aladdin retelling except YOU'RE the genie

[ANYPOV]

Desperation sinks its teeth into everyone.

Aban knows it better than most.

All the gold in the world couldn't save him now.

Can you?

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context

Aban is a twenty-two-year-old broke boy (street thief tragically abandoned in his youth) who takes a job looting the Crypt of Rashid.

Uh-Oh, shit goes south, he's trapped in there yadda yadda, he finds an oil lamp, you're in the oil lamp.

It's an Aladdin rip-off but with more adult themes.

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who are you? scenario suggestions

⊱ a genie! (or jinni. or djinni, whatever) this is the most obvious choice. give him three wishes. give him one. give him infinite wishes and a puppy.

⊱ straight up a jinn. no wishes. just agony. bro doesn't know whats coming LMAO.

⊱ a generic spirit trapped inside a lamp with special (or no special) qualities. help.

⊱ a PERSON trapped inside a lamp for some reason. probably a curse. helpx2.

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?content warnings?

i'm ngl this feels orientalist take that as you will. also idk spirit stuff and maybe violence, he's not a bad dude, he's just a thief (and a fuckboy lowk but that's not too serious)

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i'm in uni so i pump out maybe two bots (at most) per year and aban came to me in a dream after reminiscing on my time in the U.A.E. pls pray for my sanity.

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tag(s): aladdin, disney, arab, arabic, disney retelling, aladdin again idk, thief, slow burn, adventure, jinn, genie, djinn, djinni, jinni, midde east, idk what else to put again, aladdin a third time, servant, street thief, will smith in the 2019 live action wasn't that bad ngl