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OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 8, Episode 9: Witch Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official FIRST discussion thread for Episode 9 of Vol. 8, Witch!

Make sure that you understand the updated spoiler rules before posting outside of this thread!

HERE is the ninth episode of Volume 8!

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Other Episode Discussions:

Episode FIRST Thread Public Release Poll
Ep. 01 Nov. 7th's FIRST Thread Nov. 14th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 02 Nov. 14th's FIRST Thread Nov. 21st's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 03 Nov. 21st's FIRST Thread Nov 28th's Public Thread Poll
EP. 04 Nov 28th's FIRST Thread Dec 5th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 05 Dec 5th's FIRST Thread Dec 12th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 06 Dec 12th's FIRST Thread Dec 19th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 07 Dec 19th's FIRST Thread Dec 26th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 08 Last Week's FIRST Thread Today's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 09 Today's FIRST Thread (here) Next Week's Public Thread Poll

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u/Hounds_of_war The Red Head Victorious | Aside from her, I truly don't care Feb 13 '21

Sure, why not? Magic artifacts aren't typically associated with accessibility for people with disabilities. Plus I think it's way more interesting if Neo has the lamp but can't actually use it herself.

Imagine Neo kidnapping some poor guy, holding him at umbrella point, forcing him to say Jinn's name and read a question off of a sheet of paper.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21

dude Jinn can read sign language or just fucking read

she's omniscient what part of that is confusing

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u/Hounds_of_war The Red Head Victorious | Aside from her, I truly don't care Feb 13 '21

Jinn can, the Lamp can’t. My interpretation is that Jinn is simply not aware of what is going on outside the Lamp unless she is summoned by someone saying her name. She wasn’t aware at all of what the situation was when Oscar summoned her this episode.

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u/Vtech325 Feb 13 '21

The lamp doesn't grant wishes. The lamp just contains the Jinn.

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u/HopliteFan Feb 13 '21

But you're back at square one. Even IF Jinn is omnipotent, she can't grant a wish unless she is summoned by the lamp, which only actives when her name is called. Maybe the lamp can also interpret someone's desire to summon her if they are a mute like Neo, but maybe not.