Nope! I forget the exact reasoning for the title (something along the lines of a title that immediately marked it as Oz-related in the public psyche without making it sound like a straight up sequel/retelling, and the title also fit with the steampunk-ish worldbuilding ). It's set in the present and actually IS a quasi sequel/retelling, though more than 100 years seems to have passed in Oz itself. The main character is DG/Dorothy-stand-in, who appears to have magic she didn't know about, and Azkadelia, the "wicked witch" (who ends up considerably more than that) who currently rules Oz. The title character, Cain, shows up about 1/3 through the first episodes (3 episodes, 90~ minutes each) and largely serves as DG's bodyguard/crotchety-protective-uncle-figure (naturally they're fandom's favorite pairing, but there's no romance with pretty much anyone in canon), though he has his own angsty revenge subplot that pops up at times.
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Date: 2013-03-12 10:12 pm (UTC)