Notes on a Community Theatre Production of Wicked.

Last night I went and saw a community production of Wicked, in my hometown.

As when I saw the production in Canberra last year, I thought I'd put together a list of observations about the production.

Overall, it wasn't as high quality a production the one I saw last year, but had less technical issues, which is impressive because it was only their third performance.

Me with Lauren

I went with my friend Lauren, and I was pretty excited- and far less anxious than I'd been before seeing the Canberra production. This was my 29th time seeing Wicked, which is kinda surreal.

This was the map of Oz that made up the curtain, which appeared to be an image projected onto a screen.

It's an accurate map, but it did remind Lauren and I of a map of Oz that a kid at school might fill in- not in a bad way.

The theatre is also tiny. I think it seats probably only 200 max? Or less. I'm so bad at guessing these things.

But our seats were good, we could see and hear everything.

I made my notes by scene, so I'm just going to list a few things that stood out for various reasons. But before that, a general overview of our cast:



Our Elphaba was decent vocally- she hit most of the big notes, but often didn't have enough power to make them last, so she'd run up and down them and sometimes fall flat. She could act, which is helpful, but her characterisation wasn't quite right, but I can't quite put my finger on how.

I wondered if I was just being picky, because I am admittedly biased (Jemma Rix reasons), but Lauren felt this way too.

Our Glinda was excellent. Seriously. She nailed all her notes, especially the high ones, and had excellent Glinda mannerisms. I think if a professional production of Wicked came back in 5-10 years, with a little more training, she could be Glinda for reals and I'd be thrilled.

Fiyero was... problematic. He could sing- his voice was actually very nice. But... well, I'll get to this.


Nessarose was another standout for us. Fantastic voice. I didn't have any strong feelings either way about her in Act 1, and then Act 2 she kinda blew us away.

Boq was a pretty solid Boq. I saw his picture in the program and went 'yeah, I see it'. He had a good voice too, and I was happy with his performance for the most part. There was only one little thing I had an issue with, and that may have been a direction choice I think.

The Wizard, Morrible and Dr Dillamond were all fine. No strong thoughts.

Sets were fine, costumes were fine... no complaints here.

Ok, here's my notes on the scenes:



No One Mourns the Wicked: 

• Glinda's bubble was like a chair atop a black platform (that could be raised or lowered) with a giant bubble thing behind it, which got pushed onto the stage by crew members.
• The doll they used for baby Elphaba was tiny, as you can see in the photo on the right. 

Dear Old Shiz: 

• I liked the staging they did for this scene. 
• The "kids" were in groups of like 3-4 around the stage, and throughout the song Elphaba would go stand with a group, they'd lean away in disgust, she'd get a bit more dejected and move to a different group. Then she ended the song standing alone on centre stage. 
• Also, Elphaba had 2 suitcases, instead of one (This is important later)
• The slippers Frex gave Nessa were actually red. Not silver. 
• After Galinda delivered her "Magic Wands: Need They Have a Point?" line, the other students applauded her. 
• When Elphaba's magic when haywire, Galinda grabbed Boq's arm (because he was standing right next to her). 

The Wizard and I: 

• When Morrible declared she'd take no other students, Galinda burst into tears and started sobbing onto Boq's shoulder for a few minutes, while he stared dazedly off into the distance. 
• When Elphaba got to the whole "And I'll stand there with the Wizard" part... there just wasn't a lot of emotion there. She didn't sound very happy. 
• Throughout the song, Elphaba had been doing stuff with one suitcase, while the other remained on the floor. When she went to leave the stage after the song, she only took the one suitcase with her. And then she turned, and beckoned to the other suitcase, (which I guess was remote controlled) and it followed her off stage (actually it went the wrong direction at first which was kinda funny). And the idea was cool, but it does imply Elphaba has control over her powers, which is not supposed to be the case. It was a little too Sabrina the Teenage Witch for me. 

What is this Feeling?:

• Nothing to note. 

Something Bad:

• The only really thing to note here is that the blackboard in the classroom was weird. 
• I recreated it on Microsoft Paint with what I remembered. (I can't draw, even on Paint. The thing under the arrow is supposed to be the infinity symbol)
• I feel like there may have been some more odd equations, but I don't really remember. 

Dancing Through Life: 

• Ok. Here we go. Um, how do I put this? (Man this hurts to write):
• Fiyero was a jerk. He was a smarmy, kinda creepy, over dramatic jerk. Allow me to elaborate. 
• So, instead of a rickshaw, Fiyero was sleeping on like a wooden luggage dolly. (Picture isn't exact, but it's the closest I could find). 
• And their version almost knocking over Elphaba is: she was standing stage left, reading. Avaric entered stage right, pushing the cart, and walked across the stage until he bumped into Elphaba. 
• Here's the other thing to note about Avaric. He was old. He was an old man, dressed in... something like this. 

It was pretty much like this.

• So, Elphaba woke Fiyero up, he did his "it's day time" line, and then Avaric pretty much tipped him off the cart/dolly thing. 
• Then Fiyero got up, walked around to Avaric and was so mean to him. He was like "Well. I'll see you soon, Avaric. I don't suppose I'll last longer... etc etc (you guys know the line)"
• And then Avaric did that mimic, mocking thing under his breath. And then walked off stage saying "work, work, work, that's all I do. Tow the cart, Lift the (something I don't remember)". 
• Then when Fiyero had his line "Maybe the driver saw green..." he like got super into Elphaba's face and ran a finger down her cheek. 
• And then she slapped him around the face and walked off stage. 
• Fiyero wasn't pertubed by this in the least, and immediately went to hit on two girls in the background while Galinda and Boq did their bit. 
• As soon as Galinda turned up, Fiyero was all over her. And again, it came off super smarmy and creepy. 
• When he did the "what do you do for fun around here?" line, he took Galinda into his arms and like dipped her a bit, and went to kiss her; and then when Boq chimed in with "we've been studying" he stuck his head in between them, so they ended up each kissing one of his cheeks. 

Popular:

• Nothing really to note on the performance here. 
• They had a bright green light on Elphaba's side of the room, and pink on Galinda's side. 
• The shelves behind Galinda's bed had a bunch of shoes on it, per usual, but Elphaba's was weirdly empty.
• The beds had been pushed onto the stage by crew members (we could hear the movement before the lights came up). After Galinda had her "it's your very first party" line, right before Elphaba said "do funerals count?", a crew member popped up from behind Elphaba's bed and walked off stage, which was funny. 

I'm Not That Girl:

• In the beginning of the scene, when Elphaba was practicing her hair toss, all the other kids in class were watching, pointing and laughing. 
• Dr Niddick was a woman, which is new. 
• The Lion Cub was not a cub. It had a mane. But whatever. 
• Right before Dr Niddick went to inject the Cub, she did an evil laugh. 
• Another weird Fiyero thing- when he ran off to "get the Cub to safety", he ran off without the Lion Cub. And I thought "oh that's ok, he'll come back to get it. That's the joke." But he didn't. 
• So, Elphaba sang a lot of INTG to the Cub, and then in the instrumental break, took it offstage and let it go. While she was doing that, Fiyero and Galinda came onto the platform on stage left and made out for a bit. And then Fiyero just smiled at Galinda and they left the stage. No hesitating, no looking around for Elphaba, nothing. 

Train Station Scene/ One Short Day: 

• Fiyero didn't bing flowers to Elphaba. 
• And another weird Fiyero thing. When Galinda changed her name to Glinda, he did almost a little bow with his "that's very admirable, Glinda" line, and then started to walk off. And then he did a sharp turn around to Elphaba to wish her good luck. It was a really looked oddly sharp and over dramatic- not quite to the extreme of Draco or Lucius Malfoy in A Very Potter Musical/Sequel, but that kinda thing. It was so bizarre. 
• Emerald City costumes were good for the ensemble, although there were quite a few wearing green wigs. 
• Also, the ensemble member who gave the girls glasses did some very snazzy kicks. 

Defying Gravity: 

• Elphaba's hat fell off when she grabbed the broom. 
• She stood on the same platform that had been Glinda's "bubble" and they raised it so she flew. 

Thank Goodness:

• Good performance, but for some reason Boq was there????
• He was standing there watching as Glinda and Fiyero had their little conversation. It was odd, considering his "we can't leave Munchkinland" line. 

Wicked Witch of the East:

• Act 2 dress was pretty accurate. I liked it. 
• This production loved the dry ice. Every time Elphaba did a spell, she got a faceful of dry ice. 
• When Nessa was threatening Boq with her "did you think I'd let you leave me here flat?" line, she grabbed him by the shirt front and was right in her face. It worked. 

Wonderful:

• For some reason, after Elphaba releases the Monkeys, Chistery stayed? He climbed back atop the Wizard's head thing for the rest of the scene. I assume it was to help push it off stage once the lights went down, but in terms of the story, it made no sense.
• When Elphaba said her "Fiyero, you frightened me" line, she touched his face? And like... she has no reason to know his feelings at that stage, I don't know why she would do that. 
• Yet another odd Fiyero moment. He was right up in Glinda's face when he said "I'm going with her" and then he immediately did a sharp turn and walked over to Elphaba and then both girls were like "What?" 
• But there was a nice Fiyero moment- when he said "well, it was. But it wasn't." he took Elphaba's hand, which was sweet. 
• The Wizard said to Morrible "How about a change in the weather?" instead of Morrible. 

I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)/As Long As You're Mine:

• Glinda had a moment where she was standing on the platform on stage right, and she took off her engagement ring and put it on the railing before walking off. Nice moment and symbolism, unless you think about the fact that she bought herself the engagement ring. 
• SO. MUCH. DRY. ICE. At times, you could barely see Elphaba and Fiyero. 
• ALAYM wasn't as risque as the Canberra production, but they did spend a lot of time lying down. Like, Fiyero was lying on the ground with Elphaba kinda leaning over him as she sang, etc. 
• Fiyero's shirt was... yeah. It was like the shirt Mr Darcy wears at the end of the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie, except I swear the neck line was lower. You could see like half his chest. 

Our Fiyero couldn't really pull this look off.

Just for this moment...?

• It was just a little odd. I swear, for most of the song, they could have been posing for the cover of one of those Harlequin romance books. You know the ones I'm talking about.
• It was one of the least enjoyable ALAYM scenes I've ever watched. (I'd say the least, but I am torn between this and one Fiyero I saw who kinda butchered the vocals). 
• At the end after Elphaba ran off to Nessa, they had an actual model of a house that kind of spun across the stage, which was cool. 

No Good Deed:

• They had Nessa's legs in the background. I was like "... oh."
• There was a cross in the background for them to hang Fiyero on. 
• As the lights went down, you could see the guards start to beat Fiyero- punching his gut, etc. 
• Elphaba's first "Fiyerooo" you could barely hear, but I think that was a mic issue. Her second "Fiyero" riff was awesome, but her riff on "again" fell flat. 

March of the Witch Hunters:

• Nothing to note here.

For Good/Finale:

• For Good was very sweet. My only note was "<3" 
• There was a voiceover the melting, with a voice saying "I'm melting!" which was... meh. But whatever. 
• I got teary at curtain call. May have been just a combo of the fact it'd been ten months since I'd seen it, and the realisation the next time I see the show (about 51 days from now) it'll be on Broadway.  Oz, I miss this show. 

That's about it. So, I wasn't rapt with Fiyero, and Glinda and Nessa were the standouts. 

2017 Goals Continued: The Voices in My Head

I keep coming back to the question "What do I want 2017 to be?"

There's a lot of things I'm looking forward to this year.

Finally going to America, a trip that's been a dream for 10 years and a matter of timing for 5, is definitely the highlight. Getting to meet one of my dearest friends for the first time in person as a part of that trip is another.

I'm dying to finally see the new live action Beauty and the Beast movie (70 days and counting!) and the Lifetime remake of Beaches (because Idina). I'm excited for Lea Michele's second album and Delta Goodrem to release the tour DVD of the Wings of the Wild tour that was the highlight of my 2016.

I'm looking forward to going back to work and doing my job, knowing I don't have to worry about "Will I have work for next year?" a question that was always on my mind when I was on contract, even in January.

I've already mentioned that I want to make writing a goal for this year, and that kind of led to another thought today.

Yesterday I posted my first oneshot for the year, and the first thing I've posted since October 2016. It has 1 review.

And this isn't going me complaining about the number of reviews. I've noticed in the last year or 2 that people do seem to be reviewing less- hell, reading less. I know I am definitely reading less fanfiction, just because there seems to be less that grabs me and demands that I read it. More often that not, I'm just re-reading old favourites than anything new.

But the thing about FF.net is that unless people review, you have no idea who (if anyone) has read it. Yes, there's favourites and follows, but I don't look at those numbers. If you really want to, you can look at the hits your story has, but I don't really understand those numbers and its far too easy for me to work myself into a panic about why a story with 300 hits only has 8 reviews or something.

So, people are reading and reviewing less, myself included. And every time I write, I remind myself that I write for myself and not for other people, and the older I get, the less anxious I get about that review number. It genuinely doesn't matter to me in the way it did when I was 18 and first posting.

But when there's nothing, it's too easy for me to think "Is anybody reading this? Why do I bother posting them?" and all these insecurities I think I've risen above come back to haunt me.

And my God, I hate that. I hate that I let it get to me, and these thoughts pop up, because like I said, I genuinely write for myself, not for other people. Sharing these stories on the internet is just a bonus, I could quite happily keep writing and never show anyone.

I'm going to be 27 this year. I am so tired of letting things like this get to me.

When I message friends and hear nothing back, plans are discussed but nothing ever comes of it, I do the same thing. Start to think "do people really like me?"

This question has haunted me since I was 15, born of way too many times of being burned. But I know on a rational level, that I do have genuine friends who do like me. And you know, people have lives.

It's too easy for me to believe the voices in my head that ask the question, though. Who tell me I am utterly insignificant and unimportant in the world, and not communicating to anyone, or writing, or doing anything besides lying on the couch watching Netflix is a great idea.

I'm almost 27 and I still doubt half the time if my own siblings and parents really like me.

That's where I'm at and I hate it.

I'd love to make that a goal in 2017. To silence those voices.

I just don't know how to do that.

2017 Goals

Personally, my 2016 was pretty amazing.

I got to meet 2 of my favourite authors (Jodi Picoult and Rainbow Rowell); saw plenty of concerts and musicals; got to meet 2 of my favourite musical artists of all time (Carrie Underwood and Delta Goodrem, who made the year pretty amazing on her own tbh); my sister got married, so I got the big brother I've always wanted; and I got a permanent teaching job, which means job security and is everything that is amazing.

So, other than losing some of my favourite actors in the celebrity massacre that was 2016, I don't have a lot to complain about from last year.

Even my mental health is the most stable its been in a few years. I still struggle with depression, but I haven't had any major anxiety attacks in a year and I was really proud of how I handled the stressful times last year that in 2015, would have sent me into a spiralling meltdown.

But if my 2016 had a flaw, it was the lack of writing time I did.

I feel there was a massive decrease from how much I wrote last year as I've done previously. I'm not really sure why.

Some of it was absolutely due to work. I had more responsibility this year, plus I was putting extra work in for my application to get the permanency, which meant there were many times I was just too exhausted to even think about typing.

There were also a few minor health issues I feel may have contributed too- nothing serious, but I have been dealing with some crazy headaches in the past year, which also doesn't help with motivation to write.

The fact that my current WIP After Forever isn't an easy one to write either.... yeah, ok. That's a factor.

I write because I have all these stories in my head. And it keeps me calm and stimulated to work on something for fun. Writing is, and always has been, strictly a passion project for me.

And the passion wasn't lacking in 2016. I have so many stories in my 'to write' list. Many of them were planned and developed last year. I spent so much of the year wanting to write, wanting to work on the new chapter of whatever I was working on, but just lacking the physical and mental energy to do so.

I hate that. Because not writing makes me uncomfortable. I don't feel good- mentally or emotionally- when I don't write.

I'm about to post a oneshot on ff.net What's in a Name? that is my 95th fanfiction on the site. I don't really do New Year's resolutions- because I'm horrible at keeping them.

But my 2017 wishlist is to make writing a priority again. To figure out a way to be more motivated and physically inspired to write, without making it feel like a chore or something that is forced.

Because the idea of reaching my 100th published fanfiction in 2017 is something that sounds kinda amazing.

If you have any ideas/suggestions/recommendations on how I can make this a thing, please let me know!

So many thoughts

Last night, I went and saw a "community theatre" production of Wicked in Canberra.

Why the air quotes? Because whilst it technically was a community theatre production (ie. definitely not the real thing) our three main leads have all had roles in professional musical theatre productions.

I just need to say I was ridiculously anxious about seeing the show. It's been 17 months since I last saw it, and I miss it so much. Plus, I was going with 3 people who hadn't seen it before- at all- and I wanted them to love it, and I just didn't know what to expect.

So, I took notes. I legit took a notepad and pen and scribbled everything I could remember. Mostly notes on the staging and things like that, which was the real difference.

And now I'm sharing them with you! I organised them by scene, but they may not be necessarily in chronological order within the scene.

1) No One Mourns the Wicked

• Galinda sits on her bubble. 
• When Melena turns her face so Frex kisses her cheek instead, he look worried/confused. 
• I cried in the beginning. 

2) Dear Old Shiz

• Frex very affectionate towards Nessa, but not as cold with Elphaba as I’ve seen. Not warm, though. 
• He was like ‘fake smiling’ as he came and pulled Elphaba aside. So, that was interesting. More of like trying to present like the image of a happy family. 

3) The Wizard and I

• It was fine. 
• Our Morrible sang more than most I’ve seen and was really good. 

4) What is This Feeling?

• On Galinda’s line “these things are sent to try us”, she did a little run instead of going high, and in the silence after, Elphaba audibly groaned in disgust- like “ugh.” It was hilarious.

5) Something Bad

• Our Dr Dillamond was Scottish and it was great, and somehow I liked him more than ever? 

6) Dancing Through Life

• Fiyero can sing.
• God Bless whoever made the decision to keep him in jodhpurs. 
• Avaric wasn’t pulling the usual rickshaw, it was kind of like this motorised thing, but not a car… I don’t know what it was. But it was funny because after Avaric and Fiyero do their handshake, he didn’t leave immediately, he was like fiddling with the car. When Galinda ran on stage to hide from Boq, she went behind and Avaric and crouched down- and then of course Avaric left, so Galinda was still crouching down when Boq found her. 
• When Galinda saw Fiyero and was like “his reputation is so scandalacious!” she then undid her top button on her top to give herself more cleavage. And then Boq was still standing there next to her so she threw her bag off stage and was like “oops”. So, Boq ran off to get it and Galinda went to go talk to Fiyero. 
• He wasn’t looking at her, so she was standing behind/kinda next to him and like hiked up her skirt to show more leg and then did her toss toss and a fake cough to get his attention before doing her “are you looking for something” line, during which she angled herself so he could basically see down her shirt I’m guessing. 
• In the beginning of DTL, when Fiyero was talking to Boq and had his arm around his shoulders, Boq was like leaning forward to stare past him at Galinda, and Fiyero was like “hello?” and straightened him up. 
• When Fiyero did his “they want to make you less shallow” line, Galinda was looking in her compact and not paying attention. He paused and she was like “what?” before he continued. 
• Boq was pretty adorable and had a good voice. I liked him.
• When Boq came to ask Galinda to the dance, she and Fiyero were standing up on the statue base, so he jumped up between them to ask her. 
• At the OzDust when Elphaba was dancing (which was different, but I won’t begin to describe- because I can’t) and then Galinda “cut in”, Elphaba started doing the dance with the soft music, then Galinda joined in and then everyone else. 

7) Popular

• As funny as any I’ve ever seen. 
• At one point, Galinda drew a nail file out from her dress and started filing Elphaba’s nails. 
• Galinda also put sunglasses on her at one point and then took them off (at no point during the show did Elphaba wear glasses, even pre-Popular). When she took the sunglasses off, Galinda used them as a microphone to sing into. 
• At one point, Galinda ‘booped’ Elphaba’s nose. 

8) Lion Cub Scene/I’m Not That Girl

• I think it was just the Scottish accent, but when Dr Dillamond got taken away and did his whole “they may take away my job, but I will continue speaking out” line, I half expected him to start quoting Braveheart. (ie. “they will never take our freedom!”) It really may have just been the accent. 
• When it started raining and Elphaba ducked under the bridge, Fiyero came out alone with a lantern, and looked like he was looking for her? And then Galinda came out with an umbrella, kissed him and pulled him away.
• After the “you’re bleeding” line, Elphaba touched Fiyero’s hand, not his face, to make him jump up and run off. 
• And he didn’t do the ‘I needed to go the other way’ bit, which not a big deal but I missed it. 

9) Train Station/ One Short Day

• Ensemble costumes were great. Very authentic. 
• Elphaba and Glinda dance a bit in at one stage. 
• No flat tops in Wizomania. 
• When Glinda did her "it's Glinda now. Stupid idea" line, she kind of like hit herself in the forehead. 

10) A Sentimental Man

• Our Wizard can sing. 
• And is really likeable, which makes things complicated for me. It’s so much easier to hate him. Sigh.
• Wizard’s Head was very authentic. 

11) Defying Gravity

• Elphaba flew, I cried. Nothing new. 

12) Thank Goodness

• Our Fiyero was really good at the “This is an engagement party?!” reaction line. I laughed.
• Glinda’s costume was a silver jumpsuit?! It was nice, but I was surprised. 

13) Wicked Witch of the East

• Nessa was better than in Act 1. I wasn't sure how I felt about her in Act 1, but Act 2 she was much stronger as WWotE.

14) Wonderful

• In the scene after, when the Wizard released the Monkeys, at least one was in the stalls and down through the audience onto the stage. Scared the crap out of me. 
• When Morrible came in with her “your betrothed has brought her into custody?” line to Glinda, she burst into tears and sank down to the floor sobbing until her “use her sister” line. 

15) As Long As You’re Mine

• OMO SO MANY THOUGHTS ON THE STAGING OF THIS SCENE.
• So, at first, they just stood in the middle of the stage and I was like “where is this going?” and then after the first couple of lines, Fiyero took Elphaba’s broom and put that and the lantern over by the “wall” that was on the side of the stage. She approached him (it looked a little like a lioness stalking or something) as she sang the rest of her verse. In her chorus, there was some neck kissing (Fiyero on Elphaba’s neck) and some touching and whatever. 
• Once Elphaba finished her chorus, she kinda went like to move away or something and Fiyero grabbed her, spun her and pressed her up against the wall to kiss her.
• He did his verse and in the second chorus they ended back up in centre stage, and Fiyero knelt down and sort of led her gently down with him. 
• And then Elphaba physically undressed him. She took off his suspenders and his shirt (he was wearing a singlet underneath. 
• So, they’re in the third chorus by now, and Fiyero is like leaning backwards to lie down and pulling her towards him and then she crawled on top of him and they were making out, and then she sat up to do her “For the first time I feel Wicked” line, and then leaned back down over him to kiss him again.

16) Cornfield Scene/No Good Deed

• Fiyero doesn’t have a rope swing, he just runs on. 
• Elphaba’s “Fiyero” at the beginning wasn’t that great, but I think that was an audio issue, because the rest of her belts were all great. 

17) March of the Witch Hunters

• Nothing really to note here. 

18) For Good

• Nothing to note. It was a good scene. 

19) Finale

• There was a trap door for Elphaba to pop out of. I’m happy.
• Scarecrow costume also super authentic. 

20) Some General Thoughts/Observations:

• Sometimes they’d do little runs as opposed to belting- sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. 
• It kinda felt like seeing the real show, but with all the understudies on, you know? Good, but just… something was missing a little bit. 
• Some lady in front of me told me at intermission that it was better than the “real production.” It wasn’t, but whatever. 
• There was definitely some audio issues- mics not clicking on until a bit into the line, etc. Hopefully that will get fixed. 
• I was so happy that they had the map of Oz as the curtain, because I hadn’t expected that and I actually gasped and got teary. 
• Probably the biggest difference was the staging. Obviously. The costumes ranged from “fine” to “could have been the real thing almost” so I was happy with that. 
• They did that thing community productions often do of slowing things down just slightly, for cues and such. It wasn’t distracting, but it was noticeable. For me, at least. 
• I’m going again. So, take that as you will! 

Family Ties prompts

I'm uploading the family trees I created to use as the history of the Vinkun royal family. I uploaded them through Google Drive, because just posting it as a picture wasn't really going to work- they're too big for that!

This way, people can have a look and (if you want) let me know which of Fiyero's ancestors you'd like to hear more about!

There's two there- the House of Tiggular (reigning from 1570 to the present) and the House of Dahl (reigning from 1216- 1570). The House of Dahl dates back to the fall of the House of Craven in 1178, but I didn't do that family tree, because I had to draw the line somewhere!

The link to the PDFs is below, and you can contact me through FF.net, Twitter, Tumblr or comment below if you have a particular request or question!

I will be posting the images below, but I think the PDF may be better quality.

Family Tree PDFs

"Save My Soul" inspiration

So the Save My Soul oneshot was inspired by the Gilmore Girls scene below, from season 6, episode 7.

I could just see Elphaba in Rory's position, and originally I had it on my list of ideas to work into a bigger fic. But it doesn't really fit with any of the ones I currently have planned, and I needed an idea for a oneshot.

Really, I wanted to write a oneshot that wouldn't provoke reviews of "this was so cute/sweet" (because as much as I love reviews- any reviews- that does get my goat a little. No writer writes something to be just "cute").

This is the scene from Gilmore Girls where the idea and a few of the quotes came from.

Unfortunately, I can't take credit for the "guard your carnal treasure" line either, but it fit too perfectly to not use it.

That comes from the 2003 film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, which is you haven't seen, you really should. It's one of my favourites.

This is the scene in particular-

COMPETITION

One entry per person!