Alright so everyone knows that the new Beauty and the Beast just came out as part of Disney's live action remakes. I had the opportunity to see this movie, along with some prompting from an assignment that my girlfriend had, and judge it based on philosophy. The assignment was to judge the beast and his personal identity over time. Basically, was the beast already a nice person as the beast or did he develop over time as person. However, I saw this movie and realized something absolutely amazing... I am the Beast... and no I don't mean this in the sense that I do crossfit all the time and lift over a thousand pounds. I mean that I changed as a person when I found my Belle.
A little background to this. I was a really crappy person just like the embodiment of the beast in the movie. If my insides had been on the outside I would have probably looked something like the beast. I pretty much only used my friends and the people around me for my own benefit. I cared more about myself than anyone else. I treated girls like trash and did not feel anything after hurting them. All this made for a weird couple years when friends came and went and I almost felt cursed with dating and friendships just like the castle filled with all the people who blamed me for cursing them along with myself.
However, one day in the back of an education class that I was wondering why I actually had to take... I met my Belle. She was sitting at the front of the class. She never really spoke to me and made me make the first move like the Beast asking Belle to dinner. Then we actually started dating I knew she would change my curse. She stood up to me. She made me treat her like the woman that she was. She did not let me push her around or bully her into doing things that I wanted. She is intelligent and kind and pretty much everything you would expect out of a Disney princess (she would probably kill me if she heard me call her princess).
All of these things changed my cursed heart into a man that actually deserves her (I hope). It made me start treating my friends better and changing my environment. It went from a frozen wasteland surrounded by an impenetrable forest into a warm and inviting place filled with friends and the girl that made all of it possible. Sure we have had our problems just like the Beast and Belle. We have even been apart from one another, but eventually came back together.
Happily Ever After?. . . To be continued
