I Dream of Another Jeanie Bottle – Page 13
Feb19
on February 19, 2019
at 12:00 am
and modified on December 26, 2022. at 9:57 pm
Chapter: Filler Arc
Characters: Agent Anderson
Looks like Anderson was locked in her bottle for quite a while…
Also, extra long page! Hachimitsu really put his all into this one.
Hey if Jean could exchange place with someone who he still be a girl or a guy?
That got pretty depressing. Poor Anderson, he’ll never see his son again.
I mean, he could, as long as she accept the genie deal and neither her master nor the lords say no, but besides that, nobody tells neither Jeanie or Araceli where to go or who to visit. He would just need a lot of explaining to do to his son afterwards.
Alternatively, he could ask to be his son’s genie. If the current master is as sympathetic as the blue genie claims, he could grant that and send genie Anderson to his son.
@Jake
Seeing his dad like that would probably give the poor kid some really conflicted thoughts
@Jake
I assume you are suggesting that someone that paid for the bottle, and gains control of the subjugated genie within, would just give it away? I don’t think it works that way. The genie’s master is the owner of the bottle (or at least temporarily by the holder of it). Jeanie did not chose her master, Neil holds/owns the bottle, she merely begged Lord Guano to let her remain with him (since that was apparently an option).
@Mike, Jake is assuming that if the master is as sympathetic as Crystal is saying, Anne may be able to reach an agreement with him, is not like the new master can force her to stay after granting him his three wishes, and even if he wants to conserve the bottle, we know the Lords will just take it away if she doesn’t want to stay once her duties are over, so no need to antagonize her. Assuming she doesn’t end in Haji’s harem of course.
@Carlos
Exactly, if the new Master is as Sympathetic as Crystal claims, maybe Anderson can convince him to reunite Anderson with his family, even if it’s as their genie.
Except we don’t know exactly how long Anderson has been away.
For all we know, enough time may have passed that his son is no longer living at home anymore.
After all, Crystal did just say her wife has moved on, so its gotta be quite a bit of time.
I don’t think that’s how the genies work, someone has to find their vessel first before they can have a master. and Anderson is already clearly bound to her new master according to this comic.
Except that is how genies work going by what happened with Hogg. When has the lamp is the master.
I think this is more like that South Park song: “seasons change times passes by, as the weeks becomes the months becomes the years” and than its been almost two hours.
The fact is that Dubai still looks like Dubai and it wont look like that in 50 years.
Many months have passed since Anna’s first encounter with Jean, while it only takes a few days to ship a lamp from the US to Dubai. So if the wife remained it happend a long time before she found that cursed lamp
Well we all knew geniehood is a one-way street.
Once transformed, nothing but a wish can free the genie (or death in some cases.)
I wonder what would happen if a Sorcerer got transformed into a Genie? If thats possible of course….
> I wonder what would happen if a Sorcerer got transformed into a Genie?
He’d probably become a red genie with a pitch-black lamp and an animal sidekick with a screechy voice.
Shhhhh no spoiling….lol
From the ways Jeanie has acted, she is not compelled to obey her master. Maybe its because her bottle is a lot different than the ones Anne and Crystal have become bound to? Rouyah wasn’t really restricted very much either, and certainly her sister wasn’t.
So, will we actually see Haji next week? Jeanie spent a whole story arc in Haji’s palace without ever meeting him.
Just why has Agent Anne Anderson been bottled up for a long time? She doesn’t seem to be aware that time in the bottle. Why hasn’t anyone opened that bottle in such a long time? It was delivered. Possibly because the as-yet unseen and unnamed master knew or suspected there was a curse on it.
“From the ways Jeanie has acted, she is not compelled to obey her master. ”
In all fairness, Neil has pretty much dropped the ball as her master.
He will have her obedience when he demands it–and it is grossly irresponsible for him not to.
Except Jean is his friend and Neil isn’t going to treat Jean like a slave. Because among other things, treating someone as a slave is morally wrong.
While I agree Neil isn’t going to treat Jeanie as an abject slave (Jeanie herself, though, has acknowledged that if their positions were reversed, Jean would have not hesitated to make Natalie her sex slave), I don’t think that’s implied by “master”. Although there is some magical force involved, my guess is that it seems to be mostly a matter of rank, of chain-of-command. At the very least, a genie is free to interpret the command as she pleases.
But I’m guessing there’s a certain veto power involved as well. I mostly wish Neil had established his authority solidly enough that he could say “Jeanie! NO!” and make it stick. Jeanie is so self-centered and short sighted she needs to have a check on her power.
I also suspect that Jeanie secretly wants to be able to depend on Neil to steady her. That’s part of why she wants Neil to lose weight and build up some muscle. She has trouble respecting Neil in nebbish mode, and she wants to be able to respect him.
But that’s a far cry from wanting to be his slave.
Oof. That . . . that hurts.
I don’t have anything else to add to that.
Art error in first panel. Bracelet chops off part of her right wrist.
Her hand is behind her back, I think, however, there also appear to be two color swatches at the top of the last two panels that probably shouldn’t be there.
Oh phooey, I forgot to hide that layer! Will be fixed immediately.
Hand is behind her back as intended!
I don’t think that is what Edda is talking about. I think Edda is referring to a space between the bracelet and her elbow. It looks like you have the bracelet cutting into and passing through Anderson’s skin.
Frankly I don’t care, your art is AMAZING.
Ohh okay.. damn.. I worked so hard with this page i kinda ..it’s always those fine details that seems misplaced v_v!
Well it is abit late to fix this v_v!.. and I am really exhausted tryuing to do bothcomics at the same time ;_;l!
Ahhhh, OK. Now that I finally understand the problem, that’s actually an easy fix. I’ve posted a corrected version of the page.
we know she was a girl before becoming a genie and her family is a wife huh? wasn’t expecting such a modern family concept
I’m guessing the Jean ability to disobey he master and such has to do with wish the made her a genie based on I DREAM OF JEANNIE show rather than a traditional one
Anderson was a guy and hetero. Turned female by Jean and then forgotten. Archive binge before jumping to conclusions.
“Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If Hatchimitsu disagrees with CD Rudd, don’t lose sleep over it.
This is wrong and bad. Anderson was not some self centered jerk like jean. He was intelligent, dedicated, hardworking. He loved his wife and child, and pursued a career that put him at risk for the public good.
All taken away because Jeanie turned him female out of petty spite, and a negligent shopkeeper wouldn’t let her use the restroom without buying defective (!) merchandise.
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And yeah: What has Jeanie paid for her much abused powers? Was there nothing he cared about enough to even realize she lost it?
And, let me add, Anderson has made two crucial oaths: one to uphold the Constitution, etc, as a federal agent, and another when he was married. In fact, I’d say the marriage vow is one of the most profound vows a person can make, ancient in heritage and near universal in most cultures. It is very, very close to being magical in and of itself.
It is a badness thing that the petty carelessness of others has cost him his ability to fulfill those vows.
I hope that her new Master is worthy of Anderson’s unwilling sacrifice.
Sad to say, but I highly doubt the whole “forced into slavery” issue will ever get addressed. It’s been the elephant in the room for the entire run of this webcomic, and even 10 years later I don’t think anyone other than Jean (and now Anderson) has acknowledged how supremely messed up it is.
As I’ve said before, the Blue Djinn has a point in rebelling. Which doesn’t make him (or her) a saint; plenty of bad people have supported good causes–or used them for their own ends.
@50srefugee – Jean has cut herself off from her family and romantic interest now that she’s a genie (presumably to not have to explain things), and it hurts her more than she wants to admit (per the Christmas storyline). I can’t imagine she treated her family the same way she treats Neil, and I’m assuming her relatives (though not Belle) are hurting just as much as she is. That’s her sacrifice.
I hear what you are saying @50srefugee. It’s very good to hear somone speak of marriage vows so passionately and I agree with you. Though let me try to give some extra context. Anderson is a federal agent and much as he accepted his role his wife also had to accept the possibility his work would lead to his death. Disappearing like this she could only reach one conclusion. Anderson given time would likely have to accept that as to do anything else would harm his wife.
Circumstances change.. disease and death take away those we love… Anderson was taken to serve a purpose- hopefully a good one. We don’t know Haji’s desires by the edicts but it all seems to be to protect genies and mortals if we can be generous to the enslavement part.
@Guarding Dark: “some extra context. Anderson is a federal agent and much as he accepted his role his wife also had to accept the possibility his work would lead to his death.”
I’d intended to mention that, but it apparently fell out of my fingers and into the gaps between keys. It’s a fair point, but this feels different, somehow, perhaps because Anderson is still alive, perhaps because she didn’t do anything that reasonably leads to these consequences, perhaps because the two people whose careless and selfish behaviors caused this will go unnoticed and unpunished, and perhaps because depending on her new master, she may be forced to do things that violate her previous oath and vow. I’m not sure, but worse it does indeed feel.
@50srefugee I hear you. Ones oath is always tested even without becoming a genie. Anderson is up to the task because she is fundamentally a ‘good guy’. She won’t use genie magic in a bad way. It seems somone has to be a genie, why not somone who has made such an oath? Just trying to give reasons to be hopeful
Yeah i notice alot of huge differences from jean and anne. Jean has used her magic alot to form many various tricks but it will be a while for jean to perform something similar. Theres a huge difference so stay tuned for it
To answer your question about what Jean has lost, she’s cut off from her family now. And judging by the Christmas arc, it affects her more than she cares to admit. It’s nowhere near as harsh as what Anderson lost here, but I can’t imagine Jean was so heartless a bastard that neither she nor her family aren’t hurting due to that lack of contact.
Jean is completely cut off from her family now that she’s a genie. And judging by the Christmas arc, it hurts a lot more than she cares to admit. It’s nowhere near as harsh as what Anderson lost here, but I can’t imagine Jean was so heartless a bastard that neither she nor her family aren’t hurting due to that lack of contact between each other.
So is this storyline actually canon, or is it just a very involved one shot that doesn’t take place in the same reality as the primary comic?
Nope, not canon. So take it with a huge grain of salt.
A cut crystal gazer?
Since her name is Crystal, what does she see when she looks at herself?
That question has never been asked within 20 years… your the very first to ask that…..
But then if you saw livestream….you missed that answer
I’m going to guess- and probably completely wrong but she might see herself reading her at the same time.
Jean is completely cut off from her family now that she’s a genie. And judging by the Christmas arc, it hurts a lot more than she cares to admit. It’s nowhere near as harsh as what Anderson lost here, but I can’t imagine Jean was so heartless a bastard that neither she nor her family aren’t hurting due to that lack of contact between each other.
Well that’s f***ing depressing
With great power comes great responsibility. For genies not just as a moral issue but a matter of law and the rules of magic. It looks like these types of genies have far more power then the normal bottle genies like Jean. They guard secret (or was that meant to be sacred?) laws and have far less freedom to do as they want… if ever. Very curious, I’m so sucked into this world
@Guarding Dark: “With great power comes great responsibility. ”
I’ve been wondering if this is at the root of the genie/Master duality: You get to be a genie, but you have to serve someone else. And you get to be a Master, but you have to serve the greater good.
The Master, too, is tested by this. Does he fritter away the power of his genie on petty personal wants, or worse, does he use his power to enslave and degrade his genie?
Does he feed a hitlerian power fantasy?
Or does he seek out ways to blunt and alleviate suffering without causing more of it? Does he learn from experience? Does he seek to make his genie loyal and loving with kindness and generosity? Does he put himself at risk to achieve these things?
I’m coming to think that getting a genie would be one of the most profound tests of human character you could face. I’m more than a little disturbed by how easy it would be for the Master to end up enslaving himself.
Maybe Neil has the right idea–I just wish he’d exercise his veto power a little more often, and try to grant his Jeanie’s wishes as best he can.
Of course, that story probably wouldn’t be as much fun as this one. Drat.
Talk about wise use of genie powers–the more I look at it, the more I love the “Jeanie on Mars” holiday special. That was a lovely, small scale exercise of Jeanie’s power, to aid a project she apparently has no deep concern for, solely for the benefit of the children looking forward to Santa Neil’s visit.
And it probably made a lot of scientists and engineers stare at the encouraging but confusing data streaming across their displays.
A good day’s work, Young Genie! Now tell Neil, so he can think of other things for you to do.
Hmm… that would be an interesting way to end the series, Jean switches places with Mrs. Eden, the former genie who doesn’t know she used to be a genie.
That won’t work for Anderson at the moment, is he going to get a new name when they meet Haji? That’s the genie leader, right?
Although Jeanie didn’t actually meet Haji, she met the First Wife who called her Jeanie thus confirming that name. Why would you think Anne meeting Haji would result in a new name?
I wonder how long a person turned into a genie would still try to do the right thing. Having tremendous power but being subject to a mortal master that can destroy the object your attached to and potentially ending your existence. How many short sighted selfish wishes would you be forced to grant before you find the most horrible way to grant said wish.
@SGT Lewis: Not to get all philosophical and everything, but that’s why i think you don’t have genies, and masters. You have the Genie/Master duality, and it tests both members. But the really dangerous one is the Master. Genies, I suspect, lack vision. They tend to be like Jeanie, not necessarily stupid, but…self-centered. Impulsive. Short-sighted.
Neil has the potential to become a good master, but he must let go of the thing he loves the most (his engineering career), earn his Genie’s respect and loyalty, and then find good and worthy things for them to do.
Kazom can probably help with that, except he’s got a wizard for a master, and the wizard is just a kid.
Actually, I don’t think just anyone can destroy a genie totem. We saw the Blue Meanie do it, but we’ve *never* seen it done before or since. I get the feeling that totems are made of sterner stuff than simple ceramic and glass.
It makes sense that the totem should be as long lived as the genie.
I speculate that, in fact, the totem is part of the genie, like a turtle’s shell is part of the turtle (unlike, say, the various artifacts that hermit crabs have been known to inhabit).
Presumably it requires magic or overwhelming force to destroy a genie totem. Just hitting it with a hammer won’t cut it, and probably dropping it into a blast furnace or lava won’t damage it either. Maybe hurling it into the sun might.
did Crystal ever answer the lasr question in panel 4 on page 11?
Yes