The Appeal to Disney's Belle

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22 Apr 2010, 1:34 pm

Belle seems to have been afflicted with what might have been termed "Stockholm syndrome", where a hostage develops a dependent attitude towards her captor.

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22 Apr 2010, 8:03 pm

Come to think of it, the princess from The Black Cauldron is never mentioned among all the other Disney princesses.

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22 Apr 2010, 8:29 pm

Descartes wrote:

Come to think of it, the princess from The Black Cauldron is never mentioned among all the other Disney princesses.

Isn't that because everyone hated that movie?

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22 Apr 2010, 9:38 pm

AtomicKaiju wrote:

Descartes wrote:

Come to think of it, the princess from The Black Cauldron is never mentioned among all the other Disney princesses.

Isn't that because everyone hated that movie?

Hate is such a strong word, but that movie did do very poorly. :lol:

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20 May 2010, 4:35 am

I'm a Belle fan for just the same reasons that have been put by others before me!!

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20 May 2010, 5:52 pm

Well she's classy, she's sassy, doesn't take **** from anybody, and speaks her mind; all without coming across as a presumptuous b****. Did I mention she doesn't judge people by their appearances, but what's on the inside? She rejected Gaston, a handsome successful man who had a beast of a personality, and fell in love with the Beast after seeing who he was inside. Also, Stockholm syndrome is soooo romantic.

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26 May 2010, 11:06 pm

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Personally, I think her character sends out a bad message to young girls. It appears that if the guy you're with acts like an insensitive boorish a**hole, then don't worry, with enough love, you can change him.

I'm not sure about that. Belle doesn't start out loving the beast, after all.

Rather, it's a story about how love can develop between two people who sacrifice for each other even if they don't click immediately. That's a far more sensible story than all the "love at first sight" ones.

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28 May 2010, 6:32 pm

zee wrote:

She's not really a princess, at least not during the movie, whereas most of the others are.

Cinderella isn't a princess until the end either, is she?

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29 May 2010, 8:36 pm

I think she has some AS traits as well.

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