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  1. Public Bookmark 41

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    I waited so long for love
    and suddenly, here it is
    standing in the garden, hands full
    of heirlooms hot from the sun.

    Soon we’ll make a supper of them.
    Salted slabs between slices of bread.
    Your beard silvers. My hips ripen.
    The mail piles up.

    Phone calls go unanswered. Forgive us.
    Our mouths are full of tomatoes.
    We are so busy
    being small and hungry and alive.

    - Joy Sullivan

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    11 Nov 2025

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    five years post-melting elphaba comes back for glinda. the only problem? glinda is sure she's dead, has built her world around it. the only explanation is that there's a ghost in her house.

    or, a post canon reconnection fic disguised as overblown comedy, a visit to a medium, and lots of ghost-themed insults

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    03 Nov 2025

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    Post canon

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    “I just wanted to say I had absolutely nothing to do with the changes. I mean honestly, when they asked for recommendations I asked if I could be alone,” Galinda starts, gesticulating as she talks, launching into something that can only generously be described as a ramble.

    More bewildered than anything, Elphaba can’t do anything but watch as words tumble forth from Galinda’s mouth, as she goes on and on, probably further attempting to absolve herself of any blame.

    Suddenly, Elphaba remembers that she hasn’t actually seen who her roommate is…

    And she’s got a sneaking suspicion that her assignment is standing right in front of her.

    (Or: stage management should be easy for Elphaba, but the actors seem to go out of their way to make it difficult— namely Galinda Upland, her new roommate, hellbent on disrupting every inch of Elphaba’s carefully-laid routine.)

    (Or or: sometimes you need enrichment time (extroverts adopting you) in your enclosure (stagemanaging a national tour))

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    03 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 11

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    Oz, what is she doing? She’s meant to be hunting vampires, not a preppy, popular blonde. But there is Galinda, and Elphaba's eyes keep seeking her out against her will. She has butterfly clips of pink and orange pinning her hair back from her face. She's speaking with tall man she doesn't seem to know—Galinda has to crane her neck up a bit to meet his eyes. Dark hair. Elphaba can’t make out his face, but what she can make out—the suit jacket; the grass stain on his shoulder.

    Elphaba can’t say for certain that he’s the vampire. But to say that he’s a vampire seems like a pretty safe bet.

    Well. Maybe watching out for Galinda is the right move after all.

    Or: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU

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    30 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Btvs au

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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.

    OR:
    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.

    OR:
    Glinda erases Elphaba from her life.

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    25 Aug 2025