Love the Minotaur. What is the Beast hiding? (Lumiere: The Master is hiding nothing! Belle: Then it wouldn't be forbidden.)
Actually, I'm most reminded of McKinley's Beauty speculating about her Beast as Cerberus.
Anyway, lovely page! I read all sideways in the chair like that too. One of my favorite lines in McKinley's Beauty was about how the room was always cool enough that she could sit by the fire and read. Talk about wish fulfillment!
The fact that you bring the Minotaur into this is amusing personally as that is where I have taken my own inspiration when it comes to visual representations of the Beast. Minotaurians represent!
The Minotaur is, indeed, an excellent example (or nearly any mythical being, now that I think of it) of what can act as inspiration for the Beast, both visually and for his character.
Also: Am I right in thinking, Valtinen, that you're the livejournal user who writes reviews about BatB/PotO re-tellings and such?
It's a small section from Ovid's Metamorphoses (with thanks to my lit-major Brother in law, who helped me find the passages I wanted in latin!)
Don't worry, it's a detail there for veracity, not for any major plot reason. If it's important to understanding the story, I'll always make sure its explained!
Metamorphoses will come up a few times. It was something I was reading during the time I laid out a lot of the major plot of BATB so it seemed fitting to give it a nod...Book club, anyone?
And at long last, I have finally reached the most recent page. I bet you're a little disappointed at that, Megan. Now you won't have a bunch of reviews sitting in your inbox each day to pour over (even if some of those were thin). Until further notice, I'm saying that spot on the table is the sweet pea flowers.
Ah, reading by firelight - not great for your eyes, but I'd do it too if I were her. I enjoy that her cushy seat also has the paws at the ends of its legs. Her thinking about the Minotaur reminds me of her internal monologue when she was first heading here. Fortunately for you, Beauty, the Beast doesn't plan to eat you...and is quite aware of what he is, as you have noted.
Well, I hope you've enjoyed this commenting spree, Megan. My promise has now been kept...or should I say the "agreement" has been "observed"? (Cheeky grin.) In any case, I'm looking forward to the Friday update! I'll see you then.
...I feel as if our theoretical fae is going to say that at some point. XD
I'm glad you liked all of the messages (yay, I made your weekend! I would have finished yesterday, but my internet died in the evening T_T). It was really nice to go back and analyze the story with all of the information we have now in mind. My theories are stronger now than they were. And honestly, this was kind of like a movie playing in my head. I kept being like, "Oh, I need to look at the next pages and see what happens (despite reading every update)!" This fourth chapter has been...I've definitely had less time to process the contents, I think. It feels fresh to my brain, XD. In any case, this has been an enjoyable experience, overall.
Now I have to finish a certain essay...with that fanart you did for me...which may be nearly as long as my senior seminar paper.../oh dear/. I blame all of the character analysis I'm doing in it. The section on a certain cat is so, so long now.
