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AladdinsGenie
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| Any story where the writer decides Aladdin should pursue Someone Who Is Not Jasmine. (Well, prequels aside; that could work, as Aladdin did say he'd dated 'tons' of girls.) After all the fuss he went through just to get Jasmine and after everything they've been through together, I just don't see it happening. Ever. |
I think that's a problem a lot of Disney fandoms have when they make the main characters with someone else. You kinda have to reverse everything the reader knows and convince them this relationship is possible. If it was pre-Aladdin, yeah. But after? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're gonna have to come up with a DAMN good reason. |
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Emmlei
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| AladdinsGenie wrote: |
| Syera wrote: |
| Any story where the writer decides Aladdin should pursue Someone Who Is Not Jasmine. (Well, prequels aside; that could work, as Aladdin did say he'd dated 'tons' of girls.) After all the fuss he went through just to get Jasmine and after everything they've been through together, I just don't see it happening. Ever. |
I think that's a problem a lot of Disney fandoms have when they make the main characters with someone else. You kinda have to reverse everything the reader knows and convince them this relationship is possible. If it was pre-Aladdin, yeah. But after? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're gonna have to come up with a DAMN good reason. |
It's the whole flies in the face of logic, thing. As readers, we can except some things, but go too far and you lose us. |
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Syera
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| Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| AladdinsGenie wrote: |
| I think that's a problem a lot of Disney fandoms have when they make the main characters with someone else. You kinda have to reverse everything the reader knows and convince them this relationship is possible. If it was pre-Aladdin, yeah. But after? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're gonna have to come up with a DAMN good reason. |
Like Jasmine dies in her relatively old age leaving Aladdin behind. And relatively old Aladdin is lonely and in need of company... and hooks up with a woman appropriate for his age.
Like that would ever happen in fanfiction. 
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Emmlei
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| Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| AladdinsGenie wrote: |
| I think that's a problem a lot of Disney fandoms have when they make the main characters with someone else. You kinda have to reverse everything the reader knows and convince them this relationship is possible. If it was pre-Aladdin, yeah. But after? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're gonna have to come up with a DAMN good reason. |
Like Jasmine dies in her relatively old age leaving Aladdin behind. And relatively old Aladdin is lonely and in need of company... and hooks up with a woman appropriate for his age.
Like that would ever happen in fanfiction. |
Pbbbt!  I wish, but that would involve some creativity and thought. I haven't even considered it! |
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Jas
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| AladdinsGenie wrote: |
| I think that's a problem a lot of Disney fandoms have when they make the main characters with someone else. You kinda have to reverse everything the reader knows and convince them this relationship is possible. If it was pre-Aladdin, yeah. But after? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're gonna have to come up with a DAMN good reason. |
Why is that a problem? Disney does it in some of their sequals. 
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Jafaria
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| I don't think they come up with good reasons in their sequels...oh, wait, that's probably not what you were talking about. |
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Jas
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I can't think of a sequel where they did a good job with it.
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AladdinsGenie
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| Jas wrote: |
| AladdinsGenie wrote: |
| I think that's a problem a lot of Disney fandoms have when they make the main characters with someone else. You kinda have to reverse everything the reader knows and convince them this relationship is possible. If it was pre-Aladdin, yeah. But after? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're gonna have to come up with a DAMN good reason. |
Why is that a problem? Disney does it in some of their sequals. |
But Pocahontas and John Smith weren't married/engaged like Al and Jas were  . Dating? Sure! It's all game! |
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Jas
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I didn't think about that one, but I think that one was important for the historical accuracy. Enough people already think she married Smith. Poor Rolfe.
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Emmlei
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| I didn't think about that one, but I think that one was important for the historical accuracy. Enough people already think she married Smith. Poor Rolfe. |
Yeah, it doesn't help they're both named John, either.  |
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Jas
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, it doesn't help they're both named John, either. |
She just had a thing for Johns.
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Dragonessa
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Taking after her, are we, Jas?
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Jas
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Want to make her proud.
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Dragonessa
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I'm sure she'd approve.
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Syera
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It probably doesn't help that approximately 96.2335% of the male population* is named John.
Why anyone would want to name their child after an object pertaining to the handling of human waste products is beyond me.
*That may be a slight exaggeration.
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