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poppies-from-oz · 1 year ago
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Some lesser known Ozma (+Dorothy) illustrations from the RPT years.
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nevertoomanyspiders · 10 months ago
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lions is hard
here's Cowardly Lion.
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chambergambit · 13 days ago
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do the Wicked books incorporate Hungry Tiger, a friend of Cowardly Lion who's always hungry because he wants nothing more than to eat a fat, juicy baby, but his conscience will not allow it? he eats other stuff, but nothing satisfies like a baby would
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janet-brown · 9 months ago
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Favorite wizard of oz ship
(bc I'm bored)
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Another fic I wrote. In this one Dorothy has a fever, all her Oz freinds freak out
Dorothy wasn't very concerned when she woke up with a headache, chills, and feeling of fatigue. Sure it had been a while since she’d been sick, but she was used to this type of thing, she always got sick around this time of year back in Kansas so why wouldn't the same thing happen in Oz?
She went to her Aunt Em, told her how ill she felt, and Em felt her forehead.
“You do feel a bit warm.” Aunt Em studied her niece’s face, “have you eaten anything yet?”
“No. I haven’t had much of an appetite this morning.” Dorothy shrugged, and then coughed into her elbow.
Em sighed, “I’d take your temperature, but I dont think Ive seen a thermometer, that wasn't meant for food, since we moved here.”
“I’ll try to catch Ozma and ask her to send one,” Uncle Henry said, putting his hat on, “Em, you take Dorothy back to her room, ‘an make sure she’s resting ‘till we find out if she’s trying to get sick on us or not.”
None of them were too concerned, they’d done this a few dozen times before. Ever since Dorothy first came to live with them they had to deal with the odd cold, fever, and even the flu once or twice.
Dorothy layed in bed while her aunt sat on the end and read a book, looking up now and again to make sure Dorothy was drinking the glass of water on her bedside. Even if she wasn't sick- she still needed to stay hydrated. Or so Em insisted. 
Dorothy was used to this, all it would take was some rest and she’d be back on her feet in no time. Even if she wasn't exactly sick, she’d had ear and sinus infections before, among other ambiguous childhood illnesses. She was used to just waiting them out- due to how Aunt Em and Uncle Henry didn't have much money to go out and visit a doctor, or call one to the farm. They had water, a bed, and vegetables for soup. That helped clear her up all the time before.
But, and perhaps this due to her tired state, she had seemed to of forgotten the large group of friends she had accumulated over her years in Oz. Friends who came from a fairy land where people choose when they age- and the most ill a person got was only when they ate food that was too old, or not made properly.
She shouldn't of been shocked when Uncle Henry came back with The Wizard, carrying a medical bag, half the castle staff, and Ozma trailing behind him. Aunt Em shouldn't of either, yet both were initially confused.
“Evening Dorothy.” The Wizard nodded as he set the medical bag on a desk near her bed and took out a thermometer.
“Uh- ‘evenin, Wizard. Why is-”
“- Why is Ozma and half the castle behind me?” he asked with a half laugh as he cleaned the thermometer. “You remember how Fairy folk don't get sick right?”
“Right.” Dorothy rolled her eyes, how’d she manage to forget that? 
Uncle Henry stood at the end of the bed beside Aunt Em, holding her hand, and shrugged. 
“Your uncle tried to explain it to them but, open please-” he started, taking the Kansas girl's temperature as he continued, “but they insisted on making sure it wasn't some- curse or hex.”
“And even if it wasn't.” Ozma added as the wizard looked at the thermometer, she was turning her scepter over in her hands. “You're a princess, if the princess is i’ll she’s the right to care and assistance till she’s well again.”
“Yep, that's fever temperature.” Aunt Em stated, looking at the thermometer the Wizard handed to her. 
“Looks like you’re not leaving your room for the next few days.” Uncle Henry added.
“And to make sure she’s not hexed or poisoned.” the Wizard said, taking out a bottle of sparkly white liquid, “the thermometer please.” Aunt Em handed the thermometer back. He placed the thermometer in the liquid and swirled the bottle a bit.
Ozma and the castle staff had their eyes on the bottle, tensely waiting for something. Ozma having a mix of concern and sternness on her face, Dorothy knew if it did end up being some kind of poison or charm making her sick Ozma’d be right on her way to both curing her, and finding the culprit. 
And Dorothy knew said Culprit would have none of Ozma’s mercy.
“It’d be a surprise if this turned out to be magic though,” Dorothy thought, “it feels like any ordinary fever.”
The liquid in the bottle turned sky blue.
“She's clear, it's just a plain old fever.” The Wizard confirmed. There was a weak sigh of relief, given the Ozians in the room were not too sure what exactly a ‘plain old fever’ was, they were just glad their princess wasn't poisoned or a target of malicious magic.
“And how is a ‘Fever’ treated? What do people in Kansas do for it?” Ozma asked, walking to the end of Dorothy’s bed, looking from Dorothy to Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.
“Well most folk can afford a doctor visit, and if it's really bad they get medicine.” Uncle Henry explained. “But back on the farm we couldn't really afford much of that. So we had her rest, drink water, and eat things like soup.” 
“It's not good to eat real heavy foods during a fever, the stomach tends to be- ‘easily upset’.” Em added.
“Don't forget fruit juice.” The wizard said, packing up the medical supplies. “Growing up, orange juice was always given to kids who were feeling ill.”
“Alright then, I’ll have the chefs start on that right away. Em, would you mind instructing them on what to do while making the soup?” Ozma asked Aunt Em, giving a nod to some of the castle staff to go and inform the kitchen.
Aunt Em looked over to Dorothy.
“Probably best you go as soon as you can, before the inevitable flood of ‘get well soon’ cards flood in when Ozma tells all of Oz that ‘Princess Dorothy is not to be disturbed till she recovers from her illness’.” Dorothy said, doing a haughty voice as she impersonated Ozma in a good natured taunt. Ozma stuck her tongue out at her before smiling, just glad her co-princess was on her way to recovery.
“Fair enough.” Aunt Em shrugged as she stood up and handed Henry the book she was holding, one of the castle hands accompanied her down to the kitchen.
“Is there anything specific you want right now?” Ozma asked Dorothy.
“Not really, apart from rest. The sooner I get over this the better, but do tell Toto where I am for me, will you?”
“Of course, and if you need anything else…” Ozma summoned a silver bell with a green diamond on the end of its handle. “Ring this.”  
“Will do Ozma.” 
The ruler of Oz nodded and made her way out of Dorothy’s room.
“I’ll be helping your Aunt, do you want the window open so you can have som fresh air?” Uncle Henry asked, putting the book away.
“Yes please, but could you pull the curtain closed so the lights dimmed? Its a beautiful bright day outside, but its not helping the headache.” Dorothy asked. Henry nodded and adjusted the windows as she asked. The green curtain flushed the room in a soft green light.
“Take it easy now.” He said as he stood in the doorway.
“I’ll take it as easy as I can, knowing it won't be too long before the others make their way here to check on me.” she stated with a laugh. Henry chuckled,
“Yeah. They’d just be trying to help, they care about you a lot.”
“I know, I’d probably be acting just like Ozma if she was the one sick right now, especially since it be a curse or poison that’d be making her ill.”
“Most likely. I’ll see you ‘round lunch, if nothing else happens.” Henry nodded before leaving, shutting the door behind him and leaving Dorothy in the green lit room.
She laid down, nestling her head on the soft pillows, and did her best to get some extra sleep.
Dorothy wasn't too sure how long she had been sleeping when she felt something fuzzy beside her face. She opened her eyes to a little black mass of fuzz and fur looking at her face sympathetically.
“Hello Toto.” she chuckled as she sat up and hugged him. “I assume Ozma told you I was sick?”
Toto looked up at her with his big black eyes.
“Let me guess, she’s also told all of Emerald City by now, hasn't she?
“What do you think?” Toto sighed as he curled in her lap. Dorothy smiled fondly. 
“Did she bother to explain it wasn't serious?”
“She told them it wasn't magic, that its a normal thing where we come from, and thats all I heard her say.”
Dorothy rolled her eyes.
“How’d our fellow ‘non fairy’ friends react?” She asked, leaning against the pillows like a chair back as she pet the black dog in her lap.
“Hm,” Toto snickered. “As you’d expect, they were sympathetic but otherwise unworried. Hank had to explain what a fever even was to Sawhorse.”
Then his ear flicked, and he lifted his head up to listen.
“What is it?”
Toto listened and then got up and stood on the edge of the bed, ears cocked towards the door as he focused to understand what he was hearing. Then his ears returned to their resting position as he sat down.
“It's your friends.”
Dorothy could hear them now, a set of metallic footsteps, light footsteps that rustled each time they hit the ground, and two sets of four large paws, all walking this way. 
“I was wondering when they’d get here.” she picked Toto back up and held him as she waited for them to walk through her door.
As the footsteps got close she could hear what they were talking about.
“-don't know.” Scarecrow said, apparently just finishing a sentence. “She only ever slept as long as the night was on our adventures- but she wasn't sick then.”
“Tinman, you were human once, right?” Dorothy heard the Tiger ask.
“Yes but I was a Munchkin, not- whatever the people in Kansas call themselves.” the Tinman answered, sounding worried.
“Her Uncle did say she’s had this illness before.” the Lion added. “So she’s bound to recover from it easily. We shouldn't worry that much, right?” 
The footsteps stopped right outside her door. None of them entered or even knocked. 
Dorothy listened as her friends continued talking in the hallway, each a different variation of concern.
“Jellia Jamb said the Wizard confirmed it wasnt magic or poison, I guess this is just a thing people from Kansas go through.” Scarecrow said, Dorothy heard paper rustling, like turning pages. He must be reading something.
Then he sighed, closing whatever he was reading.
“Nothing in that one either?” Tinman asked.
“No. and that's the third one I brought with me. I know its not an Oz thing but with how many non-fairy people find their way here, not to mention the Wizard- who was the ruler for years, one would think we’d have something about ‘Fevers’ written down by now.” The Scarecrow sounded defeated.
Dorothy didn't mean anything cruel by it, but she had to cover her mouth to keep herself from laughing. 
“Are they trying to find a cure of some sort?” she wondered. “Or are they just trying to learn so they can help?” Either way it was a very sweet, if unnecessary, gesture. 
“I mean they have diseases I haven't even heard of in here, rainbow tongue, musical sneezes, reptilian/amphibian transformation, magic hiccups, and- i don't even know how to say that one.” Dororthy heard Scarecrow flip through the book, reading off its contents.
“According to her family- she just needs to rest it off.” the Tiger said.
“I know, I just wish we knew how to help.” Scarecrow said, defeated.
“We know, we’ve always been able to help  her when she needed it before…” Tinman trailed off. 
There was a pause of silence. 
Dorothy listened for what they’d say next, she knew her friends would of been worried but she’s just realizing she underestimated how worried. She was half tempted to get up and tell them it wasn't anything that serious, but when she leaned towards the edge of her bed Toto looked back at her. 
She needed to rest, even if it wasn't sleeping, and she knew he was going to make sure she got it. She leaned back against the pillows and sighed. She could call out but the fever was starting to affect her throat, and she did not want to make it worse by raising her voice.
Besides- even if she told them that a fever isn't that serious, it’d hardly change anything. They were her friends, they had faced peril after peril together. She was sick and they were worried, and nothing was going to stop them from worrying.
She just sat back and listened, her and Toto waiting to see what they were going to do. Then there was a snap, or a close approximation of a snap- given it was made with straw stuffed fingers.
“Let's go and talk to Betsy, Trot, Cap’n Bill, and Shaggy man. They’re bound to know something about this aren't they?” Scarecrow suggested.
“Good idea.” Tinman said.
“I think I saw her and Hank talking by the moat when we started for Dorothy’s room, we should be able to catch them if we go now.” Lion siad. Then the steps of her friends' faded away, the opposite direction of where they came.
“Must've thought I was sleeping.” Dorothy muttered to herself. Toto looked at her, then at the door, and back at here. A question in his eyes.
“Hm. No, it's really sweet they want to learn more about non-fairy stuff just to try and help. You can go and get them once they’re done talking with the others tho.” Dorothy answered. Toto nodded and curled back up on her lap. Dorothy sat there and thought to herself,
“If any of them ever were sick I suppose I’d be the same. I’ll have to make sure I tell them I appreciate their efforts- as unnecessary as they are.”
Unsurprisingly it didn't take long for several bouquets of flowers to be delivered to Dorothy. Each one from a different place in Oz. She had one pile of white and green flowers from people in the Emerald city, one of blue flowers from the Munckinds- who’s were the largest pile, one of yellow and tin flowers from the winkies, red flowers from the quadlings, and several purple bouquets from the gillikins. Most of which were lavender, which smelled very nice but started to take over the room. Dorothy had to ask Ozma to take some away, those ones were put in the guest bedrooms since lavender is known to help with sleep.
Needless to mention the cards attached. When Aunt Em came by with ‘dinner’, a light vegetable soup and apple juice with sliced strawberries in it, she mentioned how Uncle Henry had been helping the castle hands with sorting the cards.
“May as well be a post office down stairs.” she stated.
Not too long after her Aunt stopped by, her friends did as well, this time accompanied by Jack Pumkinhead.
“You dont think pumpkins can catch ‘Fevers’ do you?” Jack had asked when he saw Dorothy. She shook her head.
“Nope, as long as you're from Oz I doubt you can get sick from me.” she told him.
“But-” Scarecrow added, “we can carry germs- even if we can't get sick. So for the sake of our other non fairy friends- we have to stay a distance from Dorothy.”
“I don't think we could get to her past the flowers anyways.” Lion stated looking around at the piles of bouquets.
“I don't mind if any of you keep some of them, I don't have enough room for them.” Dorothy stated but her friends refused. “Speaking of the others, did any of you ask them what Fevers are like?”
“Betsy said they make you tired and give you a headache." Lion stated.
"Trot said she's only had a fever once, and it made her sick to her stomach." Tiger added
"Shaggy man and Capin' Bill said they make you shiver, feel awful, and like things are going in slow motion." Tinman finished with a concerned look.
“All around it sounds miserable.” Jack crossed his arms.
“You’re not wrong, it's no fun at all. But it happens all the time where I'm from. Just a side effect of living in a Non-fairy land I guess.” she told them.
“We’re glad.” Lion stated.
“And we’re gonna stay here till you’re better. So let us know if we can help with anything.” Tinman added.
“I already have the entire castle at my beck ‘n call, though I Suppose it's always been like that since I became a princess. But I'm glad you’re all here, and thank you for wanting to help.” she told them.
“Of course we’d want to help.” Scarecrow stated, almost astonished.
“Apart from being our princess, you're our friend.” Tiger added.
Dorothy smiled at them, 
“Well, can you tell me how Ozma told you I was sick? I've been in this bed all day and to be honest Im more bored than tired.”
Dorothy listened to her friends talk, from them learning of her illness to things she hadn't been present for recently. Such as a small festival in the Winkie country, one Dorothy wasn't able to attend due to her and Ozma dealing with a request from the Queen of Xi that month.
Hours passed and Dorothy was just thankful to be with her friends, even if she felt quite awful they managed to make her smile. Night fell and they all insisted she go to sleep.
She complied, asking that some of her bouquet gifts be sent to be made into wreaths, so they’d take up less space in her room.
The following days were quite similar, Dorothy wasn't allowed to leave her room and her friends came to visit her. Trot and Betsy came by with handkerchiefs tied around their faces to protect them from catching her illness, the three of them talked of their fairy-land friend’s reactions to Dorothy’s current state. Agreeing with Dorothy that their care and concern was sweet, if unneeded. All in all, they were very thankful to be living in Oz.
Ozma was a frequent visitor to Dorothy, after her daily duties were finished of course. They’d sit and talk, Ozma always asking if Dorothy was comfortable or needed anything.
One day Billina stopped by to visit with a handful of her Dorothy Jr’s, both to check in on her friend and to teach her kids a bit of the world they both came from. 
TikTok, the Woggle bug, Scraps, even Polychrome made a quick visit just to check in on her. Scraps tried to cheer her up with some cartwheels and had to be almost dragged out of Doroty’s room when she almost broke two vases. Dorothy promised she’s spend time with her when she was over her fever. The Woggle bug gave her some simple activity books to keep her simulated, cross words, word searches, scrambled word puzzles, things of that nature. TikTok offered to be the one to bring her things from the other non-fairy folk in Oz, since he was made of Copper and copper is one of the few metals known to be self sanitizing. 
One day Dorothy awoke to find Ozma’s magic mirror in her room, most likely to let her see what her friends were doing as she recovered. 
Almost a week later Dorothy was feeling much better, though they still insisted on three more days of rest to ensure the fever was fully gone. She already loved living in Oz, but these few days were just a reminder why she loved it so much.
When she was fully better she was going to hug all of her friends, at least those who enjoyed hugs that is. And was already planning to visit each of the four countries of Oz so she could thank those who sent her gifts in person.
But first, she was going to spend time with her friends. She just had to wait three more days to do so.
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gastrophobia · 2 years ago
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Do you think that the cowardly lion would look great in clothes?
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sanguinarysanguinity · 30 days ago
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"For my part, I'm a savage beast, and have an appetite for all sorts of poor little living creatures, from a chipmonk to fat babies."
"How dreadful!" said Dorothy.
"Isn't it, though?" returned the Hungry Tiger, licking his lips with his long red tongue. "Fat babies! Don't they sound delicious?"
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the-flower32 · 2 months ago
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some Oz character designs
these are far form final designs, obviously un-colored, the first 2 have tape bc i cut them out of my old sketch book & put them in my new one.
I really like the design i came up with for polychrome
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TipJar
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linalina-universe · 1 year ago
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My favorite facts so far about the 1902/3 play is that Dorothys love interest Poet Laureate of Oz Dashemoff Daily Is played by a woman. It is so queer! I love the princely lesbian, or trans masculine vibes that this gives off. The song, and a link to the Hungry tiger press page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymAe9eF6UGk http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertunes/allthetime.shtml The Song was eventually switched out with another "Love is Love"
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Also There is Carrie Barry. Another love by song from Prince Dashemoff, Towards Dorothy. But due to the story, Dorothy sings it to the Prince. And Sapphic story telling ensues. The implication that Dorthy can love them like any other man comes off as EXTREMELY queer. Oddly the hungry tiger lyrics dont seem to match the actual song recorded here? http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertunes/carriebarry.shtml http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertunes/carriebarry.mp3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Other Queer thing I noticed was the song Hurrah for Baffin bay, sung by stone and Montgomery. It's about tin man and scarecrow Portraying sailors in Baffin Bay, located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland. This is the best audio recording of the song I'm aware of. https://youtu.be/EOXZ5fnDkz0 http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertunes/baffinsbay.shtml It's a fun sea shanty. The 4th verse sadly has a dated slur for inuits :( but Overall the song is very fun and reminds me of Popeye. But as this was early oz before J.R.Neil the relationship was still forming for Tincrow. I'm very ignorant to theatre so I'm sure theres a lot I don't understand though. I just wanted to share
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blancamz · 7 months ago
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Oz Illustration Masterpost
OUTSIDERS:
Billina the Yellow Hen
Dorothy Gale of Kansas (1, 2)
Eureka the Pink Kitten
The Nome King of the Underground World, a.k.a. Roquat the Red, a.k.a. Ruggedo
Princess Langwidere of Ev
The Wizard of Oz, a.k.a. Oscar Diggs
PEOPLES OF OZ:
Bungle the Glass Cat
The Cowardly Lion (1, 2, 3)
Miss Cuttenclip
Glinda the Good (1, 2)
The Good Witch of the North
The Hungry Tiger
Jack Pumpkinhead
General Jinjur
Kalidahs (1, 2)
The King of Bunnybury
The King of the Winged Monkeys
Ojo the Unlucky
Princess Ozma (1, 2)
Dr Pipt, the Crooked Magician
The Queen of the Field Mice
The Scarecrow
Scraps the Patchwork Girl
The Tin Woodman a.k.a. Nick Chopper
Tippetarius a.k.a. Tip
The Wicked Witch of the West (1, 2)
The Wildcat
The Highly-Magnified Woggle-Bug, Thoroughly Educated
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slashingdisneypasta · 6 months ago
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Imagine;
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DMD!Scarecrow acting like a good mentor for you when you crash-land in Oz, just like he did with Dorothy all those years ago; pretending to be just the person he was back then and helping you on your adventure to get back home. Being the Mad Hatter to your Alice.
But secretly the entire time, he's sabotaging you because he wants you to stay with him. Sending you both in the wrong direction (*face palm* oh silly me. You know the old straw brain isn't as sharp as it used to be 😅 we're several fields away from where we should be), giving you the wrong advice (OH, my bad. I FORGOT that the hungry tiger roams these parts 😕 Oopsie daisy? Heheh 😅 Good thing he stopped himself, right?? Aaaanyway- ), etc.
When you somehow, finally get to the Wizard (who's, miraculously, willing to help you), Scare is actually baffled how this happened and that just makes him even MORE mad ontop of the fact that you're getting away. His pride is hurt and you could escape??? Jesus fucking christ.
... but still. He keeps the act up. Maybe you'll choose to stick around, right? He's been so sweet. Such a good friend. Kept you fed and kept your fragile little organic body safe-- surely you'll w a n t to stay with him, right?? Yes. That's the only thing that makes sense.
So just as you're about to step into the hot air balloon with that crackpot 'wizard', Scare jumps up to you, takes your hands softly in his and tilts his head oh-so-cutely. "You could stay, you know. ... with me." A wonky grin on his stitched-mouth.
When you giggle gently, tears in your eyes, and shale your head; his non-existent heart drops. That's the last straw. "I would love to... but I can't. You understand, don't you?? My lovely friend ^^ "
Scare can't answer. His mind is absolutely boggled. Jumbled up. And he's pissed. Off. His fingers are tightening around yours, when the Wizard taps your shoulder. "Child, of course he does. Now come on- "
"The HELL I do." Scare growls, yanking you away from the hot air balloon just as the Wizard cuts the ropes tying it to the ground. The damn thing pf course starts flying away without you, history repeating itself, but Scarecrow can't acknowledge the symmetry while rage boils inside him and your little hand wriggles in his hold. Trying to get away.
But fuck that.
He knows he's scaring you with this jarring change in his demenour but he doesnt care. He put so much work into being a good friend to you. How did that not work?? What- is he supposed to do all that for you and just let you GO?? No. A thank you is not good enough. You have to stay. You have to be grateful.
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poppies-from-oz · 2 years ago
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The Road to Oz is the gayest of the early books and here’s why
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The famous kissing scene.
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Dorothy having a gay crisis moment watching Ozma and Polychrome interact.
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The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman leaning on one another for support like an old married couple.
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The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman staring at each other during the toast, making them the only people there who aren’t looking at Ozma.
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Ozma using her own birthday party as a chance to solidify Dorothy’s royal title and place by her side.
In conclusion, The Road to Oz can best be summed up like this:
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nevertoomanyspiders · 2 months ago
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it's a Wheeler!
for literally no goddamn reason, have an assortment of Wheelers from various adaptations and depictions ...that aren't John R. Neill's art or Return to Oz stuff, everyone already knows those, haha.
...well ok except this one from the endpaper of Ozma of Oz because it's new to me, at least, and the gutenberg.org copy doesn't have it.
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what a dang dork, bless. glad he and Tik-Tok set aside their differences to watch the race.
Illustration
from 1976 Polish edition of Ozma of Oz with art by Zbigniew Rychlicki, via Reddit:
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these lads are so stylish and their oversized heads are pretty freaky, dang.
a very 17th century Wheeler from 1970 Japanese edition of Ozma of Oz, art by Sonoko Arai, via Hungry Tiger Talk:
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a dang goofy Wheeler by Vlada Stolikovich, 1976. also via Hungry Tiger Talk:
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anyway, fuck, um, everything else is under a cut because this post ended up a bit too long oops.
something I have a hard time finding information on beyond that what I assume to be a Korean translation (?) of an Indonesian edition (???) of Ozma of Oz with 3D CGI illustrations. would be fun to see if there's more images within. not a damn clue who made these illustrations, either.
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gosh those Wheelers. dunno what the artist was going for but there's a bit of a renaissance vibe. what if this was an animated thing? on that note...
Animated adaptations
the 1987 direct-to-video short Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz has uh. these fuckers. seemingly there's only two. probably because of low animation budget, lol.
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well, I say there's two, but it's just one design with a palette swap one has blonde hair and pink coat, the other has black hair and orange coat or something. also it's not evident from the screenshots but these dorks have long, pretty eyelashes and GAWD the voice acting is. well. hear for yourselves.
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one of my favourite moments is Ozma turning up, saying "Enough." and bonking a Wheeler on the head with her scepter. here's the time stamp.
oh yeah I'm sure a bunch of folks have seen the Wheelers as seen in Oz Kids courtesy of this post. they appear in the episode Who Stole Santa. (and no it wasn't the Wheelers, obviously, they're just here to be annoying and trying to prevent the characters from taking a specific path.)
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the guy in purple, who I'm calling Squeky Wheel, looks a lot like the Wheeler in this Ozma of Oz chapter art by John R. Neill. poor guy got walloped pretty hard.
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anyway only Squeaky talks while his two buddies remain silent. these guys are such pushovers and the kids aren't scared of them at all.
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017-2020) has these little bobble-headed goobers.
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can't say I'm crazy about how they look but their characterization as reckless speedsters is a fun one. in one episode they even make friends with Tin Man after he replaces a busted wheel.
Ozu no Mahotsukai (オズの魔法使い, 1986-1987) has a... very strange interpretation of the Wheelers, but then, the series does play fast and loose with the source material as it is, which I don't mind! an adaptation doing something fun with the source material adds an element of unpredictability which I like... so, I'm not terribly surprised by how much they deviate from the book descriptions.
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they wouldn't look too out of place in the B.C. comic strip.
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and this segues perfectly to...
Comics
the Marvel comic adaptation of Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower (writer) and Skottie Young (artist) probably has some of my fav depictions of the Wheelers, and I really like this variant cover (I believe it's by Eric Shanower?)
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these guys are utterly freaky but also dang silly. watching these fucked up abominations bumble around defuses the terror.
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there he go
so, there's the ones I've seen so far. if there's more that you know of, SEND THEM TO ME I NEED THEM SO BAD HELP
edit: OK there were some earlier Wheeler things I forgot about!
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this Japanese edition has these kinda menacing looking Wheelers. I like the Osamu Tezuka influence here.
another Japanese version also covered by Hungry Tiger Talk with more robotic looking, super evil looking Wheelers, lol.
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also as far as illustration, there's this old Italian edition of Ozma of Oz.
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not exactly the most menacing looking Wheeler but he does have a fancy embroidered jacket.
and Billina has an adorable bonnet!
anyway that's all for now, at least.
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showamagicalgirls · 1 year ago
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The other episode of 1986 Wizard of Oz (オズの魔法使い) anime I watched on the way over on this trip was the thirty-seventh, which is taken from L. Frank Baum's third Oz novel, Ozma of Oz. Apparently the full title of the original book was Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein. What a name! Anyway, these events may also be familiar to some people because they were included in the 1985 film, Return to Oz.
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rjalker · 17 days ago
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so many.
Fine, I guess I will compile literally all of them.
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the Famous Oz Books
By L. Frank Baum:
The Wizard of Oz
The Land of Oz
Ozma of Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl 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
By Ruth Plumly Thompson:
The Royal Book of Oz
Kabumpo in Oz
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
Grampa in Oz
The Lost King of Oz
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
The Gnome King of Oz
The Giant Horse of Oz
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
The Yellow Knight of Oz
Pirates in Oz
The Purple Prince of Oz
Ojo in Oz
Speedy in Oz
The Wishing Horse of Oz
Captain Salt in Oz
Handy Mandy in Oz
The Silver Princess in Oz
Ozoplaning With the Wizard of Oz
By John R. Neill:
The Wonder City of Oz
Scalawagons of Oz
Lucky Bucky in Oz
By Jack Snow:
The Magical Mimics in Oz
The Shaggy Man of Oz
By Rachel R. Cosgrove:
The Hidden Valley of Oz
By Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw & Lauren Mcgraw Wagner:
Merry Go Round in Oz
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instantpansies · 2 years ago
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hiii!! i found you on artfight and i just wanted to say i think your wizard of oz au is so cool!! do you have any other materials about that universe? or like more art or writing or smth? i'm really intrigued TwT
ps definitely attacking you soon
have a nice day 💖✨ :]
Ohhhhhhh my god I’ve been waiting my entire life for this moment-
Yes I have so much more! I’ve been coming up with ideas while reading the first 5 Oz books, so there’s a lot of characters I haven’t drawn yet and plot points that show up down the line but I’ll just stick to worldbuilding stuff for now
The entire thing was basically a challenge to make Oz as anti-monarchy as possible, which is incredibly hard considering Ozma is literally the god Queen of Oz and no one ever questions this. It wasn’t hard to make it gay and anti-capitalist though, the original cast is just 100% queer socialists (who all believe in the divine right of kings for some reason idk)
SO. My version of Oz is essentially a place outside of time that humans from earth can occasionally slip into during times of crisis, “saved” by Lurline or her children. So as an example, Dottie (Dorothy) is from Earth in 2016, while Heartly (Tinman) is from Earth in 2089. Despite this difference in time period, they still appeared in Oz at roughly the same time. This means that Oz itself is a jumble mix matched time periods from roughly the late 1600s to the early 2100s (so despite everything, I managed to make the random sci-fi elements in Oz make sense)
When a human enters Oz, there’s a chance that an object they have on their person will become a “wand”, which allows them to become a witch. Wands are usually passed down through families of humans who have been in Oz for generations, but sometimes they’re gifted to non humans or stolen. Usually, humans rule over the other peoples of Oz, because they’re seen as the rightful users of magic. This is not good. Some examples of wands are the Witch of the North’s slate, the Witch of the South’s bubble wand, the Witch of the East’s scythe, the Witch of the West’s umbrella, and the Momby’s stirring spoon
Another source of magic is silver, but I’m keeping it vague as I haven’t really figured out the details on that. Just know that any non-wand magic item contains silver somehow
Also the titular wizard of Oz is the main antagonist, she’s a puppeteer from the 80s who decided that the best use she could get out of a city that’s entirely painted green is to use the whole thing as a green screen to trick an entire country that her stupid little puppet is literally god
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We love to see a girlboss failing spectacularly
I have a bunch of stuff for the individual characters but if I talked about all their arcs and relationships I would be here all day
(But if you have more questions I would LOVE to answer them, my dms are open!!!)
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