Story Hangover Thoughts: Wicked and I Guess by Extension, The Wizard of Oz

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 I can now tell you how Wicked ends. Not from the musical or from a leaked trailer, but from the original source. The books.

 Even though we now know why the Wicked Witch of the West did the things she did, with her skin discoloration, her "father's" clear favoritism of her sister and the way the semi-anthropomorphic animals of Oz were treated, (which I have to agree with her on), definitely contributing, I still think Elphie went a little overboard. If you don't like the way the world sees you, you can either feed into it, or you can do something to show them they're wrong.

 Elphie definitely took the former. She didn't have to be so harsh with Dorothy. The house falling on her sister and the shoes ending up with her weren’t her fault! She was just a lost kid caught up in a misunderstood woman’s uphill battle against discrimination.
The two actually have a lot in common. Elphaba grew up in an estate, mostly raised by her "father's" house staff because he didn't really want anything to do with her. (Note the quotation marks on "father". That should clue you in about why). Dorothy, on the other hand, lives on a farm in the middle of Kansas with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry, and from the way nobody mentions her parents, I'm guessing they're her only family. And her crabby, old neighbor had just tried to take her dog away. I read somewhere that the warrant to have Toto put down was a forgery. Thank goodness, because we all saw how upset Dorothy was. She'd be scarred for life if she had to lose her dog again! Especially after she survived what I think was interdimensional travel, possibly across the astral planes, caused by a concussion. 
 
 And by the way, does anyone else wonder how in the world they're going to tell the people of Oz that the Wizard was just a lost street performer who used their beliefs and reliance on magic against them to make a name for himself instead of just asking for help getting home in the first place? Hey, nobody’s perfect. 

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