Au Influenced By Backrooms

My conspiracy theory is that one of the reasons they fired Stephanie J. Block for the role of Elphaba in 2000 and replaced her with Idina Menzel at the end of the OBC workshops is because SJB played the role SO gay that it was quickly crossing the line of plausible deniability. Like she doesn't seem to be able to help herself.

And thank god she eventually got to play the role on Broadway (arguably one of the best - if not THE best - actresses who ever did), because we finally got to see her get super fucking handsy and stare lovingly into Glinda's eyes inches away from her face for three hours:

Like holy shit why do you keep looking at Annaleigh Ashford like you want to eat her alive??

Plus I cannot emphasize enough just how effective and moving this particular version of For Good is. Straight up feels like wedding vows.

(Ironically, she also has the best chemistry with Fiyero's character, and arguably the very sweetest performance of As Long As You're Mine in the entire slime tutorial universe.* So I'm just reading this as a Thropple Truther performance.)

*But that's just because she was (and still is) literally married to him. So they get uh. A little carried away in their performance. *cut to Sebastian Arcelus holding lantern up, his face covered in green makeup from aggressively making out with his wife on stage for several minutes* Apparently the makeup team HATED that song for them.

In utter disbelief

I'm WHEEZING at arcane twitter's general consensus on this moment

ariana being illuminated by sunlight with the colors of the lesbian flag during her over the rainbow performance, LESBIAN GLINDA UPLAND CANON!!!

Something-something Glindas watching their Elphies defy gravity at awards shows, 21 years apart

2/4: 🦌😺

inspired by scenes/themes in: 'ride the dragon (do it quickly)'

Emeralds & Swans: Chapter/Outfit Designs (casual)

Just some designs for Gelphie daywear from my fic! I’ve been meaning to do sketches for a while I just never got around to it.

For me I think my favorite designs are Glinda’s stripes from Chapter 12, and Elphie’s casual from Chapter 16. Let me know your faves! I’ll hopefully have more of the casual fits from chapters 20+, and updated formal fits from the first half :3

Me every time Kyoshi refers to Rangi as ‘her girl’ 🤭:

two of the three werent passing that class anyway