Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20160624153325/@comment-24674051-20160627024145

I think the only issue with having Aladdin show up is that you need to bring yet another genie into the picture. The story of Aladdin is about the impoverished young boy/young man Aladdin being tricked by a sorcerer to retrieve an old lamp (that just happens to contain a genie). So if you have Aladdin, you need a genie.

Now, We've had Giancarlo's genie that was released (a nod to the Aladdin Disney movie), only to end up trapped in a mirror (creating the Evil Queen's magic mirror). However, I am not sure that this particualar rendition the genie would work well to fill the role of the Genie from aladdin (particularly if they follow the original tale as opposed to the Disnification of the tale).

We've also had Cyrus and his brothers (and briefly Will) in Wonderland, but again these are not Aladdin's genies.

Also, another point is that you need a powerful wizard to fill the role of the one that tricks Aladdin. and I would rather they not use Rumple in yet another fulfillment of an evil wizard (though, to be fair, what I want does not matter). And Jafar is currently a genie, so is not really in a position to fill the wizard role.

So, to properly tell Aladdin (unless you only have it in flashback) I would be disappointed if there was not also an evil wizard and a Genie, as these are essential characters of the story.

That's not to say that the casting could not be for Aladdin and the female love interest from the Aladdin story (Jasmine in the Disney version, I don't remember the female's name in the original story). Just that if it is for them, and they are not also casting an Evil Wizard and at least 1 genie (some versions of the Aladding tale actually have 2 genies, one lesser and one greater), then they will be missing the story.