Nov 2, 2025
Beauty and the Beast (1991) isn't just about not judging a book by its cover; it's also (and primarily) about how love can transform even the most selfish individuals and how there's always a chance to be better. That's why he transformed in the end. It wasn't about "Love me with my flaws and all", but about "Your selflessness and love made me want to become a better person."
#disney#beauty and the beast#meta#disney meta#txt#“don't judge a book by its cover” is such a superficial way to read the original batb movie#because if that had been the case then beast would have been nicer to belle since the beginning and belle wouldn't have had a legitimate#reason to wanna leave but guess what beast did very much behave like a beast with her but when she saw that he actually had some good in him#that's when she began to change her perception of him. she began to see that he had some good in that aggressive mean deameanor that he#exhibited#gaston was concerned with appearances because bad people don't care about the content of the character just looks#and all gaston saw in belle was her looks not her personality not her mind not her values nothing nada#he saw a prize to be won and that's why she wanted nothing to do with him#had gaston shown some selflessness belle would have started to see him differently#but he never made the effort to change and that's why beast got belle
