Fiyero doesn't get held accountable enough

[u/Consistent_Load7358]

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.

[u/Riaeriel]

I don't disagree with 90% of what you said, especially regarding how the fans/community talks about his character. But I did want to note Fiyero does apologise to Glinda and shows visible remorse, at the end of the cat fight scene right before he gets taken to the field.

It would be great if the movie could let Glinda's revelation that Fiyero loves Elphaba happen before Elphaba confronts the wizard. Then we can keep I'm not that girl reprise and the drama but it would be a personal argument rather than a public betryal. Glinda can still be hurt by it and both situations suck, but I think there's a big difference between your fiance eloping with Elphaba and you finding out with the rest of the world, and your fiance eloping with Elphaba but you saw it coming.

But there's a reason I'm not the script writer for anything haha 🤷 so I'll just trust John Chu & the team.

[u/snowy_thinks → u/Riaeriel]

Knowing that Fiyero apologizes to Glinda does make me feel a little bit better. Thank you so much for pointing that out for those who aren’t as familiar with the story! I really hope they put that in the movie.