All he ever wanted was the woman he loved to love him back. He could have had any other woman in that town, but he chose to remain single for Belle. He defended her father against LeFou's insensitivity. If Gaston had lived, I'd imagine him like an old Mr. Miyagi getting drunk and crying over his dead wife.
shareI'm not certain how serious the Original Poster is but I kind of feel sorry for Gaston on a certain level. Especially when he falls to his death in terror. I know he's a vain, arrogant, jerk but I still kind of feel sorry for him for some reason. He's doing it all for love. There are worse motives for being a jerk.
shareYeah, falling to his death in terror because he went on an epic mission for the woman he loves is very sad. I'd imagine that Gaston and Belle grew up around each other. He seems like the type who was the shy and awkward kid who was completely ignored by Belle. He then devoted all his effort to build himself up in a tragically vain effort to get her to notice him. :'(
shareYeah, falling to his death in terror because he went on an epic mission for the woman he loves is very sad. I'd imagine that Gaston and Belle grew up around each other. He seems like the type who was the shy and awkward kid who was completely ignored by Belle. He then devoted all his effort to build himself up in a tragically vain effort to get her to notice him. :'(
The OP is a boring troll who keeps posting a thread like this once or twice a year. No need to take him seriously.
shareThe OP is a boring troll who keeps posting a thread like this once or twice a year. No need to take him seriously.
You've been doing this for years, ofcourse you're a troll.
He represents the guys out there who are ignored by the women they love.
You've been doing this for years, ofcourse you're a troll.
shareYes, and that dedication has finally paid off. It seems more and more people on this board are finally seeing Gaston for who he really is. In a few years there will be debates called "Team Gaston vs Team Beast".
Especially for you, Chrisbc-1:
http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2016/01/09/11-gastonishing-gaston-facts/?cmp=smc%7C326955191
Especially for you, Chrisbc-1:
http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2016/01/09/11-gastonishing-gaston-facts/?cmp=smc%7C326955191
He didn't love Belle, he just wanted her because she was the most beautiful girl in the village. He considered he was entitled to her. He schemed to have her father put into an asylum. He set out to murder the Besat, and nearly succeeded.
shareSo he was crazy then?
"If this is torture, chain me to the wall"-Oliver and Company
That's what I think, that he only lusted over her looks and felt entitled to "the best" Trying to have her father locked isn't a way show love!
shareOne could make the argument that the society Gaston was a part of were the real villains of the story. Or you could flip it and say the townspeople were the real bad guys. The townspeople were nothing but enablers, stroking Gaston's ego at every turn. They were satiating his ego as opposed to satiating his intellect.
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.
The townspeople were nothing but enablers, stroking Gaston's ego at every turn. They were satiating his ego as opposed to satiating his intellect.
The thing that irks me is that ANY character with a gun in a Disney movie these days will be evil and fall to their deaths. Just wait till winter, when the village starves and freezes without meat and fur.
shareThe thing that irks me is that ANY character with a gun in a Disney movie these days will be evil and fall to their deaths.
I agree. I mean what kind of beast would threaten to lock up a girl's father unless she agreed to be his?
shareI agree. I mean what kind of beast would threaten to lock up a girl's father unless she agreed to be his?
Let me rephrase that since you missed the irony:
What kind of
>>>Beast<<<
Would threaten to lock up a girl's father unless she agreed to be his?
the villagers have cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks etc. They will have those animals to sustain them in winter. And thr pigs can be made into bacon, sausages etc. And they have the wool from the sheep and leather from the cows to make clothing.
shareThat's a good point that I read in a fanfic once: using an axe to kill an animal that you've brought up, and doesn't stand a chance is "good" but using a gun is "evil."
shareI don't remember gaston using a gun on the beast, as far as i can remember he stabs him - after the beast has let him go. i don't think Gaston's gun is an issue in the film at all as far as i can remember.
shareMaybe not directly, but this blog post does make a case regarding Gaston's gun being an issue in the film framing him as a villain (and be warned, there is some foul language in the title and the post): https://writingthemagic.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/belle-is-a-bitch-and-gastons-all-right-beauty-and-the-beasts-character-problems/
And yeah, he never used his blunderbuss during his final fight with Beast in the movie we saw. He DID, however, attempt use it against Beast in one of the earlier drafts (long story short, it's the same one that had Belle throwing a rock at Gaston and causing him to tumble down a ravine, with him surviving with a broken leg, and then getting mauled by wolves. In other words, the same ending that eventually got reused for Scar's death at the hands, or jaws rather, of the Hyenas in The Lion King.).
Pretty sure Gaston was not the only hunter in the village.
shareI did feel kind of bad for him when Belle chose a Beast over him. A Beast. You can see the jealously and hurt in his expression. Lord have mercy if the girl I wanted would rather date a Beast over me.
sharehe wasn't hurt, just incredulous that Belle could prefer anyone to him. He was extremely stupid.
shareHahahaahahaha! You're kidding right? Cause I always saw him for what he is... a great big jerk. Belle is too good a person to live with someone who indulges in self-praise. Like some wise man or a woman once said... "Self praise is donkey praise" Is Belle supposed to feel pity for someone who staged an event to send away her father to an asylum so he can trick her into marrying him?? I dont think so.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
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Did he really love Belle? I don't think so, he didn't come across that way, to paraphrase Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October: There's little room in Gaston's heart for anyone but Gaston.
In other words, the only person he loves is himself. He only saw Belle as another conquest, or a trophy, just another way of saying to everyone "Look how amazing I am!"
I hope the live action remake goes a bit deeper into his character and why he is like that. He's not really evil, just arrogant and closed minded: Been the big fish in the small pond for too long!
Exactly. Though he does cross the line into evil when he threatens to have Belle's father locked up unless she marries him and then when he becomes murderous against The Beast.
Let's be bad guys.
i think he does a couple of things that are definitely evil - trying to get belle's father commited to an insane asylum, and stabbing the Beast after his life had been spared.
sharei think he does a couple of things that are definitely evil - trying to get belle's father commited to an insane asylum, and stabbing the Beast after his life had been spared.
gaston was trying to blackmail belle into marrying him, you don't consider that evil? And it was no bluff, maurice would undoubtedly have been committed, gaston arranged it, we see him doing it, he had no qualms about accusing a man of being insane when he knew perfectly well it was a lie, i
gaston was not trying to protect anyone when he stabbed the beast, the beast had spared his life and let him go, stabbing the beast was simply an act of pure spite and revenge. Gaston did not love the townspeople, he did not love anyone but himself. he invited them to his wedding so he could show off to them about how he was marrying the most beautiful girl, belle. he wanted to be the centre of attention, as always. Someone like gaston would never have a quiet wedding, he's too much of a showoff.
gaston was trying to blackmail belle into marrying him, you don't consider that evil? And it was no bluff, maurice would undoubtedly have been committed, gaston arranged it, we see him doing it, he had no qualms about accusing a man of being insane when he knew perfectly well it was a lie, i
gaston was not trying to protect anyone when he stabbed the beast, the beast had spared his life and let him go, stabbing the beast was simply an act of pure spite and revenge. Gaston did not love the townspeople, he did not love anyone but himself. he invited them to his wedding so he could show off to them about how he was marrying the most beautiful girl, belle. he wanted to be the centre of attention, as always. Someone like gaston would never have a quiet wedding, he's too much of a showoff.
Gaston had no interest in anything other than himself. He cared nothing for Belle except as a matrimonial prize. He didn't want an honourable death, trying to kill the Beast was pure spite, because Belle had chosen the Beast over him.
shareahahaha these posts are amazing thank you
Oh my God, what a horrible photograph. My first wanted poster and I look just awful.