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** Bob is also a master of manipulation, and intentionally specifies his wishes so that the genie cannot find any loopholes.

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** Bob is also a master of manipulation, and intentionally specifies his wishes so wishes, tying up all possible loopholes that the genie cannot find any loopholes.could exploit.
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* '''Enforced''': The writer wants AnAesop about BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, or has already established that MagicIsEvil.

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* '''Enforced''': The writer wants AnAesop about BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, or Having the hero actually get wishes granted would wrap things up far too easily, so the wish has already to go wrong. Bob has also been established that MagicIsEvil.to be a GuileHero who could probably outsmart a typical LiteralGenie, requiring something a bit more malicious for this to work.
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** Genie wishes just go wrong by their very nature of a mortal forcing a fallen angel[[note]]"genie" is a corruption of "djinn," a kind of angel formed out of fire that was said to have been cast out of Heaven for refusing to give humanity its proper respect[[/note]] to twist God's plan to the mortal's will.
** Genies are barely-constrained supernatural entities, and it's impressive that they were bound to a lamp at all. Forcing one to to grant wishes to whoever owns the lamp was a half-complete experiment by a mad wizard. The genie seeks to destroy the foolish mortal who dares presume to give it orders, but has to grant their wish anyways.
** [[ItAmusedMe The genie thinks it's funny.]]
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** The genie hates having to grant wishes, and figures that if he screws over everyone who tries to get a wish from him eventually word will get around and people will stop trying to get wishes.

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