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[AladdinsGenie]

[AladdinsGenie]

Fasir and Mirage do need to come back, though, because his brother is a cyclops and his ex-girlfriend was turned into a cat. Like, we need more info stat

And really, we should have been introduced to a new royal vizier in the series, but I think once Aladdin turned Sultan down it was implied the gang filled that spot informally. They were out getting information about the city and its surroundings to report back to him and make decisions on what to do anyway. Also, I'm remembering in the beginning of the series they were weird about Genie being out in public or known about in general, so maybe there was no one they could bring into the madness that happens behind the scenes at the palace who they could trust.

Also, I was reading letters written by kids to the Disney comic book series in the 90s, and one of the writers definitely mentioned there was going to be a follow-up comic with Eden which almost certainly had to include Dhandi. I always wonder what happened to that comic because it was never published in the one they said it would be

[Meesh]

Yeah that's why I was thinking involving a whole band of djinn could be cool, maybe as a final hail mary plan from Mozenrath, and also as a way to introduce new characters and ideas.

I never thought about how many times Iago defeated Moz, so your mini-rant got me to chuckle

Yes I easily accepted that the king of thieves was Aladdin's father in 1996, but Mozenrath also being his brother? ... that would be jumping the sand shark
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[AladdinsGenie]

He controlled the wind jackal Sirocco by mimicking his voice and telling him to disappear, he commanded the sprites to remove the sun Mozenrath was using to look for the power of Shamash and hide his gauntlet in the desert, caused Amin-working-for-Mozenrath's plan to fail by getting the sultan back and restored from being a statue, and he removed the collar off the Thirdac which started attacking Mozenrath and caused him to send it back to where it came from.

The rest is Jasmine trapping him inside the crystal of ix, Genie hitting Mozenrath with his own magic out a window and eventually falling into black sand, Aladdin's *spirit* having to fight him from within (and then Genie putting him in a cage and hot air balloon to be sent away once he got back into his own body), Genie and Eden having to get rid of the Philosopher's Stone to re-imprison Khartoum and pull the plug on Mozenrath's plan, and Muktaar betraying Mozenrath to save Genie and trap Mozenrath with his bolas.

It's like Aladdin said, he's not as ruthless as that parrot

Like, don't get me wrong - I find it fascinating that the characters who are all about strategy and being clever and using your brain resorts to throwing hands when they see Mozenrath because he has the most punchable face to them. But he doesn't exactly give them a run for their money outside of having to keep Genie safe. He's someone I think could have benefited from a little backstory outside of giving his hand for power and wanting more of it.

Mozenrath would have been from a one-night stand Cassim would rather die than talk about if they were really related

[zitagirl]

Gosh, your talk about Mozenrath really started to turn the gears in my head and now I want him to have a more role in the story than originally planned (albeit I still want him to become his own demise though, haha).

However, I'm not sure about the whole "exploring his backstory" thing. I can see the potential in it, but if I'm gonna be honest, I'm not that interested in it. Destane had him under his wings, Mozenrath turned him into a mamlock and in order to gain power, he sacrificed his right arm and whatever he used to gain said power is also now draining from his own life energy and causing his body to basically die.

Like yeah, probably would be nice to see what really turned him into what he is, but given Destane was told to be even worse than Jafar and somehow a much younger and less experienced Mozenrath defeated him, yet later on gets defeated 4 times by freaking Iago and by just the gang in usual without actually using their usual method.... forget about Abis Mal, Mozenrath is even a bigger joke than him.

Okay, jokes aside, he is a cool villain and like you guys said, a foil to Aladdin(though I agree, I wouldn'+t keep the whole brother theory in a supposed reboot either), but in insight, it's kinda funny to think about how he keeps getting defeated.

[Meesh]

Who would you say is actually the biggest intellectual threat - Mirage?
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[zitagirl]

Either Mirage or Mozenrath really and I only slightly go for Mirage because she's a lot more experienced compared to Mozenrath.
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You know your sanity is long gone when your favourites are a boy genius, a wacky genie, a mad man with a box and a deathberry

[AladdinsGenie]

[Meesh]

I think that's part of what makes Mozenrath so interesting. He took down this crazy powerful sorcerer at such a young age and now lives completely alone, trying to rely on magical beings and artifacts he digs up to do his work for him, while essentially falling apart. There's a big existential hole there, and he keeps trying to fill it with more power. But for what? I think part of it is to restore his failing body, but I think there's more in there that he refuses to confront.
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[Dark Rose]

I want Mirage to get the Lola Bunny treatment. I hate her so much for that reason alone.

[AladdinsGenie]

[zitagirl]

[AladdinsGenie]

I'm tired of the MCU and I've seen two movies total . The Marvelization of the film industry in general has become cumbersome tbh

[Meesh]

Sounds like crossover potential... The Doctor and the Arabian Night?
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