Have I ever mentioned how much I love Glinda? Sometimes she gets pushed into the background by Elphaba, but it doesn't mean I love her any less. Elphaba is just flashier. Glinda is subtle, for all her outward show. You never know *who* really is - it's her strength. It's also a part of her tragedy because it's precisely because of this Elphaba could never really think of her as a true *partner*, even though she was, always.

*Cries*

I love Glinda. It would have been so easy for Maguire to write her as a vacuous twit, but he didn't. She's an amazing character.

I'm glad that Elphaba's death wasn't meaningless. But it's still HORRIBLE, because Elphaba never knew. She brought down the Wizard. She touched *so many* lives. Glinda never left her side and Liir loved her and took up her mantle (cape) - but Elphaba will never know, because she's dead, dead and gone.

*Cries again*

Let me mention one thing that neither of you really touched on, though. I thought the parts with Shell were fascinating (and so creepy! OMG). When he appeared, that's what perked me up and made me think "Wow. Maguire's going to some DARK places here." Very, very dark. I think that's the main thing that makes me want to see a sequel, because those themes left hanging. He *has* to bring the Shell plot to some sort of resolution, IMO.