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[Astutillo Smeriglia] genie.exe has stopped working (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like the idea that genies aren't obligated to serve you and if your wish is bullshit, they just kill you.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Supposedly they are malevolent spirits that sometimes may grant wishes as a reward, not by some compulsion.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Depends on the story, and IIRC it has shifted with time. But yeah, the general trope is they are stuck in a small vessel, and they offer/are extorted into one or more wishes to free them. Why they are stuck ranges from evil sorcerer trying to enslave them to noble hero stopping their rampage.