Television Crossover Universe

Toby O'Brien is not a post contributor.  But he is a member of the TVCU Crew. Toby O'Brien has his own website, Inner Toob, also known as the Toobworld Dynamic .  His website was one of three that inspired me to present my Television Crossover Universe to the world via this website. Toby joined In on our Facebook group from the beginning, and was very active in contributing to our discussions.  When the TVCU Crew was founded, I decided to name Toby as a founding member of the crew without inviting him to contribute, because he already had his hands full with his own very successful website. Toby's website has continued to be a extremely useful tool for my own research, and Toby himself continues to provide me with valuable information. Toby's website also participated in our April Fool's Day Crossover Event from a few years ago.  As James, Ivan and I posted about our fictional TVCU counterparts, Toby also posted that day about his fictional Toob World co...

This blog post is about Jeannie, and her cousin Jeannie, and her other cousin Jeannie, as well as other genies of the Television Crossover Universe. There are three different in-story interpretations of the origins of genies.  The original mythology of genies begins with the djinn.  In middle eastern folklore, djinn are demons.  Both our words for demons and genies originates from the folklore of djinn.  Thus, using that interpretation, genies are fallen angels who have been trapped in bottles and lamps, thus being enslaved to do the will of those who possess such items. A second, more liberal interpretation comes from Grant Morrison's run on JLA.  Though JLA isn't strictly in the TVCU, some of its mythos have permeated the TVCU.  According to Morrison, genies are actually 5th dimensional beings from a world called Zrff.  This is a world of extremely powerful beings who are generally so bored with life that they interfere with lower life forms ...