suplikdandelion
she/hermostly here for Wicked and Gravity Falls -ˋˏ ༻𖤓༺ ˎˊ-Gelphie is the greatest ship of all time btw
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Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn as GELPHIE!
Wow! If I had a nickel for every time green-skinned sassy bisexual queen fell in love with pure chaos blonde yearner™️ lesbian I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?
I can’t believe someone hasn’t drawn this yet (they probably did, if so, please send me!)
(also I’m sorry for not posting, I’m graduating rn so I don’t have time for anything😭)
There are ships you consume. And then there are ships that consume you in a never-ending abyss of complete brainrot.
amen
oh yeah btw gelphie is still the greatest ship of all time
no no cause the thing is- i think its super curious that within the wicked fandom glinda is really fucking popular. we love our little blonde witch over here.
but the casual wicked viewers, people just watching a movie, are almost always anti-glinda. I've seen a couple of like post-wicked-coming-out-on-peacock-first-watch videos on tiktok now and they're all like "fuck glinda, she's not her friend"😭
Was rewatching Wicked the movie (again) and have thoughts about the hot air balloon escape scene
Initially, I'd thought it was mostly there to 1) be a cool and exciting visual sequence, 2) kind of an action scene, and 3) pad out the film further. Maybe even a bit of symbolism of trying and failing to use the Wizard's own means against him to escape. And I do think it's still all those things, to be clear.
However, I also think it's really interesting from a character standpoint for Glinda, specifically how it sets up her choice to not leave in Defying Gravity.
You have the hot air balloon be Elphaba's plan first, no surprise there, with her immediately getting on and lighting it. Glinda lingers behind (again, no surprise there) and she struggles to take the literal leap required ("It's time to close my eyes and leap") despite Elphaba telling her to: "Quick, jump!" Glinda can't quite believe it: "Jump? Me, jump?"
But Glinda does take the leap, Elphaba help pulling her onto their escape craft. Glinda is the first to directly hit/fight off one of the guards, then Elphaba. And once the girls have a shared glance, they both reach upwards together to urge the balloon to go faster:
Together, we're unlimited.
I could talk more about how Glinda in some ways becomes Elphaba's replacement (more genuine) form of the Wizard throughout the film, i.e. she pins her hopes for acceptance and companionship on the Wizard, but actually receives these things from Glinda ("As half of Oz's favourite team" / "together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been") even before she meets him in-film (her being accepted at school because of Glinda's love and influence), because I think that aspect of the bond is an undercurrent in a lot of ways. The end of the film isn't just being betrayed/abandoned by the Wizard for Elphaba, but also — in a way — by Glinda as well.
But what I think the hot air balloon scene importantly illustrates is that, in it, Glinda was going to leave with Elpabha. They were trying to escape together, and Glinda was clearly hoping they'd make it successfully to the skies.
But of course they don't, the Wizard's palace — the symbol of his power — literally closing in on them, with Elphaba escaping the burning hulk of the balloon first (again, a parallel to the end of the play) and Glinda being the last to leave the balloon. So what's the difference between this escape attempt, wherein Glinda is willing to go, versus Defying Gravity's, where she stays behind?
A few things, I think:
The hot air balloon escape not working is a sobering reminder of how badly things can go
It is, accordingly, a reminder of the Wizard's power
But more importantly, I think, it illustrates the fundamental fact that despite Glinda telling Elphaba that "you can do anything," Glinda never considers the possibility or believes that Elphaba is more powerful than the Wizard.
This is the lynchpin of her choice not to leave in Defying Gravity, of course — Elphaba may have brains and knowledge and heart, but she is not "popular," and social sway/approval is what Glinda believes to be the most powerful thing in the world — but it's also indicated in the hot air balloon scene.
Because Glinda is willing to leave and escape with Elphaba when they are relying on the Wizard's vestiges of power (the balloon). She is not when it is Elphaba's (the broom).
She only trusts that one of them can fly, and so she stays on the ground the second time around.
Fiyero and Glinda shenanigans
Again based on quotes by @wildlyincorrect
Gelphie comics based on quotes by @wildlyincorrect part 1!!
(open pages for better image quality)
the moment I heard elphaba's delivery of "there's a girl i know..." in i'm not that girl i knew i had to draw this comic, i strongly recommend listening to it while you read for the full experience!
this comic is a companion to this piece (which was inspired by glinda's delivery of the same line in the i'm not that girl reprise).
pages 1-4 are from elphie's pov, pages 5-8 are from glinda's.
flower meanings in order of appearance:
Me: Wait, Wicked is fiction, Glinda could have made the same choices Fiyero did and be with Elphaba if the creators chose it
Me²: Yeah, but then it wouldn't have been a tragedy
FANTASTIC
Same here
That charity stream added 10 years to my life, watered my plants, fed my dogs, paid off my car, cooked my dinner, finished my essays, wrote a whole 276 page novel, & gave me a dopamine rush the likes of which I doubt I will ever feel again.
I AM SO SCARED ONE OF THE COMMENTS WERE MINE
HE GOT JK SIMMONS TO READ THIRSTY FORD COMMENTS
JESUS CHRIST JOE PITT WHAT HAVE YOU CREATED
Guys is the stream on? I can’t see anything, is it just my problem or is it not running for y’all either?
Love to see it (not the fiddauthor x fiddlestan wars tho, guys can we just respect each other??)
Very much here for the Fiddleford-ification (fiddlefication, if you will) of the Gravity Falls Fandom
YOOOOO THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I’VE EVER SAW
been missing them lately...
I’m so insane abt Gravity falls😭
We were talking abt existentialism in school and also abt Jean Paul Sartre and during the whole lecture I was thinking only abt the fact that I know his name from somewhere! And after some time I realised THIS is where I know him from
And I realised that I actually know this quote by heart BECAUSE of this😭 so I told the teacher the quote and she was like “wow so cool u know it, we actually don’t even teach that in highscgools” ALL BECAUSE OF ONE GRAVITY FALLS CREDIT SCENE
Reblog if you're not homophobic
Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad.
*I’m obviously talking abt Fiddauthor in the first message
from conversation with @samvedkrepelka
thank you fiddleford
THIS IS IT GUYS MOMENT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR AND I’M NOT OKAY I’M SO NOT OKAY
ONE MORE MINUTE!!!!!!!!
who up eating their own pants rn
doodles