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Who is the main character of "Aladdin"?

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[quote="zitagirl"]To me Genie is the father I have never had. When I was 11 I was longing for a father figure due to my fallout with father ever since he left mother and things just got worse as I turned 9 and my sister was born from the person he was with at that time. Let's just say she wasn't exactly kind to me and he seemingly never noticed or did anything to protect me.

(Actually now that I think about it, that time period was quite messy for me, alone almost all the time due to mother working a lot and afraid to go to father thanks to that woman. I was mostly stuck with watching all kinds of movies, series and reading books, keeping my mind off that I was actually lonely (probably the reason why even today I keep daydreaming, planning stories and working on characters, since when I wasn't reading or watching, I was doing that exactly, just not that deep as I do now).)

Anyway, I got into a period where I was watching Disney movies nonstop and even reading the book versions. That's how I first got introduced to Aladdin and once I watched the movie... oh boy. I was just fascinated by it, especially with Genie. I watched the movie every day literally, replaying scenes in it such as when Genie gets summoned for the first time, the moments between him and Al and many more.

Funnily enough though his kind, caring, bit more serious side that really touched me. Sure I loved his jokes, but there was something very relatable whenever he showed that other side of himself and... after how my parents told me I should stop watching childish stuff and grow up (still 11) he actually appeared in my dream, telling me to not do that and just remain myself. I was dismissive at him, wanting to follow my parents' words and be a good girl to them, but I just couldn't help but feel bad how I treated him despite him clearly being worried about me and wanted the best for me in that dream.

Eventually I had a fallout with cartoons and kids related stuff overall and started to watch anime and other kinds of series (Interestingly enough that's when I got into both Doctor Who and Bleach along with the Doctor and Ichigo becoming my next 2 big favourites) while in the back of my mind both the Aladdin movie and Genie was still present and influencing my thinking which I kept pushing back to fulfill my parents desires and grow up finally.

Only when I turned 14 I realised that I'm not them and I should be my own self as I have my own strength and weaknesses and own desires (had a big turning point that even today has its effects and hopefully I can reach my dream I have started to go for back then) and with this I got back into Aladdin and my love for Genie grew bigger and bigger as years went on. I started to admit that I do view him as a father figure and hope to be a good person just like he is.

Of course to not be disrespectful to my parents, I keep this to myself and never told them about this.

Usually I simply just imagine myself being with him and talk to him about stuff I cannot express elsewhere irl or simply just hanging out with him when I'm lonely. I actually have a hard time admitting to him how I view him despite knowing he won't get mad at me. To this day I try to be a good person just like him, see the goodness in everyone and help out others, even if sadly my mind does turn for the worse at bad times and struggling with depression.

So yeah, Genie is quite dear to me and definitely influenced me in many ways over the years and I'm thankful for that.  :lol: I even want to write a story based on some real events and a mix of fiction with one of the main characters having similar traits Genie has and may even mention this movie if it seems fitting.[/quote]

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