and if I said there was an Instagram account with 550 followers and apparently no other online presence that consistently posted the most insane Gelphie fanart you’ve ever seen…
Ohhh help help! I'm hurt need help...
FUCK BRIAN GET LOST...
Ohhhh I am hurttttt heeelp... 🐦
Brazilian Wicked is now one of my favorite versions cause SUITPHABA?!? BADDY GLINDA?!?!?
my beautiful princess with a disorder
I was wondering what cultures and languages inspired you for of emerald and trumpeter swans? I love the absolute richness and detail of everything mentioned about the Gillkinease that many fics lack, a lot of people forget these regions have cultures. :) (love the fic btw!!)
Yes! Each of the four regions in Oz have different varying cultures in OEATS :)
Gillikin takes a lot of inspiration from Italy and Greece, with a comfortable if not a touch warm climate, lush agriculture and a love of wine. Gillikinese as a language is very melodic and can sound a bit sing-songy with a naturally higher pitched timbre. Gillikinese are often pale skinned and pale haired with tall foreheads, sharp jaws and gapped front teeth. They can have dark or light colored eyes, and some have ‘old-world’ ears which are a carry over from the old-Gillikinese people who died out under the Wicked Witch of the North. The Gillikinese mainly celebrate the goddess Lurline, but some closer to the borders of the country also pray to, the Leopard King of the Enchanted Forest. Many Animals also celebrate the Great Leopard God as their token saint.
Winkie Country—better known as the Vinkus—takes inspiration from Russian and German in their language, but culturally are more similar to cold climate ingenious people of places like Siberia or the Arctic. Like in the wicked book, Vinkian people are often darker skinned and paint markings on their bodies to show which tribe/village of people they belong. Kiamo Ko is the only settled area in the entire country, therefore it’s detached from the old world culture. Fiyero is technically only half Vinkus on his mother’s side. Climate wise it’s very cold, but the sun shines often and brutally. When it’s not sunny, it’s snowing, or so windy it’s not safe to go outside. Not much agriculture is done in the far reaches of Winkie Country, though poaching fur from cold weather animals (not ‘A’nimals) is a lucrative trade. The Vinkians celebrate Lurline, but also the great Animal God, Vinka. A winged Polar Bear who was claimed to bring prosperity and survivable winters.
Quadling—or the Singra—culture is easily the largest and most diverse of the counties in Oz. It is a jumble of people, all brought together to become a single country. It’s a mix of all sorts of culture, inspired by places like Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, Singapore, Columbia, India, and many more. They do have a shared language, that being Singrian, which is very fast and wild on the tongue. It’s incredibly hot in Quadling Country due to the Unpassable Desert closely creeping into the country and taking it over, though by the Quadling River it’s more lush and tropical. Their capitol city is made of ruby granite, meaning it’s completely red-pink in color, and has a celebration similar to Mardi Gras or Carnival every year. They do not have a patron saint or god, celebrating many different tokens of faith.
Munchkinland is inspired by the American South, specifically during the California gold rush. Munchkinlanders are either wealthy or peasantry with almost no in between, and they speak in a country-touched twangy Ozian. Their weather is easily the most habitable with a good mix of hot cold, wet, and dry. Munchkinland is known for its ability to grow massive amounts of crops, and are the only country that worship the Unnamed God, rather than Lurline, and are quite pious about it too. Ozian is the natural language of Munchkin Land, and many claim to be above learning other languages as they think others should just learn Ozian basic instead.
Hopefully this helps :)
Just saw your winged!Glinda little snippet, do you have any headcannons for it?
oh babe i wrote that in like literally 5 minutes lmao. BUT- i will try my best
(also i think the drawing is based off an ao3 fic that i haven't read yet so these have nothing to do with that just fyi!)
its impossible for glinda to wash her own wings. as such, the blood stains a bunch of the feathers closest to her back a pink color. Morrible thinks this is hilarious
glinda has to build up all the muscles for her wings from scratch. which means....no flying yet. in fact- she can barely even lift them for days, resulting in them dragging painfully on the ground behind her and having several feathers break off
she's in pretty much constant pain as her body adjusts
the skin at the base of her wings heals in thick, rough scars
glinda is very lightweight now, but she packs a helluva punch. contrary to popular belief, bird bones are strong
she didn't just get the wings: her senses are sharper too (elphie had been thinking about birds not just wings or flight)
they can't get any clothes to fit her at first. they have to design pretty much everything as a halter top that she can step into and pull over her head, leaving her entire back bare. she hates it and she hates the new instinctual vulnerability of it
learning how to fly is easy. learning how to land....not so much
glinda has no one to preen her wings for her. she isn't even aware of how much better she'd feel if her feathers were properly taken care of
she never stops being scared of heights. she just learns how to fly through it
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Warriors is a military-horror novel series by Erin Hunter that chronicles the past and present stories of a militaristic division of sentient cats called The Clans as they indulge the minds of themselves and future generation's in the various beliefs of war, jingoism, religious law, xenophobia, an "Us vs Them" mentality, and intimidation of "the others". With topics of fascism and colonialism addressed, Warriors details the horrors of how such beliefs warp the mind into believing ideas of things such as "Good War" directly from the indoctrinated, twisted perspectives of The Clans.
Wicked is a story about everyone being doomed because two gay people thought they were straight.
random niche gelphie aus that are unlikely to see the light of day:
pokemon rivals but glinda keeps giving elphie love balls and running off bc she doesn't know how to flirt
exes to lovers where glinda is a model and elphie is a photographer
heist au where they're each trying to steal the same item
sentinel & guide au bc how many ways can these girls complete each other
HOGWARTS AU
high school au but specifically where they're both in marching band lmao
daemon au but one of the girls is still unsettled when they meet
space au....haven't decided how that one works yet
avatar au except neither is the avatar, they're just two people caught on opposite sides of a war
avatar au where elphie is the avatar
sports au in which pt elphie helps injured athlete glinda get back on her feet (w/ a twist)
sports au but its set at the olympics
scuba au where elphie agrees to be the personal diving instructor for a yacht full of rich kids
a very soft witchy au
summer camp au!
elphie is a song writer and producer forced to work with glinda, pop musics newest princess
what if i tell you guys that galinda calls elphie "love" in the brazilian version of popular