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HeavensxJoke · Streetrat Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 10

Question: Why doesn't the Genie just zap Aladdins dad out of the dungeon like he did with the Sultain(sp?), Princess, Monkey & Iago in the Return of Jafar? Sure it would of made for a boring movie but he states that "There are some wishes even I can't make come true" when indeed this IS within his capabilities.

Hourglass · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:22 am Post subject: Re: King of Thieves

Ariellen · Scourge of the Desert Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 708

Also, if Genie did indeed continue to have weakening powers from the time of the end of Aladdin throughout the rest of this saga, perhaps this was no longer within his capabilities. Perhaps it was, but as Hourglass pointed out, there was a legitimate reason that Cassim was locked up in the first place that Genie wanted to respect. It's significant also that Aladdin himself chose to break Cassim out...to show him one last act of mercy before hopefully getting Cassim out of his life forever.

Genie's inability to make this wish come true isn't necessarily a magical issue at all anyway. Genie's pretty much always been incapable of messing with people's minds, it seems, at least in terms of making them fall in love...and I think this would be the same sort of issue. He can't make Cassim care more about his son than his life of crime. Falling in love is not an issue, of course, but no one, magical or not, had the power to make Cassim LOVE Aladdin the way that Aladdin wanted. Only Cassim could make that decision, and not only did he fail to at this point, but he also clearly broke the law and was JUSTLY imprisoned. (You'd think life imprisonment for breaking into the treasury would have been spelled out pretty clearly at some point in the series, but length of sentence aside, he broke the law and deserved his time in the dungeon, which Al and Genie both new and Al decided to go against of his own free will later on.)

Calluna · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject:

Genie didn't want to free Cassim; he got into a big argument with Aladdin about it, so he's definitely not going to do it himself. I'm sure he could have freed him if he wanted to, though. He doesn't have to do what Aladdin wants anymore now that he's free. Wink

Also, if Genie just zapped him out of there it would be obvious it was done with magic and Aladdin would be implicated. Aladdin wanted it to look like Cassim escaped on his own. Smile

Meesh · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: King of Thieves

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

Meesh · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject:

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Mariposa79 · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:22 am Post subject:

iamstillhiro1112 · Streetrat Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 16

Well, I am unsure what to say about Genies morals. On one hand he stripped sultan of his authority and moved his palace. Obviously sultan did nothing wrong deserving of that (That we know of). We see Genie is capable of doing bad things.

Calluna · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:

Hourglass · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject:

Calluna · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:10 pm Post subject:

Hourglass · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

Calluna · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject:

It was a harmless sundae! Laughing

I'm gonna have to sit here and write all the Genie Code rules...