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I know this may sound dark and cruel, but let's say for instance...


... when the villagers attacked that castle at the end, we would've seen, besides the SPOILERS Beast being stabbed by Gaston at the end and even apparently dying only SPOILER to be also resurrected when the curse was broken at the end...

We were seen those household objects not only attacked but stabbed and burned by those villagers, like Lumiere the candle when Le Fou holds fire to him or the dog etc, maybe they would or wouldn't die but we could at least see how their injuries would look like in their object form, and maybe some would die but maybe they too could be resurrected?

And also...

Why didn't anyone else in that castle notice or go after Gaston and how come no one or nothing else in that castle can apprehend him after he went towards the Beast, where were those Armoured knights for instance? And how come they have gotten so quickly used to there being furniture and enchanted objects without a major surprise at all of that alone and no faintings over it all?

And did any of those villagers besides Gaston die especially when that wardrobe came after them?

Or maybe for example as objects they couldn't really be destroyed or hurt too much but then again who knows?

P.S. Notice how even though they were all waiting for the Beast's command but even though he doesn't give it and just says "It doesn't matter anymore, just let them come", they STILL all decide to fight back. But, even with some doubt or passiveness of some of their behalf, they come out entirely victorious but couldn't save the Beast at the end only to receive a double happy ending ultimately. And let's say the curse didn't get broken, would they manage somehow to live the remainder of their lives as household objects and items, or maybe something else could help with spell reversal or...

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Frankly I think the curse being broken would heal the servants too. Also the curse seems to keep them from getting too damaged to function. As we see when Maurice messes with the hands in Caudsworth's clock body. So no. I don't think any of them would die even if exposed too much to physical assaults. Also you missed the scene where the villagers run down the castle steps.

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It's Cogsworth.

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Nobody in the audience would've wanted to see any of these characters with horrific injuries.

Nobody's going to faint or act surprised over animated household objects when they're being attacked by them. And especially not when they already knew there was a monster in that same castle. Don't be stupid.

No, nobody died. The villagers all fled the castle. The servants looked okay.

"And let's say the curse didn't get broken, would they manage somehow to live the remainder of their lives as household objects and items, or maybe something else could help with spell reversal or"

Or no. You should've paid more attention.

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