#plumiere

[stuckasmain]

*holds*

[rayatii]

A few days ago, I watched half a scene from Beauty and the Beast 2017 (specifically the one where the servants welcome Belle into her new room), and... Is it just me or why do I feel like Lumière and Plumette have less romantic chemistry than they do in the 1991 version, despite them literally having been significantly expanded on, from having not even one minute of screentime together in the original???

[redeemedbytheking]

lumière, look!

[reallyhardydraws]

omg just found this plumiere sketch from 2021 based on the disney cruise line version of the beauty and the beast musical... i don't usually post sketches you all know i like my tumblr to be all about finished piece uhhh but tbh i still really like this? could be worth a re-visit but in case i never get around to it, here it is

[lumiereswig]

plumiere finding each other across lives, stories, and universes

The little tin soldier falls into the flames. Wait! says the paper ballerina, and follows after him. Every story says they melt.

~~~~

"What's your name, mademoiselle?" The boy is young, sixteen, dressed up in cockeyed gold scraps he found at some village fête. She is fifteen and wearing a feather the Queen left in the sewing room.

"Plumette," she says, and stares hard at the sun to hide her grin. He sees her looking and tries to strike a dashing pose.

~~~~

"Tell me a story," she begs, up on the roof long after everyone else is in bed, and they're in their twenties and cross-eyed in love and if they weren't dating other people they'd be in each other's arms this minute. "One with a happy ending."

"Happy endings?" The boy is dramatic and despairing. He would ask Plumette to the ball in a minute if she would just stop seeing that damn Armande from the stables. There are twenty thousand stars in the sky and he can't see the light in one. "There are no happy endings. What's that one I told you before? The brave little tin soldier and the paper princess he loved? I never finished it, did I, the little lovers on the nursery tabletop. They fell into the fireplace; a draft catches her, or gravity propels him. They burn. They're on fire and they burn."

"Oh," says Plumette, thinking this is a gloomy tale, and not watching her hand creep over the shingles to catch his.

~~~~

"Of course it didn't end that way," says Lumiere, a dark night when his candles barely burn. They're glowing, slowly, in the dark. "I would never tell a tale that dark. In this winter? No."

"You did! They burned. Or they melted? I can't remember." Plumette tries hard to remember every minute of when she had hands, when he was a bright gold poppinjay with a blue-eyed face, when his hair was auburn and she was dressed all in white. Now she floats beyond his reach, her feathers slowly falling away.

"Never, never." Lumiere has forgotten the story, watching her. Who cares for a paper princess? Who cares for a fairytale? My god, she's beautiful, and he's alive here to see it. "Come here, mon coeur."

"Lumiere! Your flames!" He's burning too bright. His flames are inches high, throwing their shadows huge on the wall. For half a moment they look human.

"Yes, so there were flames. Who cares? The soldier was made of metal, strong and stern stuff! And the beautiful paper princess—she would be too beautiful to burn. Maybe they were in the fire. The fire didn't touch them."

~~~~

Ten days after the end of the curse, and Plumette isn't over the joys of being herself again. She was looking at the stretch marks on her thighs earlier in the evening, the little wrinkles at the edges of her eyes—dear god, she thinks, I'm beautiful, and pushes the candle closer to the mirror so she can see every little thing. Lumiere, sneaking up behind her, kisses her head and smiles into her neck.

"Lumiere? What happened to the paper princess?" asks Plumette, letting down her hair and dropping her feathers. He's forgotten the tale, but something about it keeps drifting through her mind.

"The what? Oh, the princess." He hasn't a clue what she's talking about but something nudges him—a princess, cut from paper and lace, floating over fire. Did she have feathers? Why not, why not? "Oh, she's dancing still. She floated over the flames and dragged her lover after her. Who can resist a good breeze? Anyone as beautiful as she was, cut from the best paper with her beautiful lace, she could survive anything."

"And her lover?"

"Ah, well, he's susceptible to fire—but she makes him brave. Dance with me, darling. I do not burn you anymore."

~~~~

Melting, dancing, floating, burning—who knows which way the story goes? But in every version the boy follows the girl. And this version is no different.

[reallyhardy]

“mrs potts got the girl to come to dinner! they’re on their way…” “superb, plumette! final preparations…”

bonus: they got to kiss each other again 😌

[myfellowcandlesticks]

a little Plumiere softness 🪶🕯️

[justdalek]

So when I was talking to my friends about the Beauty and the Beast fusion au that I had created, I drew up a sketch of Heliodor (the Cogsworth/Lumiere fusion) if he was in the 2017 remake. Then my brain thought of what the other fusions (old and new) would be if they were in the 2017 remake

SO!

I hath created the list. Only Moonstone, Heliodor, Rhodizite, and Almandine exist in both the 1991 and 2017 versions (albeit both versions of the fusions are very different from each other personality wise with some slight altercations to their physical forms)

Moonstone (Adam, Belle) - extremely smart, extremely nerdy, and did I mention that they are kinda huge n buff? Kinda looks like a horse ngl

Heliodor (Cogsworth, Lumiere) - the epitome of a best friend fusion! They rotate 360 degrees and tell very, very bad jokes

Rhodizite (Lumiere, Plumette) - this fusion cannot stop spreading love everywhere! They love flirting and of course they give out such good hugs

Sapphirine (Cadenza, Garderobe) - such a musical fusion. They can sing and play an entire opera for you at the drop of a hat. Also a giver of wonderful hugs

Obsidian (Cuisiner, Chapeau) - best cook, best voice of reason, and everyone’s best friend! Obs may look scary at first, but they are really big teddy bear

Hypersthene (Belle, Maurice) - inverter of everything! With two genius minds combined, anything is possible!

Hambergite (Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts) - the ultimate best British parent! They are surprisingly favored by all the kids (especially Chip) as this fusion makes the best tea and scones and tell the best bedtime stories

Almandine (Cogsworth, Lumiere, Plumette) - because Dalek believes that this would happen at some point. The fusion mainly exists for Cogsworth to keep Lumi n Plume in check, but the three are such a unit together. Powerful and charming, they tend to be the fusion that sways the kingdoms to join Adam’s. They are also extremely good at chess, tho it might be because they kinda look like a chess bishop

Titanite (Cogsworth, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts) - Adam’s best (and most sane) advisor. They really only exist during times of great stress in the kingdom, but they may occasionally fuse for fun

Since I am extremely rusty with the 2017 movie, all opinions and suggestions are greatly welcome with these fusions. Also if you guys want be to make up some art and flesh these guys out a bit more, I'll gladly do so

Gonna tag @lumiereandcogsworth and @lumiereswig since they are experts of this movie