#the tin man

[theladysilvermoon]

I'm thinking of a conversation Dorothy could have with the lion after meeting him...

Lion: I-I'm so sorry I tried to scare you guys, I was just afraid that you would try and hurt me, o-o-or put me a cage.

Dorothy: Why would you think that?

Lion: W-well, because I'm a talking lion.

Dorothy: What's wrong with being a talking lion?

Lion: Oh.. right. I suppose you don't know 'cause you're not from here. But, here in Oz, people really hate talking animals.

Dorothy: Oh my! Why is that?

Lion: I don't know. There used to be talking animals everywhere in Oz, but then people started blaming animals for everything that went wrong, and they said animals should be seen, not heard. So now every talking animals gets caught and put in a cage until they can't talk anymore, and is nothing but a mindless animal.

Dorothy: That's horrible!

Lion: I know. I was in a cage once when I was a cup. I was so scared I couldn't talk at all.

Dorothy: Oh my god, how did you escape?

Lion: I can't quite remember. I suddenly got really sleepy, but then a young couple rescued me, I think. They took me for a ride and then set me free here in the forest. And I've lived here ever since.

Dorothy: Oh, well then it sounds like there are some nice people in Oz who doesn't hate talking animals.

Lion: Yeah, I wish I could remember them.

And meanwhile Scarecrow and Tin-man (Fiyero and Boq) overhears the conversation, Scarecrow thinking "Holy shit, that's the lion me and Elphie rescued?!" and Tin-man thinking "Is that what happened to all the animals?". And then they both exchange some concerning looks.

[cinnamaow]

if there was a child of the tin man in ever after high would their name be

“____ chopper” or “____ woodman”

because like.. his name is nick chopper but he’s the tin woodman.. also would they be a royal or a rebel because like.. emperor of the winkies and all of that.. much to think about..

[seraphimankh]

Into Kiamo Ko They Go!

Chapter 16!

[hauntedorpheum]

ETHAN SLATER AS BOQ WOODSMAN IN WICKED JACK HALEY AS THE TIN MAN IN THE WIZARD OF OZ

I could stay young and chipper

And I'd lock it with a zipper…

If I only had a heart

[spamton-speaks-to-me-actually]

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]

I have a theory about Wicked Part 2 and what they are going to add to it, and why it's going to add so much to the movie.

I think they are going to add Dorothy's POV.

In the musical, she's mentioned, but Dorothy never appears on stage. We never know her POV or how much she knew about the witches, Fiyero, Boq, the lion, or what was actually going on in Wicked beyond the Wizard of Oz plot. But in the Wicked two trailers, we see scenes of Dorothy and those scenes are shot as if from the Wizard of Oz, not the traditional Wicked musical, in which Dorothy's character is only briefly mentioned or shown as a shadow. Which means we're going to get to see her story this time!

However, if I was going to include Dorothy's POV for Wicked, I don't think it would be anything like the Wizard of Oz, for a few clear reasons:

Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz is a perceptive and animated child and unless they plan on erasing that aspect of her character, she is not going to go home from Oz at the end of the Wicked movie with the same beliefs as the Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. She sees the Wizard is a fraud and calls him out just like Elphaba does. Besides this, there is no way she would just not pick up on the fact that Galinda, the dead witch, Boq, Fiyero, Elphaba, and the lion have a deeper history together than meets the eye for the entire trip.

This one might sound stupid, but trust me, it's important: Toto as a character. Here me out. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's distress in the real world is centered around a mean lady trying to drown her dog and the Witch of the West tries to do the same in Oz. However, in this version, Elphaba's whole thing is animal rights. She'd probably be horrified that Toto can't talk or Dorothy would be surprised and delighted to find that in this world, Toto can talk depending on what they decide to do with the dog. And if Dorothy comes to this world distressed about a lady trying to kill her poor dog, Elphaba would surely empathize. There might even be a misunderstanding between them if Elphaba believes Dorothy is working for the Wizard and Toto is a dog that needs rescuing.

So how does this change things?

There are a number of wonderful options.

The most obvious one is that we could see Dorothy put together and discover the story of Boq, Nessarose, Galinda, Elphaba, Fiyero, and the Wizard. She and the rest of the gang would formulate a plan to help Elphaba fake her death to save her from the people of Oz and the Wizard.

Within that narrative, we could see Elphaba enchanting the sleeping poppies to stop them from getting to the Wizard with the goal of protecting them from the Wizard (rather than to stop them from getting home). In Act 2 of Wicked, the Wizard again tries to form an alliance with Elphaba but Elphaba rejects his offer when she discovers what he's done to her Animal friends. It's possible that Elphaba believes the Wizard is trying to use Dorothy too and is trying to protect her from the same fate.

We could also see conversations between Dorothy and Fiyero about Elphaba (and there are many AO3 fics that have been going with that concept. I see y'all, thank you for doing the Lord's work 🙏🏻) and possibly some conversations between Dorothy and Boq since they'll be traveling together and we don't really get to hear about Boq's ending in the musical. I think the last we see of Boq is that he's angry at Elphaba for his condition and rallying crowds against her, but with all that traveling time and secrets coming out, I could see him getting, I don't know if I'd call it a "redemption arc" per say, but finding his heart again (a real one). Additionally, conversations between Dorothy and the lion about how Elphaba saved him would be nice too. Even if the lion had learned to blame Elphaba for what happened to him, I'm sure Dorothy would be quick to correct him once she discovered the full truth.

But my favorite, my absolute favorite and darkest possibility is the interactions that Dorothy can have with the Wizard. In the Wizard of Oz, she exposes him as a fraud, but in the Wicked movie, he's much worse than that, and I can totally see Dorothy being the one to point that out to him. Why?

First of all, Dorothy is not from Oz. Most people there would never question the Wizard, but if he's so powerful and generous, why is he sending an innocent little girl and three down-on-their-luck guys to go murder his dangerous enemy? That right there is a red flag, and again, if they don't change Dorothy's character, she's going to be a very honest child and comment on how strange this is.

Second of all, if anything I speculated above is true and Dorothy realizes this the Wizard is an animal abuser who vilified an innocent woman, she's going to be very angry at the Wizard, and rightfully so (I hope Toto bites him).

Third of all, and here's where it gets good: in the musical Wicked, the Wizard discovers he is Elphaba's father at the very end because of the bottle Galinda has. Dorothy is not on stage for that because she's not in the main cast of the musical, only mentioned by the other characters, but what if she was? What if she's the one that discovers the connection? What if she calls him out the exact same way Elphaba did after the Wizard gave his little "I always wanted to be a father" speech?

What if the Wizard had a little animal-loving girl who reminds him so much of the daughter he just sent to her to kill standing in front of him with a horrified expression while he puts the pieces together?

What if Dorothy's POV in Wicked isn't about her exposing the Wizard as a nervous fraud, but as a heartless monster?

What if Dorothy's POV is about her exploring this new world and discovering for herself who is truly wicked or good?

[sourgrapelaffytaffy]

How it feels knowing that Boq ended up all alone. Turned to tin. Chased after the Wizard for a fake heart. Dorothy went home. Scarecrow left with Elphaba. Glinda doesn’t love him. He has no one. He can’t even go home to Munchkinland.

He’s gonna end up somewhere without an oil can and rust again and he’ll never be able to die because he’s cursed to be like that forever

[ajs-ozian-adventures]

On my first Rewatch of Wicked and noticed Boq does the Tin Man lean

WE LOVE SEEING THE PARALLELS!!

[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)

[yellowbrickramble]

Fans of the books might recall that the Tin Woodman lived in a standard castle in Marvelous Land of Oz and his tin castle wasn't introduced until Road to Oz. In this comic, it's been 4 years since the first adventure, so I figured he'd have the tin castle by now.

In the book, Billina says, "He built it because the old castle was too damp," but that doesn't make sense! Why would the Wicked Witch of the West's castle be damp? So, I decided it's the same castle. This gave me a fun design challenge of making a friendly-looking metal castle with the general shape of a spooky castle. I was inspired a bit by the eclectic nature of castle Duckula, though that probably isn't obvious.

My favorite depiction of the tin castle is probably Andy Hirsch's design in Kovac & Hirsch's Royal Historian of Oz, which incorporates corn cob towers, implying that he shares the castle with the Scarecrow.

The alderman joke is also from Road to Oz. Jack's line was spoken by Button-Bright and Logan's line was spoken by Dorothy Gale.

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[tabooiart]

NOT enough discussion about the 1950s-metropolis-post apocalyptic-rainbow explosion stage production of the wizard of oz. so i drew them. theyre friends :)

[cinnamaow]

just about finished with oz no mahoutsukai season 1.. tincrow… ❤️❤️

[clowntrickery08]

🌟My the wizard of oz character designs 🌟

[small-brain-hourz]

Plz freak with my Wizard of Oz art

[spamton-speaks-to-me-actually]

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