Y’ALL WANNA HEAR MY IDEA FOR HOW CANDY LAND CAME TO BE??
LIKE LORE-WISE??
A few of these ideas could be subject to change btw
The idea I had was Candy Land itself was created by, as legends put it, someone all powerful. A deity of the kind named by trusted all-knowers, “Eleanor”, named after Candy Land’s irl creator, Eleanor Abbott.
Candy Land as a place exists as another dimension. A place similar to ours, just made of candy. However, it wasn’t as vast and grand as it becomes. What I mean by this is that the places in Candy Land didn’t exist after it’s creation. Peppermint Forest? Gumdrop Mountains? What’s that? The only place that existed in Candy Land shortly after it’s birth was the Candy Castle, where eventually a long line of rulers comes into play over the land’s existence.
How does each place come to be? Sweet Celebrations! Every several years, a Sweet Celebration is held to allow a new flavor to bloom in Candy Land and be inhabited by whoever desires to reside there (basically the same as the movie, where this comes from and is inspired by).
Over the next hundreds or thousands of years, multiple areas are born from the Sweet Celebrations.
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Peppermint Forest: Where the Mint family lumberjack business and family resides (I got this idea from an artist who had made a design for Mint’s dad).
Gumdrop Mountains: Where various gummy creatures and people reside.
Peanut Acres: Owned by the Nut family. Others are always allowed to visit.
Lollipop Woods/Snow Flake Lake: Not really owned by anyone. Anyone can come and go as they please. Later on though, Princesses Lolly and Frostine, who are part of the Kandy lineage, reside there.
Licorice Wicket: Where the Licorice family resides (there is more to why this is but I may save for another project).
Chocolate Swamp: Because Gloppy is the Chocolate Swamp, he was basically born when the swamp was born.
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Although the aforementioned places in Candy Land are based on/inspired by the 2002 iteration/movie, I’ve thought abt Candy Land being separated into different universes that are basically each like the various iterations of the board game.
So in one universe, Frostine is a queen who resides in the Ice Cream Sea. Frostine Lolly, King Kandy, and Gramma Nut aren’t related in most universes either. Lord Licorice could have a castle in one universe, yet have a lagoon in another. Mint could be a lumberjack in one universe, but in another, an ice skater. And what abt Plumpy? He only exists in certain universes.
This idea also goes for appearances and make up too. What do I mean by make up? Gloppy in older iterations of the game was made of molasses, while in later ones, he’s made of chocolate. As for appearances, Jolly could be a gummy dino in one continuity, while in another, he looks less like an animal and more like a jester. The residents in Candy Land look different depending on what universe, that is based on whatever particular iteration of the game, you’re in.
