What I Wish Disneyâs Wish Could Have Been
(Just my thoughts on a rewrite) no offense if you liked the movie. I did not, to me the movie is mid. Itâs not bad but itâs not good either.
Asha should have just been King Magnificoâs assistant from the start. You know runs around town doing task and all that. The opening number could of just been her on her way to work because itâs a wish ceremony day also maybe a star shower is happening sometime in a few days and one hasnât happened in a 100 years or so so the town is getting decorated and excitement is in the air. Everything is festive. Everything plays out similarly in the movie. It plays out like an interview buts itâs more of a litmus test for Asha. The king ask her why she wanted to be his assistant? She is not 18 yet but what would her wish be? And she gives the answer because she loves the people of rosas and wants to do all she can to help them. Her wish besides having her father back would be to do what King Magnifico does. She is inspired by him to bring joy and protection the way he does. Obviously he likes those answers (tells her his own backstory) and promotes her to his apprentice. ( I like the mirror motif with Magnifico. I like the idea that he sees a lot of himself in Asha) He is going to teach her magic ( big deal because nobody but him is allowed to do magic) and shows her the wishes. Asha is over the moon. Having a great day loves seeing the wishes but as the king explains more about how the wishes work and how they are selected. She starts to ask questions and push back like in the movie. They argue and finally the king snaps at her and tells her he made a mistake and fires her and tells her to go home. ( this is him backpedaling because he thought found someone he can trust to do what he does, turns out itâs another person he canât trust) ( one of the main reason I think the king keeps the wishes is because it was someoneâs desire that destroyed his first home. So he now has major mistrust issues, not with his wifeâŠyet, and doesnât believe in his people. He only believes the worst in others if left to there own desires. Asha is different because she believes in the best of people.)
Scared and feeling she might have screwed up her life she heads to the wishing tree.
I think instead of Asha singing her I wish song and poof here is this little luma thing. I think the âI wishâ song should have been the second song of the soundtrack and its her starting at the wish tree and her going to the castle to take back her deceased dad, and grandfatherâs wishes along with her motherâs wish. We see her resolve to get back her families wish and backing into the castle, there needs to be traps/safeguards that she knows about, because she is a very observant person, very good at attention to detail, which is why she likes to draw( I like this trait about her in the movie). So when Magnifico was showing her to the wizard study/wish vault, she clocked a few of those safeguards. Now she finds her dad and grandpa wishes, and hugs them tight to her. They and, unbeknownst to her, her star heart start glowing gold. Unfortunately for her time is not on her side to unpack all that because now King Magnifico is on his way after having a nightmare (this could be where we see some flashes of what happened to his home) due to his paranoia/fear( itâs him being confronted with the differing opinion/fact that he maybe in the morally wrong. Confronted with oppositions with the decisions he makes, a challenge of authority , lots of things going on in his head)( the wishes seem to give off this comforting effect, which is one of many reasons he hoards the wishes, good vibes). he is coming up to the vault so Asha puts the golden wish balls in here bag but even in the bag they glow brighter and brighter. She tryâs get her motherâs wish but she is out of time and it gets left behind. She is teleported back to the tree due to stray star magic and at the tree the bag explodes with a bright golden light just like in the movie. King is upset because magic happens that wasnât his but more importantly when Asha regains her senses she opens the bag and instead of the two wishes she instead finds star along with a wand. ( in my version, unfulfilled wishes still exist even after the wisher is gone. In my head if a wisher passes on without fulfilling their wish it not like, oh no, a wish was wasted. Their wish instead gather with other unfulfilled wishes to become a star in the night sky. Shining so beautiful and bright to help guide and inspire others so their own wishes can come true. But with King Magnifico keeping the wishes of the departed they canât get to the night sky. ) so her dad and grandpaâs wish combined, due to Asha deep wish to help the kingdom of rosas, to form star and her own wand.
So now we have a little star thing. Asha is dumbfounded but amazed at this little ball of light. Star on the other hand is freaking the heck out, itâs not suppose to be here itâs suppose to be in the sky, star is running in fear through the woods, magic going off here and there and Asha is trying but failing to calm it down.
On the other-side of the pond the King is also equally freaky out. What was that, is it a threat, he has never seen that magic before. He is looking around his study making sure nothing was missing, like the Forbidden tome. Cue his loving wife coming in to check on him and calm him down with her reassurance along with talking him out of using the forbidden tome. Cue the song at all cost. Magnifico singing it to his wife and Asha singing it to star. I like this song a lot and it gives off the feeling that the antagonist and protagonist are, at least in this moment, emotionally on the same level. This point onward thatâs all about to change. Temptation has been set( evil book) and Asha is going to grow and rise to the occasion and Magnifico is going to fall.
Cue unrest in the town, manhunt for Asha, the people demand answers etcâŠStarâs magic is making peopleâs wishes come true. Things are getting a little chaotic and King Magnificoâs magic is not as effective against stars magic he hope and Magnificoâs is not taking that realization and the peopleâs unrest well. Cue villain song. I like the idea behind âthis is the thanks I getâ but it super needs to be completely reworked.
One idea I really like came from a YouTube video by Gotchu Entertainment âThe Dark Hold on the Good King ( check out the whole video itâs really good and not to long) but he has the idea that to have the powerful forbidden magic you yourself have to sacrifice your own wish. And there we see his wish is to be a beloved king not just cause he can grant wishes, but just loved for just being a good king. I would have him look at this wish, pause for a moment in contemplation, then his eyes steel themselves, crushing his wish. Basically in the mindset that if he canât have the peopleâs love, heâll command their respect. I like this because this super makes it clear that this was a choice, a crossroads if you will. there were other choices, like talking to his wife, maybe having trust in his people and give them their wishes back but no this is what he has decided and itâs because of his choices and actions, that is what makes him a villain Boom, forbidden magic happens, temptation won. The power is his, and all his inhibitors are turn off. And now he is cruel, bombastic, angry, unhinged, uncaring, arrogant, and power hungry. He turns into a tyrant.
Now Asha has to rally her friends and the queen. And make a plan to free the wishes and stop Magnifico etcâŠput a song here.
The ending fight should have been Asha has her song reprise but it acts more like a second wind. It still frees star but due to peopleâs wishes Ashaâs wand is fixed ( also add the starlights to her dress and hair here)and she can wield magic again. Now alone she would still be no match to Magnifico, a seasoned sorcerer, but because everyone is wishing she is not alone. Star acts as a manifestation of the peopleâs wish, star can now shapeshift. Like turning into a shield to block attack becoming steps or clouds so Asha doesnât go off the edge. Scissors to cut her bonds if she is bond ( the look of the shapeshifting is golden stardust) . Give us a wizard fight! The finale thing I think star should shape into is a stardust version of king Magnifico, the version of the man the queen use to believe in , use to love. I think itâs just a poetic visual to see the Protecter he wanted to be vs. the tyrant/mad king he became.
So with Asha and Starâs power combined Magnificoâs spell backfires. He is trapped in the staff/mirror, the day is saved.
I would not have the queen be smug about her husbandâs downfall. It should sadden her that things turned out this way but she is still resolute in her decision to stop him because he was out of control. You can still send Mirror Magnifico away to hang in the dungeon but donât do a joke. just have him raving and shouting how he is their king and they are all ungrateful. How they are all traitors and thieves. Harking back to his paranoia and trauma that he has never learned to move past. I think this is a very satisfying ending. But also leaves room for continuation. Like if they wanted to bring him back as a villain again or a redemption arc in a sequel movie or tv series (like tangled did)
Idk itâs not perfect, Iâm not a writer, but it makes sense to me and i hope it tries to play with interesting ideas. And honestly most of the songs would have to be reworked the music is ok at best.
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