Category Archives: Once Upon a Time

Hit the Brakebills

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Nathan

The Wicked Will Rise, by Danielle Paige – The second book in the series starts with Amy, now more skilled at magic and action skills, fighting the Cowardly Lion and grappling with her dark side. Traveling with a mentally drained … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Drugs, Economics, Education, France, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, History, Humor, Language, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Mythology, Names, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games | Tagged alexandre dumas, auguste maquet, brakebills university for magical pedagogy, button-bright, christopher tolkien, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, fairies, fillory, lev grossman, magic portals, morgan le fay, napoleon bonaparte, neitherlands, odysseus, oogaboo, orpheus, ozma, pearl, polychrome, sir gawain, sir gawain and the green knight, sir orfeo, the count of monte cristo, the magicians, the perhappsy chaps, the wicked will rise, wizard of oz, wood between the worlds | 1 Comment

Curse, Chorus, Curse

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Nathan

I’ve finally finished watching Once Upon a Time, which I actually started when it was still being made, but stopped for a few years. And it’s taken me a while to get through all of it. I enjoyed it, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, Characters, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Greek Mythology, jules verne, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mythology, Names, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Relationships, Television | Tagged 101 dalmatians, 20000 leagues under the sea, aladdin, alcmene, alice in wonderland, anna of arendelle, beauty and the beast, belle, bill willingham, captain james hook, captain nemo, cinderella, cruella de vil, disney's aladdin, dorothy gale, dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, elsa of arendelle, fables, frankenstein, frozen, hades, hans christian andersen, hercules, into the woods, james barrie, king arthur, maid marian, peter pan, rape, robin hood, rumplestiltskin, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the count of monte cristo, the snow queen, wicked witch of the west, witches, zeus | 4 Comments

Elphaba on the Shelphaba

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Nathan

I have now seen the Wicked movie, despite never having seen the stage musical it was based on. I did read Gregory Maguire’s Wicked Years books, and obviously the original Oz series. I’ll admit I’m a little bitter about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Maps, Music, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ariana grande, cowardly lion, cynthia erivo, dr. dillamond, glinda, gregory maguire, oz the great and powerful, racism, stephen schwartz, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Nothing Could Be Finer

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Nathan

We are back home from Oz. Well, not really from Oz, because if I could go there, it would be difficult to get me to leave. But we’re back from the CharlOz convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The events took place … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Education, Eric Shanower, Families, Feminism, Food, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Libraries, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Music, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Relationships, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amusement parks, amy chu, angelica shirley carpenter, batman, carol gilligan, carousel, carowinds, charloz, conventions, danielle paige, dina schiff massachi, domestic violence, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, eric gjovaag, fairy ring lights, gita dorothy morena, glinda, great book of records, gregory maguire, heather greene, hiroe suzuki, holly humes, in flesh of burnished tin, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, james ortiz, jane albright, janet k. lee, jason black, jeff walker, judy bieber, katharine kittredge, laurence brenner, magic picture, margaret hamilton, mark i. west, martin gardner, matilda joslyn gage, megan lynn isaac, monarchy, nimmie amee, nome king, oz the great and powerful, ozma, paige gray, president richard nixon, return to oz, roller coasters, scarecrow, sea sirens, sky island, the characters of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the woodsman, tin woodman, vibiana cvetkovic, visart video, visitors from oz, walter squire, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Nathan

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – I wrote a little bit about Once Upon a Time back when it was still pretty new, but I only recently got back to watching it. I’ve watched the first three seasons, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Fairy Tales, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Monsters, Once Upon a Time, Relationships, Star Wars, Television | Tagged aladdin, alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, beowulf, caterpillar, cheshire cat, enchanted forest, genie, grendel, iggy pop, jabberwock, jabberwocky, jafar, jinn, john lithgow, knave of hearts, once upon a time in wonderland, red queen, robin hood, through the looking-glass, tweedledum and tweedledee, white knight, white rabbit, will scarlet | 2 Comments

The Unreal World

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Nathan

I’d seen this map, created by Dan Meth, a few times before. It just showed up on Tumblr, and I love all the commentary it’s generated. I appreciate that Meth included places from television, movies, and video games (well, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Authors, British, C.S. Lewis, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Castlevania, Chronicles of Narnia, Dick Martin, Discworld, Dr. Seuss, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jonathan Swift, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Maps, Mega Man, Metroid, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Punch-Out, Television, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. LeGuin, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, avalon, bill willingham, blefuscu, bridge to terabithia, camelot, crossovers, dan meth, dinosaurs, dinotopia, dreamlands, earthsea, emerald city, fables, fritz leiber, game of thrones, george macdonald, gulliver's travels, h.p. lovecraft, heaven, hesperides, horton hatches the egg, horton hears a who, hyrule, jaro hess, jonathan swift, jungle of nool, king arthur, king hippo, king midas, kingdom of dreams, krull, land of the lost, lankhmar, lilliput, michael ende, middle-earth, narnia, nehwon, neverland, once-ler, peter and wendy, peter pan, phantastes, rip van winkle, sir lancelot du lac, sodor, spirit tracks, the dark crystal, the fantasy world map, the land of make-believe, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the lorax, the neverending story, the pied piper of hamelin, the princess bride, the wonderful world of oz, thomas and friends, thra, timelines, tol eressea, tom thumb, videoland, washington irving, westeros, where the wild things are, whoville, wonderland | 1 Comment

Stereotype of the Stubborn Skeptic

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Nathan

I mentioned while talking about Once Upon a Time that the protagonist, Emma Swan, was yet another skeptic who wouldn’t believe what was in front of her face until something major happened. This is a pretty common trope, with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Once Upon a Time, Philosophy, Religion, Television | Tagged agnosticism, atheism, belief, blind faith, faith, fantasy, leap of faith, magic, skepticism | 4 Comments

Fictional Characters Walk Among Us

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Nathan

As a fairy tale fan, I recently decided I should try watching Once Upon a Time. Most of the episodes aren’t available, but I did see the pilot and the most recent ones, which were On Demand. It’s made by … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Jasper Fforde, Lewis Carroll, Mythology, Nursery Crime, Nursery Rhymes, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Television, Thursday Next | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, bill willingham, disney, edward lear, fables, jack pumpkinhead, jiminy cricket, king midas, lost, mad hatter, march hare, ozma, pinocchio, rumpelstiltskin, shakespeare, snow white, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the adventures of pinocchio, the big over easy, the fourth bear | 5 Comments

Category Archives: Once Upon a Time

Hit the Brakebills

Curse, Chorus, Curse

Elphaba on the Shelphaba

Nothing Could Be Finer

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

The Unreal World

Stereotype of the Stubborn Skeptic

Fictional Characters Walk Among Us

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