Show me the Beast!

Askblog for the cursed staff of the Beast's castle. All posts are welcome to be reblogged!

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((Thank you all for being patient! I've been dealing with my health and haven't had the energy to write for this blog for a while, but I do have a lot of ideas and want to continue. Going to try to queue up some posts soon))

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A question...I've noticed that Cogsworth's pendulum is always in motion so...If someone thought to stop it or the pendulum broke on its own...Could something happen to Cogsworth? Like…Die, I don't know...I'm confused ._.

((He'd be fine.))

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hey beast do u want some fries man i think some fries and a good burger would be good for u

"Oh, burger time, burger time, will you have some burgs of mine?"

"Lumiere, for the last time"

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT A HAMBURGER IS"

"The Master doesn't like hamburgers!"

"The Master doesn't like hamburgers?" / "The Master doesn't like French fries!"

"Maybe it's because he's an aristocrat"

"What are we all complaining about?"

"I like puppies and ponies and the fireplace and..."

"AAAGH!"

"I'M SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS"

With thanks and apologies to BloodStainBlade

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Mrs. Potts, do you see the Beast as one of your kids?

"Oh, now dear, where did you get an idea like that?  He has parents of his own.  I care for him, of course, but I'd never claim to be his mother."

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A question for the master of the house: how would you prefer to be addressed?

[He seems taken aback] [His mouth moves, but no words come out.  He furrows his brow, tries again.]

  "My n... I'm..."

[He grunts]

"What are you asking me for?  I'm a monster!  Animals don't get names!  What would you care!"

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"... stop calling me Master.  Or Majesty, or Eminence, or... just.  Don't call me anything. "

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Dammit now the master is gonna find out

"The master is going to find out what.  That everyone here has started talking to the witch's parting gift?  That it's a secret, because I'll ruin this last chance too if I find out about it?"

"I know.  I've known the whole time."

"... they can do what they want.  I don't care."

[The Beast is now open for questions!]

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Forte I’m telling on you!!!

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"FIFE, COULD YOU PLEASE GO DOWN AND ASK FORTE TO PLAY QUIETER?"

"I TRIED! HE'S GONNA DO THIS ALL DAY! SORRY!"

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I love you chapeau! You rock!

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If you're not aging, is the Beast? How can you tell?

"Our understanding for whether we're aging is mostly based on Chip, I'll admit.  Getting four years older would make more of a difference to a seven year old.  We've continued his lessons, but reading and arithmetic have come to a point where he's just not ready to advance.  Every mother has had the passing thought of wishing her child could stay young forever, but I daresay it's frustrating for him.  His body won't let him play like a child, and his mind won't let him study like an adult."

"The Maestro says he's confirmed with the mirror that we won't age until the curse is broken.  Well, the word he used was unless, but I'm going to stay optimistic."

"As for the Master?  The Enchantress said he would still reach his twenty-first year.  More than that, he's... gotten bigger.  He didn't have those horns when the curse first struck, nor quite so much of a mane.  I'd been prepared to bring him home remedies for acne and a cracking voice when the time came, but this is beyond my expertise."

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Lumiere, out of everyone in the castle, you are probably the only one who actually deserved getting turned into furniture.

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So… why do y’all think everyone get changed into the specific items they did? Why were you cursed in this way specifically?

"Well obviously, we were made to fit our purpose.  A clock for the one who keeps everyone on schedule, a candelabra for the one who sets out dinner, a teapot for the one who brings room service.  And of course, if any unexpected guests arrive, no matter where we are it is easy to appear inconspicuous."

"Do you ever think about how our names correspond to our forms?  Potts, Cogs, Lumiere, Garderobe... Did the Enchantress somehow know our names?  Do we have the names we do because we were fated to get cursed?"

"Babette, dear, maybe you could use a cup of chamomile and get some sleep..."

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Hey Cogsworth, why do you let everyone make fun of you? don't you defend yourself? *I've always wondered, it's just that I see that the rest of the servants treat you badly...*

-I take this opportunity to send everyone a happy holiday! 🎄🎄🎄

"Not that I don't appreciate your concern, but I can and do defend myself when necessary. If I had the expectation for Lumiere to act like an English gentleman at all times, why, I'd have to check my head was screwed on straight! Lumiere enjoys wordplay and getting a reaction, and I can't say I don't enjoy a good bit of verbal sparring. He listens to me when it counts. If he doesn't, the silent treatment is all it takes to let him know he's gone too far."

"It's not me that the others have their problems with, it's decorum, the voice of authority, things I represent. As someone must! I may not always be popular, but I am respected, and --"

"Oh, it's not like anyone will hear me say this. My coworkers are my friends, and they treat me that way. I wouldn't ask for anything different."

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Angelique, due to being a Christmas angel, you are most human looking out of everyone, how close is the resemblance between your cursed form and your human form and why did this happen

"Ugh!  I am not human-looking!  Maybe you cannot see from behind the glass, but all of this is porcelain.  My fingers are fused together!  For some logic-defying reason, I fly  if I'm not thinking about it!  A stylized little doll is certainly not what I look like as a woman."

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"We don't know why she got to have her human face.  I try not to complain, but it does bear mentioning that I didn't get to keep my arms.  She got all of her human body and wings."

"I feel ya.  Sometimes I think I'm forgetting what my own reflection used to be.  Maybe as the decorator, Angelique has a better image in her head of what things are supposed to look like?  And that translated to looking like herself with the curse?  I dunno."

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I’m not “oooga booga”ing the master, that sounds like a bad idea

Previously

"Aww, but it'd be fun!"

Mrs. Potts: "Now, Chip, if the mirror person doesn't want to do it, we'll just have to respect their --"

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Anyone have any friends outside the castle before the curse?

Lumiere: "Tons of them!  I am the life of the party!"

"Really now.  Tell me their names."

"They were not that kind of friend.  We see each other when the opportunity comes, we enjoy each other's company, we are merry together.  You can't say we weren't friendly!"

Cogsworth: "Well, I'll be straightforward and say no, I didn't.  My mother and father have already been laid to rest, and I live across the sea from anyone I grew up with.  I am content with this castle and the people – the work I do in it."

"Well, I did of course have friends before I started my work here.  But, ah, those friendships had already run their course.  I suppose we grew apart, and I wasn't enough of the person they'd thought I'd been."

"Oh, forget them!  I look into your eyes, Beatrice, and I see a woman I would not give up for the world!  You are kind, clever, stalwart, and the truest companion I have known.  You are the warm, beating heart of this castle."

Mrs. Potts: "Oh, you flatterer."

Garderobe: "Oof, yeah I did.  We were always going to spend years apart, with the way our careers go, but I still miss my girls."

Plumette: "It is much the same for me.  I wonder if they think about where I've gone..."

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Lumiere, I love you, however, please stop being mean to Cogsworth

"Thank you, thank you, your love is known and appreciated!"

"(Did he even hear the second part?)"

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How many bells are in the castle?

"AAAAAANGELLLLL!"

"What!  What could you possibly want now?"

Fife: "How many ornaments do we have with bells on them?  Oh, and wreaths!  And, uh, what else is there.  Do garlands ever have bells?"

Angelique: "You're... what?"

Fife: "The mirror people want to know how many bells are in the castle!  I already tallied up all the instruments we have, and then it was noon and Cogsworth started chiming and I wasn't sure if that counts as a bell or not so I put down "maybe," and then I remembered you're up here and –"

"The mirror people want to know if a bell will break our curse?"

Fife: "I dunno, Angel.  I kinda think they're just curious."

Angelique: "Stop calling me that!  And stop indulging in these foolish games.  They are toying with us!  Treating us as entertainment while failing to provide any help of their own!"

"Okay, but how many are there?"

Angelique: (sigh) "Thirty-one.  Twelve in ornate silver, the rest smaller and to be spread around the room."