For Those Of You With Anxiety

One of the many reasons why i love emily.

fhjy "it feels like a stretch that this thing has multiattack" 🤝 fhfy "he's not wearing any armor though?" never change emily <3

some fake frames based on Fantasy High Junior year!! I love my boys

Fig expressions with Emily as reference

save me figayda wedding.. figayda wedding save me

Easily one of the best game changer episodes hands down.

3 of the most talented performers on dropout given a year to really perfect their bullshit and create impressive jokes

trapping a standee of sam in a silver mine, FORMING A BOY BAND, getting a custom wrapped joker car, successful investing in the stock market? Voice mail musical, oh i just remembered not one but TWO SEEDOOS

So much cool stuff, incredibly dense episode, crazy amount of work done by everyone

Technically true.

love to purchase items but at what cost

In the movie there is a case to be made that the closeness between Elphaba and Glinda is the reason Elphaba didn't fall for Morrible and the Wizard's nefarious plan in the first place.

Like, yes, I think it's pretty much canon across all versions that Elphaba will always revolt in the end. That she can't abide to the cruelty against the Animals and will rage against the machine, so to speak.

But what if she was broken first? How much further would she have fallen for that propaganda, if Glinda had not shown her kindness? In the movie, we see Morrible approach is far subtler than the book or musical. And she even manages to redirection Elphaba's anger for the Animals' mistreatment and harness it into powerful magic.

If Morrible had been able to follow that trajectory, how far would that manipulation have gone? I can easily see an abuser/victim dynamic, where Elphaba only feels competent and important when she's being mentored or in the presence of Morrible. And why would she leave her? Morrible is the only person who ever believed in her.

But in comes Miss Bubble and Glitter. Who tells Elphie she's beautiful, and recognizes her immense talent, and worst of all, she's in the same class Morrible uses to try and train Elphaba into a pawn on her chess board. Suddenly, there is no other way but to back off on the emotional manipulation, bc suddenly she is here too…

Even before they step into the throne room, Glinda takes a moment to pause, look her in the eyes and say: "Elphaba Thropp, listen to me. You can do this. You can do anything." Reaffirming her belief in Elphaba.

And then that intimacy between Elphaba and Glinda is instantly turned against each other the moment Elphaba realizes what's actually up. Elphaba can't be manipulated like the way they planned? Fine. Blondie, you're our barging chip now. First it is done as positive reinforcement: "And hey, if it'll make you happy, possibly, your friend [can stay too]."

And then, as Elphaba actively flees, it is no longer Glinda who tells the Wizard she'll "fetch her back." No. Now Morrible is the one who tries the Glinda-as-a-bargaining-chip-tactic and demands her to get Elphaba back.

Sure, Glinda is the one who eventually gets sucked into the position that was meant for Elphaba. But how easily could the tables have been turned? Where Glinda didn't take that leap towards Elphaba at the Ozdust ballroom? Where they didn't get close and Elphaba remained an outsider, fending for herself.

In that timeline, Morrible would've been able to dig her claws in deeper, and it would not be Glinda, but Elphaba who became the Wizard's puppet instead.

I just thought of a body guard au where Elphaba is hired to be Galinda's bodyguard, on recommendation by her friend, Fiyero.

Its the usual enemies to pining to lovers, where Galinda is a spoiled brat who hates Elphaba because she basically follows her everywhere and sometimes doesn't allow her to go places she deems too crowded, making her miss most of her social gatherings with her friends.

Elphaba also hates her, because Galinda basically treats everyone like they're beneath her( the cook's son boq, specifically, and Elphaba herself).

One day Galinda, with her friends' help, and a manipulated boq, ditches Elphaba to go to a party.

She is attacked, and Elphaba, who finally gets boq to admit the truth, gets badly injured while saving her. But she still gets her home safe and unharmed.

Galinda feels guilty, and starts treating Elphaba like a person, asks her parents to let Elphaba recover from their home while her new bodyguard protects her. Which is unnecessary as she doesn't leave Elphaba's side. She realises her decisions could get someone else hurt and swears to Elphaba to do better.

Elphaba recovers slowly with Galinda's help and they're in their pining/Galinda flirting with Elphaba every chance she gets/ Elphaba trying to remain professional era. The parents don't mind because i don't have the energy for that drama.

The new bodyguard is a plant sent to kill Galinda but Elphaba figures it out and they pull a switch and bait to prove it. At first, elphaba wants to be the one to switch with Galinda and galinda refuses to let her girlfriend put herself in danger again, yes they're dating by now, and boq volunteers after wearing elphaba down.

Am not sure why Galinda is being attacked, maybe money, social status, she offended a mob boss...

It was at this moment my mind told me, but what if Galinda was the bodyguard instead, the personalitties remain the same, just reversed. Bubbly Galinda upland to protect elphaba thropp, stoic eminent heir, while she teaches her that life is more that being just about duty and they fall in love.

Maybe one day i'll fully flesh out these aus, in the meantime, someone please write them and tag me.