Belle was so nice when turning him down too. Like, as she was opening the door to let him out, she was like "I just don't deserve you"
Its passive agfressive, but not outwardly hostile, so she saved face and humiliated Gaston while barely doing anything
Wow, talk about over analyzing. The fact is none of the story would have taken place if belles dad had stayed off of someone elses property and resisted the urge to be a thief. Plus, if you allow yourself to be molded by societies perceptions then I feel for you. What people think of me doesn't matter because they don;t matter. Thats how we get little girls starving themselves because they think what people put out there is what they are supposed to be.
I found an interesting theory on CollegeHumour (i think) about how Gaston isn't really a villain. His actions towards the beast are not completely unjustifiable either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but all he knew was that a girl had basically been kidnapped by a literal beast with anger issues who has made no attempts to connect with society again and was a prick in the first place. To Gaston and the town it looked like he was a hero.
Gaston, for me, is just a typical dickhead. Not a 'villain' like Scar or Ursula.
Its passive agfressive, but not outwardly hostile, so she saved face and humiliated Gaston while barely doing anything
I'm so very sorry, but as much as this rings true, I can't help but get the feeling it's tumblr revisionism.
Gaston, for me, is just a typical dickhead. Not a 'villain' like Scar or Ursula.