In this chapter, I finally have some reader questions to answer! Most of them are about the movie, of course, because that's what I had asked for. I also have one question I meant to get to.

How exactly WAS Alex able to make that wish that her parents never met? And even if she was really mad at her mom, why would she wish that her parents never met? It doesn't make sense why she would wish for that. If anything, she should've just wished her mom out of her life, or something like that. For the movie, Alex wished her parents never met. I mean, if she really did want to change this, couldn't she have asked Jerry for the wand and wished for the spell to have never happened instead of going to the Stone of Dreams?

Well, as I have said before, doing magic is mostly a matter of getting your mind into the right condition. You have to really believe it will occur, and Alex, as angry as she was, was able to imagine fully her parents never having met. The reason she wished this, though I have never been a teenage girl, is because wishing you'd never been born (which wishing your parents had never met implies) is the harshest thing you can say to your parents, because it makes them feel as though they have failed at bringing a life into the world. It's just a very mean thing to say. That and Alex really means it – she would rather not have been born than put up with her mother, apparently. The reason she merely couldn't have unwished it is that she couldn't get her mind into the right condition. Or alternatively, you simply cannot undo something via that method.

If their parents had never met, wouldn't they have met other people by then? Just saying...

Jerry, as he was portrayed having never met Theresa, didn't seem like the kind of guy who would settle down with anyone, mortal or non. However I think that the reason is more complicated than that. As any physics student can tell you, the natural state of the universe is to be at the lowest possible energy level (such as for electrons in atoms.) Magic, then, would do as little work as possible to achieve the desired effects. Consider that neither of them would probably even be on vacation in the first place at this point in their lives if they'd never met, and almost certainly not at the same time. Magic just "overlooked" those small details and merely re-edited everyone's minds to include a past that led up to this outcome, and it seemed natural because, well, magic is like that.

After the competition, did Justin disappear before Alex because he didn't have wizards powers? Is it because she became a full wizard?

That's what I assumed. I mean the real reason is plot drama, but it's kind of believable it was because she was a full wizard, right?

Why did Max start to forget stuff visibly, while it was less noticeable with Justin and Alex?

Well it is Max we're talking about. We're lucky he remembers how to tie his shoes.

Why would the Disney producers have Alex and Justin interact like that? I've never seen siblings act like that with each other before!

The writers are dirty, dirty people. Well, that's my favorite pet theory anyway. The real reason may have to do with the natural chemistry between Selena Gomez and David Henrie, but even then, the writing itself seemed fairly geared toward displaying Alex and Justin's relationship. The writers and producers must know of the popularity of the Jalex fandom, because I think that at this point the evidence toward that is staggering.

However, I have to admit a bias. The only other couple I "ship" is Rypay.

After Alex did the spell, if she didn't put the wand and spell book down, would the book and wand still go back to Jerry?

Probably. Incidentally, moving the book to Jerry was probably less work than moving it back to his home, going along with the answer above. After all, why would he bring a book of forbidden spells on vacation otherwise?

Why did their mom FINALLY remember Max after he had disappeared forever? Did Theresa really remember Max fully, or was it just a little portion of him?

She indeed did not remember him completely. This much I glean from how she interacted with Archie and Gisele. She said that she wasn't part of their world and she didn't really understand what was going on, but she knew that she loved Max. (Family bonds transcending magic is actually a theme of not only the movie, but the whole series!)

How, and I mean HOW, can Justin think magic is the only thing he's good at? That doesn't really make sense either.

Because he's good at everything, so naturally he thinks he's not good at anything. Perfectionists are like that.

Why, in the movie, could we see the kids using more hand magic, than in the TV show? Is it because they wanted more variety other than wand magic?

Well, remember that they weren't supposed to bring their wands. Also, their hand magic had a lot more fun visual effects than they have time and budget to produce on the show.

When riding a flying carpet, why do you need a life vest?

They're probably enchanted to hover.

If you DID fall, what good would a helmet do?

Well, it's probably a magic helmet, too.