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The Empire are Space Nazis.

Louder for the people in the back: THE EMPIRE ARE SPACE NAZIS.

Whatever else they are, whatever representations of more modern evils they might be used as, The Empire was created to be Space Nazis.

Friends, Bix was always a trope.

She was The Hero’s Ex who he Still Had Feelings for, her boyfriend was Conveniently Disposed Of, she was involved in the rebellion just enough to get Captured By The Villain, so that the hero could mount a Daring Rescue.

Why would that have changed in season 2?

Me just now realizing the implications of a man whose people were massacred by space NAZIS saying a JEWISH phrase…

Ok, hear me out… I liked episode 8 but not 9.

Spoilers ahead.

I loved episode 8. Agatha agreeing to trade Billy for herself and manipulating him to get what she wanted then changing her mind at the last second bc he brought up her son lowkey fits and also shows how much like Agatha Billy is bc the whole ‘Is this how Nicky died’ moment was clear manipulation. Agatha not wanting to see Rio made sense to me, their relationship reads like one I’ve had in the past, where neither of us really liked each other (see episode 1/8), but when we spent any time with together, we fell back into old habits (see episode 4/5/6). Plus the Agathario kiss was fantastic.

9 on the other hand was confusing. I liked that the Road was a con, but other than that I just felt like I was missing most of the story. Nicky was cute, but that’s about it. And what was the difference between Agatha killing witches with Nicky and after he died? Like was killing witches keeping Nicky alive? And if so why not state that at any point? And as fun as Ghost Agatha is, there is literally no benefit to being a ghost so why would Agatha choose that? It felt like they were trying to downplay Billy’s manipulation of her to keep him ‘innocent’. Like, commit to Billy being amoral already, instead of trying to pass off all the bad stuff he does as accidents or Agatha’s fault. Interested to see where this goes in future projects.

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I'm trying to prove something.

I would like to nominate this post for ‘Most Impressive Failure to Get The Point’

Like, seriously, what??? The whole meaning of the play is that it’s a commentary on the inherent injustice in society and the choice we all face in that injustice society: to sacrifice our morality in order to be accepted or to sacrifice our relationships and reputation in order to stand up for what’s right. It was originally meant to represent Antisemitism, which is part of reason the first person to play Elphaba (Idina Menzel) was Jewish, but Cynthia Erivo isn’t Jewish, so the rhetoric shifted to match the cast. The second half makes that divide even more obvious and shows how the people in power use their position to vilify people who try to point out the unfairness of the system. It’s meant to make us reflect on our own society and consider who might be the Elphabas (people who are vilified for speaking out) in real life. Not to mention the fact that, yeah it DOESN’T have a fix, because we still haven’t figured out how to fix our system in real life, so for now, what we need to do is take the first step: RECOGNIZING that unfairness, which is what the play is meant to help do.

And as far as Glinda only treating Elphaba well when Elphaba did something good for her, Elphaba did the exact same thing, only helping Glinda when she thought Glinda had done something nice for her and her sister, Nessa. The whole point is that they were both standoffish to begin with, and- cycling back to the first half of this post- everyone sided with Glinda (and later the Wizard) because of the inherent unfairness of the system. Their friendship is meant to show that once we get past our initial biases and realize that we aren’t each others’ enemies, we can accomplish far more. Of course the play is somewhat tragic and they make different choices when exposed to The Problem that end up forcing them apart, so they could never have ended happily, but the point is that they didn’t HAVE to be enemies.

TLDR: the racism is the whole freaking point.

how DARE you think Wicked is mid, this is the WORST insult to ANY generation! AND NOT SHIP GELHPIE? THIS IS AN INSULT TO MANKIND AS A WHOLE. HOW DARE YOU WALK THIS EARTH WITH OPINIONS, GO TO MARS WITH ELON MUSK.

As I said with my friend:

And the reason I don't ship Gelphie boils down to

And as much I hate Elongated Muskrat, I actually love Mars. It's my second favorite planet after Saturn so...

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What do you think it would have taken for Parker to kill or paralyze Bligh (no idea how to spell her name lol)? Like, if Astrid weren’t there I kind of genuinely believe that Parker would have done a lot worse, but Sophie was still in the room so she probably wouldn’t have killed her, you know?

Oooh good question! I agree that if Astrid and Sophie weren't there she would've done a lot worse, though I also think it's dependent on how much Bligh injured Sophie. Like if Sophie had been actually physically injured, even so much as like just a little beat up, a few bruises, maybe a split lip, I think Parker would've hurt her more, though I don't think Parker would kill Bligh over a black eye. But if Sophie had been any more injured? Then Parker would've killed Bligh. Even if Astrid and Sophie were there to watch, they wouldn't have been able to hold her back.

I might be the last one to the party here, but what if one of the reasons River sacrificed herself in the Library was because she knew her time with the doctor was up, in the sense that she would never meet a Doctor who knew her again? Like, she said that the day she was most afraid of was the day he wouldn’t recognize her anymore and that she was more afraid of that that the Doctor’s death or her own, so what if part of her reason for choosing to die that day was the fact that she couldn’t bear to look him in the eye again, knowing he would never recognize her from that moment on

One of the nice touches during Mon Mothma’s escape from the senate building after her speech is that she quietly sheds her coat of office, because of how noticeable and cumbersome it would be. Practical but also coming after, in her speech, she observed that she came to coruscant and the senate as a child and has few memories of significance prior to that, and how deep her bond is to the senate and her service, it was somewhat poignant and sobering.