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transgenic_girl in tinman_meta

A Quick Question...Perhaps not so quick...

Dec 04, 2008 15:22

CanonCanonCanon

Baum's to be exact.

Prompted by the (apparently false) belief I had that there had been a Clockwork Kingdom in the books, I now wonder what books we're considering canon here. If any.
( Even Baum couldn't get his canon right. )

nitpicky, plot holes, other canons: baum, setting: the o.z.

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erinm_4600 December 5 2008, 00:16:04 UTC

*snicker*

I just stick with North, South, East and West (properly flipped, of course)

and the Deadly Desert, of course...
and, occasionally, the Black Mountains...

and I may have made a passing reference to Shiz with the boys...

transgenic_girl December 5 2008, 00:24:22 UTC

It was partially for roleplay reference however. Where we mostly stick to canon countries (Ev and Ix) but have wandered into at least one country different (The Land of the Five Nations - five matriarchal tribes from five different climates/environments [Desert/Tundra/Forest/Cliffs/Plains])

Recently the Clockwork Kingdom was adopted as a new one, even though apparently I'd only ever seen it in a fic.

blackletter December 5 2008, 00:17:31 UTC

according to Baum's map(s), the O.Z. is surrounded by deserts, yet the uppermost part of the Queendom (I'm sticking with the term, I like it) is Icy North

Maybe it's a cold desert. Like Antarctica.

transgenic_girl December 5 2008, 00:25:55 UTC

But the Frozen Sea! Right there next to the Deadly Desert.

::shakes fist at the Sci Fi guys::

So, on my map, I just made it an inland frozen...magical sea. Lol, when in doubt I suppose, claim it's magic.

archon_mentha December 5 2008, 03:45:06 UTC

Oddly, I think I remember a paper kingdom in Xanth, with a tiger (tyger) that ended up on fire. Possibly I am imagining things.

transgenic_girl December 5 2008, 04:09:39 UTC

Oh...hookers!

How did I get Xanth and Oz mixed up?

It was Bink wasn't it? Who went through the paper kingdom?

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transgenic_girl December 6 2008, 00:49:47 UTC

Smash! That was who. I had forgotten, the not dumb ogre.

hungrytiger11 December 5 2008, 20:20:22 UTC

No. There is a "Paper Kingdom" Actually its a town in Oz where the people are like Paper Dolls, and it is from the fifth book in the series, " The Emerald City of Oz." That book probably explores Oz's weird little villages the most. There was one where the people were literally jigsaw puzzles, one where cutlery were alive and one populated by bunnies too ( ... )