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Before "For Good", she said she wanted to clear Elphaba and tell everyone the truth but Elphaba forced to her not to in order to keep her safe bc everyone will turn against Glinda.

Glinda is indeed good - she played to her strengths (her physical appeal and extremely high interpersonal intelligence) and leveraged her position and privilege (as "Glinda the Good") to banish the corrupt Wizard and imprison Morrible, and promised to continue using her gifts to help the people of Oz to be better.

@@Pheelyp Indeed she did. But she did not start out that way. Her entire journey throughout the musical is learning that it’s better to do the right thing and be loyal to your friends than prioritize popularity. The musical transforms Glinda from a mean popular girl to somebody with good intentions that wants to do good for the Ozians. But even though she promises to do well by the people of Oz, she’ll never truly be happy because she lost all her friends. I can’t help but feel that her story is a tragedy.

@@tesslichtman7302 I agree completely that Glinda's transformation is admirable both because of how much she had to sacrifice and how it changed her for the good. I suppose my quibble is her decision of not standing by Elphaba as being "wrong". Glinda intuitively understood that had she gone against the full social might of the Wizard (who had an enormous store of goodwill magnified by state propaganda), she would have been unpopular and thus powerless. Unlike Elphaba who had innate arcane power, Glinda's ability to effect meaningful change comes primarily from being liked by others (and at times, barely even that, as she managed to only momentarily delay the mob before they seized Fiyero ["In the name of goodness, stop!'], and she was rebuked by the crowd when she tried to humanize Elphaba ["So you see, it couldn't have been easy!"]. So when Elphaba asks Glinda to join her ["So, are you coming?"], Glinda knew that she would be very limited indeed. So not joining was not only practical (as she would have little to contribute should she be ostracized) and thus not a betrayal of her friend, but also a matter of survival, aligned with her insight that "it's very shrewd to be very, very popular" and therefore suicidal not to be. Ultimately, popularity and doing the right thing are not mutually exclusive. As Elphaba recognizes, being liked is sometimes necessary to change society ("Look at you! You could do all the things I couldn't do!"). You're right that Glinda used to prioritize popularity for its own sake, but by the end, she recognized that it can (and should) be used for good.

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@@gavi3 No, I'm just well spoken.

i do that all the time

Oh you too 😒

omg i love courtney i saw her twice

omg fr, its gon be just as good as this!