OOC: Info post - Disney Overlord 2.0 Version
The Canon
This is mostly stolen from my app, but hey, if you somehow have never seen Disney's Beauty and the Beast, BEHOLD, A RECAP:
The story is based upon the original fairytale, Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, in which a beautiful young woman sacrifices her own freedom for her father's, and teaches a spoiled prince-turned-monster how to love. However, Disney changes a few things, as they're wont to do, to make it generally more kid-friendly and injected with humor.
We're told in a prologue about this prince -- who, honestly, I'm not sure is prince of France, or possibly has some lesser countryside territory, or what, because the whole thing clearly takes place in France BUT I DIGRESS -- who is spoiled, selfish, and generally kind of terrible. One evening, an old woman asks to take shelter in his castle, in exchange for a single perfect rose. The prince, being kind of a dick, is all "Oh HELLS no, lol." The old woman transforms into a beautiful enchantress, who in turn transforms the prince into a beast (he's sort of like if a wolf was crossed with a bear was crossed with a buffalo), and his servants into household objects and furniture. She tells him that that offered rose will bloom until his twenty-first birthday, and he has until the last petal falls to learn how to love another person, and be loved in return, or else he and his household will be trapped this way forever. She also totes gives him a magic hand mirror that reveals far-off events, so he can spy on stuff from his castle while never ever leaving it.
Fast-forward a few years, and we meet our heroine, the aptly-named Belle. Belle lives with her father in a little town (it's a quiet village, every day like the one beeefoooooore -- did I not mention this is a musical, by the way?) in the French countryside. Belle is widely believed to be the most beautiful girl in town, but frankly, she couldn't care less -- her passion isn't for romance or for her looks, but for the written word. Belle devours books, and the opening song depicts her walking through her crowded provincial town, her nose in a book as the townspeople all talk about how weird she is for reading rather than trying to find a husband or do something normal.
Chief amongst these admirers/questioners of Belle is Gaston, our villain (though I'm not even sure we can call him that. JFC, I love Gaston, but I digress again.) Gaston is all rippling muscles and approximately 2.5 braincells, and desperately in love with his own reflection. He and his companion, LeFou, decide that naturally as the prettiest girl, Belle is the only woman fit to be Gaston's bride. When Belle ultimately rejects him (citing the fact that they have nothing in common and she wants more than to just settle in this town and be someone's -- least of all Gaston's -- wife), Gaston is humiliated. More on that in a second.
Anyway. Belle, like many Disney princesses/heroines, inexplicably has no mother, but has a very close relationship with her father, Maurice. Maurice is an inventor, and perhaps somewhat eccentric. (Srsly, the whole town makes fun of both of them for being smart. I like your subtlety, Disney.) Maurice takes off to go to a fair with his newest invention, a mechanical wood-chopper. However, he meets with disaster! In the woods, he loses his way, and eventually seeks shelter and help in the Beast's castle. The Beast's servants -- Lumiere (a candlestick), Cogsworth (a clock) and Mrs. Potts and her son, Chip (a teapot and teacup, respectively) greet him enthusiastically, thrilled at the very idea of having someone around who's not super freaking abusive. Sadly, the Beast doesn't exactly share their excitement, and imprisons Maurice.
Fortunately for all the characters and the plot of this story, Belle and Maurice's horse, Philippe, is able to find his way back to their house and lead Belle to where her father's being held captive. Once she sees both her father and the Beast, she offers to take Maurice's place, and the Beast agrees. Maurice is set free, and hurries to the town. He bursts into the tavern where Gaston and his many, many friends are bolstering his ego back up, and tells them that Belle's been imprisoned by a horrible beast. Naturally, they all laugh at him and throw him out, because this is the worst town in all of 19th century France and possibly the world. And here is where Gaston ups his jerk factor and decides he's going to toss Maurice in an asylum unless Belle agrees to marry him. Because that's totally a great basis for a healthy relationship. I'm just sayin', Gaston, you might want to work on your approach, dude.
Anyway. Belle makes friends with all of the servants-slash-objects via a delightful song about how excited they are to have a guest for once. They give her a tour of the castle, and Belle of course goes to the one place she's not supposed to -- the West Wing. (No, not that one.) She finds the Beast's quarters there and totally touches ALL OF HIS STUFF, including the enchanted rose, and when the Beast finds her, he flips the eff out and chases her out.
Belle attempts escape, but is attacked by wolves and subsequently rescued by the Beast, who she then has to nurse back to health. Over the course of winter, she teaches him about kindness, and he rewards her with a beeeeaauuuuutiful huge library in his castle, and it's like, delightful. The servants are all excited because it seems that Belle and the Beast are falling in love, and that the spell might finally be broken, but they can't push anything. On the night that Belle and the Beast totes have their first date (or she's teaching him to dance, whatever), he allows her to look into the magic mirror. There, she sees Maurice dying the in the woods in an attempt to rescue her, and the Beast lets her go, giving her the mirror to remember him by.
In the film's final act, Belle gets her daddy back home safe, but Gaston shows up with a crowd and that royally screwed-up "marry me or have your dad committed" plan. Belle shows them all the magic mirror with the Beast in it to prove that Maurice isn't crazy, which is probably not her best move because then the mob's attention is diverted away from "force that chick into marriage!" to "OH CRAP THAT THING IS NEAR OUR HOUSES?" The mob, led by Gaston, descends upon the Beast's castle, and there's plenty of madcap hilariousness involving candlesticks and napkins having to fight townspeople. Gaston gets the Beast on the roof, though, and attacks him. The Beast, though initially too depressed to even fight back, gets a second wind when he sees Belle approaching. The Beast totally wins against Gaston but spares his life -- unfortunately, Gaston is not a good person at all and literally stabs the Beast in the back. But, since Disney apparently is all about karma, he then loses his balance and falls onto some really spiky turrets and dies like a dying thing.
The Beast, also dying like a dying thing in Belle's arms, is down to the last petal on that rose of his. Just as the last petal falls, Belle tearfully whispers that she loves him, and omg ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE ARE CRAZY-ASS BEAMS OF LIGHT AND SPARKLIES. And then the Beast is not only totally okay, but also a hot-ass prince. Yay! And all the servants turn into people again, rather than footstools and armoires! Yay! Happily ever after! Good triumphs over...well, Gaston's not really evil. Good triumphs over hubris and jackassery?
The Girl
Belle is a highly intelligent young woman, with a strong will and a stubborn streak. She's also extremely kind, patient and empathetic, going out of her way to be nice to people who don't necessarily deserve it. She has no problem dealing with people who upset her, and is no doormat, but she'll keep it firm and polite to a point.
Belle's a ridiculous bookworm, too, rereading her favorite books several times and eager to read anything new she can get her hands on. She's extremely curious -- a trait that gets her into trouble more than once -- and desperate to learn and grow beyond the confines of her upbringing. She's fiercely loyal, once you've earned her respect, and has a tiny bit of a temper (again, something that gets her in trouble.) But impetuousness and strong will aside, girl's a sweet Disney princess through and through, even if she's got a few differing qualities.
Physically speaking, she's slender and willowy, probably on the slightly-taller end of average for a 20 year-old female. (And yeah, I'm guessing on the age, there.) Belle has large hazel eyes and brown hair that falls just past her shoulders, and usually has it tied back in a bow.
In terms of where she's coming from, canon-wise, Belle is post-canon! Which means that the prince (whose name is Adam) is un-Beastified, and everyone at home is de-objectified. Belle found a brochure for Fandom High in her new castle home, and decided that just transforming a guy from beast to man with her love and settling into princessing isn't enough adventure for her.
So say hi to your new librarian. She may just eat her words about wanting more adventure.
The Player
HI. So, I suck at stealthing anyway. I'm Erin, I'm tiny, I just started a new job and keep teacher-hours as a result -- I'm around from about 4-11 EST most days, and weekends are usually pretty good -- and I'm prone to getting caught singing embarrassing Disney songs in my car while sitting in traffic. No, seriously. It's a problem.
There's a library info post to come that I stole from E but in the meantime: QUESTIONS?
This is mostly stolen from my app, but hey, if you somehow have never seen Disney's Beauty and the Beast, BEHOLD, A RECAP:
The story is based upon the original fairytale, Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, in which a beautiful young woman sacrifices her own freedom for her father's, and teaches a spoiled prince-turned-monster how to love. However, Disney changes a few things, as they're wont to do, to make it generally more kid-friendly and injected with humor.
We're told in a prologue about this prince -- who, honestly, I'm not sure is prince of France, or possibly has some lesser countryside territory, or what, because the whole thing clearly takes place in France BUT I DIGRESS -- who is spoiled, selfish, and generally kind of terrible. One evening, an old woman asks to take shelter in his castle, in exchange for a single perfect rose. The prince, being kind of a dick, is all "Oh HELLS no, lol." The old woman transforms into a beautiful enchantress, who in turn transforms the prince into a beast (he's sort of like if a wolf was crossed with a bear was crossed with a buffalo), and his servants into household objects and furniture. She tells him that that offered rose will bloom until his twenty-first birthday, and he has until the last petal falls to learn how to love another person, and be loved in return, or else he and his household will be trapped this way forever. She also totes gives him a magic hand mirror that reveals far-off events, so he can spy on stuff from his castle while never ever leaving it.
Fast-forward a few years, and we meet our heroine, the aptly-named Belle. Belle lives with her father in a little town (it's a quiet village, every day like the one beeefoooooore -- did I not mention this is a musical, by the way?) in the French countryside. Belle is widely believed to be the most beautiful girl in town, but frankly, she couldn't care less -- her passion isn't for romance or for her looks, but for the written word. Belle devours books, and the opening song depicts her walking through her crowded provincial town, her nose in a book as the townspeople all talk about how weird she is for reading rather than trying to find a husband or do something normal.
Chief amongst these admirers/questioners of Belle is Gaston, our villain (though I'm not even sure we can call him that. JFC, I love Gaston, but I digress again.) Gaston is all rippling muscles and approximately 2.5 braincells, and desperately in love with his own reflection. He and his companion, LeFou, decide that naturally as the prettiest girl, Belle is the only woman fit to be Gaston's bride. When Belle ultimately rejects him (citing the fact that they have nothing in common and she wants more than to just settle in this town and be someone's -- least of all Gaston's -- wife), Gaston is humiliated. More on that in a second.
Anyway. Belle, like many Disney princesses/heroines, inexplicably has no mother, but has a very close relationship with her father, Maurice. Maurice is an inventor, and perhaps somewhat eccentric. (Srsly, the whole town makes fun of both of them for being smart. I like your subtlety, Disney.) Maurice takes off to go to a fair with his newest invention, a mechanical wood-chopper. However, he meets with disaster! In the woods, he loses his way, and eventually seeks shelter and help in the Beast's castle. The Beast's servants -- Lumiere (a candlestick), Cogsworth (a clock) and Mrs. Potts and her son, Chip (a teapot and teacup, respectively) greet him enthusiastically, thrilled at the very idea of having someone around who's not super freaking abusive. Sadly, the Beast doesn't exactly share their excitement, and imprisons Maurice.
Fortunately for all the characters and the plot of this story, Belle and Maurice's horse, Philippe, is able to find his way back to their house and lead Belle to where her father's being held captive. Once she sees both her father and the Beast, she offers to take Maurice's place, and the Beast agrees. Maurice is set free, and hurries to the town. He bursts into the tavern where Gaston and his many, many friends are bolstering his ego back up, and tells them that Belle's been imprisoned by a horrible beast. Naturally, they all laugh at him and throw him out, because this is the worst town in all of 19th century France and possibly the world. And here is where Gaston ups his jerk factor and decides he's going to toss Maurice in an asylum unless Belle agrees to marry him. Because that's totally a great basis for a healthy relationship. I'm just sayin', Gaston, you might want to work on your approach, dude.
Anyway. Belle makes friends with all of the servants-slash-objects via a delightful song about how excited they are to have a guest for once. They give her a tour of the castle, and Belle of course goes to the one place she's not supposed to -- the West Wing. (No, not that one.) She finds the Beast's quarters there and totally touches ALL OF HIS STUFF, including the enchanted rose, and when the Beast finds her, he flips the eff out and chases her out.
Belle attempts escape, but is attacked by wolves and subsequently rescued by the Beast, who she then has to nurse back to health. Over the course of winter, she teaches him about kindness, and he rewards her with a beeeeaauuuuutiful huge library in his castle, and it's like, delightful. The servants are all excited because it seems that Belle and the Beast are falling in love, and that the spell might finally be broken, but they can't push anything. On the night that Belle and the Beast totes have their first date (or she's teaching him to dance, whatever), he allows her to look into the magic mirror. There, she sees Maurice dying the in the woods in an attempt to rescue her, and the Beast lets her go, giving her the mirror to remember him by.
In the film's final act, Belle gets her daddy back home safe, but Gaston shows up with a crowd and that royally screwed-up "marry me or have your dad committed" plan. Belle shows them all the magic mirror with the Beast in it to prove that Maurice isn't crazy, which is probably not her best move because then the mob's attention is diverted away from "force that chick into marriage!" to "OH CRAP THAT THING IS NEAR OUR HOUSES?" The mob, led by Gaston, descends upon the Beast's castle, and there's plenty of madcap hilariousness involving candlesticks and napkins having to fight townspeople. Gaston gets the Beast on the roof, though, and attacks him. The Beast, though initially too depressed to even fight back, gets a second wind when he sees Belle approaching. The Beast totally wins against Gaston but spares his life -- unfortunately, Gaston is not a good person at all and literally stabs the Beast in the back. But, since Disney apparently is all about karma, he then loses his balance and falls onto some really spiky turrets and dies like a dying thing.
The Beast, also dying like a dying thing in Belle's arms, is down to the last petal on that rose of his. Just as the last petal falls, Belle tearfully whispers that she loves him, and omg ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE ARE CRAZY-ASS BEAMS OF LIGHT AND SPARKLIES. And then the Beast is not only totally okay, but also a hot-ass prince. Yay! And all the servants turn into people again, rather than footstools and armoires! Yay! Happily ever after! Good triumphs over...well, Gaston's not really evil. Good triumphs over hubris and jackassery?
The Girl
Belle is a highly intelligent young woman, with a strong will and a stubborn streak. She's also extremely kind, patient and empathetic, going out of her way to be nice to people who don't necessarily deserve it. She has no problem dealing with people who upset her, and is no doormat, but she'll keep it firm and polite to a point.
Belle's a ridiculous bookworm, too, rereading her favorite books several times and eager to read anything new she can get her hands on. She's extremely curious -- a trait that gets her into trouble more than once -- and desperate to learn and grow beyond the confines of her upbringing. She's fiercely loyal, once you've earned her respect, and has a tiny bit of a temper (again, something that gets her in trouble.) But impetuousness and strong will aside, girl's a sweet Disney princess through and through, even if she's got a few differing qualities.
Physically speaking, she's slender and willowy, probably on the slightly-taller end of average for a 20 year-old female. (And yeah, I'm guessing on the age, there.) Belle has large hazel eyes and brown hair that falls just past her shoulders, and usually has it tied back in a bow.
In terms of where she's coming from, canon-wise, Belle is post-canon! Which means that the prince (whose name is Adam) is un-Beastified, and everyone at home is de-objectified. Belle found a brochure for Fandom High in her new castle home, and decided that just transforming a guy from beast to man with her love and settling into princessing isn't enough adventure for her.
So say hi to your new librarian. She may just eat her words about wanting more adventure.
The Player
HI. So, I suck at stealthing anyway. I'm Erin, I'm tiny, I just started a new job and keep teacher-hours as a result -- I'm around from about 4-11 EST most days, and weekends are usually pretty good -- and I'm prone to getting caught singing embarrassing Disney songs in my car while sitting in traffic. No, seriously. It's a problem.
There's a library info post to come that I stole from E but in the meantime: QUESTIONS?