I have a lot of fannish thoughts
And I'm kinda going lalala about nano even though Roy and Ed are mid-scene of doing all the things that I want right now. (And have been for the past week. ...Oops.)
But I saw a thing yesterday about Beast from Beauty and the Beast and how (in the Disney version) it's mentioned that they've been cursed for 10 years. I never thought about it when I watched it as a kid, but that would mean--since the rose is supposed to be completely withered on his 21st birthday--it'd mean that he was only 10-11 when he was cursed for being cruel.
Upon more research of different versions of the fairytale (helped along by
punkpinkpower, who is lovely and inspiring), I found that he was pretty much orphaned. His father was killed, and his mother was forced to go fight in a war or something.
But, could you imagine?
A young boy, a prince, who has found himself alone in a castle having only the waitstaff to talk to? Becoming embittered because everyone he loves has left him? And then someone comes to his door and he turns her away because he doesn't want to connect with anyone else, because he doesn't want them to leave him. And then he gets cursed because he was bitter to the wrong person.
Forced to live as a beast until he fell in love and was loved in return. And then, when he finds that love and is turned back, it's ten years into the future and he's a grown man. He'd have to (re)learn to be human and an adult (re: hormones and puberty and such). Of course he'd have Belle to help him, but...poor thing! I just want to snuggle him forever. I want to know everything about him, get into his head.
How did he treat his waitstaff before? (And during and after?) When (in the fairytale) did he actually realize he loved Belle? Was he only asking her for marriage every night to break the curse? When did it start becoming genuine for him?
I think I'm going to have to write this. Like for reals. A retelling of the fairytale. It has latched onto to me with an aggressiveness that I can't shake off and I need it.
...I was actually going to talk about FMA and Korra and Pacific Rim and Aquarion Evol and not about how great The Great Gatsby movie was, because I watched half of it like I read the book...behind my eyelids, but it seems that Beauty and the Beast has taken over my brain.
But I saw a thing yesterday about Beast from Beauty and the Beast and how (in the Disney version) it's mentioned that they've been cursed for 10 years. I never thought about it when I watched it as a kid, but that would mean--since the rose is supposed to be completely withered on his 21st birthday--it'd mean that he was only 10-11 when he was cursed for being cruel.
Upon more research of different versions of the fairytale (helped along by
punkpinkpower, who is lovely and inspiring), I found that he was pretty much orphaned. His father was killed, and his mother was forced to go fight in a war or something.
But, could you imagine?
A young boy, a prince, who has found himself alone in a castle having only the waitstaff to talk to? Becoming embittered because everyone he loves has left him? And then someone comes to his door and he turns her away because he doesn't want to connect with anyone else, because he doesn't want them to leave him. And then he gets cursed because he was bitter to the wrong person.
Forced to live as a beast until he fell in love and was loved in return. And then, when he finds that love and is turned back, it's ten years into the future and he's a grown man. He'd have to (re)learn to be human and an adult (re: hormones and puberty and such). Of course he'd have Belle to help him, but...poor thing! I just want to snuggle him forever. I want to know everything about him, get into his head.
How did he treat his waitstaff before? (And during and after?) When (in the fairytale) did he actually realize he loved Belle? Was he only asking her for marriage every night to break the curse? When did it start becoming genuine for him?
I think I'm going to have to write this. Like for reals. A retelling of the fairytale. It has latched onto to me with an aggressiveness that I can't shake off and I need it.
...I was actually going to talk about FMA and Korra and Pacific Rim and Aquarion Evol and not about how great The Great Gatsby movie was, because I watched half of it like I read the book...behind my eyelids, but it seems that Beauty and the Beast has taken over my brain.