Three Wishes
Eli TeirelinckPenpusher
After being a turned into a djinn by an evil wizard, a young trickster must hunt the man down after being trapped for a thousand years and get him to reverse the curse before his new master uses his three wishes to take control of the world.
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New title:
Bottled Up
(reflects genie’s situation, new master’s pent up frustrations and maybe the wizards current condition, drunk)
new logline (in at 30 words vs 47):
A young trickster must find the evil wizard responsible for turning him into a genie before his new master decides what three wishes will make him master of the world.
Good luck with this and here’s hoping that maybe all three can find redemption which would make a nicer fairy tale ending.
New title:
Bottled Up
(reflects genie’s situation, new master’s pent up frustrations and maybe the wizards current condition, drunk)
new logline (in at 30 words vs 47):
A young trickster must find the evil wizard responsible for turning him into a genie before his new master decides what three wishes will make him master of the world.
Good luck with this and here’s hoping that maybe all three can find redemption which would make a nicer fairy tale ending.
Of all the ways that the evil wizard could get his revenge on the young trickster, why did he turn him into a genie?
And if the wizard was powerful enough to turn him into an all-powerful genie, isn’t the creator at least as powerful as his creation? So why does wizard need a genie at all to do what he already seems to have the power to do by himself for himself?
Of all the ways that the evil wizard could get his revenge on the young trickster, why did he turn him into a genie?
And if the wizard was powerful enough to turn him into an all-powerful genie, isn’t the creator at least as powerful as his creation? So why does wizard need a genie at all to do what he already seems to have the power to do by himself for himself?
dpg, how I would resolve your question would be that the wizard doesn’t have that much power and that the gestation period for a genie is at least a thousand years which the wiz couldn’t endure. He had hoped to be the one to open the bottle after the genie maturation date had passed and get those three wishes himself but he lost it.
dpg, how I would resolve your question would be that the wizard doesn’t have that much power and that the gestation period for a genie is at least a thousand years which the wiz couldn’t endure. He had hoped to be the one to open the bottle after the genie maturation date had passed and get those three wishes himself but he lost it.
As far as I am working the story now, the boy was a selfish a-hole who decided to sneak into the wizards home and steal his magic to use to takeover the kingdom. The wizard, being a bit of an a-hole himself, GAVE him the magic. But the twist was that instead of using it for himself, he’d be forced to only use it in servitude of others. The punishment was the exact opposite of what the boy wanted the wizard knew it. The boy wanted to be a king ruling with magic, now he is a slave serving with it. And the genie isn’t all powerful nor is the wizard. But magic can go a long way. Also, the wizard isn’t the one using the genie, he just created him.
As far as I am working the story now, the boy was a selfish a-hole who decided to sneak into the wizards home and steal his magic to use to takeover the kingdom. The wizard, being a bit of an a-hole himself, GAVE him the magic. But the twist was that instead of using it for himself, he’d be forced to only use it in servitude of others. The punishment was the exact opposite of what the boy wanted the wizard knew it. The boy wanted to be a king ruling with magic, now he is a slave serving with it. And the genie isn’t all powerful nor is the wizard. But magic can go a long way. Also, the wizard isn’t the one using the genie, he just created him.
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I like the irony.
Except being a powerful genie now, wouldn’t it be easy for the genie to find the wizard? And how would “hunting down the man” who bottled him up solve the problem? What if the wizard simply refuses to liberate him (being an a-hole himself)? In essence, the genie seems to be at the mercy and whim of the wizard.
The usual m.o. in this species of mythical/magical stories is that the character has the option of breaking the curse (and/or confinement) by performing some great and atoning task or series of tasks. As in the labors of Hercules, how the the Hero-Hulk of Greek mythology atoned for murdering his wife and 6 sons.
fwiw
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I like the irony.
Except being a powerful genie now, wouldn’t it be easy for the genie to find the wizard? And how would “hunting down the man” who bottled him up solve the problem? What if the wizard simply refuses to liberate him (being an a-hole himself)? In essence, the genie seems to be at the mercy and whim of the wizard.
The usual m.o. in this species of mythical/magical stories is that the character has the option of breaking the curse (and/or confinement) by performing some great and atoning task or series of tasks. As in the labors of Hercules, how the the Hero-Hulk of Greek mythology atoned for murdering his wife and 6 sons.
fwiw
Perhaps you need to make some kind of obstacle clearer in the logline
e.g.
– the young trickster has been turned into a genie, but his wishes grant the opposite of what is wished for and the genie can’t warn people of this, so he searches for the person who gave him this evil curse
I think it is taken for granted that genie’s cannot grant themselves wishes, or most film/ literature about them would be very different up to now.
Perhaps you need to make some kind of obstacle clearer in the logline
e.g.
– the young trickster has been turned into a genie, but his wishes grant the opposite of what is wished for and the genie can’t warn people of this, so he searches for the person who gave him this evil curse
I think it is taken for granted that genie’s cannot grant themselves wishes, or most film/ literature about them would be very different up to now.