I think McGuire, who wrote the original book, also wrote revisionist stories in the worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella. But he specifically also intended Wicked as an Iraq War analogy...
Paraphrasing, but he said something like, "I originally wanted to write a novel about Hitler, but decided not to do that, so I thought I would write a novel about the second-most hated character in American popular culture: the Wicked Witch of the West". Which is... Interesting, to say the least.
OG book is considerably darker in tone than the musical (and with less romance), too...
I think McGuire, who wrote the original book, also wrote revisionist stories in the worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella. But he specifically also intended Wicked as an Iraq War analogy...
Paraphrasing, but he said something like, "I originally wanted to write a novel about Hitler, but decided not to do that, so I thought I would write a novel about the second-most hated character in American popular culture: the Wicked Witch of the West". Which is... Interesting, to say the least.
OG book is considerably darker in tone than the musical (and with less romance), too...
like who cares though, they're fan fictions
I agree. As far as I'm concerned, The Wizard of Oz is the only piece of that story.