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.
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.
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.
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.
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shittydwarf@piefed.ca · 36 pts · 15d
e0qdk@reddthat.com · 24 pts · 15d
Tornado-kun, no! I'm not ready to go to Oz yet! 🌪️
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 15d
Alice in Wonderland too.
micgerne@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 14d
and Narnia
yakko@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 15d
It is the isekai
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 12 pts · 15d
I'd say that is Dante's Divina Commedia.
fixmycode@feddit.cl · 6 pts · 15d
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.
Perky@fedia.io · 8 pts · 15d
The Wizard himself is also a vtuber.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 15d
Never heard of isekai before, but seems right.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 4 pts · 15d
Almost. She returns in the end. Usually isekais don't care about the previous world at all.
ghen@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 15d
Are you trying to say that sword art online is not an iselai
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 8 pts · 15d
I am and I'm tired of pretending it is.
ghen@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 15d
gasp
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 15d
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.
fubo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 14d
In the 1985 film Return to Oz, Dorothy is subjected to psychiatric abuse for her "delusions" of Oz.
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 15d
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.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 15d
So like suckerpunch
farmgineer@nord.pub · 3 pts · 15d
I prefer to think of it the other way around and isekai stories are Ozzies.
isyasad@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 15d
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"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz#Monetary_policy
Lumun@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 15d
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.
Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 14d
Had to look up the word. Figures there's a word for it.