GLINDA UPLAND.

DOSSIER.

BIOGRAPHY.

trigger warnings: Violence, Internalized Homophobia , Oppression/Fascism, To be added if requested

☆  I grew up nurtured by the best Momsie and Popsicle a girl could ask for. I was adored by my parents, by my peers, by everyone really. I was, fortunately, very popular. Then, I went to Shiz University. And I was equally popular there. Everyone loved me , I had so many friends. I even had a boyfriend, Fiyero. That’s what every popular girl wants, right? To be loved by the popular guy. And Fiyero is even a prince!

However, there was something missing. I didn’t know quite what, until I befriended Elphaba Thropp. We became friends after I danced with her at the Ozdust Ballroom, to stop people from making fun of her, I did the same thing she did. And then I offered to make her popular too. But the strangest thing happened. She didn’t exactly want it. Not the way I would have expected.

Nevertheless, we became the best of friends. And finally my life was complete. I went with her to meet the Wizard in the Emerald City. We both had dreams of making the city our home. But then, tragedy struck. Elphaba didn’t like the Wizard, after all. Because of how he wanted to treat the animals of Oz, using some of them as spies. And so Madam Morrible told me to convince Elphaba to come back, when she took the grimmery and left. I tried. I did. But Elphaba asked me to go with her. I would have. I wish I could have. But I’ve never been quite as brave as Elphie is, either. So I stayed. I stayed behind.

And Elphaba left. She flew away on a broom and left.

Now here I am, without my best friend in the world, feeling rather lost. Who knows what will happen now? Hopefully something good will happen and Elphie and I will reunite. I hope, at least, that she will be happy in her new life. Truly, I do.

Fiyero and I got engaged. Everything was perfect! Except for still missing Elphie, I couldn't be happier. Really. 

The night of our wedding, Elphaba reappeared. She came to see me. And I was excited to see her again. I offered to help her with the Wizard, but she left. Then I spoke to the Wizard with her, and she and the Wizard eventually agreed. Then my wedding was interrupted by her letting the animals the Wizard had kept locked up loose. I went to see what was going on, and Fiyero decided to leave with Elphaba. I was shocked. Had something been going on between them the whole time? Elphie said there wasn't, but I didn't believe her. 

I told them to go, and  so they did. I suggested to Madam Morrible and the Wizard that they spread a rumor about Nessa, that then Elphaba would rush to save her sister and they'd have her where they wanted her. But unfortunately, things went too far. Madam Morrible instead dropped a house on Nessa, and she died. Elphaba was so upset, understandably, at her sister's demise. We fought. Then, guards arrived to arrest Elphie. Then Fiyero came and threatened to shoot me. I tried to stop the guards from taking him, explaining that he loves Elphie. But they didn't listen to me. 

I went back to my life, still feeling uneasy. I realized that my entire life was built on lies. That things had gone too far with the whole situation. I confronted Madam Morrible, asking if she provoked the cyclone that caused the house to fall on Nessa. She overpowered me, told me to stop and shut up, as she always had. But this time I didn't listen. I went to warn Elphie that Dorothy's friends were after her, planning to kill her. We told each other that we had been changed for good by the other's presence in our life. Elphie told me she loved me and I said I loved her too, before watching her get melted. 

But not before she gave me the grimmerie. Elphie is gone now.  At least, she's not in Oz, even if she did somehow survive. The grimmerie and the bottle her mother gave her are all I have left of her. My best friend, my love. I wish I had been braver. But Elphie trusted me with her cause, of bringing justice to the animals of Oz. And I'm trying my best. I told the Wizard to leave, and locked up Madam Morrible. And I am trying to make good be more than just a word, as Elphie said. 

I have truly been changed for good. 

STORIES.