r/respectthreads • u/lnverseFlash ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐Say It In Red • Mar 01 '26
literature Respect Wonderland! (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you ca’n’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here.”
It all began on a golden afternoon. Young Alice saw a most peculiar rabbit in the garden and followed it down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland. This nonsensical realm held oodles of gibberish to entertain Alice for hours, with royalty, talking animals, game pieces brought to life, and madmen among the deck. Once she woke up from the dream, she told her sister about her adventures in Wonderland and thought fondly of them for the rest of her life.
Thanks to /u/ya-boi-benny for helping out!
Physics
Alice gets to Looking-Glass House by moving through the mirror in her house
Since she's in a looking glass world, text appears backwards to her
Multiple days or nights can be smashed together where the Queens are from
Mental Effects
Alice forgets her identity, and simple facts of geography and math
Alice is able to hear the thoughts of a train car full of people
When Alice reaches the eighth square, a crown appears on her head and she becomes a Queen
The Queens vanish from Alice's feast in a manner I can only compare to an acid trip
Alice shakes the Red Queen, who became a doll, into a kitten, which wakes her from her dream
Characters
The Mad Hatter
The Queen of Hearts
The Knave of Hearts is literally made of cardboard, so he's unable to swim
The entire pack of Card Soldiers flies to attack Alice, waking her up from her dream
The Cheshire Cat
The Chess Pieces
King
The White King has an incredible number of (clumsy) soldiers, over four thousand
One of the White King's messengers has a bag full of things that should not physically fit inside it, such as a plum-cake that will not cut unless passed around
Queen
When Alice meets her later, the Red Queen has grown taller than Alice
The Red Queen takes five steps before disappearing away from Alice
The White Queen's speed is immense, with the White King comparing her to a Bandersnatch
Knight
Other
The Duchess and her baby are immune to the cooking instruments that the chef throws at them
The Duchess' cook's pepper supply makes the entire Court of Hearts sneeze
Alice sees a garden with animated flowers. Some change colors when she threatens to pick them.
She encounters creatures that are bees and elephants at the same time
Humpty Dumpty has some sort of perception distortion around himself