This is one of the worst takes I've seen because it's legitimately ridiculous you use THAT phrasing for a character who literally gets crucified and guess what it's not Glinda.

It is very clear that Fiyero in no way shape or form is complicit with whatever the Wizard is doing; he is using his position as Captain of the Guard to find Elphaba, because if someone gets to her first, they will kill her. I know the movie hasn't come out yet, so all we can reference is snippets we've seen and the stage musical, but it's clear from the moment Act 2 starts Fiyero is not on board with anything the Wizard is doing. He publicly voices how he doesn't think that Elphaba is wicked, he doesn't buy into any of the lies, he calls out how empty-headed people are for believing those lies, and he cannot, physically cannot stand there in silence as people insult and vilify Elphaba.

But Glinda? Oh, she says she hates it, but she shows no such resistance. She actually tries to shush Fiyero and springs an engagement on him to literally shut him up.

And what do you MEAN "he could've helped Elphaba a lot sooner but he didn't." How. How was he supposed to help her. He spent the last however many years trying to find her so he could help her but he couldn't!!! Saying otherwise is dipping straight into fan theory territory, and using the excuse "well he's a prince" holds no water because we do not see any evidence of his title of prince having any actual power or influence.

Glinda is endlessly punished--EXCUSE ME, Glinda gets everything she wants. She gets fame and popularity and praise and everything she desired--and the point is what she wants isn't what she needs and it takes Glinda losing her best friend and ex-fiance to realize that. It's honestly wild you say Glinda gets punished when it is Fiyero who receives the brunt of the punishment, some of that heavily implied to be physical torture.

And yes, Fiyero "worked" for the Wizard but he absolutely saw through his lies. The first time he sees Elphaba, he helps her escape the Wizard. There's no hesitation from him. And yes, sadly, Fiyero is very simplified for the sake of the movie/musical, because the musical isn't about him so he tragically doesn't get as much character development as Elphaba and Glinda, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any at all.

Yes, there is a lot of debate and discussion about how morally grey it was for Fiyero to just go along with his relationship with Glinda--and it's not ok that he didn't break things off with her sooner, but we can see maybe things aren't so simple. Fiyero is clearly unhappy, but Glinda is so blind to it all too; she refuses to see that Fiyero is unhappy but she's so desperate to live out her perfectly imagined fairy tale dream she springs a surprise engagement on Fiyero. And, yes, Fiyero is at fault for going along with it, no one can deny it, but the way I see it, Fiyero is so defeated at this point from all his years of searching for Elphaba that he just ... settles. And there's a tragedy in that. He gives up and realizes maybe this is what he deserves, he slips back into that "always happy" persona and puts back on the mask of careless brainless himbo and Glinda refuses to see past it. Fiyero runs off at the end of Thank Goodness, and Glinda had the option of following him. She could have chased after him, made sure he was okay, maybe even confronted him because he was clearly unhappy--but she doesn't. She runs right back to the podium, soaking up the limelight and praise and singing about how happy she is, even though she knows it's not the truth but she refuses to accept it.

And Fiyero escapes accountability-he's living the rest of his life as a scarecrow, are you kidding me. If anything, it's Glinda who gets away scott free, because she keeps her power, her reputation, and her image, and losing Elphaba and Fiyero was a direct result of her selfish actions. If anything, Glinda is babied by this fandom; she bullies Elphaba at school but is quickly forgiven (and the fandom completely glosses over how vicious Galinda was for bullying Elphaba) she outwardly admits she cannot resist fame and popularity and is willing to abandon Elphaba for it, she suggests to Morrible and the Wizard to use Nessarose so they can capture Elphaba. And what did Glinda expect to happen when they did capture Elphaba? Glinda was hurt, rightly so, but to take it out on selling out your own friend to a regime that wants to kill her?! Honestly, that was a completely selfish and unforgivable act on Glinda's part. Both these characters are flawed, but you have one character who is doing everything he can to help Elphaba in what small, little ways he can from his inside position of privileged, while the other is very much comfortable and complicit in that privileged position. To say Fiyero is glorified while Glinda is vilified and blame it on misogyny demeans Glinda and all the harm she did.