It Happened To Me: I Have The Hots For Jafar From ‘Aladdin’

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Aladdin was absolutely one of my favourite Disney movies growing up (tied with The Lion King, duh) and unlike most cynics in the world, I was quite excited to go see the live-action remake.

So off I went to go get captured by the magic of the genie, get teary listening to ‘A Whole New World’, develop huge crushes on Aladdin and Jasmine, and ultimately get swept away by the whole vibrant affair.

But something weird happened, friends. Something I wasn’t expecting, something that knocked me off my feet (well, had I been standing and not sitting in a cinema). Something that made me question everything I thought I knew about myself.

Hi, I’m Tahlia and I developed a huge, filthy crush on Jafar from Aladdin.

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OK, stay with me here.

I did not expect Jafar to hypnotise me like he did the Sultan. I did not expect his brooding stare to penetrate my soul. I did not ever fathom that, given the opportunity, I’d let Jafar lock me in his cave of wonders.

I’d even take on the stepmum role to that annoying AF parrot.

I expected Jafar to look like THIS:

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But instead, Jafar (played by Marwan Kenzari) turned out to be an absolute snacc:

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He could take me on a magic carpet ride any old day.

But enough about my desires. As we’ve now learned, the live-action Aladdin cast a super hot Jafar and it’s just really thrown people off.

No, but guys, under all that evilness lies a heart of–… ugh whatever, Jafar has ABS.

Yes, we should all ABSolutely take a minute.

Will ? hot ? Jafar ? call ? me ? Prince ? Abooboo?????

Really this is how the movie should’ve ended.

Long live Jafar, the hottest villain in all the land.

Now someone needs to rub his magic lamp and set him free.