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THIS WAS SO GOOD AND UNIQUE YALLL

"Wolf: Chase"

Chapter 1 of "All he is," a Beauty and the Beast shapeshifter AU fanfic

Relationship: Beast/Belle Rated: E Warning: Graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical) Chapters: 1/9 now posted Word count: 1.7k for chapter 1

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Different Curse, Alternate Universe - Shapeshifters, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Romance, Human/Monster Romance, Monsterfucking | Teratophilia, Beast in Beast Form Sex, also in wolf and lion forms, Vaginal Sex, Knotting, Cunnilingus, Hand Jobs, Personal Growth, Self-Acceptance, Wilderness Survival, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood, Major Character Injury, Happy Ending

Summary:

Beast has been cursed not merely as a creature of mixed animal parts, but a shapeshifter who can transform fully into each of the animals his mixed form is made up of: bear, wolf, bison, lion, boar, and gorilla. He knows this is unnatural, freakish, repulsive. But after he uses his shapeshifting to save Belle’s life two times in the same night, he’ll slowly have to admit that maybe it can be useful sometimes. And as Belle’s curiosity and acceptance of his different forms grows into affection and intimacy, it will be harder and harder for him to hate all that he is.

Written for Day 1, Wolf, of @beauty-beast-week

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Excerpt from chapter 1:

She raised her head to see a giant maned cat—a lion perhaps, could it really be a lion, here?—swinging a massive clawed paw through the air to fling a wolf away from her, sending it slamming into a tree. The lion’s paw dropped back down to the ground, right on the other side of her shoulders, putting her under its chest, but it didn’t look down at her. It glared out at the remaining wolves gathered in front of him and her, a dangerous growl rumbling from its throat.

Then there was a sudden flurry of movement again that Belle could hardly track—wolves leaping over the snow, giant paws swiping through the air, deadly jaws snapping at fur, the crunch of bone and scent of blood blooming around her. But it was all over in a matter of seconds—the lion was much too large and strong for the wolves to take on, sending them fleeing back into the darkness.

The lion watched them go, then turned to Belle. She was still panting and shaking from fear of everything that had happened, but jolted at the sight of its eyes—they weren’t cat’s eyes, but human eyes, bright blue and oddly familiar.

“Did they hurt you?” the lion spoke.

Belle started again and gaped at it. “You…you can speak.”

The lion huffed in a way that sounded almost like a sigh. “It’s me. The beast from the castle,” it said, sounding annoyed.

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up at 3am googling how do i break out of a repetitive cycle that both comforts and harms me

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This was really good!!

For: Beauty and the Beast Week 2025. Title: Holding Onto Warmth. Chapters: 1/1. Day 1: Wolf (found family, hunting, hunger, forest, winter, mob...) Ship: Beast/Anna (Disney). Characters: Anna (Frozen), Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts (Beauty and the Beast). Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Additional Tags: Blood and Injury, Implied/Referenced Suicide. Tag: @beauty-beast-week

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Night on Bald Mountain - Fantasia (1940)

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Every time I come across that godawful Charlotte Lucas quote from that adaptation of Pride and Prejudice about her being 27 years old, a burden to her parents and frightened... I can actively feel my lifespan decreasing. It drives me crazy.

Not only is it so obviously, to an almost painful extent, not something Jane Austen would have written... but it reduces Charlotte Lucas to a timid, terrified little creature when she is demonstrably nothing of the sort.

Charlotte is an intelligent woman who not only enters into the marriage with eyes wide open to the flaws of her prospective husband, but also when Elizabeth visits Hunsford, she sees for herself that Charlotte knows how to handle her marriage to a man as obnoxious as Mr Collins.

In Chapter 30, Elizabeth discovers that Charlotte has actively constructed their days so that they see as little of each other as possible:

The chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by [Mr Collins] either at work in the garden or in reading and writing, and looking out of the window in his own book-room, which fronted the road.

And this isn't a coincidence, Charlotte has figured out how to avoid him by sussing out how she can avoid him in the parsonage, even if it means using a sitting room that is not the best the house has to offer:

The room in which the ladies sat was backwards. Elizabeth had at first rather wondered that Charlotte should not prefer the dining-parlour for common use; it was a better sized room, and had a more pleasant aspect; but she soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment, had they sat in one equally lively; and she gave Charlotte credit for the arrangement.

Yeah, it probably isn't so nice to sit in a poky little room (and actually this is something that Pride and Prejudice (1995) gets wrong, by depicting Charlotte in a large room of her own) without a nice view, but it's preferable to opening yourself up to any more contact with that odious man than is strictly necessary. Even Elizabeth has to give Charlotte her flowers for that!

I also love this little nugget from the same chapter:

Very few days passed in which Mr Collins did not walk to Rosings, and not many in which his wife did not think it necessary to go likewise; and till Elizabeth recollected that there might be other family livings to be disposed of, she could not understand the sacrifice of so many hours.

Not that he needed any prompting to go to Rosings anyway, but it's amusing to consider Mr Collins thinking he has found himself a really ambitious wife, who sees his potential and thinks he can attain more livings... when really, Charlotte wants him trotting off to Rosings to fawn over Lady Catherine so she has some peace and quiet.

Charlotte is a great character for all of these reasons and more, and it's incredibly disappointing to see her reduced to a quivering wreck with no confidence in herself.

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birdsong.

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Breaking my hiatus to bring everyone’s attention to the fact that Cornwall is now attempting to be officially recognised as a nation within the United Kingdom.

Kernow has its own language, culture, history and identity. The language was forcibly removed by the English until the last monolingual speaker died in 1777–her name was Dolly Pentreath. It has existed as a kingdom before England had ever existed. Historically, Cornwall has been a place exploited for minerals and resources and labour. Currently, it still is. There are now ghost towns where once thriving fishing villages stood (Mousehole, Pentreath’s home, was one of these). Cornwall is now a playground for second home owners who drive up house and rent prices and drive out permanent residents and workers. Local businesses go out of business and struggle to stay afloat when the influx of tourists come who only purchase from supermarkets, putting nothing into the local economy. There is a long, long and often very gruesome and bloody history behind this—leaders of rebellions executed all the way into 1715.

If you are in the UK, and sign the petition to get this to a debate in Parliament.

Can you spare 60 seconds to sign

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the wisteria reading journal by thequirkycupcollective on ig

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*looks at books* too tired for you *looks at films* too tired for you *looks at art supplies* too tired for you *eyes fall on tumblr* oho ho

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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

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tumblr is so funny. ill see someone i havent seen on the dash in a while and be like "oh hey theyre back :)" and i go to their blog and theyve been posting the whole time and our tumblr hours just havent overlapped in a while

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🎶 L. O. V. E. 🎶

We’ve opened The Ineffable Con 6 with a little parody song-hope you enjoy it!

If you’d like to download it for a donation to Alzheimer’s Research UK, it’ll be available on our website soon!

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fanart so upsettingly good it makes you get up and pace around your room in shellshocked silence

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Halloween Card, 1907

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tgis is so fucking funny to me. they accidentally Rock Lee'd a retired racehorse

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We never forget our first furry's love.🌹🦁👸🏻❤️❤️

#beautyandthebeast🌹