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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Also to make him a prince wouldn't there have to be a lineage with wars won and lost families created and torn apart.

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

The most interesting part is...what constitutes "him"? What if he became a prince by having his DNA from his father replaced?

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Aladdin's exact words were "Genie, I wish for you to make me a prince." I always assumed that that meant that the wish merely caused a compulsion in the Genie to use his "standard," non-wish-granting powers to make Aladdin as prince-like as possible. If he'd instead phrased it as "I wish to be a prince" then it would have caused reality to alter to give him a genuine royal lineage.