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Oh, silly hat day...
...I wish I knew how to quit you.
Ahem. I've devoured three and a half of the Baum books in the past week: Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then a compilation which has Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz which I skimmed but need to get back to because the Nome King is hysterical, and now I'm working on Emerald City of Oz. This last one reads as most glorious ( Read more... )
Ahem. I've devoured three and a half of the Baum books in the past week: Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then a compilation which has Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz which I skimmed but need to get back to because the Nome King is hysterical, and now I'm working on Emerald City of Oz. This last one reads as most glorious ( Read more... )
1) Creation - sensing the world was closing to them, magicians and magical creatures splintered reality and withdrew into other realms. One of these realms was discovered by the Fae Queen Lurline and her followers. Using their magic to shape it, and taking humans with them (sometimes willingly, sometimes not), it eventually became the realm of Nonestica, of which Oz was the central kingdom. Nonesticans are really a crossbreed of human and Fae, though the extent of one's Fae blood can vary greatly.
However, Lurline has an enemy. That enemy was Kumbricia, known as Mother of All Witches, since she taught the cross-breeds alchemy and magic. Her hatred for Lurline and Lurline's creation overwhelmed her over the centuries. She can never be killed, only beaten back. During her last attempt to destroy Oz, 500 annuals prior to the mini, Ozma the Warrior defeated her and imprisoned her in that cave. In locking Nonestica's orbit, the eternal darkness would have eventually killed every living thing in Oz, a perfect revenge against her long-dead enemy.
2) Religions. Lurlinism had a resurgence after Ozma Tippetarius was found and restored to the throne. The Unionist bishops had a hell of a PR mess to clean up after getting in bed with the Wizard and the damage from their inquisition. Unionism also didn't cross the deserts well, so most outlying kingdoms follow their own faiths or Lurlinism. Queen Dorothy put an end to the issue with an edict declaring each citizen is welcome to their own faith, so long as they do not infringe upon or harm others.
What this means in Tin Man? Cain was raised Unionist, lost most of his faith in the Suit, and is slowly recovering it. Ambrose dismissed faith as mostly nonsense, but found comfort in the Lurlinist beliefs of his childhood during his exile as Glitch. Viewers have an animist/shamanistic tradition, and DG is agnostic, but may develop Lurlinist leanings later.
3) Timeline & events - Baum trumps Maguire in this regard. The events in the Baum books happened, but they happened in a much less ridiculous way. Nessarose and Elphaba were plotting to destroy Oz. Nessa from religious zeal (believing she was the avatar of the Unnamed), and Elphaba because she believed Oz wasn't worth saving. Now, the Wizard had everything at a stalemate, but it was clear the Sisters would eventually break the stalemate and doom Oz. Dorothy comes into the picture, and all bets are suddenly off. The next year and a half is utter chaos with the Scarecrow running off with Tip ahead of the Emperor Apostle's coup. Emperor Apostle is then executed by Jinjur's march on the city, and Jinjur's army capitulates when Glinda, Nick Chopper, Scarecrow, and OZMA Tippetarius show up with an army.
Oz's government returns to something resembling order, but the land is wounded, its people divided. They are in dire need of heroes. Dorothy and her companions become known as the Heroes of Oz, symbols of unity and crusaders to heal the land. A century later, Dorothy's great-granddaughter and namesake takes up a similar burden with her friends. They are known as the Heroes of the Eclipse.
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