Beauty and The Beast

La Bella y la Bestia, el Musical en Teatro Principal de Valencia de Valencia (Spain).

I suspect the reason we don’t see it is because we have a lot of preconceived notions of what a rabbit is and symbolises. The general idea of The Beast is to make him either threatening, unappealing, or uncanny, usually using various types of animal as shorthand for those traits. Our cultural idea of what a rabbit is doesn’t encompass any of those things, so it’s less of a go-to.

Does that mean don’t use a rabbit? Heck no! It just means you might have to work much harder to achieve an air of menace (if that’s what you want) or that you may have to come from a different angle, such as making your beast too cute and animal-like to be seen as a suitor, rather than too scary and inhuman.

Peter Proksch (1935–2012), “La Belle et la Bête”

I've always loved the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Ever since I was a child I would think about doing my own take on it. I was thinking about it again recently. A Beautiful Beast and a Beastly Beauty and their fight against fate. (Both characters are women smile)

Beauty and the Beast: Scenario and Dialogs

Dorky prince

"We are in another time in another country. In a small lonely house, three sisters wait for their father to return home from the big city. If all has gone as he promised, he will come riding with many precious gifts. The youngest of the tree sisters has asked only for a beautiful rose - a modest wish one would think..."

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Another wild card! This is one that I became aware of thanks to Tumblr (one of the few good things about Tumblr is that it will still on occasion lead me to new movies). 1989 Danish stop motion crafted and directed by a woman Beauty and the Beast? Sign me up!

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My gothic tribute to 'Beauty and The Beast'

CORPSE DE BALLET 🩰

This week I re-read through the incredible @batbcomic by @megan-kearney ! I was obsessed with when I was 14, and for the first time in years, I read it and then reread it and fell back into my madness and obsession once again but now I can draw the characters better (I hope)

Also enjoy old art I found in my sketchbook from years ago

Building a fandom for @batbcomic with my bare hands