Gelphie Comics Based On Quotes By @wildlyincorrect Part 1!!

I JUST FINISHED THE SECOND SEASON. I AM NEVER EVER GOING TO EMOTIONALLY RECOVER. I EXPECTED A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONOS BUT OH BOY THIS SHIT JUST BEATED THE LAST PIECE OF EMOTIONS I HAD LEFT AND DESTROYED IT

NEIL YOU GENIUS

THIS IS IT GUYS MOMENT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR AND I’M NOT OKAY I’M SO NOT OKAY

ONE MORE MINUTE!!!!!!!!

Dear Neil,

not a question, not for an answer here. Just wanted to say that the majority of us are heartbroken with you and for you, we are so sorry the leak happened. Those of us who were unlucky to stumble upon it are trying very hard to flood the timeline with unrelated content to mask the leak and prevent it from spreading any further. We also strongly encourage everyone to tag any spoilers whatsoever. I know it’s a poor consolation, but we just wanted to let you know, we’re waiting and we want to see only when we’re meant to. Even if it was an accident, it was very disrespectful to you and the whole crew. We all will be amnesiac just like Gabriel for the next one and a half months, we promise!

with endless respect and gratitude for everything

a member of good omens family

I appreciate it.

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.

Well it’s Gravity Falls fandom, no one expected anything less than this😭

the dude has us so well convinced everything is planned we all refused to accept the simplest answer and were jumping to conspiracies about the great gatsby

amen

oh yeah btw gelphie is still the greatest ship of all time

Alright guys why does Love of my life fits so well on the series finale

EP6 SPOILERS!!

thank you fiddleford

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

doodles