History Headscratchers / OzTheGreatAndPowerful

*** What sisters? Theodora and Evanora aren't related to her.

* Theodora. A witch who was once good-hearted, innocent and beautiful is basically screwed over by the other characters, has her heart broken by the protagonist, and has an enchantment put on her to destroy her beauty and her heart. She has never been depicted as choosing evil; she has been tricked into it, and has done nothing of her own free will that would justify losing audience sympathy (even Oz's offer of redemption is a hollow gesture, as she has had the capacity for the feelings required to choose redemption taken from her by trickery.) Yet she is DoomedByCanon to be treated by the plot of Film/TheWizardOfOz as a borderline CompleteMonster (even though she is apparently throughout that film not herself but acting under an evil enchantment) who not only dies without redemption but whose death results in an unambiguous celebration ("Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!") and not a single tear for the good woman she once was. TheWoobie, ButtMonkey and ChewToy seem like understatements. ValuesDissonance much?

** Not in the book. In the book, the Good Witch of the North is a separate character, an elderly woman who greets Dorothy upon landing and directs her to the Emerald City. In the 1939 movie she was merged with Glinda. OTGAP changes Glinda to her book title, the Good Witch of the ''South''.

** But not ''that'' much less experience with magic shows. It does stretch WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief a little there, but it's DramaBall and {{Foreshadowing}}.

** [[DoomedByCanon Considering what happens in Dorothy's time]] a redemption seems out of the question. We can hope that either she regains her free will and is given a reason to choose evil anyways or that [[FanWank her good part is extracted form her and, since this film identifies the Witches as the King's daughters, possibly reborn as Princess Ozma thus explaining how she could have be born while the Wizard is in Oz when her father, the King, died before Oscar arrived in this film.]]

** OTGAP is getting a sequel set between it and Dorothy's time. Perhaps we haven't seen the last of Theodora yet. She may be redeemed yet... or she may completely cross the MoralEventHorizon, leaving the Wizard with no other choice.

* Why do the people people at the carnival expect Oz to make the wheelchair-bound walk just because he performed some magic tricks? Cutting the wires and the like are standard elements of a magic show. I've been to magic shows and I have no idea how they do some of those tricks, but I don't expect them to make a scar on my wrist disappear.

* Why do the people people at the carnival expect Oz to make people walk just because he performed some magic tricks? Cutting the wires and the like are standard elements of a magic show. I've been to magic shows and I have no idea how they do some of those tricks, but I don't expect them to make a scar on my wrist disappear.

* Theodora. A witch who was once good-hearted, innocent and beautiful is basically screwed over by the other characters, has her heart broken by the protagonist, and has an enchantment put on her to destroy her beauty and her heart. She has never been depicted as choosing evil; she has been tricked into it, and has done nothing of her own free will that would justify losing audience sympathy (even Oz's offer of redemption is a hollow gesture, as she has had the capacity for the feelings required to choose redemption taken from her by trickery.) Yet she is DoomedByCanon to be treated by the plot of Film/TheWizardOfOz as a borderline CompleteMonster (even though she is apparently throughout that film not herself but acting under an evil enchantment) who not only dies without redemption but whose death results in an unambiguous celebration ("Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!") and not a single tear for the good woman she once was. TheWoobie, ButtMonkey and ChewToy seem like understatements. ValuesDissonance much?

* Theodora. A witch who was once good-hearted, innocent and beautiful is basically screwed over by the other characters, has her heart broken by the protagonist, and has an enchantment put on her to destroy her beauty and her heart. She has never been depicted as choosing evil; she has been tricked into it, and has done nothing to justify losing audience sympathy (even Oz's offer of redemption is a hollow gesture, as she has had the capacity for the feelings required to choose redemption taken from her by trickery.) Yet she is DoomedByCanon to be treated by the plot of Film/TheWizardOfOz as a borderline CompleteMonster (even though she is apparently throughout that film not herself but acting under an evil enchantment) who not only dies without redemption but whose death results in an unambiguous celebration ("Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!") and not a single tear for the good woman she once was. TheWoobie, ButtMonkey and ChewToy seem like understatements. ValuesDissonance much?

* Theodora. A witch who was once good-hearted, innocent and beautiful is basically screwed over by the other characters, has her heart broken by the protagonist, and has an enchantment put on her to destroy her beauty and her heart. She has never been depicted as choosing evil; she has been tricked into it, and has done nothing to justify losing audience sympathy (even Oz's offer of redemption is a hollow gesture, as she has had the capacity for the feelings required to choose redemption taken from her by trickery.) Yet she is DoomedByCanon to be treated by the plot of Film/TheWizardOfOz as a borderline CompleteMonster (even though she is apparently throughout that film not herself but acting under an evil enchantment) who not only dies without redemption but whose death results in an unambiguous celebration ("Ding! Dong! The witch is dead!") and not a single tear for the good woman she once was. ValuesDissonance much?

** After rewatching her transformation scene, I'm not sure Theodora ever realized Evanora had lied about her relationship with Oz. She does say "You're the wicked one... Not Glinda!" but that could just be her realizing Evanora was the one who killed the King. Since she seems to hold Oz solely responsible for her broken heart it's possible she still believes Evanora was just another "victim" of his womanizing.

* Why is wicked-Theodora OK with being on Evanora's side after realizing she's tricked her? A normal person would be upset and betrayed, but shouldn't an especially Wicked one want revenge or something? She seems angry at first, then kind of lets it go and stays with Evanora.

** In the moment she bites the fruit Theodora realizes that her sister has trick her, I think that the only reason she didn't notice before was because she was to upset because of her broken heart and with a cold head she would have notice the trick before.