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persian85033 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject: Taking advice from a criminal

Do you think that Rasoul knew Saluk was one of the forty thieves? Or one of the other guards recognized him, when he went to the Palace, to see if they'd gotten Cassim? It seems odd to me that no one noticed. And how he knew where to find him, and he turned out to be right.
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Calluna · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that's another one of KoT's big plotholes. Laughing

I can understand Rasoul not recognizing Sa'luk, but I think it's highly unlikely that Hakim and Fazal wouldn't recognize him, since they were the ones who were actually fighting him (for a little while, anyway Laughing

) at the wedding. Maybe Sa'luk thought it was safe to reveal his identity after the rest of the thieves had been captured, and by that point Rasoul didn't care because he'd proven that he was on their side?

I'm not sure what you mean that they "knew where to get him". Where Cassim was, you mean? After Sa'luk told them that the King of Thieves was Aladdin's father, they already knew that Aladdin's father was in Agrabah, and it would make sense that he would go for the Oracle again while he was in the palace.

(Of course, that's probably what happened, but what I actually wrote in the guards-centric KoT fic I need to rewrite was that they didn't recognize Sa'luk so that I could make a joke out of it and they knew where Cassim would be because the Oracle told Hakim. Laughing

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persian85033 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject:

Or rather, because they were undressed by him. And how would they know that it was the same Aladdin? Or is Aladdin the only Aladdin? Confused

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Calluna · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject:

As soon as Sa'luk said that Aladdin's father was the King of Thieves it cut to a new scene, so for all we know after that the guards were like, "Wait, are we talking about the same Aladdin? Short guy, poofy hair, has a magic carpet and a monkey?" Laughing

persian85033 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject:

Rasoul would probably have been delighted at the excuse to stop the wedding. He just never seemed fond of Aladdin at all, despite that he was going to marry Jasmine and everything.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject:

He's just not a happy camper a criminal he was after for a while suddenly gets top dolla treatment because he saved the world. The things you have to do to impress people Laughing

As far as the question, I think even if he did know (which I sorta think he didn't at that point), he would have let it slide just as long as he knew he could catch the others. Kind of a "Ok, I won't arrest you and I'll forget anything you did as long as you tell me where the others are" thing.

That's why I've always wondered what Sa'luk told Rasoul before they met in the alley. It must have been "Meet me at such and such place alone for information on catching the forty thieves" because Sa'luk knew the other guards had already seen him and that might have effected Rasoul's trust in him trying the password because he might think it's a trick to capture all the guards and then take over Agrabah or...something.

Damn, plot holes Laughing

Salukfan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:04 am Post subject:

Husse · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:19 am Post subject:

I just figured the guards weren't on top of their um, memory, when they saw him again. Laughing

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Mariposa79 · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:44 am Post subject:

Husse · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:55 am Post subject:

This was probably BEFORE the movie was given a rating. In order to opt for "G," they probably cut out the blood, but then decided not to submit it at all, after the fact. That happens a lot.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject:

Salukfan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject:

persian85033 · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject:

It never occured to me that it could be possible that Rasoul could arrest Saluk after he got the other thieves. I wonder if Rasoul did think about it. They both seem to have a lot in common. I guess he must have just sent him a note, or something, telling him to come alone. I always thought that he wanted to speak to Rasoul because he was the head guard. I never thought because he remembered Fazal and Hakim.

BTW, I miss your old avatar, AG. I liked it better.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:

Mariposa79 · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject: