army – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Gone with the Northeast Wind

The 1988 Oziana has a game on both the front and back cover, derived by Fred Meyer and drawn by Bill Eubank. For each of fifty different transformations, the player has to guess who was transformed into what. I like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Camilla Townsend, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Eric Shanower, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Poetry, Relationships, Star Trek, Technology | Tagged a computer wizard in oz, a side view of the nonestic islands, angela garvey garvey, army, aunt em, betsy bobbin, bill eubank, break dance, corwin davison poe, dorothy gale, fairies, fred meyer, frogman, h.p. lovecraft, hungry tiger, king evoldo of ev, li-mon-eags, limericks, magic belt, martha cornog, mcwogglebug, military, neal wilgus, omby amby, oziah prendergast gillikin iiii, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, polychrome, professor wogglebug, scarecrow, smith and tinker, spock, stuff and nonsense, the blue raindrops of oz, the computer wizard makes a comeback, the magic of oz, the northeast wind in oz, thorgose, tik-tok, timothy perper, tin woodman, tollydiggle, trot griffiths, two's of a kind, typhonic, ventilation, wendy roth, winds, wizard of oz |

Elvis-O-Rama

We’re still working through all the Elvis movies. It’s kind of annoying that there isn’t one service that has all of them, but it’s not like they were all released by the same studio or anything. King Creole – This one is … Continue reading →

Posted in Carolyn Mark, elvis presley, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged army, barbara eden, carolyn jones, flaming star, g.i. blues, juliet prowse, walter matthau |

Military Maids

Oz is known for not having much in the way of a military. In Ozma of Oz, Ozma journeys to the Nome Kingdom with an army made up of twenty-seven officers and one private, then promotes the private to Captain-General … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Feminism, Gender, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged army, frogman, glinda, jinjur, military, omby amby, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, patchwork girl, the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius in oz, ugu the shoemaker, wonder woman |

Magic vs. Military

As a nation, Oz doesn’t have much of a military force. It’s often stated that the Soldier with Green Whiskers is Ozma’s entire army, although we’re never told for sure what happened to the other officers and privates mentioned in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged army, captain fighter, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, magic, magic belt, omby amby, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pinny penny, ruth plumly thompson, stratovania, the marvelous land of oz, the wishing horse of oz, war |