Do you prefer the angst of Fiyero actually dying and then being brought back as a scarecrow or him being conscious during the transformation? I always pictured it as the spell kicking in before the torture began (because of the "though they beat him let him feel no pain" line) but in the film it seemed like he was hurt pretty badly while still human
Oooooh GOOD QUESTION! Both are excellent options but I lean towards wanting him to be conscious during the transformation and I too also pictured him in the middle of being tortured when Elphaba’s spell kicks in. In the movie it kinda felt like the spell was completed and the transformation began once he was placed on the scarecrow pole aka crucified. Then I’m picturing Fiyero, beaten, broken, dying and suddenly shifting from man to scarecrow and the pain of it all and the fear of it all. I love it. I’m obsessed with it.
I'm so obsessed with Fiyero whump. I can't help imagining what happened off-screen (thanks PG rating) and about how his scarecrow body could reflect his injuries before the spell kicked in. His face is warped on his cheek and it looks almost like a burn scar, and one of his legs seems like it might have been broken at the ankle 🥺. He also has a rope around his neck and it made me wonder if a sack was tied over his head and then became part of him during the transformation
ME TOO!! OH MY GOD ME TOO!!! Fiyero whump is so good and I’m obsessed and I too think about these things and die because AHH IT’S SO GOOD! That transformation had to have hurt and I can’t stop looking at how his ankles keep snapping as he walks in the movie post transformation. Did the guards break that bone? And oh my god yes the sack being tied around his head?! That’s such a good visual. UUUUGHH I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT ALL!!
all fun and games to make fiyercrow design with a scarecrowish stitched-on smile until you realize it kinda implies that the guards sewed fiyero’s mouth shut when they tortured him in the cornfield (it’s even more fun and games now #yippee #yay)
Let his flesh not be torn, let his blood leave no stain Though they beat him, let him feel no pain Let his bones never break, and however they try to destroy him Let him never die, let him never die
It’s thanksgiving and black Friday week so I’ve been absolutely bonkers busy at work and exhausted all week (the worst is still yet to come 😭) but OH MY GOD!!!
I saw Wicked: For Good on Sunday and it was so good!! I loved it!! I have a LOT of thoughts and feelings about it all but this is a whump blog so let me say THE FIYERO WHUMP WAS GOOD AND I’M VERY HAPPY WITH IT AND I HAVE FIYERO FEELINGS!!! Holy crap Jonathan Bailey did such an amazing job at this. I’m trying to keep this spoiler free even though the musical as existed for a while but AHHHH HE WAS AMAZING!!! His singing, his movements, his looks. All of it TOP NOTCH
Also No Good Deed and As Long As Your Mine are my two favorite songs and Cynthia fucking SMASHED it in both of them. And I sobbed like a baby during For Good.
This is not actually an ask more of a sharing of whumpy news I guess.
But at the time of writing this i have just seen the new wicked movie and I can confirm some nice fieryo whump.
Definitely makes up for the lack of Jonathan bailey whump in jurassic world
Ahhhh!!! YAY!!!!
I am so excited for Wicked: For Good. I’ve been screaming for the last year about it lol. I’m going to go see it tomorrow and I can’t wait!!
Ahh to hear that the scene I have been anticipating since Jonathan Bailey was first announced to be playing Fiyero is good is SO VERY EXCITING!!! YAAAS!!!!
Let his flesh not be torn, let his blood leave no stain Though they beat him, let him feel no pain Let his bones never break, and however they try To destroy him, let him never die Let him never die
I think about these lyrics all the time. I cannot wait to see this.
