History WMG / LandOfOz

The high magic radiation causes reality to shift on an unprecedented scale within Oz. The reason Oz hasn't been around since Baum died (or since the last post-Baum book that didn't use the LiteraryAgentHypothesis) is that the Land of Oz {{RetCon}}ned itself into a fictional existence, and being fictional, no longer has the power ''in our universe'' to retcon ''our universe'' into having it again. Supposedly reliable informative figures are considered reliable not because they know more, but because they float on the tides of Oz's changing history, having a greater tendency to remember what currently is rather than what they originally learned. This is supported by (or possibly just explains) the scene in ''Wicked'' where the records are horribly inconsistent; they're mostly inconsistent because they're [[GenreBlind the most stable archive of information]], not because they're [[OrwellianRetcon intentionally wrong]].

[[WMG: LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya created the universe of Oz.]]

A nice work around for the plot hole of "if no one in Oz ages how did Ozma go from being a baby to a young teen?" Mombi aged Ozma up when transforming her into Tip. She doesn't seem like the type to want to be changing diapers forever anyway, after all, and if she had to take Ozma in she wanted her to be somewhat useful.

* There is a book called ''Paradox In Oz'' which seems to support this.

[[WMG: The whole story was actually about Dorothy's time as a GreenLantern]]

A nice work around for the plot hole of "if no one in Oz ages how did Ozma go from being a baby to a young teen?" Mombi aged Ozma up when transforming her into Tip. She doesn't seem like the type to want to be changing diapers forever anyway, after all, and if she had to take Ozma in she wanted her to be somewhat useful.

[[WMG: When Mombi kidnapped Ozma as a baby she transformed her directly into a young boy.]]

In the foreword to several of the books, Baum writes about Oz as if it was a real place, and he is simply recounting events as told to him by Dorothy. It's even how he tried to duck out of writing more Oz books after the sixth -- after Dorothy moves to Oz permanently, he explains that he's lost his link to the Land of Oz and can no longer get news from there. (Of course, Oz books was what sold, and so he eventually hit upon the idea of having Dorothy contact him by "wireless" so that she could continue telling him all that went on in Oz.) This means that the stories we read in the books are a second-hand, and often third-hand, account of the things that took place, which would certainly explain the inaccuracies between the books -- Dorothy may have remembered some details wrong, and/or not have had all the facts clear (or may even have embellished a few things; notice how ''everyone'' in Oz loves Dorothy?), and/or Baum may have changed a couple of details for it to make a better story.

** The writers from {{Series/OnceUponATime}} seem to agree with you; [[spoiler: They just shipped Dorothy with Little Red Riding Hood. The pairing and episode where they became an item is, appropriately, called "Ruby Slippers"]]

# The secular citizens of Oz believe Ozma is a descendant of Lurline. The Lurlinist faith beleives she is a reincarnation. The answer is "some of both" - There is a part of Lurline's lifeforce that is passed from mother to daughter upon the old Queen's death. (Thank ''Series/TinMan'' for this one)

L. Frank Baum was a stalwart feminist. His women were the dominant forces in Oz, while the men bumbled their way through the story. The badass southern belle Dorothy from the books never seemed to give males any mind beyond friendship. The most intimate relationship she had was with Ozma, and the two were known to kiss on occasion. It seems perfectly feasible that the two's relationship would develop beyond something akin to close friendship or sisterhood as they entered their teens.
* "Badass southern belle?" Kansas is in the Midwest, not the South.

Okay, so a lot of people have noticed how [[Main/{{TheNightmareBeforeChristmas}} Jack Skellington]] had striking similarities to Jack Pumpkinhead right? So how come nobody has noted that Sally, a ragdoll and also his love interest, has many similarities to Scraps, even in just appearence alone? Call me crazy, but I think Burton had a case of the ships when creating these characters.

[[WMG: Tim Burton [[Main/{{Shipping}} Ships]] Jack Pumpkinhead with Scraps the Patchwork Girl.]]

[[WMG: Ozma was [[Main/{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]].]]
She was the daughter of Pastoria; her fairy heritage didn't come out until later. Thus she is both the daughter of Pastoria and Lurline. Much like [[Main/{{SailorMoon}} Sailor Moon]].