#wish concept

[confettipetticoats]

Honestly don't really have any interest in seeing Wish (probably will stream it when it comes out) but why. WHY. WHY DID THEY GET RID OF THE TWINKY STAR LOVE INTEREST?

Made a little edit to see what it would look like, really struggled to adjust Jack to Wish's animation style so just imagine he's mid-materializing lol

[artist-issues]

Actually, no, I’m just going to talk about Sabino.

I was going to talk about the deleted song “A Wish Worth Keeping,” but suffice to say: that song would not have made the movie better because that song had the same terrible point as the movie: “The power to make your wishes come true is in you, so keep wishing.”

No. Bad. Bad point, therefore bad movie.

The deleted song wouldn’t have saved it. Stop saying “Why This Song Matters” and “The Deleted Song That Could’ve Fixed Wish.” Figure out what was wrong with the movie first. Then you can properly figure out what should and shouldn’t have been cut from the movie.

Now let’s talk about Sabino.

I already said several times that the character is terrible in the actual movie. The idea of him could’ve been good, especially when you’re trying to say something about the concept of wishing, though.

In Wish, he’s an old man who’s tangible wish-trapped-in-a-bubble has never been granted. You’re supposed to feel bad for him; his life has been so long and he’s never gotten what he really wanted. But, even if you accept what the movie is telling you (the main point I referenced up there) he doesn’t do a good job supporting it.

Sabino can’t remember his wish. (Stupid.) So you don’t feel that bad for him. He gave it up when he was eighteen. He’s lived more of his life with no wish to miss than he did with one that didn’t come true. So what if it never comes true? He’ll just keep living as a vaguely cheerful guy with people who love him. He’s never that sad. We don’t care.

Also, when the idea that his wish will never come true is presented to him, he just… accepts it. On the one hand, that’s logical because of what I just said. But on the other hand, what a wasted opportunity to say something about your lousy “keep on wishing” main theme.

He’s 100 Years Old. He could have been the character that watches and waits, no matter how much time passes, and genuinely has faith like Cinderella or Geppetto or Snow White or Ray the Firefly or Ariel, and hangs on to his wish.

But they couldn’t do that. They couldn’t have an old character who is an example to a young woman. Because they had to have Asha be the one to “teach” everyone the “you have the power, so keep on wishing” message. You have to have her be the spirited child who proves the naysayers wrong—and therefore, you have to have Sabino be the naysayer. He doesn’t get to be the wise old man who teaches her something. He has to be the guy who says “you’re young, sit down and give up.”

Of course, they can’t even really commit to that either, because they’re still halfway-trying to make Sabino sympathetic, they’re trying to convince you that Asha really loves him and everybody does because he’s a sweet old man with a dream. But they half-do everything, and the base is rotten for all of it, so we don’t care.

Here’s what they should’ve done:

If you’re sticking with that terrible main theme: Give Sabino a wish that he never gives up on. Don’t let him give it to Magnifico. Let him keep it for himself and spend a hundred years working toward it, and he comes close several times, and it keeps blowing up in his face, and everyone (including Asha) thinks he’s crazy for keeping it, but he gets up and tries again over and over. That would’ve at least been interesting and had a shot at being impactful.

Get RID of that terrible main theme. Switch it to “have faith” and then make Sabino the one with the faith. And again, his age highlights that it is hard. It takes a long time. He spends most of his life yearning and wishing, but he never gives up or stops acting on faith. He becomes a source of inspiration for the people around him—except Asha, who loves him but needs to find her own faith before she can understand him—and then eventually joins him in faith. Like Jane from Return to Neverland. (Yes I said it.)

[rascalentertainments]

Wish's Original Movie Scene: Evil Magnificent and Amaya

If you don't mind, I'd like to share the few Wish scenes I have on my YouTube channel. I normally do Spoofs of animated movies with my friends and some movie reviews every now and then, but once I got into Wish's Concept, I really wanted to find the deleted scenes and post some of them there. So I wanted to start with our favorite evil duo and their cat.

Would you believe that this one is my most popular!? 😂😂

[writesailingdreams]

Okay last Wish post.

I feel silly for not noticing that Asha's friends were inspired by the 7 dwarfs. It's obvious looking back.

I think it's a fine movie, but I think it would have worked better as a MLP movie. That straightforward wishing and working together-ness isn't exactly bad, but it's not what Disney is known for, whether that's its recent tradition or its longer tradition.

If I had been assigned what to put in a 100th Anniversary Disney animation movie I'd include: (1) 2d animation (2) ordinary small town setting but in a non-this-world location (think Pinocchio meets Aladdin but the small town vibes of Lady and the Tramp) (3) magic as the exception (it's not common) (4) beautiful nature settings (Bambi. PatF. Tarzan.) (5) probably a young protagonist (6) a more villainous antagonist. Beyond that I have no idea.

A nonverbal shapeshifting star boy actually would have been cool. I would especially have liked it if there was some kind of montage of him becoming friends with Asha's friends. And if him and Asha had been friends, not romantic. Which I know has kind of been done many times already but like, two characters designed to look similar in age being friends! of opposite gender appearances!! *star eyes* I probably would have gotten more Luffy and/or Nightlight vibes from Star then. Though admittedly, Star in movie wanting to punch/attack Magnifico has a certain charm I'm not sure a more human-like appearance would have.

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Early visual development for Wish (2023) by Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay and Brittney Lee.

An earlier version of the film saw Star take on a human form as a magical, glowing character inspired by Peter Pan. Ultimately, the creative team reconceptualized Star as an ethereal, playful entity resembling Mickey Mouse. "Now Star and Asha have an emotional journey. They are soulmates." -Allison Moore.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Scott Cawthon’s version of FNAF Burntrap..

[katescribblesabit]

since there is an anti fairy for every fairy, that would mean that they have the same relationships as their fairy counterpart.

one of my favorite headcanons of anti fairies is that they fall in love for the opposite reasons than their fairy counterpart.

[scissorcraft]

i am love, i’m not sure where i came from - but i know i am pure pure love.

[theroundbartable]

Sick fic except no one is sick.

Merlin is tired of the tavern excuse and at this point, Arthur doesn't really believe the 'gathering herbs' thing either anymore.

So, Merlin tells Arthur he's sick.

Except he didn't account for the fact that Arthur becomes a terrified worryward of a mess. Merlin, thinking he's got some time alone, is now chained to his bed with Arthur feeding him soup and 'checking his temperature', only that Arthur has no clue what he's doing.

Merlin on the other hand can only think of the assassin and.... 'Actually, this is nice.'

[alienssstufff]

Bdubs home-away-from-home 1pt persp

Try my hand at colouring a build for once- I seldom do it both lineart and colours take too long . Experimentation on creating depth by shadow.

Other than the actual mc build itself, structure inspired by Adamo-Faiden architecture, particularly Bonpland 2169 andddd their collaboration with CHAMBER OHiggins 1625

[jaytalking]

They are very precious to me. Praying and hoping we get to see them more.

[alilarew23]

it is so easy to shift your state - let's practice!

ok beloveds.

it is tiiiiiiiime for a little exercise.

i want you to imagine real quick what it would be like to truly be a master at manifestation. yes i know we know we are all masters because we are always manifesting but! i mean a master at conscious manifestation. like, you ALWAYS get exactly what you want in the quickest and easiest way possible no matter what. you just imagine something, decide what you're going to experience next, and boom, it shows up. faster than fast. ayeeee, you did that.

ok, so now that you ARE that person, what's your experience like? what's your way of being within yourself, within the world? you're probably super fucking relaxed, even playful. you probably never worry about anything at all because what would there be to worry about when you know you always get what you want? you probably hardly expend any mental energy on your "desires" because the second you desire something you just--beep boop--claim it as yours and, well, now that's taken care of! you're probably the most present and loving person anyone has ever known. you probably have everyone around you not-so-jokingly asking you to manifest for them (iykyk). you probably feel like god. but not god who's desperately trying to assert some kind of control over a supposed-"outer" world. no. god who knows I AM the world. I AM all. how fun.

how fun indeed, that you just shifted your (drum roll please) state of being!

did that feel good? did you like being that person?

all that took place in your imagination.

you went from being an imaginal self who was maybe stressing about manifestation, watching too many tiktok vids and reading too many twitter threads, affirming affirming affirming but at what cost, to being an imaginal self who--in an instant--already had it all. and therefore could just kick it and watch a show or eat some tacos or go candlepin bowling (my new obsession) without stressing at all.

if that felt good, why not practice being that person? by which i mean consciously choosing to embody that identity until it's so natural that it no longer needs to be a conscious decision because you simply ARE it.

don't attach anything to this. just try the state on as if it's a new hoodie and see how it feels, and if you like it--you prob will, it's pretty snuggly in here!--well, keep wearing it.

[theonewhowails]

do you ever wonder how old the twins are? how long have they been with the one who waits? do you ever think about how much of that time in the veil narinder spent totally alone, about how much of a stabilizing presence it might have been to have literally else around, after all that time? i think about it a completely normal amount, personally,

[rascalentertainments]

Hey I replied & liked some of your posts about Disney Wish on twitter. I just wanted to say Im still into the wish rewrite fandom. I wanted to share this one animated video about wish deleted ideas rewrite I found:

https://youtu.be/GSg66naKL0g?si=Vuxc8KA0IiHO2t0S

Hey, thanks so much for doing that! I'm so deep into this rewrite fandom its insane. 😂

Also, OH MY GOSH, I LOVE IT!!! I adore they did all the callbacks to the concept art. My favorite part was Charo slapping Valentino, that was priceless!! 😂😂😂😂

@yagaswag, thanks for sharing it!

[inesvazquezart]

Haven´t watched the Wish movie, but somehow I came across some early concepts and premise of the movie and I can´t believe Disney just threw them away. They threw away shapeshifting twinkly star boy!

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Rapunzel concept art for Tangled (2010) by Claire Keane