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Because she’s popular right now. We’re talking about the future, do you think Wicked has the longevity of other popular franchises? Is Wicked as big as Harry Potter was? Because that has some staying power behind it.
Babes, Wicked has been a musical theatre darling since 2003. It already HAS longevity and popularity, just not in your circles. Once again, 2nd biggest Broadway show of all time, (actually of this millennium.) It's not #1 only because Lion King has been around longer.
The Broadway Girls™️ and Broadway Gays™️ are coming for that merch, and so are the Ariana Stans. Again, look at the price of that Cat Valentine doll.
(Also, comparing Harry Potter to Wicked is funny because of how they're two of the THE 2008-2015 Tumblr fandoms (ignoring Superwholock))
The difference is Harry Potter was an all ages international phenomenon, not just a Tumblr fandom.
So few things actually become collectibles, you’d have more luck with a beanie baby than you would this misprint Wicked merch long term.
From the perspective of when the play got launched, we are already in the future. And it's still massively popular. Your point?
Comparing just the stage plays? Definitely, it's in fact orders of magnitude bigger.
Comparing it the media franchise?
Not a sensible comparison as they're not both similar franchises. You could compare HP to Pokemon or Mario instead, or Wicked to Aladdin or Lion King.
Do you think people view Victorious as a popular franchise today?