Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-11464223-20140207061100/@comment-1826156-20140216212427

I am only building on your presumption. And the two don't really compare. The witch of the east had 2 notable traitors about her: she owned the slippers, and the house was dropped on her. That's it really. I don't really think they could ignore either of those things if they do include the witch of the east. Let's not forget that the WWE also was the one who cursed the Tin Woodsman's axe which made him chop his human body up and destroyed his heart. So she effcetively was the one who stole his heart and that could definitely be incorporated into the story.

In later Oz books it was revealed she'd done the same to another man who was a soldier.

But yeah, getting squashed by the house and having fancy foot wear are her defining traits.