Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-62.47.6.95-20130609205603/@comment-5106672-20131126233547

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: GothicNarcissus wrote:

And if there were many genies, there would be no point for Jafar to go above and beyond to retrive Cyrus, given it is undoubtedly a huge waste of time, energy and magic – and, however cocky he might be, I think he's aware there is a possibility of falure due to Alice and Cyrus' adamant determination to be together.

The opening flashback scene in Trust Me heavily implied, that Cyrus and Jafar have personal history. Peter Gadiot even said so, when he hinted that Jafar would be on the show. Jafar could not care less about Alice. He needs a third and final genie, but specifically wants Cyrus.

It is very possible, that Cyrus is in fact the genie, from the Aladdin tale. Jafar was the one, not Amara, who discovered that there was a genie in town. Why is that.... could it have something to do with his father, being the Sultan of Agrabah? The bts pictures, from Bad Blood, show that the sultan has a male heir. For all we know, Aladdin could be a prince, and Jafar's younger half-brother.

This is the universe where.... Peter Pan is pure evil, and a grown man suffering from an extreme case of Peter Pan Syndrome. The miller's daughter was a heartless, social climber who had a love affair with Rumplestilskin. Belle's true love, is not a prince who was transformed into a monster, but is Rumplestilskin. Robin Hood is the Evil Queen's soulmate. The list goes on.... bottomline, is OUaT twists the tale. Of course they have personal history – it is hinted that Jafar hunted Cyrus down for several time before the latter got to Wonderland, and if that's not history I wonder what it is.

And of course I know Jafar doesn't care for Alice: I'm not saying that, just that it is getting very long, difficult and messy to get Cyrus from her. Apparently Jafar is very eager to do the powerful spell which requires the three genies' magic. It is something of a priority for him, all the rest is a mean to that end. We don't know how much time it took him to track Cyrus in Wonderland, to forge an alliance with the Red Queen to capture him and to put the plan in action, it might have been a long time. Plus one year while Alice was in Victorian England, during which he had to take risks having the Red Queen blackmail the White Rabbit into bringing Alice back to Wonderland. Now further wait for Alice to make her wishes, more alliances, more blackmail, more mess. And apparently Jafar liked to keep it simple and with as many allies as possible, given what he did to Amara, so surely the whole Red Queen affair must be a pain in the neck for him.

Honestly, if there were other genies and I were a smart man – which Jafar obviously is – I would let go of that one and try a path of less resistance with another genie. Wouldn't you?