I am still thinking about the themes for the games, right now I am leaning toward using all the ones I listed earlier, which was more than I planned. I am wondering if I should use all of them in each short story, or maybe just focus on a couple for each story. The problem with using all of them in each story, is that it would give a ton of options and the short stories would go all over the place. If I focus on just a couple at a time though, the stories can focus more in on those themes.
The themes are important for the game, because the original Arabian nights have a lot of themes, and I am not really using any of those stories so I want a similar sort of themes used. But also since the main element of the game is based on how you tell the stories and the themes you favor.