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:icontaijavigilia:
I hate Gaston but I have to adore how he is such a perfect believable villain since most of us have known a guy like that at some point. Most of my favourite villains (Lady Tremaine, Cruella deVil) are like that, proving that you don’t need magic potions or changing yourself into a dragon to be able to ruin someone’s life. Just selfishness is enough.

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:iconforsakendreamstheif:
Heehee! I love your point! That's me the andvent book reader! I had always wondered why I liked Bell so much... XD
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:iconsilverlady7:
Exactly. Selfishness and sadism, too. What makes Gaston such an interesting character is the way he changes from ridiculous to scary... and thatīs real, if you remember the reportings about men who pursued/tortured women who didnīt want them. I liked that he (or a version of him) was included in Once Upon a Time, though I didnīt like much Belleīs version in that serie. (as much as I like Mr Gold, it was a disapointment to learn he had replaced my beloved Beast).

I like your style - you should consider seriously about making a BatB comic.
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:icontaijavigilia:
~TaijaVigilia Apr 28, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you and I did think about making a comic for many years but I have too many ideas and it would either be long and run into hundreds of chapters like some mangas OR I'd have to have someone else to edit (butcher) it for me... but in the meanwhile I'm rather enjoying reading what others are doing, for example there's this delightlful ongoing BatB comic by Megan Kearney: [link] :)

On topic of Gaston yes that's exactly why I think he's such an effective villain because he's what happens in so many situations of domestic violence. He starts off reasonably "normal", sure he's a bit vain and arrogant but not that bad (rest of the village except Belle adores him and by all accounts Belle doesn't seem to mind him *that* much either since she smiles at him and entertains his primeval ways) and then snap he becomes a calculating blackmailer and murderer, I almost wish there was more on his character development at that breaking point but then it would had been too dark for a wholesome family film.
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:iconsilverlady7:
Well, I think that Belle smiled at him just to be polite - both because of her education and especially because she treated Gaston rudely it would backfire on her and her dad and put the entire village against them (with Beast she didnīt have to take the same care, hehe ;)). I was frequently forced to be polite to people that didnīt deserve it just to keep my job, when I was working.

Thanks for the link! Itīs an interesting way of retelling the traditional tale - with some add of the film, obviously. (I liked Virtue)

That is the same reason why I still havenīt made any long comics - itīs hard enough to get inspiration on my unfinished fanfics (not Batb ones), and with a comic would take much more work.

But you can make short comics, of just one or two pages, like I do. A short, funny (or sad) story.
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:iconbritestarrobot:
I love the Bimbettes/Silly Girls. They should become meetable in Disney World.
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:icontaijavigilia:
~TaijaVigilia Apr 27, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yes absolutely! :D
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:iconbritestarrobot:
The photo opportunities with them would be sensational, and it'd be very nice for girls to share their experiences with swooning over cute guys.
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:iconjeana1:
I actually hate Gaston too! I actually hate it when he's rude to Belle and her father.
He should've ask one of those Bimbette triplets to marry him. The real names of the girls are Claudia, who wears a red dress, Laura, who wears yellow dress, and Paula, who wears a green dress
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~TaijaVigilia Apr 27, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I keep being told that those are their names but so far nobody's been able to point out where are they mentioned? Is it from the House of Mouse or something?
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:iconmedieavalbeabe:
Um, it's Provincial not Brovincial
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