Talk:So That's How It Is/@comment-35667002-20181126101938/@comment-4010415-20181126133739

Basically, like 73 and Mega said, this may be a "Genie's Twist" kinda thing where Jinn took Ozma's question literally.

He asked her "How can I destroy Salem?"

It's possible that she took "I" and "destroy" as the key words, recognized that Ozma himself cannot destroy Salem, and set aside the facts of who can destroy Salem or if Salem can be stopped in order to just answer what Ozma specifically asked.

After all, she is based on djinns, aka genies. When you make a request of a genie, you have to be careful with your wording. It's possible that you also have to be careful of your wording when asking Jinn a question because she will answer specifically what you ask. Ruby's question was vague enough. "What is Ozpin hiding from us?" So she showed them exactly what he was hiding from them.

If Ozma had asked "How can someone stop Salem?" things might have turned out differently.

And then, of course, like 73 said, Jinn herself said she can't see the future, so if the way to stop or destroy Salem didn't exist back then, she would've told Ozma what she knew at the time. The answer could have changed since then.

But I do think that the issue is that Ozma asked how to destroy Salem, when she cannot be destroyed but can be stopped.