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1. but love does not protect you by starryrules

   Fandoms: Wicked - All Media Types  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   04 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Elphaba Thropp/Galinda Upland
   • Elphaba Thropp
   • Galinda Upland
   • Shiz Era (Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman)
   • Angst
   • Mutual Pining
   • Canon Compliant
   • Everyone Needs A Hug
   • galinda is trying her best
   • everyone needs therapy but it’s oz
   • no one is normal about each other
   • slight political radicalization

   Summary

   But love, Galinda would learn, does not protect you from the world.

   It only gives you something to lose.

   And somewhere deep in the stone bones of Shiz, the cracks were already forming.

   Language:

   English

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