cookiesshot t1_jdsrxym wrote
Reply to comment by donutguy640 in [WP]The Wishmaker's Key. It's like the Monkey's Paw, but instead of just flat out granting your wish (and doing it in the worst way possible), it only opens up the most reasonable opportunity to get what you wished for. by xxDubbz
I disagree, on 2 fronts:
- It's fiction, much like the idea of immortality or if the Sun is green:
There's 2 ways it can play out, depending on the ascribing of if immortality is REALLY worth it: the TRADITIONAL "I'm gonna live forever!" and the PHILOSOPHICAL "oh no... I'm gonna live forever? What have I done? standpoint.
Neither Claudia nor Louis in Interview With the Vampire were particularly elated to become vampires until AFTER learning of the consequences of their actions, no matter how attractive the idea of immortality was at face value.
- Opportunities ARE created, but MC STILL turns them down. It's like the Uncle Ben quote: "With great power comes great responsibility". MC is presented opportunities that SEEM innocent on the surface, but have VERY malicious consequences that aren't disclosed.
Jinns AREN'T all like Will Smith, the late Robin Williams, Shaquille O'Neal, or Barbara Eden.
In fact, think of it like if Jeanie decided to become evil and WILLFULLY malicious and drop a car on Capt. Nelson if he wished a new car would drop out of the sky.
That's the gist of it, along with a jinn (or a djinn, a jinni, or a genie) being a trickster. 500 years of being in a lamp may give them SUCH a pain in the neck, but, in the least, so can they.
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