I’m Thinking About Wicked Tonight, Specifically Why Elphaba Ends Up With Fiyero Instead Of Glinda In

I’m thinking about Wicked tonight, specifically why Elphaba ends up with Fiyero instead of Glinda in the musical despite Elphaba and Glinda having the more well-rounded relationship.

You could chalk it up to the writers wanting a heteronormative ending (and I’m certain that’s part of it) or the fact that Elphaba and Fiyero had a love affair in the book. But I think there’s a bit more nuance to it.

The whole point of Glinda’s character is that she upholds the status quo of Oz. No matter how much she loves Elphaba or sympathizes with the plight of the Animals, she will always align herself with the current system and those in power. And as long as that remains the case, a relationship between her and Elphaba is futile because Elphaba will not give up her cause.

Elphaba and Glinda represent to different ends of a spectrum. Elphaba resists the oppressive forces in Oz, while Glinda upholds them. But Fiyero is somewhere in the middle. He starts out privileged and carefree like Glinda, but quickly turns to Elphaba’s side. He does become Captain of the Guard, but only to find Elphaba and help her evade arrest.

And therein lies the difference between Glinda and Fiyero as love interests to Elphaba. Glinda would never sacrifice her title as “the Good Witch” and all her power granted from the Wizard, even if it meant helping Elphaba. Fiyero, on the other hand, does give up his privilege, his title, and even his human form for Elphaba. Glinda clings to what the status quo gives her, while Fiyero ultimately rejects it.

Yes, the writing around Elphaba and Fiyero’s romance is a bit rushed and doesn’t have the same gradual development that Elphaba and Glinda have. And yes, I have no doubt heteronormativity played a role in giving Elphaba a male love interest in the end. But I see a lot of people write off Fiyero and his relationship with Elphaba and I just don’t agree.

Why does Elphaba end up with Fiyero instead of Glinda? Because Fiyero makes the sacrifices that Glinda wasn’t willing to.

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"Mute B-127 AU" part 5 (TW: Blood)

"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)
"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)
"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)
"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)
"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)
"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)

What if B-127 was a little more annoying, and talked a little bit too much? Part 5 of the "Mute B-127 AU", where I made Sentinel rip out Bee's voice box vv

This is probably the last part for now, unless you would like me to create some kind of an epilogue, or for example act 2 of Bee, dealing with the PTSD of losing his voice box/learning about D-16. I haven't planned out for that yet, so lemme know in the comments!

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Some explanations under the cut ^^

In most transformers media after losing his voice box, Bee is basically immediately on the verge of dying, but because I wanted him to get one last interaction with Orion, I delayed that a little. He's very much dying, don't get me wrong, but I thought his body might have been able to do some basic repairs in that moment, just to keep him alive - hence the mask, that appeared automatically, sensing danger.

For the people who didn't read the IDW comics, the "chirolinguistics" is a real thing in the Transformers universe, and almost every bot knows a little bit of the "hand language". Here's a screenshot from the MTMTE comic #28 that inspired me:

"Mute B-127 AU" Part 5 (TW: Blood)

3. Because my comic had been stolen already, I've put my watermark over few panels. I hope they were not too distracting ^^

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a doodle of miles and the spot wearing clothes over their appearances, walking and drinking soda. above it is a small doodle of spot holding miles scooby doo style and running away screaming.
a comic, where spot says "so how are we doing this? good cop, bad cop?" miles replies, "probably, yeah. i should be good cop, though. spider-man, yknow. man of the people." spot says, "okay, i get that. i just think i could be pretty good at the good cop thing? i'm very polite!" miles says, "look, no offense, but i just look friendlier. your face-hole-thing is kind of creepy looking." spot argues "my face hole is not creepy! it's very warm and inviting!" a person tied to a chair in front of them says "am i being interrogated, or...?" and miles says "patience, man." while spot says "could you just hold on a minute, please?"
spot interrupting gwen and miles's rooftop hangout, saying "sooo, what are we talking about?"
a facebook post changed to be by spot, saying "so i told spider-man to lay down on the floor...he actually did it the absolute madman hahaha!" with the picture changed to spot and miles.
a comic of a little girl holding up a barbie painted to have black spots all over it, saying "look! i painted her to be more cool like you!" spot says "you painted this... to look like me??" while getting emotional. miles says "wow. that's actually kind of terrifying."

they could be a dynamic duo they have the POTENTIAL!!!!!

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1 year ago

Emotion Challenge, Day 1!

Emotion Challenge, Day 1!

Decided to do Young Dj Octavio for G-10. I imagine he was in the middle of fighting, and he just sees Cuttlefish across the battlefield... It just hits him that his best friend (probably more) is fighting AGAINST him in this war. No matter who wins, they're never going to look at each other like they used to.

Emotion Challenge, Day 1!

Here's the template for anyone who wants to try this for themselves.


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