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[[WMG: LeFou is dyslexic.]]
The village has a schoolhouse for boys, yet LeFou is illiterate. Why is that? Well, maybe when he was a boy, he tried to learn to read, but could never get the hang of it. Since the village's culture is so small-minded, the schoolmaster likely didn't realize he had a disability, but just dismissed him as stupid and gave up trying to teach him.

The films used will be shown to be part of a SharedUniverse, albeit in varying time periods. Yen Sid uses his magic to bring some of the characters from the previous films together in order to create a team to help him defeat the evil FusionDance of Dragon Maleficent and Chernabog. Yes, it would essentially be a Disney version of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', but taken UpToEleven as it would take influences from ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths, with the characters included being:

Belle's the village weirdo, despite being the town's "most beautiful woman". She can read, has mechanical inclination (anticipating her father's next needed tool/component, designing, prototyping, and constructing a churning clothes washer), has pro-education sentiments, and asserts herself rationally towards Beast's and Gaston's obstinacy. However, she has a romantic streak when it comes to reading stories (as per the "Prince Charming" part of her IAmSong at the beginning and her love for ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''). Beast, conversely, has had his broodiness dialed up to eleven, and now a dyed-in-the-wool Byronic Hero. However, he had his pick of beautiful debutantes as shown in the prologue; he's attracted to Belle ''because'' of her enlightened intellect ("[[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind]]"), shares her dislike of rustic life ("Your village sounds terrible"), and has an initial dislike of silly romance stories (until he catches the bug from Belle). Belle is Enlightened with a Romantic streak, Beast is Romantic with an Enlightened streak.

The films used will be shown to be part of a SharedUniverse, albeit in varying time periods. Yen Sid uses his magic to bring some of the characters from the previous films together in order to create a team to help him defeat the evil FusionDance of Dragon Maleficent and Chernabog. Yes, it would essentially be a Disney version of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', but taken UpToEleven as it would take influences from {{ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths}}, with the characters included being:

* Mowgli: From the live-action ''[[film/TheJungleBook2016 Jungle Book]]'' film.

* Mowgli: From the live-action ''[[Disney/TheJungleBook2016 Jungle Book]]'' film.

** LeFou helps Gaston to control himself by reminding him of the violence and bloodshed (and the widows).

* Inability to reconnect with loved ones (LeFou and Belle in the mob scene)

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** It makes sense to have the wolves be a part of the curse in general. The wolves seem to herd Maurice to the castle at the beginning of the film and when Belle flees from the castle they give chase. . .''as if to take her back.''

The propensity of magic in the story makes me want to connect it to the HarryPotter universe. Hermione decided to take a year off after the Battle of Hogwarts, went on a time travel vacation, and assumed the identity of Belle, but forgot her wand. Both characters are played by Creator/EmmaWatson, love reading, and are in excessively magical circumstances at a castle. This is a 'sequel' to Harry Potter's experiences with TheWomanInBlack.

The films used will be shown to be part of a SharedUniverse, albeit in varying time periods. Yen Sid uses his magic to bring some of the characters from the previous films together in order to create a team to help him defeat the evil Chernabog. Yes, it would essentially be a Disney version of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with the characters included being:

[[WMG: Had the curse's stipulations been the same as in this film, Forte would've been a much more dependable protagonist.]]
The animated Forte wanted the curse to never break as he felt he performed his role much better as an organ. This film adds in the complication that if the time limit expires and the curse remains unbroken, the servants will become inanimate objects forever. Had this been in play in the animated film, Forte would've actively tried to help break the curse since he will die with the others if it isn't broken. In other words, Cadenza is a look at what a hero Forte could've been had the circumstances (and Forte's personality) been different.

Looking at the ruined family portrait, the Beast is depicted as a child wielding a scepter, indicating royal authority or sovereignty. In this version, the Beast lost his father at a young age and is actually the King.

The man and woman are his uncle (possibly the late King's younger brother who was pushed down the line of succession following the Beast's birth) and mother and respectively, the Beast's prince and queen regents. Maybe it was the Prince Regent who turned away the Enchantress.

[[WMG: The film will be successful to the point that Disney will make plans to do a CrisisCrossover film for it and some of the other live-action remake films, both previous and upcoming ones.]]
The films used will be shown to be part of a SharedUniverse, albeit in varying time periods. Yen Sid uses his magic to bring some of the characters from the previous films together in order to create a team to help him defeat the evil Chernabog. Yes, it would essentially be a Disney version of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with the characters included being:
* Yen Sid: Introduced in the crossover film.
* The Beast: The one from this film of course.
* Belle: Of course she would be part of it too.
* Mulan: From the upcoming 2018 film adaptation.
* Mowgli: From the live-action ''[[Disney/TheJungleBook2016 Jungle Book]]'' film.
* Alice: From the two previous films... but only so they can still profit from the character without having to give [[Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass her previous film]] after it was a BoxOfficeBomb.
* And possibly more, but that'll have to wait until more is known about the upcoming films.

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She has amazing magical powers, her curse has arbitrary rules that have to be followed and she seems to follow a BlueAndOrangeMorality where punishing the staff fits into the plan to make the Beast find love but she feels no need to punish Gaston despite his rather worse crimes. She's also quite the shape-shifter and quick to take offense. Seems very Fae to me.

Of course this isn't really feasible, given the different time periods. Both Maurice and Phoebus are Kevin Kline in Paris, and Belle's mother was vaguely Romani looking, with long, luxuriant dark hair, and is said to have been "fearless," so let's just pretend. Even with Frollo dead, Phoebus was still technically a deserter, so he changed his name to Maurice to evade the law and became an artist. He and Esmeralda then settled down and had a daughter, but sadly [[spoiler: Esmeralda caught the plague, Maurice was forced to flee with baby Belle, etc.]] Where Quasimodo is during all this, and if he's still alive during the main ''Beauty and the Beast'' timeline, is [[FanficFuel an open question.]]

Belle's the village weirdo, despite being the town's "most beautiful woman". She can read, has mechanical inclination (anticipating her father's next needed tool/component, designing, prototyping, and constructing a churning clothes washer), has pro-education sentiments, and asserts herself rationally towards Beast's and Gaston's obstinacy. However, she has a romantic streak when it comes to reading stories (as per the "Prince Charming" part of her IAmSong at the beginning). Beast, conversely, has had his broodiness dialed up to eleven, and now a dyed-in-the-wool Byronic Hero. However, he had his pick of beautiful debutantes as shown in the prologue; he's attracted to Belle ''because'' of her enlightened intellect ("[[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind]]"), shares her dislike of rustic life ("Your village sounds terrible"), and has an initial dislike of silly romance stories (until he catches the bug from Belle). Belle is Enlightened with a Romantic streak, Beast is Romantic with an Enlightened streak.

In France, back in the day, it was not unusual for "prince" to simply be an aristocratic title, of someone with a high rank of nobility, but without ruling any actual territory and without any link to the royal family.
Think about it, not once, are the prince's parents referred to as "King" or "Queen" (except for in the credits). In the prologue it's mentioned that the prince heavily taxed the village, but how if he didn't actually rule the village? Simple! It's an isolated provincial town, he (or his father) just made them believe he was royalty (he sure seemed to be).