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    Morrible unfurls Glinda’s mind like a scroll, examining the contents of her memory the way she examined the displayed organs of the first fetal pig she ever dissected. It’s less cohesive than the innards of a pig. That’s the problem with memory bound by emotion. Love is diffuse. It so easily becomes entangled in every aspect of the human experience, regardless of whether the target was physically present or not. Extracting it with any amount of elegance can get…dicey.

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    Had a bad breakup? Racked with guilt? Grieving a loved one? Struggling to deal with the rising tide of fascism? Not to worry! Put your trust in Brighter Days Inc. and watch all your troubles disappear!

    Brighter Days Inc: Strangers are just people you’ve never met.

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    Glinda erases Elphaba from her life.

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    02 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 70

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    Glinda Upland is everything she was supposed to become: the voice of a generation, the face of a global brand, and the world's biggest pop star. But underneath the gloss and glitter is a woman quietly falling apart, tired of playing a part she didn’t write, and haunted by the only person who ever really saw her.

    Elphaba Thropp walked away from the spotlight almost ten years ago. Now a jaded, fiercely independent guitarist scraping by in the indie scene. Elphaba wants nothing to do with stadium tours, glam squads, or the pop star she once knew too intimately to forget.

    Thrown together on the biggest stage of their lives, what begins as tension and unresolved history gives way to stolen glances, late-night songwriting sessions, and the terrifying possibility of something real.

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    01 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 82

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    Elphaba doesn’t believe in ghosts.

    She wants that on record, preferably carved into stone, or at the very least immortalized in a well-reasoned essay, except no one’s ever going to read it because she’s not writing one.

    Because ghosts aren’t real.

    That said.

    That said.

    She is currently pacing her apartment, burning sage, because she has, in a moment of weakness, googled “signs your apartment is haunted” and, upon reviewing the evidence, has decided that -- purely for the sake of argument -- she should cover all her bases. Just in case.

    (or: the just like heaven au)

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    26 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 11

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    Elphaba Thropp just wants to study the stars in peace, but when her overly perfect roommate ruins that plan, falling in love with her is definitely not going to happen.
    Glinda just wants to enjoy her university life and has no intention of falling in love with her sarcastic roommate, who has every reason to hate her.

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    18 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    Chased out of Ev by the law and wanted for being openly pro-Animal in an increasingly anti-Animal land, The Charmed Circle is known to the rest of the world for being "as filthy as the Animals they parade around with". Led by 25-year-old Boq Woodsman and his right hand, 26-year-old Elphaba Thropp, or the Tinman and the Witch (both nicknames determined for their terrifying accuracy and ability to wield/use their weapons), they arrive in Gillikin of Oz- the harsh northern weather is unkind to their already battered crew. They find what they believed to be an abandoned homestead, only to discover 25-year-old Glinda Upland being chased down by her ex-husband. After saving the mysterious Upland and taking her into their crew, they head further south and settle by the small town of Nest Hardings. When they discover that Oz has just as many problems as Ev, the Circle is determined to do something about it and take down Morrible & Diggs, who hold the land in an iron vice.

    Elphaba is faced with demons from both her past and her future, and Glinda is hiding more about herself than she is letting on. Their paths are more intertwined than either of them realizes.

    Written for Gelphie Big Bang 2025

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    17 Dec 2025