PREACH! I'm so sick of people looking down on Belle and claim the story is so bad and it's all about Stockholm syndrome (which is factually wrong). Don't even get me started on Emma Watson "finally" making her a "strong" character. Belle always was strong!
@captainhowlerwilson508
2 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t put it as far as giving up her life for her father. She knew she would live through her time in the castle far better than her father could.
@angelagokool9514
2 ай бұрын
According to Jonathan Decker, a licensed therapist, from the Cinema Therapy channel, there isn't any diagnostic criteria for Stockholm Syndrome. You can watch the video to learn more. In any case, Belle offered to take her father's place in the dungeon, so technically, the Beast didn't kidnap her. And Beast did attempt to be civil towards her, by offering her a room, at the suggestion of Lumiere, and he did allow her to explore the castle, except for the West Wing. He saved her from the wolves, and the two of them did eventually learn to bond over time, by forming a friendship, which had eventually turned into love. There are even some deleted scenes on the DVD, where they're reading Romeo and Juliet together! So cute! It's from the "Human Again" number, which I believe was from the Broadway musical. Also, Emma Watson's Belle had exhibited very few moments of kindness, besides teaching a little girl how to read. Mostly, she was just playing a feminist, or perhaps, semi-feminist version of a well-loved character. The reason why I say semi-feminist is because her intentions are contradictory: She started out teaching a young girl how to read, then invented the washing machine?! What?! In any case, people should stop victimizing Belle. Or any fairy tale heroine, for that matter.
@captainhowlerwilson508
2 ай бұрын
I definitely am not one of the people remembering her for some “Stockholm syndrome” bullshit. You forget that so many people have destroyed this theory so many times.
@captainhowlerwilson508
2 ай бұрын
I am not saying his behaviour earlier was acceptable, because it wasn’t, but I also feel like you are glossing over the good qualities the Beast developed following the wolf attack and when she nursed his wounds. He didn’t technically capture her, she offered herself up. Even when she was a “prisoner” the Beast although was mean at first never took the idea of running her life very seriously, and allowed her to run anywhere she liked around the castle with the exception of The West Wing. As bad as he was in the first few scenes in the end he became a better person after he saved her life from those wolves and never cared if she helped him in return because he clearly valued her life over his own. Then when her father was struggling for life in the woods, he lets her go, giving up his chance to be human after falling in love with her. I am not condoning keeping prisoners, but never once did she feel like a hostage and he never even treated her as such even during his worst temper tantrums. In the end, he became more of a human while Gaston descended further into a monster.
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