#jafar is a schemer. he's extremely smart. he has Huge goals not just for riches but for power and ability and knowledge.
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they sure did make a choice to have jafar just be, like, a common thief. a bad choice. frankly, a racist choice. also a choice that goes pretty much directly against the source material. but, you know, a choice.
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#one of my least favorite things about the franchise hands down. what the fuck do you mean he's basically just a seedy thief.#first of all. that's what aladdin did. he just wasnt put to the same stereotypes (arab man with beard. always yelling. traitorous and#plotting but ultimately dumb. doesnt have overarching goals just Money.) aladdin just got away with it and without the baggage bc he's hot#jafar is a schemer. he's extremely smart. he has Huge goals not just for riches but for power and ability and knowledge.#he doesnt fuckin?? steal???? shit?? like that is not really a key part of jafar's character. but i digress#jafar. as an adult arab man in the “real world”/not a raceless cartoon villain. is subjected to all of those stereotypes simply bc disney#doesnt know what to do with middle eastern people in live action. jafar on the isle of the lost would be advising maleficent.#running crime rings. pulling strings all over the island. fundamentally jafar is an extremely powerful and well-connected and wise villain.#the absolute character death he went through in descendants is disappointing both bc of racism/reduction to stereotype and bc he loses#every aspect of character that makes him intriguing and compelling as a villain. having jafar as your dad would SUCK!!! but not bc he's#making you steal shit and selling it. because of the fucking huge amounts of emotional manipulation you'd be going through every fucking da#!!#honestly im. ugh. that's always sat wrong with me. finally putting it into words. i really hate it. anywayyys#toast watches#toast watches descendants
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#one of my least favorite things about the franchise hands down. what the fuck do you mean he's basically just a seedy thief.#first of all. that's what aladdin did. he just wasnt put to the same stereotypes (arab man with beard. always yelling. traitorous and#plotting but ultimately dumb. doesnt have overarching goals just Money.) aladdin just got away with it and without the baggage bc he's hot#jafar is a schemer. he's extremely smart. he has Huge goals not just for riches but for power and ability and knowledge.#he doesnt fuckin?? steal???? shit?? like that is not really a key part of jafar's character. but i digress#jafar. as an adult arab man in the “real world”/not a raceless cartoon villain. is subjected to all of those stereotypes simply bc disney#doesnt know what to do with middle eastern people in live action. jafar on the isle of the lost would be advising maleficent.#running crime rings. pulling strings all over the island. fundamentally jafar is an extremely powerful and well-connected and wise villain.#the absolute character death he went through in descendants is disappointing both bc of racism/reduction to stereotype and bc he loses#every aspect of character that makes him intriguing and compelling as a villain. having jafar as your dad would SUCK!!! but not bc he's#making you steal shit and selling it. because of the fucking huge amounts of emotional manipulation you'd be going through every fucking da#!!#honestly im. ugh. that's always sat wrong with me. finally putting it into words. i really hate it. anywayyys#toast watches#toast watches descendants
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