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[wolfsteax]

The hill I will die on.

[lokihiddleston]

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

[zartha]

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) dir.: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

[thetyrannytranny]

want to express my love to all who have musicalized tales about ugly French people 💖💞

[kaelio]

in Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical Christmas there's an evil pipe organ voiced by Tim Curry. many of you will remember this. however, i think many of us (including, embarrassingly, myself) overlooked that he is a magic pipe organ. huh. none of the other servants got magic powers. why does that guy have magic powers now? did the enchantress like him? did her magic interfere with his own pre-existing sorcerous powers? was the existing pipe organ magical and when he was meshed with that pipe organ he got some part of the powers it already possessed? i ask this because he also has my favorite motivation of any DTV disney villain: he wants to stay an evil pipe organ that can do magic. i fuck with that honestly.

everything about this makes sense. it's a midquel. given the structure of the existing movie, it's hard for the villain to be someone from the village. it would also be a bit awkward for it to be a stranger because the whole story is predicated on it being wrong to turn strangers away (the enchantress). so you have to have someone inside the castle, i guess. disney writers sitting around thinking, ok though. but if it's someone in the castle, they're all on the same team, right? they want Beast and Belle to get together so they can be human again. the reason they're working together even with meaningfully different personalities is because they are united in common cause. So, you need someone who doesn't want to return to their former form.

this is how you get Forte, explained elegantly thus:

alright so his motivations check out. If he's just an organist he's going to get old and he could easily be replaced. there's no security in his world. thanks to the enchantress, he now IS the pipe organ. by the way the internet summarized this to me as a man who wants to "remain in organ form". we recognize this as classic pervert behavior.

anyway though! magic! what's that about

i get being a weird organ pervert who wants to stay an evil pipe organ forever. anyway with the addition of magic this is an easy choice (evil magic pipe organ voiced by tim curry; ideal lifestyle and absolute jackpot win). but WHY!! why is he also a witch! did you make a saucy little face when the Prince threw out the enchantress and you two locked eyes and she was like can you Believe this guy and you were like Oh i Know, like Don't Even Tell me About It and she was like yeah you can be telekinetic!! evil pipe organ

[riddlerosehearts]

"Be Our Guest" original draft storyboards vs final film (💖)

The song was originally written by Ashman and Menken to be sung by the enchanted objects to Maurice instead of Belle. However, story artist Bruce Woodside felt that the song would make more sense if it was sung to Belle, the main character, as opposed to secondary character Maurice, and directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale agreed.

[ilustrariane]

"Don't you know this tale, in which all I ever wanted I'll never have? For who could ever learn to love a beast? However cold the wind and rain I'll be there to ease up your pain However cruel the mirrors of sin Remember, beauty is found within Forever shall the wolf in me... desire the sheep... in you"

Nightwish - Beauty and the beast

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i reworked an old artwork of mine to fit my current style/needs/vibes, what do you think of this version of beauty and the beast?

[drmistytang]

"You are the master."

"No. There is no master here but you."

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