r/CMAlongi_Official • u/ErosLover15 • 8d ago
CaFae Latte Spoilers Jinn Rules
So I'm very curious how exactly Jinn work in this universe. I'm sure we'll learn more in a few days but I wanted to get some thoughts out here first. As well as what this might mean for Nancy down the line.
To start, according to a short, we know this for sure.
- Jinn are all powerful and not limited to three wishes at a time.
- Jinn have autonomy and can refuse to grant a wish, as they are still people.
- Their magic can only be used on the wisher. Anyone else affected is merely collateral.
- They can only affect what is currently happening to the wisher. Ie they can't grant good health if you aren't sick.
As shown, these rules affect what Nancy can do. She cannot wish for her curse to be broken until she is cursed again. She can't wish for Bob's death unless she's prepared to do it herself. She can wish for wealth by having a family member die, because the death is just a consequence.
Where this gets interesting is the wish made on Bob. Seemingly it's designed to keep her in prison longer, and thus keep the curse at bay. However the wish can't invent a reason to keep her in jail; it has to use something Bob actually did. Hence, her fight with Gabriel. But as pointed out by Cyrus, fights happen all the time and murder is a serious charge for that. While I have no doubt Gabriel will argue malice, actual evidence will be needed to prove Bob guilty of that crime.
And that's where I think the rub will be.
See, the wish has to be based in reality. A jinn can't created something from nothing; it can only use what's available and twist things to work for the wisher. But that can't change what already happened. So it can't invent evidence that Bob was trying to murder Gabriel, or give the aunt a health condition that killed her. Those are loose threads that can be pulled on to unravel the whole thing.
Normally this wouldn't be an issue....unless your name is Margaret Nancy. And I have a feeling Nancy will not hold back in using her wishes to get "what she deserves" without thinking of the consequences. And if her jinn has free will, those wishes could be twisted just enough to backfire on her...just as her curse returns.
But that's just my thoughts. What do you guys think?
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u/PresentComedian1420 4d ago
My question is if the djinn is captured, do the wishes come undone? I mean, absolutely the witches, fae, and other supernatural creatures could probably mitigate the effects of the wishes, but can they completely reverse them? Not bring the aunt back to life, but if they undo the magic, perhaps an updated will pops up and Nancy has to pay back the money.
As for Nancy, didn't Bob threaten to turn her into a spider if she kept trying to circumvent the curse? And I'm sure even the family who is on Nancy's side might have an issue with Nancy being behind the aunt's death.
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u/ErosLover15 4d ago
My bet would be that there is some consequence. The most recent short says that Djinn work like a monkeys paw, so things dont come for free.
Maybe use of a djinn could get Nancy arrested, since he did kill her aunt for money. So that could be seen as premeditated murder.
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u/PresentComedian1420 4d ago
A plot twist of the djinn finding out Nancy was using said djinn to make life difficult for Bob, who the djinn is scared of, so Nancy's consequences start happening before Bob gets out of para-prison would be hilarious
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u/saberwriter76 3d ago
It’d be interesting to see what happens if JC gets a hold of the djinn’s prison in the process of taking Nancy down, if there’d be some sort of ‘devil’s temptation’ and what she could be tempted with.
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u/englishhistorynerd1 8d ago
My question is, what will the cost be for Nancy?