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In the [[925th Universe]], the four [[witch]]es associated with the [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|Land of Oz]]'s four quadrants (North, South, East and West) were known as the '''cardinal witches''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') sometimes capitalised as '''Cardinal Witches''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'', ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'') or indeed simply called '''Cardinals'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'') | In the [[925th Universe]], the four [[witch]]es associated with the [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|Land of Oz]]'s four quadrants (North, South, East and West) were known as the '''cardinal witches''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') sometimes capitalised as '''Cardinal Witches''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'', ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'', [[PROSE]]: [[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|''A Series of Queer Events'' (2024 reedit)]]) or indeed simply called '''Cardinals'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'', [[PROSE]]: [[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|''A Series of Queer Events'' (2024 reedit)]]) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Over a century before the 2020s, when [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|Land of Oz]] was still ruled by Monarch [[Pastoria (925th Universe)|Pastoria]], [[Gayelette]] was the “[[Northern Cardinal]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'') | Over a century before the 2020s, when [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|Land of Oz]] was still ruled by Monarch [[Pastoria (925th Universe)|Pastoria]], [[Gayelette]] was the “[[Northern Cardinal]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'') | ||
According to [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]], their rulership somehow caused an “entire generation of Ozians” to become unable to tell East from West. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') Indeed, at some point during the reign of Monarch Pastoria, in the decades which followed [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Professor Know-It-All]]'s decision to create [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]] but preceded the latter's actual public unveiling, “a couple of the Cardinal Witches [were] swapped out”. ([[PROSE]]: | According to [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]], their rulership somehow caused an “entire generation of Ozians” to become unable to tell East from West. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') Indeed, at some point during the reign of Monarch Pastoria, in the decades which followed [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Professor Know-It-All]]'s decision to create [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]] but preceded the latter's actual public unveiling, “a couple of the Cardinal Witches [were] swapped out”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over- There]]'': ''[[Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out (short story)|Tetra-None Hepta-Oct and Doctor Know-It-All Talk it Out]]'') | ||
At the 2022 Pride party at [[Professor Helvetius's Convenient Pride Decorations Shop]], [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] spotted [[Dorothy Gale (925th Universe)|Dorothy Gale]], [[Ozma (925th Universe)|Ozma]] and [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Doctor Know]] speaking to “a couple of women” whom Jenny assumed to be Cardinal Witches based on what she'd read of “the book on Ozian politics [she] had found in a bin outside <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]</nowiki>]</nowiki>'s office” at some prior point. She also took note of the way [[Oscar Diggs (925th Universe)|Oscar Diggs]]'s drag outfit at that same party seemed to be going for a campier take-off on the style of the Cardinal Witches' outfits. ([[PROSE]]: [[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|''A Series of Queer Events'' (2024 reedit)]]) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In October 2023, [[Callum Phillpott]] elaborated on the Jenny Everywhere Discord server on the intent behind the joke about the Cardinal Witches having ruined people's ability to distinguish East from West: | In October 2023, [[Callum Phillpott]] elaborated on the Jenny Everywhere Discord server on the intent behind the joke about the Cardinal Witches having ruined people's ability to distinguish East from West: | ||
{{quotebox|(…) basically the Witches of the East and West swapped places at one point and either actively bullied a cartographer so they didn't have to change their titles, or the Ozians just made some incorrect assumptions.|Callum Phillpott}} | {{quotebox|(…) basically the Witches of the East and West swapped places at one point and either actively bullied a cartographer so they didn't have to change their titles, or the Ozians just made some incorrect assumptions.|Callum Phillpott}} | ||
This is meant to account for the notorious East-West error in the original official Map of Oz. | |||
[[Category:Titles]] | [[Category:Titles]] | ||
[[Category:Cardinals]] | [[Category:Cardinals]] | ||