“elphaba is so evil for stealing galinda’s fiance.”
she didn’t even love him, and she got her revenge. sure, when she suggested using nessarose to lure out elphaba she didn’t think it was going to end in a house flattening the governor of munchkinland.
but… she still knew they were going to do something that would, in theory, result in the capture of elphaba.
so, her suggestion of luring out elphaba with putting her sister in danger ends (at least in her mind) at least three deaths (nessa, fiyero, and eventually elphaba). which at the end of the movie, is her punishment.
the wicked’s lives are lonely.
what she did was spiteful. elphaba never went to fiyero asking him to leave. she didn’t think he even wanted her. and galinda was too blinded by her own desire to have her fairy tale ending to see the blatant signs that fiyero wasn’t in love with her.
galinda never even asked fiyero if he wanted to marry her, she just discussed it with the head of the fascist state of oz and then put him on the spot. in front of a crowd of people. and with the help of the press secretary. mind you, the press secretary who’s been using the image of her best friend to frighten the citizens of oz into submission. there are propaganda pamphlets flying out the windows of the emerald city and posters everywhere warning about “the green menace” or whatever.
also, she has animals helping her on her wedding day, but they aren’t speaking. she’s talking to herself that entire scene, so even behind closed doors it’s not like she’s secretly supporting animals. she’s just more than happy to take advantage of their labor.
like, boohoo, a stampede ruined her wedding. free those birds and little foxes from her closet.
galinda isn’t stupid, she’s just turns away from whatever she doesn’t want to see. she was passively there, letting things happen just so she could stay in proximity to power. and she barely had any power. really, the concept of her beauty and charm was just being used by morrible as a contrast to elphaba to make her look scarier and eviler.
she tells elphaba that she “knows how to talk to the wizard.” does she? everything is still bad. the animals are fleeing oz, their travel is being restricted, their speech is being restricted, they are being forced to preform labor. i cannot imagine she’s said a thing that’s reached that man or morrible that’s resulted in any sort of change that doesn’t also benefit her in some way.
anyways… that’s why she ends up alone in the end. when she decides to change, it’s too late. and everything she has participated in is so much worse than “omg, elphaba stole her man!”
elphaba’s greatest crimes were not saying no when fiyero says he’s going with her… and kidnapping a child who, to be fair, was coming to her castle to kill her and stole her sister’s shoes. and, to be fair, saving boq when she knew that book was going to pull some weird shit. hindsight is 20/20. she had good intentions, but still.
and i’m not a galinda hater. actually, i love her character arc. i’m kind of concerned that… some people are missing the point of it. love galinda, mourn with galinda, but first… know galinda and respect galinda.
granted, i’m also just very, very annoying and overthink everything.
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