You Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

Hey City. Do you know what you want? I know what you want.

You want...big, scary apocalypse genies to hassle you /)_(\;; (Right?) Of course that's right!!

Okay, explanation: in canon, this crazy sonuvabitch grants characters' deepest, most sincere "wishes"--and almost compulsively at that, by any and all means necessary.

But don't think of these wishes as, like, "I wish I had some ice cream right now..." They're more like, "The one thing I want in life is to be able to die with my wife whom I met when we were both out for ice cream." Or whatever. Remember: these are their deepest, most sincere, most secret wishes.

Now, annoyance at being in the City (as opposed to, you know, that other city that always seems to be the center of the universe--look, just ask Godzilla if you don't believe me), Subaru's nostalgia pants, and Nataku's Kazuki dance will only keep this compulsion at bay for so long. He might very well start feeling these wishes and wants in the City too--especially since this is basically Apocalypse City (stupid Clock...trying to put him out of a job).

But this canon ability to know or understand a person's deepest desires at a glance has obviously been dampened down by the City's...Citiness. And, more than that, frankly, it's kind of...info-moddy--at least in theory and explanation. Yeah, okay, NGL, it's pretty info-moddy. And infomodding is never cool.

Still, it's a nifty sort of trick to be able to play with, don't you think? That's where you come in!

To avoid info-modding but to still keep this opportunity to plotting and weirdness and creepiness and wish-granting open...

I've got a shiny brand new permissions post located right thisaway~

If you would like such things to take place, please feel free to comment there with any and all information, or even just a note to hit up and hassle your character (because, heck, I'll just deduce things out if that's what you'd prefer and play it by ear).

That's all the obnoxious tl;dr from me for now!

Questions? Comments? Further explanations? Want examples? Got ice cream? Just drop a line here~

Comments

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

Go away, genie-chan. Go away :(

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

NO! :D

[prefers-chess.livejournal.com]

What if Rudy's deepest wish is for Fuuma to not grant his wish? :(

[slighted-stains.livejournal.com]

That still implies he has a Wish he wants ungranted.

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmm Catch-22s are delicious with a little ketchup. Did you know? (Stop photobombing my icon, Seishirou!!)

(Okay, okay--technically speaking, that still means that there's a Wish in there. But, obviously, practically speaking, this whole wish business is opt-in :3)

[o-tea-p.livejournal.com]

How about a delicious pot of tea? :D?

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

How about dying to defend the tea-growing country of your childhood that you so deeply love and cherish? :D

[o-tea-p.livejournal.com]

How about...NOT? :D?

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

But isn't that what you really want?

[o-tea-p.livejournal.com]

No. No it's not. What he really wants is either a lifetime supply of jasmine tea or Zuko to be happy. It's hard to say.

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

................................oh.

...crai forever...

[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

Your post has very interesting implications for my poor Eagle…

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

O rly~? >:3

[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

It could be. ^_^

He does have a very powerful wish and a very strong desire to achieve it.

[whoistheother.livejournal.com]

Fu fu fu~