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Aladdin -- Jafar Was Already A Better Ruler Than The Sultan
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The Asshole:
Jafar is the evil, power-hungry royal vizier who spends the whole movie trying to kill Aladdin so he can get his magical lamp, which Jafar plans to use to take over the kingdom of Agrabah. His other favorite pastime is manipulating the good-natured Sultan into doing his bidding.
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Mostly by dazzling him with his large, rock-hard snake.
Surely, Agrabah would turn into a shithole of human misery if this man wound up in charge, right?
But Wait ...
Well, we already know what Agrabah would be like under Jafar, and it's ... pretty goddamn utopic, actually.
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These streets are somehow cleaner than our city's despite being literally made of dirt.
When the movie starts, Jafar is already secretly running the city: He controls the Sultan through hypnosis, and the guards patrolling the streets specifically mention that they work for him. The result? Agrabah is virtually crime-free (if not for Aladdin), has a thriving economy, and is populated by happy, non-oppressed people. Jafar has turned it into one of the cleanest, most peaceful, most successful ancient civilizations ever portrayed.
And yet, Jafar is branded the bad guy when he understandably tries to stop the three greatest threats to Agrabah's freedom and security: 1) the Sultan, a bumbling idiot dictator who changes laws on a whim, 2) Aladdin, a dangerous thief/conman who is easily able to manipulate the Sultan, and 3) Jasmine, the spoiled, insubordinate princess so fed up with being rich that she runs away from home, at which point she thoughtlessly steals food from a merchant. She's so out of touch with reality, it's literally criminal.
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"This child is mine now, too."
Jafar's hypnotic staff and quest for the lamp are merely a contingency to ensure his benevolent reign. Even his song was the best. Long may he rule.
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