Is 'bestiality' even an APPROPRIATE term here?
Hi folks, I'll try not to get TOO controversial or anything but I was just briefly wondering...
A lot of reviews and comments I read have described (besides the whole "Stockholm Syndrome" arguments but that's another story of course) the relationship between Belle and The Beast as 'bestiality', even though (thankfully) there wasn't any implication of a sexual contact between the two characters nor does she marry him while he is in his 'Beastly' cursed state, but would such term with her and him even BE applicable in your opinion officially and why/why not?
And at the end when the Beast dies and she cries "I love you", is it meant to imply that she would love him as a Beast as in she would happily marry him if he would NOT die after Gaston stabbed him (I mean, at that time, before the transformation, she didn't really KNOW that he was a cursed human being and a Prince to boot) or did she mean "I love you" maybe like she greatly respects him as a friend and does NOT wish for him to die, like, maybe she is just saddened to see him die on her?
And what if for argument's sake it DID go well save for any sexual relationships (not counting the fact that its a Disney animation of course) towards marriage and whatnot and Gaston and the mob did NOT interfere somehow, would 'bestiality' BE an appropriate term then, even if the Beast actually IS a cursed HUMAN being rather than say some mystical animal who also happened to TALK?
I might say that overall no, the term here is not appropriate, but will I be wrong? What do you think, thanks.