reflecting on her feelings about galinda, it’s a moment of reflection about herself as well.

elphaba finds it strange how galinda has the ability to turn parts of herself off and on at any given moment, but she doesn’t find it wrong. in fact, she’s admitting she wishes she could do the same.

“i wouldn’t mind leaving myself behind if i could, but i don’t know the way out.” she’s revealing that if she were to posses the ability to shut out parts of herself like galinda does, she would. she never calls galinda fake or shallow — she reiterates that she loves BOTH parts of her, because she sees the compartmentalizing for what it really is!! awareness of one’s self, and the exhaustion that comes with that.

elphaba wishes she could be absolved of some of that exhaustion like how galinda is, but she can’t. she doesn’t know how— there’s no switch for her, no “closet” to shove herself in to. its almost as if she’s doomed to be herself, and she knows that.

[malkymiaow]

hi guys i’m starting the brides of maracoor 🙏 im saur excited

[floral-alchemist]

"Come with me." "Ok!"

Happy Valentine's Day @patron-saints !!!!!

[legacies-safari]

Golden Globes 2026

[malkymiaow]

observing both defying gravity and the closet scene back to back…notice how in dg, elphaba is devastated and defeated but only shows it when glinda walks away to find the cape, then smiles and winks when glinda comes back to put it on her. same thing in the pt 2 closet scene, elphaba is saying everything is going to be fine and smiling at glinda and its not until the door closes that she cries and begins to show her hurt and grief. in both scenes elphaba puts away as much of her devastation as she can because she would do anything to not burden glinda with her feelings. she will always, ALWAYS put glinda first— even if that means burying her own feelings, her own true desires, and making hard decisions to keep glinda safe.

[malkymiaow]

can’t stop thinking about the girl in the bubble like i understand if you Do Not like it but as a lifelong glinda stan it is sooo personal #me like having glinda canonically and explicitly acknowledge that she has spent her whole life persistently devaluing her own personhood in favor of survival through performance killed me.

it starts with “look, there’s that beautiful girl!” and i feel like the choice of having her sing in third person implies she herself views her public persona as basically another person, separate from her true self, the one she had to bury to keep safe.

“all that’s required / to live in a dream / is endlessly closing your eyes” shows that she knows that in order for her comfort to feel…well, comfortable, she has to turn away to the harsh reality that she’s actively participating in. she’s living the life she always dreamed of— revered, admired, powerful— but it requires her to turn a blind eye to the injustice happening around her— and she does. she’s admitting her comfort is the product of sacrificing others and she makes the choice anyway.

“she spins such beautiful stories / to sing her to sleep / full of magic and glory and love” is an admission of using manipulation tactics not just on others, but on herself. she believes if her narrative can frame her as good, loved, adored, then she can avoid her complicity in the system.

“she’s the girl in the bubble / the bright shiny bubble / blissfully floating along” reimagines the bubble image entirely. glinda’s bubble is often a symbol of her power, goodness, and privilege, but the language here prove it’s also a byproduct of her actions— her distance from herself and others, her her disconnection from reality, and the consequences of her complicity. the bubble is “blindingly floating along” which keeps her untouched and unharmed while every one else suffers.

“but the truth has a way / of seeping on in / beneath the surface and sheen” acknowledges that no matter how much she wants to continue her facade and deny that her involvement with the wizard and morrible is dangerous, the truth of the situation is that she can’t hide from the truth forever and ignorance can only happen for so long.

“and as blind as you try to be / eventually / it’s hard to unsee what you’ve seen” this is such a powerful, irreversible realization that glinda has. she’s finally seen and understood the impact the wizard’s fascism has, not just on Oz but on elphaba and herself, and she can’t un-realize that. this is the death of her own ignorance and her finally seeing how she was never innocent.

this, of course, spikes an identity crisis among herself. now she must ask, “if she comes down from the sky / gives the real world a try / who in the world is she now?” her entire life has been built on public perception and social acceptance, but if she denounces the system she’s been upholding, she risks losing her “goodness” (because her being good was entirely relational to the perception from the ozians), her comfort/security, and even herself. it’s terrifying for her.

she acknowledges that this is an incredibly difficult decision. “and though so much of her wishes / she could float on / and the beautiful lies never stop” part of her wants to continue on with the facade and deception, not because she’s a bad person but because it’s the only safety and form of protection she knows. however, she also wants to know how it feels to be authentic and moral and truly “good.”

“isn’t it high time / for her bubble to pop” her wanting to be held accountable for everything even if she’s unsure of what it means going forward.

the song is such a love letter to glinda’s old self and almost a goodbye song to her old self aswell, and i just love it so much. i understand a lot of people don’t like GITB but for me i just think every lyric is meaningful and so juicy and perfect for glinda’s arc in act 2