History Webcomic / YellowBrickRamble

* AdaptationExpansion: The comic still follows the overarching plot of the original novel, but has massively expanded the story with loads of extra characterization and world building. All the OG characters have had their personalities, motives, and interpersonal relationships fleshed out; new characters from other ''Literature/LandOfOz'' works have been introduced to make Oz feel larger and more lived in; laws, social mores, and even politics have been brought up and explored; and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Even entire chapters of other Oz novels have been added in. For example, Chapter 3 is based on "The Quarrelsome Dragons" from ''Literature/TheTinWoodmanOfOz''. It was included partly to make Oz feel larger and more dangerous, but also to give Ozma, Logan and Jack more time to get to know each other before they arrive at Emerald City.

* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: Literally. The comic artist has made part of Winkieland into a desert very much resembling Arizona, USA, and Ozma tries to push a boulder off a cliff onto the Scarecrow [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/the-scarecrow-makes-an-escape-6 midway]] through chapter 11. The artist even named that linked comic page "Beep Beep!" to make the reference even more obvious.

* AdaptationExpansion: The comic gives Ozma, Logan and Jack more time to get to know each other before they arrive at Emerald City (which originally happens much sooner in the original ''Marvelous Land'' novel) by loosely adapting chapters from other ''Literature/LandOfOz'' works. For example, Chapter 3 is based on "The Quarrelsome Dragons" from ''Literature/TheTinWoodmanOfOz''.

** While travelling with Jack and Logan, Ozma starts wearing a large flower on either side of her head, similar to the poppies she wears post-coronation in John R. Neill's illustrations of the ''Oz'' novels. [[Lampshaded Trope Lampshaded]] in TheRant.

** The Wizard of Oz was mentioned only a couple times in the original novel and certainly had no relation to Ozma. In this comic, The Wizard is mentioned far more often because Ozma believes he is her father, and she absolutely hates him. For example, [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/ozma-in-the-dungeons-06 midway]] through Chapter 9 she shouts at Scarecrow about how his "friend" hadn't wanted her and that she's glad he left Oz (and Scarecrow gets furious at The Wizard over it once Ozma leaves). Other times, she's declared that "Old Oscar" was [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/tip-manufactures-a-son-05 a humbug]] and [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/general-jinjurs-army-of-revolt-04 a scoundrel]]. Ozma has said that her dad visited her three times while she was growing up, and [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/the-scarecrow-makes-an-escape-3 early]] in chapter 11 TheRant mentions that he taught her card tricks on one of his visits. But it clearly was not enough to stop her from hating him for being such an absent and neglectful father. With all that said, why Ozma believes The Wizard is her father and how she's actually related to him, if at all, has yet to be explained.

** Logan, being a genderless sawhorse, has been experimenting to determine if any particular gender identity actually fits. In chapter 2, Logan [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/the-marvelous-powder-of-life-08 decided]] to be a boy "on a trial basis" to see if he liked it. Later, in chapter 10, he [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/juni-jumps-ride-05 visited]] an equine clothes shop and tried on feminine clothes, and later admits to Dashemoff that he [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/juni-jumps-ride-09 isn't exactly one or the other and is still figuring it out]]. This is in stark contrast to the original novel, where the Sawhorse never even brought up its gender identity, let alone experimented with it.

* WantedAGenderConformingChild: Mombi strongly disapproves of Ozma's "fantasies", as she puts it, and has destroyed Ozma's "costumes" or "girly" toys in the past. She also thinks that Ozma's long hair is giving her "silly ideas" about gender and is convinced that a haircut would solve those problems. The latter is what finally makes Ozma decide to run away.

** When Jinjur meets Ozma at the end of Chapter 5, she assumes Ozma is a girl due to the flowers in her hair and invites her to join the all-girl Army of Revolt, and even develops a crush on her while being, as TheRant puts it "'''''super''''' gay".

** When Jinjur meets Ozma at the end of Chapter 5, she assumes Ozma is a girl due to the flowers in her hair and invites her to join the all-girl Army of Revolt, and even develops a crush on her while being, as TheRant puts it ""'''''super''''' gay".

** When Jinjur meets Ozma at the end of Chapter 5, she assumes Ozma is a girl due to the flowers in her hair and invites her to join the all-girl Army of Revolt, and even develops a crush on her while being, as TheRant puts it " "'''''super''''' gay".

** The Wizard of Oz was rarely even mentioned in the original novel, other than [[spoiler:having bribed Mombi to kidnap Ozma as a baby]], a detail that was {{retcon}}ed in the next book. In this comic adaptation, The Wizard is mentioned far more often because Ozma believes he is her father. For example, [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/ozma-in-the-dungeons-06 midway]] through Chapter 9 she shouts at Scarecrow about how his "friend" hadn't wanted her and that she's glad he left Oz (and the Scarecrow certainly finds it plausible, getting furious at the Wizard once Ozma leaves). Ozma has said that her dad visited her three times while she was growing up, and [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/the-scarecrow-makes-an-escape-3 early]] in chapter 11 TheRant mentions that he taught her card tricks on one of his visits. Despite that, he still clearly left a very bad impression on her because she's declared that "Old Oscar" was [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/tip-manufactures-a-son-05 a humbug]] and [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/general-jinjurs-army-of-revolt-04 a scoundrel.]] Exactly why Ozma believes The Wizard is her father and how she's actually related to him, if at all, has yet to be explained.