Beauty and the Beast

I realized something when watching Beauty and the Beast. Gaston is basically the Prince before the Witch cursed him. The Prince was forced into body dysmorphia in order to empathize with others. His isolation made sure he was surrounded by those rightfully blaming him for their situation instead of being fawned over. However, by having Gaston be the villain and go after the Prince directly. It's like his past literally catches up with him instead of just running out of time with the rose. So often, we have this past sense of self haunting us or sabotaging us from moving forward and this was done in a literal way with the fight between the Prince and Gaston. The Prince even appears dead, but with his past lying dead below, and Belle's part in the curse fulfilled, he's able to finally move on to be a whole new person.