posted 06-02-2006 03:13 PM            

Ok, so down to business, we have a few basic rules and regs we like to follow, and some advice that help keep this place just peachy.

1) No excessive swearing.
2)We don't talk about religion in general. You can talk about the religion in Wicked, but not your own or anyone else's
3) We are not big fans of chatspeak. be warned, you will be mocked constantly should you try and use it.
4) Only one exclamation point, question mark, and other punctuators are needed. Using "?!?!??!" won't get answers faster, and using "!" gets your point across just as easily as "!!!!"
5. (recently added) We are very large users of sarcasm. Don't take it personally, it's just a pasttime. Some like to use it more than others *coughElphabaofOzcough*, but trust that those people don't hate you. In fact, we highly encourage you throwing it back in our faces.

And: the buttons.

In a little bar above everyone's posts are little icons.

1) A little smiley face with a "?": This is the user's profile. It shows how many posts they have, and other stuff.
2)A flying letter: This let's you e-mail the user.
3) A pencil and paper: Click this to edit your posts if you made a mistake, or want to add something in. People like that better than you making a whole new post.
4)A paper with a red arrow: This is the quote button. If you click it, you, um...quote said post in your reply.

Thanks for joining and we hope you have fun!

Now in response to your question, as far as I comprehended, Mme. Morrible and the Wizard were working incahoots with each other. Morrible saw Elphaba's innate talent, Glinda's determination to learn, and Nessa's passion for her religion. The Wiz and Morrible wanted this sort of bermuda triangle of power to rule over OZ in a corrupt way. So Morrible put them under a spell so they could not discuss it with each other or find a way to lash back against her. However, they didn't know the Wizard was in on it, so Elphaba plans this mission for her and Glinda to seek out his help against Morrible's corruption and the prejudice against the Animals only to find out it was his idea in the first place. Then Elphaba stays in the Emerald City to begin her cause defending the Animals, and she sends Glinda back to Shiz.

*Phew!* I hope I got it all... I don't have my book on me though, so if anyone has more to add, or to correct me completely, please do!

posted 06-02-2006 10:47 PM               

"Then hobbling like a glacier, old Kumbricia
Rubs the naked sky till it rains with blood.
She tears the skin off the sun and eats it hot.
She tucks the sickle moon in her patient purse.
She bears it out, a full-grown changeling stone.
Shard by shard she rearranges the world.
It looks the same, she says, but it is not.
It looks as they expect, but it is not."