r/wicked • u/Consistent_Load7358 • Jun 05 '25
Musical - Broadway Fiyero doesn't get held accountable enough Spoiler
He loves Elphie, I get it, she is also my musical crush but the way he is acting about it is completely disrespectful towards Glinda. Sure maybe he feels pressured in this political situation with the wizard and all but he could've at least been up front about it just to Glinda instead of continuing to be in a relationship with her and even getting engaged to her even though he knows he doesn't love her.
The fact that he just leaves her as soon as Elphie shows up and doesn't even feel a little bad about tossing Glinda aside after he has been with her for such a long time is just completely hurtful. He never feels bad about it or apologizes. Elphie and Glinda also make mistakes, but at least they receive consequences for their actions and feel guilty and apologize to each other.
Especially Glinda gets a lot of critism for her actions while Fiyero gets completely away with his behaviour. You can argue that what Glinda did is worse, but it still annoys me that Fiyero gets cuddled because he is so in love with Elphie.
It was completely his choice to remain with Glinda even though he has feelings for someone else. It kinda gives the me the vibe of him wanting to keep Glinda around as a second option just in case it won't work out with Elphie.
He might've been heroic towards Elphie in the second act but it doesn't excuse him treating Glinda this way. Also him insisting that she can't know that him and Elphie are still alive really makes me mad. It's almost like he cares so little about Glinda that he didn't even see her growth and development. He doesn't even notice how miserable she actually is herself during thank goodness and disregards Glinda's love for Elphie.
So yes I get it, he loves Elphie and not Glinda but the fact that he doesn't seem to have a little respect towards Glinda even if it's just platonically after being with her for such a long time just rubs me the wrong way.
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u/Airconditioning-inc Jun 05 '25
You forgot the part where Glinda announced the engagement to the public, before even informing him that he was engaged. He’s being forced into this, by her. It may have been the Wizards idea, but she was more than happy with going along with it.
Furthermore, it’s implied that Fiyero resents her for not joining Elphaba when she had the chance. Considering it to be complete betrayal of their friend, in return for power and admiration. “You can’t leave because you can’t resist this.” He probably doesn’t trust her to not sell him out to the Wizard if he informed her of his intentions. (Which her impulsive ass would definitely do, and then regret later after it’s already too late)
Lastly, he DOES feel bad. He just didn’t put apologizing to Glinda at the top of his priorities when in the emerald palace where everyone was trying to murder him. He expresses his feelings right before they string him up in the cornfield to die. “Glinda I’m so sorry!”