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@wickedly-gelphie
Somebody needs to edit that video to only Idina kissing Kristin please. I saw it š©·š
omg right? i am glad you saw that too. i had to rewind and rewatch the video to make sure i wasnt tripping š
they totally kissed. i cannot believe we finally got video evidence
Team Maxon vs. Aspen
I donāt understand why almost everyone (including me) feels like Maxon is the obviously better guy. Like what exactly is wrong with aspen? Just taking the two without considering social rank, Aspen fought just as hard as Maxon for America and loves her just as much and wasnāt afraid to tell her. Aspen isnāt a bad choice at all. I just jumped on team Maxon without a second thought and never even considered Aspen after that. The more I think about it, I canāt understand why I like Maxon better. I justā¦ā¦ā¦.do?????
Exaxtly check my long rampage about that on my page. I seriously have the same question.
You like Maxon because of his abs. End of story.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. I see. Everything has become clearā¦ā¦ā¦. Wait. But Aspen has abs tooš*crisis mode because I canāt figure out why i was automatically team Maxon*
Because Maxon has a tragic backstory and he isnāt perfect after all, and all his little quirks are equivalent to a prince who is just a boy. Now, Aspenā¦is basically perfect. He isnāt really perceived as a flawed character. He is a hero who still gets the girl in the end.
I hated Aspen from the beginning. He was never good for America. He was a jerk to her, was totally irrational and it seemed to me like he was really like about the physical relation ship. Idk, itās just, they never seemed right together from the beginning to me.
Aspen is not a jerk. He broke up with America because he wanted to be the one to feed her, not the other way around. He wanted to be a proper husband who was able to feed a family. He knew that her life as a Five could be marginally better than a life as a Six. He didnāt want that for her.
He wanted the best for her, because he is a selfless person. Aspen works several jobs to feed his family of seven (his mother and his six younger siblings). Ever since his father died he has been the main reason his family stayed afloat from borderline poverty. Aspen has been the man in the family for a very long time, and so it was natural for him to want that with America. He wanted to be Americaās hero too. But America is her own hero. She has the ability to save herself and others. In that way, she and Aspen are alike.
Aspen told America to enter the Selection, despite the slim chance that she would be chosen out of the thousands of other girls who entered, because on that slim chance, she would become a Three, and ergo have a better life.
The break up wasnāt an irrational act. It was deliberate. Aspen wanted her to be happy, and he didnāt think that sheād be happy being a Six. This may be cliche, but love can make people irrational. Ā When he saw America at the palace, he began to pursue her again because he was now a Two. He would be able to feed her and protect her.
Though the physical aspect of their relationship is significant, they did have a genuine emotional connection that was also bound by the shared experience of starving and also striving for a new life in which they would be wealthy. Aspen was the boy who wore ripped jeans and overused t-shirts and bathed in homemade soap and not store-bought, and yet he managed to be loving, selfless, noble, and a genuinely good person. America was the girl who had a talent to sing and play several instruments, and she took that in stride and with grace. She didnāt brag about it. She used that talent to earn money for her relatively big family as well. She cooked for the family as well as Aspen, because she knew that he probably ate the least, even though he was the eldest, so that his mother and siblings could get their fair share of food.
They were right for each other, once upon a time, except America was Selected and met Maxon. She changed throughout the course of the series because of that. Maxon Schreave is practically the heartthrob of IllƩa who would do many good things, no doubt. However, the lower castes (i.e. America) would perceive him as the snobby prince with too much money that could save millions of lives from poverty. When America met him, she realized he was not a snobby, stuck-up prince, but a boy who should have been broken a long time ago.
Maxon and America were right for each other too. He saw his country through a different pair of eyes; eyes that have seen more hardships than he could ever imagine. She saw Maxon in a different light, a side that no one else saw. Maxon may not have fallen for America the same reason Aspen did, though both saw her good heart and altruism. There can be no comparison between the relationships, because Maxon and Aspen are two very different people.
They were both right for America, but in the end, America chose Maxon because he was more than she ever knew and expected. Yet America could have chosen Aspen, and she would have still been happy. America didnāt need saving; in the end, it was Maxon. Aspen and America are heroes, and it should be understood that they couldnāt save the other, because they had the ability to save themselves and other people who actually needed saving. Aspen fell for Lucy because she has experiences misfortunes that he never would, and she managed to live serving other people without complaints. Aspen could be a hero to her.
In conclusion, Aspen does not deserve hatred or any malignancy. He was good for America, but Maxon is as well. Aspen and Americaās physical relationship is more prominent than Maxon and Americaās, but then again, Aspen and America have known each other longer. They were right for each other, but that was before. In the end, America knew who she wanted to marry, but she also knew to keep Aspen in her heart because he was her family.
I apologize for having written a lengthy response in the format of a nine-paragraph essay, and I do understand that Tumblr is not an institution. However, I felt the need to defend Aspen.
- maxonsabs
Reblogging this again bc itās aspenās bday and he deserves love.
WOW. It has been so great to hear everyoneās thoughtful and intellectual responses! This post has made me think really differently about Aspenš
so basically what iām hearing is that aspen is a dom and america needed a sub (maxon)
in all seriousness i love this thread!!! dissect fictional characters wooooo!!!
Voted most obnoxious attractive couple at Shiz four years in a row.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Glinda experiments with the limitations of her magic.
Elphaba agrees to be the subject of said experimentation.
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āAre you sure this is a good idea?ā Elphaba asked as Glinda tied Elphabaās wrist to hers with a length of pink silk. It was an action familiar to her, yes, but not in this contextā¦ āThis binding spell, I mean?ā
āI just want to see if it works,ā Glinda insisted, āItās a high-level spell, so I probably wonāt succeed right awayā¦ā
āAnd if you do succeedā¦?ā
āThen our minds and spirits will be bound together for life.ā Glinda replied nonchalantly.Ā
I love wicked the musical!
Wicked the Musical:
this is the most accurate thing iāve seen all day.
Glinda taking up painting to ease the pain of the life she had to choose and having a breakdown because she got green paint on her hand and it almost looks like THEIR hand and for a second there she can pretend it's them holding her hand even though her hand is too small and her fingers are too short. Anyway. How are you doing
im going insane over this!!! no notes.
"Think of what we could do. Together."
"Pink goes good with green!š¤Æ"
Yo- guess who played it takes two with their dad.
Me.
And guess who fell in love with may and Cody?
Me.
*I couldnāt choose if may should have a yellow or blue shirt. Idc they look cute.*
Oh bonus headcanon that may and Cody kept the dolls.
Divorce simulator might just be the best co-op ever
History Hates Lovers - Oublaire (2021)
this song is so them
Elphaba: I want to kiss you.
Glinda: Huh?
Elphaba: I SAID IF YOU DIED I WOULDNāT MISS YOU
Gelphie + shitposts
this is perfect
I just know Barbie was like *gosh sheās so smart and gorgeoā ah crap Iām staring too long at her. Quick Barb come up with something to not look suspicious*
I love doing nothing, what I don't love is the inevitable overthinking that comes with doing nothing
i have the opposite of that āeveryone is an npcā mentality people have embraced where iām instead like. the person next to me in line has someone they canāt wait to go home to, the person picking up their mail has felt devastation before, everyone in this grocery store is doing their sunday shopping, maybe the person that just honked at me is having the worst day of their life, my neighbor has doctors appointments and favorite foods and a song they canāt stand to hear anymoreā¦ you are all fully realized complex people and that is overwhelming me on a spiritual levelā¦
thank u everyone for reminding me of the description for this: āsonder.ā beautiful spirits touching my life <3
