THAT IS DANA

What do you mean the iconic witch hat was born from Glinda's spite and cruelty but became a symbol of her willingness to stand by Elphaba even if it ostracized her from her friends and peers? What do you mean the witch's broom is an item enchanted in a moment of panic and innovation as Elphaba refuses to be cowed and grounded? WHAT DO YOU MEAN the spooky black cloak is a representation of Glinda's selflessness as she wraps it lovingly around Elphaba's shoulders, a threadbare cloak that will maybe, hopefully, keep her best friend (lover) warm? WHAT DO YOU MEAN all these symbols of evil actually represent a deep bond of friendship and love? What do you mean????

Enid Sinclair likes girls, an essay:

So we all kind of agree that “wolf out” is code for being gay, right?

We had that entire conversation with her parents which just screamed queer. Her mother calling her a disappointment, wanting to take her to a conversion camp, Enid saying she hopes they’ll one day accept her for who she is… It wasn’t subtle, folks.

Then we have Enid acting so comphet it’s painful. She has a crush on Ajax despite them never talking - which one could argue happens - but then the same thing happens with the normie boy, who she spends ONE day with and at the end is crying because “she thought he liked her” after like two semi-okay conversations. They are really shallow relationships rooted only in having someone period.

The first sign we get that she’s finally “wolfing out” is when Ajax and Enid are together, when her claws come out. The first time is after the dance when she tries to hold him, and the second time is when they’re kissing in her room. He asks jokingly if she’s gonna wolf out on him, and says they should be okay, but it’s interesting because she says being with him “helps”.

If wolfing out was something that happened because she’s excited to be kissing him, it wouldn’t help, it would only make it worse. Unless she’s wolfing out because she’s rejecting him.

And when does she finally fully wolf out? When she leaves Ajax behind and goes after Wednesday, worried about her and wanting to save her.

So I vote gay. And I’ll die on that hill.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

you're so silly Grian!

Hey y’all, if you appreciated Martyn’s finale you should go give him some love to block out the gross comments he got!

Been thinking about them growing up 🌱

Today on things that keep me up at night: have you ever thought about how Glinda worked very closely with the Wizard for nearly a decade? Have you ever considered that she probably saw him nearly every day, that she knows the way he walks and talks and acts better than damn near anyone else in Oz, that they were coworkers in close proximity for a long time. And Elphaba is his daughter. And even if they met twice, even if they never really knew each other, Elphie and the Wizard must have attributes in common.

The shape of the face or the eyes, the slope of the shoulders, the way the smile lifts the corner of the mouth, a certain phrase, or a look or just a way of moving, all an echo of the Wizard, of Elphabas father, and Glinda knows it. Feels something dangerously close to fear curl cold and tight around her heart when she realizes why she feels like she’s seen that smile before, somewhere else, on someone else, and why it’s setting alarm bells screaming in the back of her mind

because Elphaba, in tiny noticeable ways, is her fathers daughter

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

"ao3 should have an algorithm" ao3 should continue only giving me exactly what I ask for which happens because I know how to use the search, sort, and filter functions

Update from the notes of the Cecil vs. Sans poll

My man casually dropping things like that. I'm gonna cry