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Honestly, based genie. Instead of fucking you over by twisting your wish into something negative, he fucks you over by spending time on small details. At least the latter will likely result in something you actually want, whereas the former will probably suck.
After all that I still get brittle bone disease!?!
What? You said you wanted your Bones less dense, do you know how much bone I had to remove to let you fly with hummingbird wings?
Can't be worse than boneitis.
Ah boneitis, my only regret
Probably an autistic genie. It's important to get the details right!
These aren't small details, they are crucial details.
He's a smart one. Upselling body-shrinking or reduced bone density and increased metabolism.
That's 3 wishes.
The original terms of the wish requested the ability to fly, not just wings. These are part and parcel to being able to fly with wings. Ergo, only one wish.
Well now, mortal. I understand your point but rules are rules.
He could have claimed so, but he's not a jackass genie.
Not picking telepathic will is the dumbest shit I've ever seen.
given this genie's thoroughness your brain would have to be 100x as heavy
Different folks, different strokes.
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I would have just taken telepathic will so that it just ends there.
Yeah why would you take wings over telekinetics that’s wild
Aesthetics? 🤷🏻♂️
Have fun putting on any sort of shirt.
You don't need a genie to get prop wings on your back.
Sure, but what if telepathic powers somehow affect your brain chemistry or morphology? Aside, Would flying be like manipulating gravity or lifting yourself up with an "invisible hand"?
The gravity manipulation is much better if they are handing out options.
In order to use telepathy, we'll need to add a new section to your brain. Would you like to shrink the other sections of your brain to make room, or would you like a bigger brain? Oh, you want a bigger brain? Well, now we need to expand your head. Would you prefer an egghead or do you want the whole thing to grow? It will also come at the cost of requiring more energy.
So.. You're saying I can eat more? Say no more!!
Can we put a small brain annex in my abdominal cavity to handle the additional workload? It seems like the autonomic functions could safely be relocated there.
Is that a deliberate conscience telepathic effort, or automatic unconscious reflex? (eg. Perhaps you don't want to accidentally hover or float in public.)
How much energy does telepathy use though?
ok well moving an object still requires energy, so you're gonna need the increased metabolism perk. We'll have to increase blood flow to the brain, oh and it'll need to be increased in mass a lot...how do you feel about a tall head?
That's my kind of genie. I wonder if he'd be cool discussing the pros and cons of some of those choices.
Guys I got it.
I want a Green Lantern ring.
ring flys away looking for a worthy holder
Wings? Nah, if I can't fly like Goku I don't want to fly at all.
dunno. inflating like a pufferfish and becoming a dirigible is cool too. i could go for that.
Thank you for that visual. I never realized the world needed Zeppelin Man.
The genie grants your wish. You inflate via your own flatus. When you land, you have to release a fart big enough to buoyantly lift an entire human body.
I'm sure you mean grown up DBZ Goku, but I would 100% take a flying nimbus and putter around the skies on my little cloud buddy. Just remember to pack a parachute!
As an engineer of sorts, this is every conversation that I have with clients, but comic lady answers waaaaaaaaaay better than most people lol.
Genie: What kind of bird?
Clients: I saw a very pretty bird once, I think it was in Europe. It had feathers and part of it was black.
Genie:.... Right.
The laws of physics are a bitch.
Would it be possible to have telekinesis, and use the telekinesis to fly, like Mewtwo?
The problem is telepathy doesn't exist in this universe. It seems the genie can rearrange matter into whatever form serves your purpose, but he can't make a wish that allows you to violate the laws of physics.
I would keep it simple and ask for the private keys to a bunch of orphaned/lost Bitcoin wallets from the early days of Bitcoin. Then I can simply claim I mined them back in the day, cash them out, and declare them on my taxes. I get an instant and legal large sum of money. It's not poofed into existence or stolen from someone who's going to come after me.
Alternatively, I might just wish to find a very large nugget of gold in the next hole I dig in my backyard. That would serve the same effect. Or wishing to be the sole winner of the next Powerball ticket I buy would also work.
With genies, if you must deal with them, best to keep things simple. Asking for superhero powers is just asking for trouble. Just ask for various forms of legal money.
Do you want to take a genetic modification and let the new DNA alter your body for 40 years for it to take effect, or do you want to become a comic character?
To steal an idea I had on something similar once, perhaps on an entirely different site, there's also where the wings come from in the first place, literally and figuratively.
The equivalent structure to a bird's wing in humans is the arm and hand. Does this new wing take the place of the forelimb as it does in birds or does the wisher necessarily become a six-limbed creature?
This is why we can't have nice things