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Who is the main character of "Aladdin"?

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[quote="zitagirl"]Okay, after a goodnight sleep I think I can write down the general stuff I would do in a new series without giving away the more personal stuff I will have in the story I'm planning currently.

So first I definitely would have it done in hand-drawn animation. I'm not against CGI and it can definitely be well-utilized, but for me hand-drawn is just more natural for this for couple of reasons and give more opportunities as opposed to the limited amount of models and settings CGI show could have (look at FOP: A New Wish for example. Actually pretty good but you can tell the bugdet was small).

So this might be weird, but I would have the show take place way after KoT where Aladdin and Jasmine are rulers and having kids that are teenagers at this point. Now I would definitely have some flashbacks moments and episodes where we would see them before this like when the Sultan is still alive, the kids are little and the gang are kinda free to adventure (to some extent because you know, kids), but I also think it would be interesting to explore how they would handle the fact that they are actually responsible for a whole kingdom while still be parents AND knowing how many enemies they still have around.

So uhm... the gang aren't exactly going to be the main focus, but more of an important supporting cast for majority of the show. Much as I really like them, I do think their major developments has been done by the end of KoT and instead would like to see them from a different approach while giving the kids the ground to become their own selves. Again I know this might be a weird choice and definitely not everyone would be on board with it, but this is where I stand. Plus just because they aren't the main characters anymore, doesn't mean they won't do anything.

I want the world and its history to be more or less explored quite well including the magical stuff. The show already tried to go around the world, but I would like to go a bit further on that while also exploring lost history and civilizations such as the empire the sand witches had good knows how many years ago. I would also not mind taking inspiration from mythologies for magical creatures while also making ones up specifically for the world of Aladdin.

Fully establishing the 7 kingdoms and the 7 deserts! This right here is something I always wanted and heck it, include Shirabad as well as a good nod to the live-action movie. I also would like to tackle the relationships of these kingdoms, though not too deep, but enough to get what's happening and its affects on the people. For example there's a major issue affecting several kingdoms at the same time and they don't know the exact cause yet and there's a disagreement on how they want to handle it and if not careful this can ascelade into a far worse situation than they are already in.

Returning characters from the original triology+ series. Now I don't want everyone to come back, that would be a nightmare, but some callbacks or even outright show up with actual plot relevance? Absolutely can see that be a good option. For example I don't want Mechanikles to show up, but his creations and leftovers could be collected and be reused for a different purpose by someone else. Mozenrath as much as I would love to see back, I don't think he should be used too much, especiually that we know from his last appearance that he was basically dying already. I do have an idea for him, but I keep that for my own story. Mirage definitely someone I can see showing up every now and then.

As for non-evil returning characters... I have a few options. I would like to see more Eden and Dhandi overall and the relationship between Eden and Genie more explored. I actually have the 2 just go away for a few weeks every year to enjoy some time together. Cassim and Iago are mostly absent, Sadira being around as a good ally to the gang, the Mukhtar be more of a lone traveler who comes around if he sees something that could threat them and he's unable to stop it on his own.

Now I do want to see a good variety of new villains be it normal humans or some magical being or even something entirely new or better be caused by the new main characters themselves.

However, I don't want much focus on genies in general, let alone introduce a bunch of them. An occasional mention on them is fine and we have Genie and Eden, but I rather have at most 1 additional genie in the whole show who isn't good by any means, but not exactly a villain either.

Introduce a new magical being in the main cast, preferably someone who is more or less the opposite of Genie and Carpet, least initially and have a very different set of powers. For my story I have a 600 years old fire elemental who isn't exactly fond of what she is (partially caused by how other elementals treated her) and has a hard time to really open up to people.

So as to understand my choice, for my story I kinda reworked the elementals to be these nature-themed magical beings that are as old as life itself on Earth and near-immortal (they can be killed though). Once abundant now more scarce due to many reasons and mostly avoiding humans due to several past conflicts between elementals and humans. They have a true form and a more humanoid form as disguise, can utilize their element depending on how skilled they are and not only understand every spoken language by default, but their own speaking is something that automatically be understood by others. I also made them not fond of genies in general based on 1 line+interaction from Saline in her debut episode.

One more thing before moving to the new cast, I don1t want the show to be squaky clean and such. I want characters to make mistakes and have concequences for them, I want villains to be actual villains even if 1 can understand why they are like this and would like to show the uglier side of things. Humor should still be there and light-hearted moments, but it's also okay to have dark moments that are played as they are without any quips and MCU-stuff.

So even if let's say the series can't be serialized, I still want the characters to properly develop at least and past events having an impact on them  in some ways. For example Aladdin and Jasmine has a daughter in my story whose journey is to basically become a good leader for her people when her time comes while also balancing out her personal stuff like with her brother, her own desires (she may not be a rebel like her parents were, but she also has a taste for adventure even if she tries to surpress that).

The new main characters also a bit more adjusted the magical stuff in general and do have stuff that may seem modern for their time (though Genie advised them to not really use it in public much) like a cellphone that is powered by magic. They are also a bit more prepared for potential attacks as they basically experienced quite a lot of them as they grew up (and sometimes getting involved as well). Heck, at times it's their new magical friend that feels like the newbie.

I know this sounds messy, but I hope it somewhat shows what I would do with a series if we got the chance (minus all the stuff I had to leave out because spoilers)[/quote]

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