Jeanie Bottle 246
Feb06
on February 6, 2014
at 12:00 am
and modified on October 29, 2022. at 12:00 am
Chapter: Story 06: I Dream of a B-Witch
Ohhhh, catfight!
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Ohhhh, catfight!
Hope there’s a big fighting ring full of jello involved…….
I wonder who of the four of them will be the first to realize what’s wrong with the terms “loser leaves the other alone”…?
…probably Derick, by process of elimination.
Wait, what’s wrong with those terms?
The winner gets to keep bothering the loser. When in fact they both just want to be left alone.
I’m guessing because no matter who wins, they both get what they want: the other magical person leaving them alone. :p
> When in fact they both just want to be left alone.
Yeah, but *they* don’t know that. Each one thinks the other *wants* to bother her.
…in which case she’d have wanted something other than to be left alone as consideration.
Why? Both of them want to be left alone because they think they’re being harassed. Why would you stipulate anything else besides “If I win, you leave me alone”?
Only because that’s what they both want – if either of them had wanted something else (something that should necessitate a duel), she’d have demanded something else. As it stands, they’ve negotiated a Morton’s Fork, where the prize for the winner is the right to give the loser exactly what she had hoped to win.
But, Raen, when you negotiate a bet with someone where you get what you want either way, do you really consider that a problem, or do you think you just pulled on over on the other person.
At least Neil appears to have half a brain here, unlike the two duelists.
listening is a skill that you should have a good amount of points in. Jean went for minim. Like putting a 3 in charisma so you can have a 18 in strength and dexterity. Looks good on paper but not so much in practice.
The duel should be done to the soundtrack “Once upon a time in the old west”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7syYdo2SEQ
Someday I hope to understand that movie.
So, I guess they won’t be using “house rules.”
I wonder about the compatibility of witchcraft and genie magic.
A Better version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWtqkz6SH1Y
Except for the fact that Jean doesn’t pay attention to other people, she should realize that a genie sent to watch her would not propose being left alone as the “prize” for winning. Neil may figure that out and ask Derrick what the heck is going on.
Beach rules?
Jeanie actually dropped a clue there about being “HIS” lapdog. I wonder how far things will progress before either Derick or Sam figures that one out.
I wondered about that. It’s possible that Sam interpreted that as Jean telling Sam that she was Derrick’s lapdog.
This reminds me of OMG’s FOF Goddess Duel where Belldandy and Peorth have a duel over a misunderstanding and the duel is a series of increasingly silly and more dangerous events and end up blowing up the Pool they are in with meteors.
The duel had three contests. Belldandy lost the second contest, Whack-a-Mole, because it was played with real moles.
I’m thinking of a contest to see which one can serve their partners better. This was also done in OMG as a three-way with Peorth, Urd, and Skuld “serving” Keiichi. A quote from Urd: “Less talking! More running away!”
According to the Code Duello, though, since Jean is the one who is being challenged, he/she gets to choose the “weapon.”
Maybe Jean will choose a beauty contest. Name a harem anime or manga that hasn’t or won’t have one. That’s an OMG trope as well. To be truly complete, demon Mara could show up to offer her special help. That would also sort of fit the TG trope of Jeanie Bottle. The demon that tempted the Buddha was named Mara–and was a guy!
And as usual it didn’t end well for Kei, but going from a tickle fight to whack a fish to the meteor strike was not the wisest thing. I see Weird things for Neil and Derick. I also see thing getting a Slice while ignored by the Blonde Bombshells.
As long as bikinis are involved in this duel, I approve! 😉
I agree! Sam *did* just model a very sexy swimsuit. The rules should clearly stipulate that she wear it again.
This reminds me of a BEWITCHED episode where Samantha got mad a t another witch: “I think we’re just about even in magic, so how would you like a PUNCH IN THE NOSE?”
Do magical duels require the use of Seconds & the challangee getting to pick the “weapon”? If there are Seconds will that roll be filled by Neil & Derek? & what is the chance that they may have the opportunity to discuss things during the magical cat-fight?
Wait, doesn’t this mean either way both get what they want? XD
Sure, but how much damage can they do to each other (and everyone around them) on the way to getting what they both want?
Then again, thinking it through, neither of them get what they want. Sam wants her mother to back off, and Jean wants Guano to back off. The forthcoming chaos won’t settle either of those.
The trope from Bewitched is that magic done by a witch can only be undone by that witch. That didn’t apply to genie magic in IDOJ as I recall, but it might apply in IDOAJB–Kazom couldn’t undo Jean’s mistake when she lost her body, but he could give him a temporary new one.
If the trope applies to both, Sam and Jean will have to make up with each other to undo whatever is done in the duel.
A lot can happen between now and sunrise. For example, there may be some intervention from Lord Guano and Mother Endura, like talking sense to a couple of hot-headed young ladies. Is it possible that they are unaware of what’s going on? But then again, any chastisement from them may make matters worse !
Sam isn’t a genie she’s a witch.
I realize that. And both have an authority figure who wants to meddle in their affairs. I see that as a possibility here.
If Sam is fairly old in Jeannie Bottle, why doesn’t she recognize genie magic? It doesn’t seem reasonable that witches and genies don’t know about each other.
Maybe the have some Ancient Rivalry, like the old Elves and the Dwarves in Tolkien. Maybe young witches and genies grow up hearing horrible tales about their enemies, so horrible that when they are adults, they either think it was all nonsense, or that they expect their “enemies” to be so hideously evil they could never pass for one of their own.
Or maybe Lord Guano is one of Endora’s ex-boyfriends, and they never speak of each other.
I with Tom…i’m thinking the two know each other…LG and E…perhaps as you said X’s
It’s quite possible that Lord Guano and Endura may know each other considering their probable age, but I think Jeanie and Sam are clueless, just judging how they are reacting to each other. Yep the older and wiser may have to set them straight!
As far a X’s is concerned, an “enduring” female and a bat manure male? Never could have happened! (Lord Guano probably earned his name!)
Maybe Endora cursed him with that name, and if the Bewitched tropes are enforced, only she can take the curse off.
Now, THAT I can believe!
Older and wiser? Well Endora and Guano are both older. As for wiser, Endora maybe, but Guano not so much. For wiser in the genie realm, Kazom is the obvious choice, but he wouldn’t interrupt his nap for anything as trivial and the current kerfuffle.
Natascha Kampusch might like having a I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle strip devoted to her.
off topic…l.loved the idea about a spinoff or more about red and “her” friends. Reminded me of the spin off from the Wotch when those bully football jocks got turned into
role playing Cheer leader girls