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  1. Public Bookmark 64

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    Elphaba isn’t interested in the Emerald City’s glittering social season or the machinations of its marriage market. She’s come to the City to support her younger sister's ascension to the throne and help her find true love. Luckily, Nessa falls in love at the first ball of the season. Unluckily, her new love interest’s older sister is insufferable.

    Galinda, still reeling from a family tragedy, is just trying to shepherd her sisters through their first social season, marry her best friend, and restore her family’s finances. She’s not expecting the Queen of Oz to start courting her younger sister, or to have to spend so much time with Nessa’s prickly older sister, Princess Elphaba. At first, Galinda is happy to pretend that she's exactly the kind of brainless socialite that Elphaba thinks she is. But as first impressions fizzle out and she realizes the two of them are more alike than she could ever have suspected, Elphaba threatens to send Galinda’s carefully constructed facade spiraling and forces her to consider another path: one where they put their own happiness first, whatever the consequences.

    Or: a Regency AU very (very) loosely inspired by Bridgerton

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    09 Oct 2026

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    shiz > community > missed connections

    In Search Of: Wedding Date (Hot, Preferably)

    "My sister is getting married in the fall and my father is lowkey evil. Looking for a woman (ideally a very hot one) to pretend to be my date.

    About me: late 20s/early 30s woman. Tall, brooding, a little mean. A scientist of some kind. Looks fairly fetching in a suit.

    About you: mid 20s - mid 30s woman. Willing to put up with me for 48 hours. A hardy spirit of adventure.

    What’s in it for you? A weekend away in beautiful Munchkinland, an excuse to dress up, free drinks. I can’t pay in any useful currency, but I will owe you a favor that you can call upon at any other time."

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    Craigslist Wedding Date AU

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    13 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 22

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    She traces a finger over Elphaba’s name on the cover. There’s a spark of joy, gladness, pride, just plain, unbounded love. The epigraph is from a poem that Elphaba had read aloud to Glinda when they were twenty years old: “Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty.”

    The dedication page reads only: For Galinda

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    Vignettes/sequel to "Bridges You Burned"

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    22 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 91

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    “Galinda,” Elphaba starts, but the blonde cuts her off sharply.

    “It’s Glinda now.”

    “I apologize. Glinda.” The name sounds foreign in Elphaba’s mouth. She clears her throat, “Thanks for meeting with me,” she begins again and suddenly it all makes sense.

    So Glinda does what she has always done: straightens her spine, looks at Elphaba, and lies.

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    Elphaba is a novelist, Glinda is her editor. But there are years of hurt and tension that might make this project impossible.

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    22 Jul 2026

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    “Do you remember Madame Morrible and her awful Prop and Ganda department? Well, I figured that I could put them to actual good use. And so I did a little image rehabilification.”

    “A little?”

    Glinda twirls a strand of blonde hair around her finger, not meeting her eyes. “Tiny. Microscopical. Infinitesimal. Just a whisper of a coordinated multiyear plan involving publicists, historians, theater troupes, and a very spirited group of fans.”

    Elphaba blinks.

    Glinda smiles sweetly.

    “Elphaba,” she says gently, “darling—to come back from a smear campaign, you simply must have good press.”

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    Or, Elphaba spends ten years being dead. Oz spends ten years falling in love with her. She did not request a redemption arc, let alone one so exuberant.

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    26 Jun 2026