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I'm just too ingrained with having known Baum's Glinda the longest. And she was so wise and in charge. I finally started reading Wicked and thus far I'm just not sure, so we'll see how I feel about Glinda after reading these books. I just finished the Child's Play chapter so Elphaba is still a little kid and it's not that far yet, not even a sister born. Although I can safely say I hate both her parents. O-M-G!

Yes he will, poor thing. Greens and more his color anyhow. And *sighs* blues. Blondes do look good in blue, I have to admit.

I haven't read the book, been meaning to. Tin Man got me really heavily into the Wizard of Oz, because I hadn't cared too much for the original before, and then I saw Wicked on stage and it blew me away. Now I'm obsessed!

Well I def already dislike Melena more than Frex, so maybe he could grow on me. I like how he's kind of sweet to Elphaba, he's got a human quality in spite of being pompous and ridiculously narrow. I started Part II, the Galinda chapter last night, I'm halfway through that. It is interesting, I think the only that's weird is the vulgarity of the entire society. I like it, but it just was not expected. I've been exposed to TOO many different literary styles as an English major that when I'm reading just for fun I let those just roll off me, it doesn't phase me, and I just don't want to analyze anymore than I just naturally will. Must - not - write - essays - for - no - reason!!!

Yea, it's true though, and up side to not being blond, I don't have to embrace the blue ^_~.

I guess it's more read the "books." I just realized The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the first of like 15ish or so Oz books, I mean they are children's books and probably rather brief but still. So much to find! I still want to see what inspired such cult phenomenon.

Yea I don't find it offensive, just different, considering this is a novel based of the world from children's books. I guess it's weird because it makes sense for it to be that way, it stands out and blends in, and in that it becomes notable.

I'm not necessarily happy with the dark brown hair, but better than blond, I'd look quite weird as a blond... razz

I hadn't realized either...although I'm hoping they fill in some gaps, one of the books is called Ozma the Oz, list:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
Ozma of Oz (1907)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (190 cool
The Road to Oz (1909)
The Emerald City of Oz (1910)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)
Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)
Rinkitink in Oz (1916)
The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (191 cool
The Magic of Oz (1919, posthumously published)
Glinda of Oz (1920, posthumously published)
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1905)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913)

Although there are apparently TONS of books, by other authors too (besides Maguire's Wicked trilogy). Wiki reps:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oz_books

I'm going to read Maguire's books (as I'm already borrowing them now), and I shall aim to read Baum's...but the rest of that, ugh, that's just too much. And I have no idea what I'd be getting into with those "others." There have been more author's than illustrators (as Thompson, Baum's "successor" of sorts had the same illustrator as Baum).

Maguire's books are written for adults not children (unlike Baum's books and the 1939 movie) as a revisionist view of Oz...so now I want to know what it's revising, and how much besides the tone.

That probably is too much of an anime thing. 9/10 dark skinned people who dye their hair blond (I mean dark skinned, not just tan from sun exposure) look ridiculous. Best case scenario is usually highlighting, not a full dye. There is a reason African/middle eastern/etc people aren't born blond typically. Also anime characters don't usually have naturally coloring, very few people have golden colored hair, and they don't have natural features. Actually, other than eyes they don't usually have features. Ethnicity in anime is denoted by skin color alone. I mean there are some people who can rock it, but on most real people it just looks silly.

Yea, starting to think Wicked isn't all that original, and it's more tone and viewpoint that was altered than plot and elements.

I know, so many books! If I live to retire - granted I never want to retire, but if I do, that's what I'll do...catch up on Oz ^_~.

The upside to borrowing the books is I'm more motivated because I need to return them. Or else they'd be sitting on my shelf next to Howls. However I'm hoping since I love Dalemark Quartet so (same author), I'll get sucked into Howls once I start it...it's starting it. Yea I'm in the middle of several books *sigh*...I try not to do that, but I definitely know the feeling of not feeling motivated to get through something. Hence why I still haven't finished Huck. However my goal is after I finished Wicked, Son, Lion, Dragon Heart (Anne McCaffery) and then Howls I will NOT allow myself to start another book until I at least finish Huck, as I'm furthest in that book. Most of the others I didn't finish I didn't get far and probably have to restart anyhow.

I know right? I'm reading them to my 6 year old...you know, assuming I breed *shudders*...breeding is creepy. I like kids, but thinking about where they come from, staring at a prego at work today, bah! I'm going to have to sew my eyes shut for 9 months if I ever get pregnant, and keep my hands as far from my body as possible...~_~

Yea, there are some, but it's just a rare thing.

So I finished the school part last night. What's bugging me about Wicked is it's going on and on about mundane things, it's interesting, but just when it gets to an excitable plot element it cuts off and jumps years later. Cutting out of the Philosophy Club is what's hurting the most, omg, I really wanted to see how that would be portrayed. I mean the tantilization is interesting, however because it's so different from most things, I want to know what is. I can't guess what Oz is, especially Maguire's Oz, and I just wonder on the entire rest of the story. Bah, anyhow off to read part III. Oh and I do like T and C, but as it is now that's just not enough of them to really love them. I really like Boq, at least from part II, which is so weird because I HATE musical Boq.

Agreed.

I used to be, but I think between getting into Fanfiction and being an English major (plus all the reading I had to do for History and Classics) I had to read so many books at once and kept having to interrupt pleasure reading for class work, so it just became a habit to put books down. If I liked them I usually just read slowly around the other stuff (if I loved them they became priority anyhow). However if I got bored with my book then when I had time it might get skipped. It is however what got me into manga, manga was faster and easier to read around school stuff.

I'm OCD with my bookshelf, so the longer someone has something the more irked I am because I have holes, which I don't want to fill because then I'd have to rearrange things later. I have a friend who has had my copies of Maus for almost 2 years now, longer then I've had my current shelving system so they don't have a place so that's not so annoying. However I want to get all my stuff back before I leave the country. I don't want have to remember to keep track of it from thousands of miles away. Plus this friend already thought once the books were someone else's, so I don't want to have to worry about her giving MY stuff away ~_~. So yea, because I don't like people holding onto my stuff for extended periods I tend to try to be quick with theirs.

Def eww, it's why I can't stand mpreg, I mean I just can't stand pregnancy! So mpreg makes me think even harder on the concept of pregnancy...*more shuddering*. I wish people laid eggs too, laying eggs is less creepy to me. Hahaha.

I'm in the Vinkus right now, I'll wait until I'm done to try and unravel all the mysteries, don't want to accidentally prompt you to say something that's beyond where I am.

Boq in the musical was just sooooo...narrow minded and ridiculous. In the book he had perspective on his crush, in the musical he just never got it, he was obsessing over a notion that obviously disdained him. Furthermore he drags Nessa around twisting her affections. I know she kind of realized, and herself was dislikeable, still it was unfair and cruel. And other than in Tin Man, I've never liked the Tin Man...which makes it funny that that's my nickname, but what can I say, I'm a tad heartless ^_~. Plus my love is Scarecrow, yet brainless is the one thing I'm not (however again, in Tin Man the Scarecrow isn't stupid...but you'll see, if you ever see it, which you should, because it's awesome!!! Hahaha, well I love it anyhow so I might be biased on how great it is).

Well as anime is something I sort of fell into alone in high school (found out later I had other friends who liked it, but it wasn't a "thing" amongst any of us, and it wasn't until I was into college before it became a "thing" with me and other people), manga wasn't something I really knew anything about. I don't even recall noticing manga sections in bookstores until later. I think it was when I finished the first FMA anime series, which I liked but left me really resentful with the ending, that I started to read that manga. Then someone bought me the first volume of Chrono Crusade for Christmas (luckily it's a short series because like I've mentioned, being OCD about the bookshelf also extends into completing series - I have a few series were I can't find all the books in similar binding as it was a collection over time, and THEY drive me up a wall, I will probably rebuy them later because I'm that crazy - when it's more financially prudent to do so) and after reading a few things at Y-con the first year I went I started looking for scanlations online and thus began reading manga. I also borrowed stuff from that same friend a few times. I do prefer to actually hold the manga, but that's too costly, so exempting Fake, Chrono, Loveless and FMA - which are the series I've decided to buy (and then all my yaoi books) - it's mostly scanlations.

I count it as a diff kind of material def, but it's the kind that lets me read for fun when I don't have time to do so. My whole life I've been a**l about "my" stuff though. I share, I never had a problem sharing, it's just I worry about my stuff the whole time. As far as I can tell I at least hide it, nobody seems to act like I'm being paranoid, but I am. I don't have children in my life, me and my brother are two years a part and he's as careful with his things as I have been with mine. Probably one of the biggest problems I'd have with children, I don't know how to deal with them and my stuff, I've never had to.

Let's start working on evolving humans towards that egg laying thing now.

Yea I heard the end of the book drags but I didn't feel that way about Vinkus so idk, almost done, I have about 10 pages left of that and then it's onto the final section. Although, I really kind of hate Elphaba now. I do, not going to say anything else until I'm done...also in case anyone else ends up in here I don't want to post a bunch of spoilers but ugh, I'll PM you when I finish with my list of grievances, hahaha. Man my opinions keep changing so, it gets so confusing and everything keeps bouncing around - like personalities keep morphing.

Oh I thought you hadn't. I remember talking to someone in here awhile ago about the series but they hadn't seen it, wonder who that was then. Well anyhow then there you go, not stupid, just surgically impaired ^_~. I still l love Glitch though. And I love Cain *huggles*.