deciding what to wish for theme
A character has the opportunity to "make a wish", i.e., choose a boon from a loosely defined and relatively unbounded set of options, and struggles with this potentially tough decision. For example, a genie may tell them they can wish for anything but more wishes, or an extremely wealthy character says they can ask for whatever they want.
Examples
In tz1985e1x19a "The Leprechaun-Artist", we saw three young boys with a captive Leprechaun deliberate over what sort of boons to demand. The idea of asking for world peace was mooted but quickly discarded for more interesting things, like X-ray vision.
7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e4x12 | choice | George pondered what to spend his one wish on. |
| tz1959e2x02 | major | Mr. and Mrs. castle deliberated at length over how to dispose of their four wishes. |
| tz1985e1x19a | major | The boys were struggling whether to use their wishes for things like world peace versus to have a limousine with a chauffeur. |
| movie: Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) | minor | After deliberating on the matter, Walter surprised the Astronaut by wishing for a football signed by Brett Favre, instead of wishing for a way out of their predicament. |
| tz1959e5x05 | minor | Grady wished to be physically big after briefly contemplating what he wanted from the voice in his head. |
| tz1985e2x10a | minor | Mr. Bluestone was given a choice of where and whatever to go and do in the whole of creation. |
| tz1985e3x14 | minor | Willy briefly deliberated on what to wish for when he discovered a wish-granting trunk. |