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  1. A Study in Recognition by

    Fandoms: Wicked - All Media Types, Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman, The Wicked Years Series - Gregory Maguire  

    26 Jun 2026

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    At Shiz University, Professor Elphaba Thropp does not do favorites. She does not do exceptions. And she does not get distracted.

    Galinda Upland is an exception she never agreed to noticing.

    Bright, popular, and infuriatingly composed, Galinda shouldn’t stand out in Elphaba’s lecture hall the way she does. But she does. Every question, every answer, every quiet moment where Elphaba catches herself looking a second too long.

    It starts with academic interest.

    It does not stay that way.

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