Fairy Tale Spotlight: The Mangaboos [Oz Characters]

The Mangaboos are a race of people who live outside the borders of Oz in a land called the Vegetable Kingdom. It borders on the land of the Nomes. The Mangaboos have only been featured a couple of times in the Oz books, but their presence hits hard every time.

The Mangaboos look like beautiful people with very pretty clothing. They are, however, vegetable in nature. They actually grow like plants and have to be picked. In fact, their queen has to be picked regularly as the former one withers away. Any Mangaboo showing any signs of deformity must be replanted (buried), even if they don't want it.

As beautiful as they are as people, they are probably the most heartless creatures that the Oz books have ever presented to the reader. They are extremely cold and uncaring. They do not like anyone but themselves, and the death or injury of other people mean nothing to them. If they were to see you torn into gory chunks, they would probably just yawn and walk away as if bored.

Now, they cannot help this. It is entirely in their nature to be this way. They cannot be convinced to change, and they will never actually change. That said, it is extremely infuriating to ever have to deal with them. Just being around them cause normal people to become very hateful of their methods and ways.

The hate felt towards the Mangaboos is actually irrational, since they honestly cannot help being the way they are, but if you met one of them, you might start thinking about people who have acted like them. Humans can sometimes be like Mangaboos. So when confronted with the very ideal of what a Mangaboo is, you may feel hatred anyhow.

I just thought you might find this creature interesting. If you ever happen to run into the Mangaboos, they'll probably just end up chucking you into a deep black pit. Might not be so bad, as the pit might lead somewhere better than there. And if you are worried about what's down there, just remember that the Mangaboos don't care what's in the hole, so it could be anything, even a way out!

This blog was written on December 11, 2023.

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