Sep 28, 2020
god i’ve read the novel a number of times but just. the last half -- the amount that elphie has truly Lost it is . . . so damn heartbreaking? like gregory maguire has a way of satirizing it so it’s very witty but it really gets me like almost no other work. elphaba’s fully pacing constantly, paranoid, barely making sense, driven insane with grief and guilt, like she can’t even speak in complete sentences. it’s terrible :(
#* this ending is also how i'm portraying her before her death which is why#* i am so fond of verses in which she doesn't die but instead goes to another universe#* for Peace#* all she wants is peace but her mind has driven her absolutely insane trying to find#* any bit of meaning and self identity and inner peace#* god it's so heartbreaking how she just. reaches her breaking point and projects madly onto everyoe#* 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘇.