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Farerb, critics said that HP was great, but they did come up with a new magic revelation to save the day. No, we're not saying they didn't have some background, but it still was a plot device that bordered on deus ex machina.

Noone is saying JK Rowling isn't a great writer, but you've got to remove your bias and see that she used magic similar to Adam and Eddy, the only difference is that one is a TV show that can't get as deep as a novel. If it isn't deus ex machina, then it's Chekov's gun, which is Deus ex machina's next of kin.

Anyway, Jafar wouldn't be as effective because anyone that gets the lamp trumps Jafar and geneies don't seem to show their powerful magic unless it's a wish.

The vial of magic was a deus ex machina for Once, but you can't say every instance of magic for Once was Deus ex machina, because that's a lie.