That's right, I went there. Whatever for does Glinda deserve the designation of bitch in my book? Let's examine her actions shall we?
When Dorothy first arrives in Oz she is in a pretty bad situation. Not only has she murdered a woman with her house, she is in a very strange, technicolor place surrounded by strange little people called Munchkins who sing to her in creepy high-pitched voices about how they're so happy that some poor old woman has just been killed. Glinda comes to Dorothy in the form of a glowing pink orb, as if Dorothy isn't freaking out enough. When the dead woman's sister comes to find out what happened, Glinda mocks her and then threatens to murder the poor woman!
Dorothy, at this point, is not only the the throws of apparently a horrible drug situation but is also frightened. She turns to Glinda for advice. Glinda, to show she is not useful for only mocking mourning family members, puts Dorothy in even more danger by telling her she must guard some apparently useless shoes from the other woman, who will do anything, including murdering Dorothy, to get them. Thanks a lot Glinda.
Dorothy, of course, just wants to go home. So does Glinda help her? Well the conversation goes a little something like this:
Dorothy: How do I get home?
Glinda: I have no idea, you'll have to go talk to the wizard
Dorothy: Who's the wizard?
Glinda: I don't know, he's just this guy, you know?
Dorothy: How do I get to him?
Glinda: Uh follow this road, the little people will help you to the end of their border (the next 15 feet)
Dorothy: What if something happens along the way like angry trees or flying primates or fields of drugs or...
Glinda: Follow the road
Dorothy: what's going to happen to me?
Glinda: follow the road!
Dorothy: I'm really scared what...
Glinda: Follow the road!
I suppose Glinda does help Dorothy a little by waking her up from her drug induced slumber in the field of poppies. I think we can see who won't be invited to any parties any time soon.
So where is this "good" witch the entire time Dorothy is attacked by trees or kidnapped by the poor dead woman's sister and tortured? Probably breaking up a party somewhere. That's where.
In the end Glinda makes a final apperance in the Emerald City to see Dorothy off on the balloon. When the plan craps out, what does Glinda do? She "helpfully" tells Dorothy she could have gone home the entire time. But no, instead Dorothy had to lose three good friends, get attacked by trees and almost killed. Thanks a heap Glinda.
Why don't you just fly up back up north in your little bubble and save everyone a lot of trouble in future.
(P.S. I just noticed, several days later, that the picture of Glinda has her spearing a flounder with her wand. I don't know what that's about, I got the picture from google image search)
