tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post1967312030879806950..comments2024-03-26T15:10:55.199-05:00Comments on The Royal Blog of Oz: Oz and the Vulnerable MaleJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-62885964043267822992015-08-01T21:13:15.536-05:002015-08-01T21:13:15.536-05:00I'm pretty sure I'm asexual, and I think t...I'm pretty sure I'm asexual, and I think that Oz helped me through life as a kid since I was not quite as brave and boisterous as many of my peers, though certainly not a sissy either.<br />The lack of sexuality in the Oz books was good for me as most stories tend to emphasize the love affairs and romantic relationships (the Baum Oz book that really pushes it: Scarecrow of Oz, was also one of my least favorites growing up)<br />For me, Ojo, Woot and Inga were characters I could relate to. I often sympathized with Ojo. I wasn't depressed as a child, but I often felt alone and awkward. I also found six leaf clovers. :)<br />Ojo could have been a stand in for Woot, they were pretty similar and the artwork didn't do much to change that. But Woot was braver and more forthright where Ojo often feels a bit scheming.<br />I was never a BB fan. I don't dislike him, I just wasn't interested in him.<br />Zeb I could never really relate to and Inga was what I wanted to be. A prince who read all day in the tree tops and then found the courage he needed (and magical items) to save the people he loved.<br /><br />Baums boys were not written badly, they were just written differently.<br />Just as to me, Dorothy, Betsy and Trot are all three different characters. I don't remember ever having trouble telling them apart in the text, though the illustartions seemed to. ;)saintfighteraquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195760262262189059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-45668869402972242622015-07-15T11:23:28.038-05:002015-07-15T11:23:28.038-05:00I was just thinking the other day about how most o...I was just thinking the other day about how most of Baum's male protagonists aren't really stereotypically male, although that's mostly just to say that they tend to be gentle. Thompson's boys are more what you might think of as boyish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579122167838140658noreply@blogger.com