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Shedu, the winged lion from ancient myth.
very interesting. must learn more
he found himself in utter darkness, spiraling into a vision of his past—of himself as he’d once been, before he became a monster. Before he became the Beast.
The only person who killed almost as many animals as the Prince was his good friend Gaston, who slammed a handful of coins onto the bar, startling poor Higgins before he could finish pouring the new round of drinks. “Drinks are on me tonight, Higgins! In celebration of the Prince’s engagement!”
That he was. Gaston’s best friend.
However, there was another side to
the Prince’s old friend, a vindictive cruelty about him.
could this be because he wants Belle so badly and she keeps rejecting him?
the Prince know his fiancée, Circe,
The Odd Sisters’ little sister.
Gaston, the prince of Buttchinland,
lmfao
“As the rose petals fall, so shall the years pass until your twenty-first birthday. If you have not found love—true love, both given and received—by that day, and sealed with a kiss, then you shall remain the horrifying creature you’ll become.”
“Oh, he’ll become the beast! He will!” “No doubt! He’ll never change his wicked ways!”
That was a gift from a very famous maker of mirrors.
Snow's father?
The Prince believed Cogsworth thought the same of him but was too austere to say so.
Princess Tulip Morningstar had long golden locks, with a milk and honey complexion and light sky-blue eyes. She looked like a doll draped in diamonds and pink silks.
As Princess Tulip Morningstar’s carriage rolled up the path leading to the Prince’s castle, she thought there was nothing more breathtaking than the sight of the castle in wintertime.
The Prince hardly heard what she was rambling; his mind was suddenly violated by terrible disembodied voices from the past. Your castle and its grounds shall also be cursed, then, and everyone within will be forced to share your burden. Nothing
but horrors will surround you, from when you look into a mirror to when you sit in your beloved rose garden.
look into a mirror to when you sit in your belo...
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“You know that I love you, my darling! I love you more than anything!” he said desperately as tears welled up in her eyes at his sweet words. “I do now, my love! I do now!”
He loved her beauty, her coyness, and her keeping her opinions to herself. There was nothing he hated more than a girl with too many opinions of her own.
So how did he fall for Belle? She’s the complete opposite of this.
He loved her beauty, her coyness, and her keeping her opinions to herself. There was nothing he hated more than a girl with too many opinions of her own.
Then HOW did he ever fall for Belle? She is literally the opposite of all that. Lol
“It’s more than strange, girl! Something is happening in this house! Something sinister! I felt it the first time we arrived and now it’s getting stronger!”
“You lying strumpet,
It's like saying (now a days), "you lying whore."
mercenary.
Gold-digger
He looked like a monster. Like a beast.
We love you for your compassion, we just do not share it.”
“It’s hard to feel sorry for those willing to fling themselves into disaster. They are their own undoing, my dear. They bring it upon themselves. They don’t merit your pity.”
A very harsh truth. People make or break their own happiness.
the curse dictates both given and received!
“The old queen blighted the land and left a trail of disaster and death in her wake. Should we blame ourselves?” Ruby laughed. “Oh, how she would have hated to be called the old queen! But that is what she has become so many years after her death: she’s become the old queen of legend and myth! But we know the truth! We know she was real! The queen who ruined herself over grief and vanity.”
The Evil Queen from Snow White
Ursula’s beauty was ripped from her years ago, so it would stand to reason she would try to regain it by devious means! I think it’s terrible what happened to her, but it doesn’t excuse her actions!”
Why did women insist on talking to cats as if they understood what they were saying?
“Send the wolves into the wood, scratch and bite until she bleeds, kill the beauty in the wood, make him regret his evil deeds!”
The Odd Sisters' spell to bring forth wolves.
“Rip her throat, make her bleed, eat her flesh, my words you’ll heed!”
The Beast was chasing her into the woods because he was angry; his rage would have overtaken him and he would have killed her himself.
The wolves’ blood was black and sticky on the creature’s paws.
Proving they weren't real wolves, but ones conjured by the Odd Sisters.
She felt thankful her father always gave her the freedom to express herself how she wished and live her life the way she thought was right. He allowed her to be herself. Not many young women had that freedom, and she was starting to understand what a rare and beautiful life she had been living until recently. Here she was stifled and alone.
They were painfully thin and looked ludicrous in all their finery, like skeletal beings brought back from the dead to attend a fancy dress ball.
I love this description of the Odd Sisters.
“He’s heartbroken, Sisters. He’d rather die than live without that stupid girl!” All three sisters laughed. “Now he knows what it is to be heartbroken!”
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
You say one more word and I will give your voices to the sea witch!”
It turned out exactly as Circe had hoped. The Prince had finally learned what it was to love—to truly love and to have that love returned.
