I thought that "the king gets into trouble by agreeing to grant a request before he hears what the request is" was a more well-known fairytale trope
like legit if you ask me for a favor i will reflexively respond “depends what it is” and i have had people get MAD at me about that like bitch i am not dumb what if you ask me to give you my throne and my daughter’s hand in marriage it’s not like i’m not gonna go back on my word
See, you get it
NO RASH BOONS