{"id":1853,"date":"2025-11-25T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=552682"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"people-have-translated-the-tragic-spell-glinda-was-shown-at-the-end-of-wicked-and-im-bawling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/11\/25\/people-have-translated-the-tragic-spell-glinda-was-shown-at-the-end-of-wicked-and-im-bawling\/","title":{"rendered":"People have translated the tragic spell Glinda was shown at the end of Wicked, and I\u2019m bawling"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some of the final shots of Wicked: For Good, Glinda seemingly unlocks her magic as the Grimmerie shows her the spell she requires.<\/p>\n

Doing away with the lore set out in both the book and the stage production, Wicked<\/a> director Jon M. Chu decided to have Glinda finally step into her role as the good witch. The Grimmerie, which is actually The Lesser Key of Solomon<\/a>, responds to her in the same way it did for Elphaba.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it so much because I do believe that her magic at the end is earned. I think in this film, she\u2019s actually propelled into having a higher consciousness into not just sort of sitting with this fake facade,” Ariana Grande said<\/a>. \u201cAs each traumatic event takes place over the course of this film, it\u2019s propelling her to her true goodness. You learn from trauma, you learn from grief. You have no choice. In the end, the reward is that much greater; she does get her magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, thanks to people on Twitter, we finally know what the spell was for. Not to sound dramatic, but prepare yourself.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s the spell Glinda is shown at the end of Wicked: For Good<\/h2>\n

In Wicked: For Good<\/a>, the Grimmerie unfurls to show Glinda the spell she most requires. It showed two golden hands on the page, surrounded by text in the ancient language of the spellbook.<\/p>\n

At first, people on Twitter clocked the references to For Good, with the handprints alluding to the lyrics, “Like a handprint on my heart.” But it doesn’t stop there, because the spell itself is beyond gutting.<\/p>\n

According to translations, the spell the Grimmerie offers Glinda is an incantation for soothing and mending pain and fear. With Elphaba and Fiyero believed dead, it’s certainly reasonable that Glinda would be in a great deal of pain.<\/p>\n

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WICKED: FOR GOOD SPOILERS<\/p>\n

the spell the grimmerie opened to for glinda is for easing and soothing pain and fear \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <\/p>\n

(thanks to my grimmerie popcorn bucket & oomf @adoraweisz<\/a>) https:\/\/t.co\/L3G8HDRkee<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9p1FIv3u6M<\/a><\/p>\n

— gabi \ud83e\udee7 (@magnifcntlygay) November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n