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The Wicked musical, for a 2003 liberal fantasy that wants to deal with racism without actually having to talk about racism in our world today, is actually pretty interesting in the ways in which it functions as a form of gay and racial allegory that very much does not treat those two things as if they’re the same issue, which a lot of “you’ve been different your whole life and everyone has always hated you for it” type stories at the time, and a bunch to this day, are guilty of, so that they don’t actually have to get into anything more specific.

Elphaba has been scorned and tormented ever since the literal second of her birth for something she cannot change or hide. She’s from a wealthy background, but doesn’t play nice with others. She has an absurd amount of talent, but that only serves to make her more of a target, as she is only seen as someone of worth when she can do something for more powerful people around her. Her otherness is only forgivable when she is being exemplary, because being just as good as everyone else is not good enough when you’re different. Elphaba can’t hide, but she also doesn’t really have to cover up what Glinda was to her. She loses nothing if everyone knows that Glinda was kind to her, or that she was the one to insist Glinda be allowed to learn magic. She has significantly more experience with marginalization, even as the daughter of a prominent government official, than Glinda does, and it changes the way she interacts with the world.

Glinda is rich, blonde, charismatic, and gets her way always. She’s not the most talented, but she’s not uniquely restricted or handicapped in anyway whatsoever. She’s privileged, and the only thing she ever does that’s out of line is care about the wrong person. Glinda can, and does, hide that thing that makes her different. The thing that makes her stand out from the rest of Oz is something that she can ignore in order to make herself look better. Yes, she’ll be alone and unhappy, but she has her job, and her popularity, and she can have everything she’s ever wanted. Because, regardless of whether you think it’s romantic or plutonic, Glinda is closeted. Her feelings about Elphaba leave her to mourn alone in a crowd of celebrating people.

Gelphie but I’m a cheerleader au when

still riding the high of absorbing doomed yuri the marvel television series and doomed yuri the movie musical back to back if I'm being completely honest...

I watched Carol while drawing it so I think it’s reasonably👀

Did you know it’s hard to be an artist in Germany? Someday I’ll move…

Well, hello there👀

i am gay and tired, reblog this if you are also gay and tired

Lil bit late🥲

It took me a month but I finally finished Chappell Roan of arc 🥀🗡⛓

I sometimes forget what really happened in the books, what we know from the extra content, what is a very popular headcanon in the fandom and what is just something I read in a fic that one time

So real.

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Full piece for some of you. I’m really busy rn🥲

(Part 1) Everyone is verified except Agatha..........

(“sailor song” by gigi perez starts playing)