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Johnshi & Gelphie Parallels

After listening to Wicked, I realized that "What Is This Feeling?" and "For Good" give such Johnshi vibes.

Elphaba and Glinda's relationship is similar to Johnny and Kenshi's. Like the two women, Johnny and Kenshi started disliking each other intensely and were unwilling to resolve. But it changed when an important moment brought them together- Elphaba wore Glinda's "gift" and Glinda danced with her when no one else would while Kenshi lost his sight protecting Johnny and Johnny took care of and encouraged Kenshi to keep going. Elphaba and Kenshi are similar since they are more withdrawn and serious. The same for Johnny and Glinda who are more comedic and self-centered, but kind. In the end, I like to believe Johnny and Kenshi see each other as the one that changed them for the better. That's why I love their intros together since we see how much they care about each other- Johnny asking Kenshi if Jax is a good guy and calling him his best friend while Kenshi takes time to go to Johnny's movie shoot and trusts him to take down the Yakuza by his side. If they become a couple at some point, I would beam with joy. They would be a great couple. I kind of doubt it could happen because of BladeCage, but I'm still going to dream.

Anyway, I'm going to be listening to "For Good" with Johnshi playing through my mind. 😂

What shall I do?

Player, you are longer human than I am, so I have a question for you.

What do you do, when you need to have some time alone? So far, I am just sitting here, checking the time and wait for this mood to pass. Am I doing this right or wrong?

Can I do this better?

It feels like I shall do better. But I do not know how. Is this probably frustrating?

- ST200, uncertain how to (re)act.

What if Elphaba had joined the Wizard

AND GLINDA HAD BECOME THE WICKED WITCH

WICKED MOVIE SPOILERS

During Popular, Galinda tells Elphaba “pink goes good with green” in which Elphaba responds “pink goes well with green”.

This, to me as a first time Wicked viewer, always had a double meaning, that on one hand, Elphaba is a grammar police but also, that this kind of alludes to the way Elphaba rejects the notion of goodness by the end of the movie.

Throughout the movie, Galinda is constantly defined as “good” but deep down all of her good deeds are shallow (ex. Changing her name to take a stand when she states she doesn’t really care about Dr Dillamond).

Her goodness is performative and done to appease her peers and make her look better. As Elphaba said, “You couldn’t care less about what people think. Through I doubt that’s true.”

Elphaba’s kindness however, has her perceived as an enemy of the people and wicked, but she in the end, doesn’t care. She’d rather be considered wicked and do what she considers morally right rather than be seen as “good” and perform shallow acts of kindness for the approval of the people.