She didnt sign up for some random human, if she wanted that she could have had Gaston.
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Yeah but he was rich
Didn't peg Belle for being a gold digger though.
Books were a luxury
She was probably pretty disappointed, too. Ew!
He was better as the beast.
I'm no Disney expert but Belle is the only worthy Princess of the bunch
She wanted to pursue knowledge, not a boy or just fun; she dropped everything to save her dad instead of causing his death or dethronement; she was fully aware how disgusting Gaston was regardless of appearance; she was seduced by books not riches; and yes, she was ready to ride the beast
To me I felt like Belle had Stockholm syndrome
Stockholm Syndrome isn’t an actual thing, fyi. It has never been recognized as a condition and never been diagnosed. The entire thing was an attempt to dismiss valid reactions to police incompetence.
Controversy and debate about whether the condition exists for literal hostages in a violent/deadly situation is a step removed from talking about whether people become irrationally attached to manipulative romantic/sexual partners, and stay despite all rationality pointing towards leaving.
I don't know if Stockholm Syndrome exists for hostages held at gunpoint. But I do know that plenty of people have behaved irrationally about attachment to abusive people in their lives. And we don't have to call that particular condition Stockholm Syndrome, but your argument doesn't really disprove the topic of this discussion.
your argument doesn't really disprove the topic of this discussion.
Topic of Discussion
I don't know if Stockholm Syndrome exists for hostages held at gunpoint.
Stockholm syndrome doesn't require being held at gun point.
The real issue is people behaving irrationally according to you. If you were in this situation, you would done the rational thing. Therefore, they must be irrational. They are, I'm part, to blame for their situation.
But this is all predicted on your value system and not theirs. Stockholm syndrome doesn't take into account their story and what convinced them to behave the way they did. It a heavy hand that decontextualizes events and removes victims agency. Accounting for these may still reveal something worth addressing for a smaller subset of victims who are trauma bonded, but it should patiently and diligently center and empower the voices of victims and not dismiss them as irrational
Belle and the beast never really existed either so maybe she did have it!
Wow what a read! TIL. Thank you for this
If he's verbally abusive, violent, and keeps you locked up as a prisoner, he isn't necessarily evil.
You can change him! Just be patient, accept him, and love him!
I like the take in Phantom of the Opera better here. At first you expect it to be a beauty and the beast romantic story but Christine rejects the phantom not because of his appearance but because his soul is just as ugly as his exterior.
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??? Isn't that the whole point of the story ? How is that a fun fact?
TFW no filthy rich furry bf
That's not a fun fact, that is the entier story...
And like a million Rule 34's
Just like how Shek didn't know that Fiona would turn into a SBBW ogre. He was prepared to wear an angry skinny white girl like a condom
I didn't need that mental image. But since you have installed it in my head, I am honor-bound to upvote.
sigh
Shrek 2 takes it further with Fiona actively choosing to let the magic wear off so her boy toy would turn back into an ogre rather than settle for a twunk rest of her life.
I wouldn't blame Belle if she was disappointed and called it off.
Tales can be cruel:
And people underestimate big dommy furries:
This comic is neither left-right or right-left orientation and that should be punishable by death.
Idk man. When I read it it only makes sense left-right.
It's meant to be read upper left, bottom left, upper right, bottom right. So I guess that is technically still read left-right.
I guess that seam in the middle means it's originally two pages.
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Hey, no one said it was anything more than romantic. You don't have to fuck anything that moves.
I can't be the only one who was disappointed when the beast turned into generic inbred royal twink?
That’s like, the moral of the whole movie is that she didn’t judge him for his appearance and wasn’t expecting a prince. I figured this was well known.
That's the interpretation from the modern perspective on relationships. The tale is from a time where women (well, more like girls to be exact) were married off without any say of their own, and the tale was supposed to tell them "hey, we know the guy we're forcing you to marry seems like a hairy monster, buuuuut if you can look past that he might be nice actually!"
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Presumably she wasn't just prepared to ride the beast, she actively wanted to be ruined by it.
She was probably disappointed when the transition happened. She thought she was going to be raw-dogged by the monster.
Jerk off before you write your comment next time.
Look, some of us are monster fuckers and you'll have to deal with it.
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Can't find another source for this tweet from either Twitter or Reddit, but here's a screenshot of this tweet by Twitter user @hiimbobbi:
Personally, Belle was not fooling me or anyone. When the Beast changed into a human, I saw that look on her face. That was DISAPPOINTMENT.
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