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The Wizard of Oz is an isekai
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Alice in Wonderland too.
and Narnia
Tornado-kun, no! I'm not ready to go to Oz yet! 🌪️
It is the isekai
I'd say that is Dante's Divina Commedia.
I'd argue that Inferno describes a world that exist under our own, but it is still part of it, geographically and systemically, as all the souls of the damned eventually reach the underworld, while an Isekai story always (or most of the time, I should say) describe the other world as a parallel dimension, disconnected from our own and accessible only through supernatural or technological means, while Dante just have to walk through the gate.
The Wizard himself is also a vtuber.
Had to look up the word. Figures there's a word for it.
Never heard of isekai before, but seems right.
I prefer to think of it the other way around and isekai stories are Ozzies.
Almost. She returns in the end. Usually isekais don't care about the previous world at all.
Are you trying to say that sword art online is not an iselai
I am and I'm tired of pretending it is.
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And when you look at the subsequent books in the series, Dorothy’s arrival in Oz always follows some kind of deeply traumatic event.
My poisoned headcanon for this says that Dorothy is a deeply traumatized kid who regularly disassociates into fantasy as a coping mechanism, which would put the Land of Oz series more in the territory of psychological thriller with an unreliable narrator than isekai.
In the 1985 film Return to Oz, Dorothy is subjected to psychiatric abuse for her "delusions" of Oz.
And when you look at the subsequent books in the series, Dorothy’s arrival in Oz always follows some kind of deeply traumatic event.
My poisoned headcanon for this says that Dorothy is a deeply traumatized kid who regularly disassociates into fantasy as a coping mechanism, which would put the Land of Oz series more in the territory of psychological thriller with an unreliable narrator than isekai.
So like suckerpunch
What does Lemmy think of the theory that The Wizard of Oz was written as an allegory for the gold/silver currency standard and that "Oz" is named after the abbreviation for "ounce"?
Seems like a stretch and making connections that were never intended. Naming things gold and silver and emerald are bound to be interpreted any number of ways since those words have such timeless meanings.
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2026
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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