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Please Remind Me
Dec. 5th, 2020 09:58 am To write some meta about how Glinda possibly sees herself as wicked, based on the lyrics of "No One Mourns the Wicked" and "I Couldn't Be Happier", possibly expanding upon the following points.
"Goodness knows the wicked's lives are lonely"- Glinda is, at this point, deeply lonely, having lost both Elphaba and FIyero, with no one else in the world who knows the truth of what happened.
"Woe to those who spurn what goodness they are shown."- Elphaba forgiving her for tricking her with the hat and the dance, them becoming friends but then Glinda rejecting Elphaba's offer to become "unlimited" together and help the Animals.
"There's a kind of a sort of cost / There's a couple of things get lost."- Glinda lost her friendship with Elphaba, and she has, to some extent, has sacrificed her morals as she goes along with the false narratives presented to the public by Morrible about Elphaba.
"The wicked cry alone."- Glinda cannot even openly mourn her best friend in public, and is trying her best to keep it together and put on a facade for the Ozians, but I'd imagine once she's by herself she just. breaks down. and if anyone sees they interpret it as "Look how good Glinda is- she's even feeling sorry for the terrible Wicked Witch dying!". Glinda has become everything she's ever thought she wanted, but it's entirely a mask and leaves her feeling hollow as she tries to pick up the pieces Elphaba left behind.
Her entire line that she'll try to be Glinda the Good is Glinda acknowledging that she hasn't always been good, that she's messed up and become wicked by misleading the people into thinking they "know what goodness is" when they really know nothing at all about the situation.
Oh, I also want to write a meta or fanfic about what might've happened if Elphaba took the Wizard's offer to "At long, long last receive your due long overdue / Elphaba, the most celebrated are the rehabilitated", but used the power to advance her own causes, scheming with Glinda behind the Wizard's back to help the Animals. And then Elphaba finds out her true parentage and things get even more complicated. It's just a fascinating what if to me, especially since Elphaba seems so entranced by the offer at the end of "Wonderful".
"Goodness knows the wicked's lives are lonely"- Glinda is, at this point, deeply lonely, having lost both Elphaba and FIyero, with no one else in the world who knows the truth of what happened.
"Woe to those who spurn what goodness they are shown."- Elphaba forgiving her for tricking her with the hat and the dance, them becoming friends but then Glinda rejecting Elphaba's offer to become "unlimited" together and help the Animals.
"There's a kind of a sort of cost / There's a couple of things get lost."- Glinda lost her friendship with Elphaba, and she has, to some extent, has sacrificed her morals as she goes along with the false narratives presented to the public by Morrible about Elphaba.
"The wicked cry alone."- Glinda cannot even openly mourn her best friend in public, and is trying her best to keep it together and put on a facade for the Ozians, but I'd imagine once she's by herself she just. breaks down. and if anyone sees they interpret it as "Look how good Glinda is- she's even feeling sorry for the terrible Wicked Witch dying!". Glinda has become everything she's ever thought she wanted, but it's entirely a mask and leaves her feeling hollow as she tries to pick up the pieces Elphaba left behind.
Her entire line that she'll try to be Glinda the Good is Glinda acknowledging that she hasn't always been good, that she's messed up and become wicked by misleading the people into thinking they "know what goodness is" when they really know nothing at all about the situation.
Oh, I also want to write a meta or fanfic about what might've happened if Elphaba took the Wizard's offer to "At long, long last receive your due long overdue / Elphaba, the most celebrated are the rehabilitated", but used the power to advance her own causes, scheming with Glinda behind the Wizard's back to help the Animals. And then Elphaba finds out her true parentage and things get even more complicated. It's just a fascinating what if to me, especially since Elphaba seems so entranced by the offer at the end of "Wonderful".
