#the cowardly lion

[myfairkatiecat]

So on the way to meet the wizard, we have:

The scarecrow (the wicked witch of the west’s boyfriend)

The Tin Man (wicked witch of the east’s ex boyfriend)

The Lion (bonded to a the wicked witch of the west and the scarecrow as a kid when they rescued him and then got abandoned by them and lives his life in fear of being caged again)

and Dorothy, who just wants to go home and has NONE OF THE LORE

[mycabbagesmycabs]

I had a vision while reading the wonderful wizard of oz

[eggmanleft4ball]

I want a version of Wicked which is also the Wizard of Oz,like Dorothy and the rest of the gang still go on their adventure but the whole time Scarecrow/Fiyero is like "I wish my ex and my other ex didn't start this whole conflict Dorothy" and Dorothy is like 11 years old, dealing with the soap opera drama of this polycule and Tin man/Boq isn't making this any better by being an incel.

[nobodysdaydreams]

“But if there is a train to the Emerald City, why did Galinda make poor Dorothy walk all that way?”

She probably didn’t. The Wizard probably destroyed the train himself to make room for his wonderful road, yet another way he claims to do wonderful things for Oz all while moving them backwards.

“But couldn’t Galinda use her bubble to transport Dorothy?”

Probably, but I’m guessing Galinda knew the Wizard wouldn’t be so kind and receptive to someone else from our world coming here, because Dorothy could actually recognize him as a fraud and call him out on his bs. Dorothy, like Elphaba, is a threat to the Wizard’s power and the fact that she murdered the sister of his political enemy on arrival isn’t helping her seem less threatening, so Galinda is stalling while she figures out how to protect this poor girl and maintain appearances. Hence the whole “making her walk in heels” thing plus it provides a cover story for why Elphaba “can’t” kill her to reassure Dorothy that she’s safe from the Wicked witch: she still wants her dead sister’s shoes.

Also, Elphaba probably knew the Wizard would try to manipulate/hurt Dorothy and the others too. Even if she didn’t know who Fiyero was, she’d still be worried about Toto and the lion given what the Wizard does to Animals, which is probably why she uses the poppies to put them to sleep. The only people not enchanted are Boq and Fiyero. In the Wizard of Oz, it’s because they’re not living and Dorothy, Toto, and the Lion are, but in this case, it might be because Elphaba recognizes them.

“But then why would Galinda use her snow to wake them up from Elphaba’s poppies if Elphaba was trying to protect them?”

She probably didn’t. Morrible is the one who controls the weather. And we know that Morrible has no problem using her talents to make her current/former students look better or worse.

[poppies-from-oz]

LAND OF OZ MASTERPOST

Now seems as good a time as any to remind everyone that all of the original fifteen Oz books are public domain and up for free online.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Ozma of Oz

Dorothy & The Wizard in Oz

The Road to Oz

The Emerald City of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Little Wizard Stories of Oz

Tik-Tok of Oz

The Scarecrow of Oz

Rinkitink in Oz

The Lost Princess of Oz

The Tin Woodman of Oz

The Magic of Oz

Glinda of Oz

Happy reading! 

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Wizard of Oz lobby cards (1939)

[theknucklehead]

Here are the many costumes that the ponies wear on Nightmare Night (Equestria's Halloween)

Twilight Sparkle - Star Swirl the Bearded/a gladiator

Pinkie Pie - a chicken/80s Rollerblader

Rainbow Dash - a Shafowbolt/an astronaut

Applejack - a scarecrow/a lion

Rarity - a mermaid

Fluttershy - a masquerade dress (without the mask) and then later Flutterbat

Spike - a dragon/a two-headed dragon

The Cutie Mark Crusaders - the bride of Frankenstein, a vampire, and a wolf

A platypus, a Wonderbolt, and a Victoria era ballgown

And finally a bonus:

Derpy - paper bags/Princess Twilight

[twocolorz]

A pretty rough drawing, still proud of it tho

Edit: I gotta make scarecrow more silly

Edit 2: imma have to do a few design tweaks to the horrifying bucket head that killed like forty wolves and the scarecrow

[hah-studios]

Having brains makes you a good liar.

[curiousdem0nsartblog]

Tincrow 🐦‍⬛🪓

Reblogs appreciated

Do not steal/trace/repost my artwork!

Based on this image btw

[randomhoennplayer]

Currently reading the Wizard of Oz, and

Hello???????

WHY DOES THE SCARECROW LOOK LIKE HE'S QUESTIONING THE GANG'S DECISIONS?????

If we take Wicked into consideration, Fiyero looks like he's trying to process why the fuck Glinda's letting Dorothy walk across Oz while wearing Nessa's slippers knowing full well that Elphaba is gonna murder this poor girl

[small-brain-hourz]

Plz freak with my Wizard of Oz art

[ndemon93]

[eggmanleft4ball]

Dorothy: *seeing the wizard of oz be revealed as a fraud* Chat what do we think?

Scarecrow/Fiyero,Tin man/Boq and the Lion almost in unison: stop calling us that

[mellkellyismyhero]

[cjbolan]

Anyone notice in every version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy meets the Cowardly Lion alone in the forest? It’s implied he lives alone. Lions typically live in prides.

In Wicked…what if he’s alone because he’s hiding from the Wizard just like Elphie? Did the Wizard kill or capture all the other lions in Oz to take away their speech?

I’m surprised the Wizard later let the Cowardly Lion walk away with his voice intact.