I Absolutely Made Myself Sob Thinking Of Glinda Waiting For Elphaba For Several Years. For At Least The

I absolutely made myself sob thinking of Glinda waiting for Elphaba for several years. For at least the first year and a half after Elphaba’s “death” Glinda had to be absolutely devastated. She did what she had to do and carried on Elphaba’s cause, but she was heartbroken and lonely. She didn’t eat or sleep for days at a time and shunned deeper relationships in general.

It took some time for her to gather that her Elphie was too smart to let something that simple and rudimentary catch her off guard. Glinda definitely thinks she’s alive at this point. If that’s true then it meant Elphaba left Glinda once again.

Glinda refuses to take that personally because at this point she believes that that’s the least she deserves, and satisfies herself with knowing that Elphie is at peace somewhere while her dreams are being fulfilled. However, that doesn’t stop Glinda from staring out the window each night, hoping against hope that Elphaba might appear outside of her dreams.

When Elphaba finally does come, she’s shocked that Glinda doesn’t seem surprised or upset or even angry. When she asks how Glinda knew she would be there, Glinda simply says “I was waiting for you.”