Glinda Rant after seeing Wicked For Good: Spoilers
Glinda is a complex character and it’s no way me dragging the director, writers, or actors.
Privilege isn’t even an excuse anymore bc Fiyero is literally a PRINCE w two castles. He threw all that away to not only help animals but save the love of his life. I believe she’s so taken aback by Fiyero’s morals because it’s a reflection of her lack of morality. To see multiple characters lose so much and got their real pain for being GOOD. But Glinda gets everything she wants and the credit while doing nothing is crazy. She gets her rainbow, her public role, the praise and attention. Glinda cares for Elphie but not enough to actually be a genuinely good friend to her.
Glinda is not Good. Any person who allows a good person to sacrifice themselves to uplift their own image is selfish asf.
Glinda saw the same cruelty Elphie did at the end of the first movie. Elphie did everything she could to stop it while Glinda aligned herself with the Wizard and pushed his narrative serving as a distraction from his cruelty to animals. Someone has to die for you to be a decent person is crazy asf.
Glindas version of standing on business is warning Elphie. That’s it. Not speaking to the public then, not fighting the wizard, not trying to stop Boq. It takes her perceived death to get Glinda to somewhat stand up to the wizard and Madam. Mind you Glinda has never been betrayed as scared or fearful. We see her immediately hop the train to emerald city, we see her constantly addressing crowds, we see her literally fight Elphie one of the most powerful people in Oz. Glinda isn’t scared she simply doesn’t gaf ENOUGH.
“Glinda is for the girls who were never good at anything” yeah but Glinda is also for the Bystanders who watch bad things happen and do nothing, Glinda are also for the people who put their wants first even if people get hurt.
