The King's Fate At The End Of Wish

The king's fate at the end of Wish

The ending of "Wish" would be perfect for a story that shows the victim breaking free from the control of a pathological narcissist.

Typically, a narcissist's biggest victim is their spouse. In this case, Amaya.

So, in the end, he loses his power, ending up in the mirror where he will be trapped forever, alone in a dungeon.

Narcissists have no redemption. The right way to deal with a narcissist is to use the gray stone technique and cut all ties with them. Their end is loneliness.

That's a great message for a movie to convey.

But that's not the case with Magnifico.

I can't see him as the pathological narcissist that the ending required, simply because he had no malice. Instead, we have someone who cares and shows empathy and respect for others.

Real narcissists are incapable of empathy. They are evil and enjoy causing pain. That's their pleasure. And no, he wasn't faking it. He was genuine. The movie itself tells us that he was good, but then he “turned bad.” That’s not how narcissists work. They were never good to begin with.

It’s a complicated subject. Many people can be mistaken for narcissists because of certain bad, idiotic, and immature behaviors. But they are not really narcissists because they can overcome this and become better people. Narcissists don’t change and don’t want to change, they don’t think they’re wrong. That’s why they have no redemption.

Let’s look at Amaya, who his victim should be if he were truly a narcissist. Narcissists deceive and manipulate their victims into bonding, often through marriage. Then they show their true colors once the victim is trapped with them. They make their victim’s life miserable, disregard them, step on them, oppress them, and make them feel guilty about it. The only opinion that matters is their own. They know what they’re doing and they enjoy it.

Amaya and Magnifico have been married for years and… none of that happens. He genuinely loves her, shows her love, and respects her, her opinion matters, and he listens to her, changes his actions when she asks him to, gives her credit, and praises her. And he does all this when they’re alone, with no one to watch the “show.” He’s genuine.

He genuinely cares about people and wants to protect them; that’s his motivation. He showed empathy for Asha’s pain over the loss of her father and shared his own pain with her.

The movie needed the book with the curse for him to do bad things because without it he wouldn’t. And he was already known as the most powerful sorcerer. Why not use that power?

Because they needed a curse. 😑

I don’t understand why they did it that way. They just had to make the guy a true pathological narcissist. Since they didn’t do that, the movie pissed off a lot of people because the ending was unfair. Usually, unfairness makes people angry.

Did he have a problem? He did. But it wasn’t pathological narcissism. I already talked about his problem in my previous post.

A perfect example of a pathological narcissist in a position of power is Fire Lord Ozai from "Avatar: The Last Airbender". No one was sad when he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

An example of a narcissist in the mother position is Mother Gothel. She gaslighted, treated Rapunzel badly, and left her feeling guilty and afraid.

Gaston is also one. He doesn't care about Belle's opinion. He doesn't care about stepping on people. Many people compare Gaston to Magnifico because of the cringe compliments in the mirror. But really put them next to each other and compare how they see and treat people.

When a narcissist loses, usually, he explodes in fury and revenge and curses everyone.

What we got was someone betrayed by everyone, devastated with sad kicked puppy eyes. (WHY????!!) 😑

The movie shows that if it weren't for the cursed book he wouldn't have done any of that. If the wish system was bad, they could have resolved it peacefully.

Because he was completely redeemable, the ending was very ugly and unpleasant. It painted all the other characters as really bad, traitors, ungrateful, and selfish. Who only care about their own interests and gain.

In short: a tragedy.

What inspired the name Henry for Magnifico, or was it simply taken from his own song?

Well... I initially chose the name 'Henry' for Magnifico because it suits his appearance.. and so yeah, I simply took it from his own song.

Later, I did some research and discovered that the name fits his character perfectly (because I even make a backstory for that completely secondary character who didn't say a single dialogue and was only mentioned once!) I kinda did horoscopes for him with the name of Henry and the name of his mother (in my story, Rosa), which revealed that his life would be marked by hardship, including the loss of his parents before him and so on.. (Yes, most of it was misery, but in the end it leads to real peace!)

This resonated with me, and I decided to stick with the name 'Henry' for him.

In fact, I often find that my random decisions lead to surprising and meaningful connections, and this is one example of that.

Magnifico’s magic swirls around the tower…

Magnifico: nothing can stop me now!

Y/N: Dad! I know you’re still in there!!

Magnifico briefly falters…

Asha: try something Y/N.

Y/N: oh great Magnifico! I never told you my wish

Magnifico: fine! what is it?!

Y/N: I wish to have my dad back

Magnifico’s heart breaks and with it, the dark magic leaves him…

Magnifico: Y-Y/N? Oh my pride and joy, I-I’m so sorry

The two embrace and just hold each other tight…

Asha breathes a sigh of relief, the darkness gone…

All i know is pain - Darkiplier Edit

Are there any plans for Magnifico and Melody together? (Considering that post of Melody's painting)

Um... you mean.. the rings?

Uh, well... I didn't mean to spark any major speculation, but... *coughs* Let's just say that their bond is going to get stronger by the day.

As for the future... *whispers* let's say that the winds of fate are blowing in an interesting direction. But I'm not saying anything concrete just yet. You'll have to wait and see what the future holds!

Who knows, maybe fate's mind will change in a moment!

Just finished this little guy

He is almost 7 years old (when that disaster happened)

His eyes very big and shiny 👁️👄👁️ like a kitten's