History Fanon / LandOfOz

* The maps of Oz left later writers of the Famous Forty as well as fans with a huge mess to clean up. To explain, in the first book, as most well know, Munchkin Country was in the east, and Winkie Country was in the west, as the Wicked Witches of each respective direction resided in these countries. However, Baum's map in ''Literature/TikTokOfOz'' has the directions reversed with west on the right and east on the left, and this reversal occurs in the text as well occasionally. This was repeated in another map a few years later included with ''Literature/TheLostPrincessOfOz'', so with plenty of opportunities to “correct” the directions either by Baum himself or his editors, it is unlikely that Baum did this by mistake. Thing is nobody knows why Baum switched the directions. Baum's successor, Ruth Plumly Thompson, stated in her books that Munchkin Country was in the west and Winkie Country in the east because of this. The International Wizard of Oz Club members James E. Haff and Dick Martin created an updated and corrected map in 1960, featuring locales not only from Thompson's books but from those of later "Royal Historians" too. This map corrects the positioning of the Munchkin and Winkie Countries, however doing so creates its own inconsistencies with earlier maps (for instance, the Blue Forest and Ojo's home went from being in southern Munchkin Country near the border with Quadling Country to northern Munchkin Country bordering Gillikin Country, contradicting the books). Haff and Martin's accompanying map of "The Magical Countries surrounding Oz" shows the entire region of Nonestica and the Nonestic Ocean; again the correcting of the directions violates a detail from ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' in which Ozma's party crosses the Deadly Desert from Ev into Munchkin Country, now on the opposite side of the continent in the updated map. But of course, you're unlikely to find a fan these days who regards the original flipped direction map as canon (unless they’re a total Baum purist), and most follow the updated fan-made map as basically the most accurate map one could possibly create, given the ContinuitySnarl.

* Oscar Diggs, the "Wizard" was given a relatively sympathetic portrayal in the books. "A good man but a poor wizard." However, some of his morally questionable actions (such as telling a little girl and her friends to commit an assassination of the West Witch, selling Ozma into slavery though Baum promptly {{Retcon}}ed this one after the fan backlash, lying to every citizen of Oz that he was a powerful wizard) make modern viewers depict him in a decidedly unsympathetic light. At best, he'll be depicted as somewhat shady; at worst, [[Literature/TheWickedYears he's a vicious misogynistic sociopath shamelessly after absolute and unquestioned power.]]

* Ozma's personality is completely different from Tip's. Tip is a boisterous, fun-loving boy with a [[TheTrickster trickster]] side who acts nothing like Ozma. To coincide Ozma's personality, it's usually viewed that this change is a conscious choice of Ozma's. She [[BeneathTheMask hides her personality]] behind [[ToughLeaderFacade a regal mask]] but occasionally it slips (such as when she [[DeadpanSnarker says the occasional quip]]).

* Many contemporary writers and fans alike don't buy into Ozma [[SecondLawOfGenderBending instantly being fine with the change]] after living as [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender Tip]] her entire life. There was either a period between the second and third book that involved Ozma learning to accept the change or Ozma is [[StepfordSmiler simply pretending to be "Princess Ozma"]] and is [[BeneathTheMask hiding her true self]]. Ozma is also often presented as a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak (or even a TomboyPrincess) who likes wearing trousers. Both 1985's ''Literature/TheMysteriousChroniclesOfOz'' and 1995's ''Literature/TheSevenBlueMountainsOfOz'' trilogy portray Ozma as [[GenderBenderAngst uncomfortable with the change]]. Others, like the 1986 anime ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', portray Ozma as an outright TomboyPrincess.