the good witch of oz – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Why Won’t You Die?

It would become a thing in the Oz books that no one in that fairyland could die, but it wasn’t immediate. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz mentions the threat of death quite often, in fact. The first book to establish … Continue reading →

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Sizing Up and Down

Characters changing in size is a pretty frequent occurrence in the Oz books. It’s sort of a transformation, but not entirely, as someone exposed to such magic keeps the same shape. At least, that seems to be the case for … Continue reading →

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Day of the Locasta

I’ve been looking at TV Tropes a fair amount recently, and of course I read the stuff about Oz, as well as about some other properties of which I’m a fan. I looked before at some conspiracy theories, many of … Continue reading →

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