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It's kind of like how people immigrated to the United States in the 1800s because they were told it was a place that if you worked hard, you could get what you wanted/needed out of life. But then, once they moved here, their life was just as hard as before.

Just because Magnifico is good at advertising his kingdom as a place you want to go to doesn't mean that people have a say in how he rules. Just because his kingdom looks more appealing than nearby ones doesn't mean it's ideal for people, either. It means it's the best when comparing to other options, not that it's the best when compared to some ideal country in our heads.

Also, I think most of the wishes aren't really something you choose to give up. It's not like ... any old wish. Like I wish for more money, but that wouldn't be the wish Magnifico would take because it's just something I want, it's not a deep part of me. The wishes Magnifico has seem to be something that drives someone, more like someone's biggest aspiration in life.

So for Asha's grandfather, that'd be his wish to inspire people. Music was how he thought about inspiring people, but it wouldn't have been the only way he could do it. It's like ... more like a lifelong goal or something that affects how your whole life would go.

For a lot of people, these are wishes that their children will succeed in life. A lot of the wishes we see or hear about are things that people can aspire toward, but not actually do on their own. For parents, they can do their best, but their children's success is dependent on the child's choices, not just the parent's. Even some of the ones that Magnifico grants aren't things people could actually achieve on their own. Being the best seamstress? That's not something you can really just do. Becoming a seamstress just takes some work. Being the best, most well known, most renowned, etc? that's more than hard work. It requires some luck. It requires that you make things that aren't just useful, but popular. It requires that other seamstresses aren't as good at following fashion trends as you.

And about Magnifico not granting wishes, I still think that it was unwise to give the wishes to him. Like he granted one a month. Only one a month. And how many people were there? Even if he did consider the wish unharmful, their chances are still pretty slim. And the more people joined the kingdom the smaller chance they all had. Why not keep it and try to persuade it yourself? Most of them were doable. Life isn’t that easy, you do have to work for things, and when you they are given to you, you don’t appretiate them as much. Actually if you really think about it those people were lazy. Yeah, i know, some wishes are impossible to grant, therefore those people are understandably exceptions, but still.

Magnifico wasn’t good, but I can’t say he was bad. Selfish? Yes. Narcissit? Definitely. But what I was surprised about was the fact, that he did keep those wishes safe for.. i dont even know how long. How old was he anyways? I understand that couple of centuries? Idk it wasn’t really explained. Nothing really was, the more I think about it. While I’m at that- why all the animals in the forest wished to speak? Like none of them wanted to idk be a different animal or ressurrect their parent (Bambi) or something else? Yeah that wasnt really thought through.

Where was I? Magnifico protected those wishes for years, never gave them up, and after Asha learned how he sees them all as a threat she was all like “oh no hes a vilian”. However, It was understandable. Every monarch or dictator fears for their high position and eventually becomes paranoid. It happened to Stalin. It happened to all of them. So it is normal that Magnifico feels like that. Actually if she stopped and thought about it for a moment she may have realised that he needed psychological help. But no. Hes a villian he doesnt care about his citizens. No real king ever did. So, Magnifico was actually better than real kings. And since it is a prequel to all fairytales (i suppose) that Magnifico is real-life king and not fairytale-one.

After he used the wishes to create that magic stick it was just this problem escalating and eventually led to his madness.

While we are at his mental state- it was really mean like his wife betrayed him. Yeah he was losing it, but those are the times we need help the most. She could’ve tried to reach out to him more, maybe even take his book and other things idk, so he couln’t use them. I mean… did she even love him? At the end she was so quickly over him. I get it she had to be strong for citizens etc etc but she didn’t even mourn or cry or anything.

And actually Magnifico himself wasnt that bad, it was the dark side of the magic (sorry i dont remember how they called it in the story) that made him worse. The same thing happened to Anakin. (Okay, that is not ideal example, but the trope exists).

It's kind of like how people immigrated to the United States in the 1800s because they were told it was a place that if you worked hard, you could get what you wanted/needed out of life. But then, once they moved here, their life was just as hard as before.

Just because Magnifico is good at advertising his kingdom as a place you want to go to doesn't mean that people have a say in how he rules. Just because his kingdom looks more appealing than nearby ones doesn't mean it's ideal for people, either. It means it's the best when comparing to other options, not that it's the best when compared to some ideal country in our heads.