well not deep down but still. i actually think fiyero is underrated as a character but people downplaying his one truly shitty moment isn’t going to help him.

the engagement was pushed on him unknowingly but he’d been dating glinda for five years before that. yeah, yeah people don’t own other people and glinda certainly isn’t a flawless victim in this situation.

but this narrative that it was a mutually agreed upon PR relationship and that glinda shouldn’t be upset by him leading her on is crazy. it obviously wasn’t just for the crowds, they had a moment in private where he went along with everything. yknow what would have been valid and respectable? saying right there, “you just pressured me into an marriage i didn’t agree to. i’m not in love with you. we should break up.” but he said sure and walked down the aisle!

and i don’t think anything implied that he was being forced to be there. glinda is not nessa, and fiyero isn’t boq. what i will say is that glinda had no real right to be mad at elphaba considering their circumstances and current relationship. i think some people are defending fiyero to defend elphaba but they don’t have the same obligation and respect due to glinda in that situation.

A lot of people believe Fiyero never loved Glinda. That he was just attracted to her and just went with the flow.

But I believe Fiyero fell in love with Galinda the night she stood up for Elphaba at Ozdust.

Fiyero is attracted to bravery and conviction, so it’s easy to imagine he fell in love with Galinda because he witnessed what was, at that point in his life, an incredible act of courage on Galinda’s part.

But then as he saw Glinda serve the Wizard, he fell out of love with her. Because he realized that moment of courage was all it was, a moment.