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I was talking about movies with a friend of mine and he said Aladdin wasn't particularly realistic because the Sultan doesn't have a harem and consequently more kids.

(This was in response my pointing out that the Sultan imprisoning Aladdin's dad in the third movie because Agrabah doesn't have the death penalty was unrealistic, both historically and in continuity with the first two films)

However, part of the rags-to-riches story is that Aladdin, by virtue of marrying Jasmine, is now the future Sultan of Agrabah.

How might things be different if the Sultan had a son as well, but who was killed as part of Jafar's machinations? Jafar, after all, wanted to marry Jasmine himself to ensure he would be Sultan after the current one (who he intended to kill at some point) died.

Non-villain character deaths are a bit dark for Disney, but in Mulan, Mulan's military boyfriend's dad is killed offscreen by the Huns, so they're not unheard of.
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