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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.

"galinda is gay for elphaba" i say into the mic. the munchkins boo. i begin to walk off in shame as a voice speaks and commands silence from the room. "she's right" they say. i look for the owner of the voice. there she stands. its ariana grande.

Elphaba being an idealist while Glinda is a realist always gets to me. Like you would expect the girl who’s been ostracized all her life for being green to be cynical and think that the world can’t change. But no, Elphie is all starry eyed and hopeful that she can change the world. That she can fix its wrongs and create a better future, not just for her but for every citizen of Oz.

Meanwhile Glinda, the girl who’s had everything, admiration, money, etc, knows how the world is. She knows that the world is led by those who are popular despite their talent or lack thereof. She knows how to play the game, knows the rules of the game, and knows that not playing by those rules will make you an outsider. She’s already resigned to the world as it is.

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random niche gelphie aus that are unlikely to see the light of day:

pokemon rivals but glinda keeps giving elphie love balls and running off bc she doesn't know how to flirt

exes to lovers where glinda is a model and elphie is a photographer

heist au where they're each trying to steal the same item

sentinel & guide au bc how many ways can these girls complete each other

HOGWARTS AU

high school au but specifically where they're both in marching band lmao

daemon au but one of the girls is still unsettled when they meet

space au....haven't decided how that one works yet

avatar au except neither is the avatar, they're just two people caught on opposite sides of a war

avatar au where elphie is the avatar

sports au in which pt elphie helps injured athlete glinda get back on her feet (w/ a twist)

sports au but its set at the olympics

scuba au where elphie agrees to be the personal diving instructor for a yacht full of rich kids

a very soft witchy au

summer camp au!

elphie is a song writer and producer forced to work with glinda, pop musics newest princess

This was an interesting prompt

Very interesting, indeed. Seems the toad may have been a friend? :3

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Galinda is definitely a domesticated show horse from Oz, probably used for things like parades. While Elphaba is a horse from the Vinkus and has a close bond with Fiyero. Not sure how these two ended up meeting yet…Elphie def ends up in the Emerald City, perhaps captured by the Wizard as she’s the only horse who matches his aesthetic. Idk.

So they’re going to have Cynthia & Ari sing & open the award show but not give them the award?

Oh okay it’s giving Barbie

Ariana Grande shares a voice note of her and Cynthia Erivo rehearsing what is this feeling in 2022.

no cause like- i had this headcanon buried in one of my gelphie asks:

when she was a kid, glinda's biggest fear was that she wouldn't be remembered. the last thing elphie does before leaving oz is cast a spell to make herself forget

BUT

imagine if, instead, it was glinda who forgot. glinda whose mind had been wiped by magic. glinda whose only knowledge of the wicked witch was of the stories told by morrible and the wizard. the propaganda. the lies.

imagine glinda, a true servant of the wizard who believes she is doing the right thing by helping hunt down the wicked witch. a glinda shaped and twisted and warped by morrible. a glinda who wouldn't hesitate to make the witch fall.

that glinda. facing off against an aching, bruise-hearted elphie who still dreams of shiz every night and wakes every morning wishing she had glinda in her arms. an elphie who misses glinda more than anything. an elphie who cannot, will not, fight her.

"you're my friend," elphaba says firmly. urgently. desperately. "my best friend."

the girl across from her just scowls, her pretty features twisted with hate. "and you're nothing more than a wicked witch."