#OUGH!!! such good questions today dude i LOVE!!!!!!!!!!

[lumiereandcogsworth]

ALSO regarding Belle and Maurice, they live in that village, does that mean they were also technically cursed along with everyone else ? do they remember anything after the curse is broken, or did they move to the Villeneuve after and live somewhere else first?

based on my own headcanon and hints from different books from the movie and such, it’s more likely that maurice brought belle there right from paris when she was a baby. so she grew up there. (and that’s where all my beloved little belle fics take place 🥹)

i think that journey took a while, as paris is northern france and they’re in “the heart of france” which i guess is the center? though i still picture them more south than not. southern center… anyway it’s a multiple days’ distance from paris, to say the least. so they still would have stayed in different towns and inns along the way (if i think about how Depressed and Numb maurice was in that journey, i’ll lose my mind) but i think villeneuve WAS where he landed. it was also a tricky journey because the plague was,, happening. so some towns were also closed off to outsiders. it wasn’t easy to stay just anywhere. but eventually, villeneuve let the weary traveler and his baby in. and maurice was too scared and traumatized to ever leave again. plague seemed to sort of evade the village, and he took that as a sign that belle would be okay there, and safe, as he promised maria. which leads him to his mantra that he tells belle in the movie: “small also means safe.”

but to answer the first part, yes!! i mean technically, it seems as though the entire world (or at least all of europe) was under the curse. not a damn soul was sending letters or visiting the french monarch ??? they simply all forgot. my interpretation is that agathe just kind of put everyone in a blissful state about the topic. like, french citizens just never found a reason to wonder/think about their prince. (even though they were DEFINITELY thinking about him A Lot before the curse, lowkey freaking out about the fact that he wouldn’t marry and get an heir in the works.) but in this state they just didn’t worry about their governance. and of course, anyone related to any of the staff members had the same blissful minds. we know that it does leave an odd feeling though, as monsieur jean says at the beginning of the movie “i feel like i’ve forgotten something. problem is, i can’t remember what.” (the thing he forgot was his wife. and his son. sjdksjdk) so it’s not a Total blissful state, but obviously the memory never returns, and in general people don’t seem to be too distressed by the feeling of having “forgotten something.”

as far as maurice and belle are concerned, they’re living like the rest of the world, simply not worried about who’s in charge. Before the curse, i do like to wonder what maurice & belle’s opinion of “the prince” was though. they’d probably hear rumors that he was apparently selfish and maybe a bit reckless. villagers aren’t gonna know all the tea, but they are the LOCAL village, so they’ve definitely seen many a carriage come through, as well as probably heard the loud parties that would occur so frequently. belle probably didn’t pay it much attention, honestly. she was probably aware that prince adam was around her age, but when she heard of his awfulness she was probably just like >:/ imagine having all that power and just Squandering it! but maurice would point out that “well maybe he doesn’t know how else to be. i don’t recall his father being much better.” and belle says “what about the rest of his family?” and maurice shrugs “well, the queen died years ago. when he was a child. i think he’s the only one.” and belle just feels… a hint of sympathy for him. but only a hint, because ultimately it’s not like SHE could do anything to help him… RIGHT?

side note, but i have this old wip/scene/thing set when belle is around seven. and news spreads that the queen passed away. maurice is reading the news like 😟 and belle asks what’s wrong and he tells her and she’s like oh that’s so sad!!!!!!!🥺🥺🥺 and he says yeah:( and tells her that “the prince is just a little older than you. he’s probably quite sad to lose his mother.” and belle’s like “🥺🥺🥺 well he’s still got his papa, right?” and maurice is like [screams internally because stop this feels too real] and says “yes, he still has his papa 🥹” and they carry on with their day, never really thinking about the prince again (until he’s older and in the news more), and not having any idea how awful it is that the prince is now stuck with his father, of course🫠

BUT YEAH ANYWAY, after the curse, memories all come flooding back, and she is suddenly able to connect the dots. she thinks it’s crazy how she could be IN the castle, SEEING portraits of the late king and the current prince, and not recognizing them at all. and adam’s just like “yeah well. the enchantress really had her fun with this one:/“ lmao. and she literally did??? she’s so powerful. she made the whole world forget about a centuries old monarchy. you gotta hand it to her, she really goes all out for making assholes learn their lessons 😮‍💨

[captkirkland]

I'd love to hear all of your headcanons about Arthur's magic! The idea that all the other brothers have it too but don't tell him amuses me. I'm curious as to who they got it from, if it's genetic. I love all of your headcanons on them so far!

-N

omfg, don’t even look at me but...

okay so a lot of his spells ARE Harry Potter based that he uses more often today, but only because it simplifies things and makes them easier to keep track of. it’s like keeping a word bank of spells rather than trying to think of every synonym of a word, and it usually gets the job done without tiring him any. his wand, I also feel, is unnecessary but serves a similar function. to make magic easier, as it makes a place of singular output for him instead of trying to channel it through his arms, the ground, or what have you. however, he absolutely can do magic without any of these things. he could conjure up a spell circle on the ground, on walls, and channel it up through his body. these types of spells tend to be more tiring to use, but they’re a lot stronger. when it comes to the arcane, he’s knowledgeable in a way others aren’t usually. the man studies magic in his basement where he knows others won’t be able to know he’s doing that as much as he does, because he never stopped being a witch. Let’s be real. (“am i catholic or protestant.. god i don’t know” and then he turns around and puts out water during a full moon/lets crystals rest on the window sill/puts out offerings for the different spirits that reside around his home. you’re a witch arthur. you’re fucking pagan my guy. he knows this and will not tell anyone outside of his close circle, but it’s obvious anyway)

BUT, an interesting specific I like to write is that.. because of circumstances, using too much magic takes a toll on his body. He’s incredibly powerful, like that’s not a joke, dude is absolutely batshit when it comes to how strong he is, but even people like that have limits. Once he’s started pushing himself a bit hard, senses start to leave because of how much he’s begun to drain himself, and he’s run out of energy, because all things come in equivalence. The first to go for Arthur? His vision. It gets blurry and he needs glasses, but if he pushes himself too hard, he’ll start to go blind. Deafness follows, and then so on and so forth. cough. hetaoni. cough. i dare not utter the words... but yes. his brothers also have these abilities, and use it in frequent, but they hide it from Arthur in the weirdest, funniest ways. @heroicsmiles writes for Seamus/Ireland, and they so often have him do Gandalf-style smoking out of the end of his pipe, like butterflies and shit. And just DENIES it when Arthur questions that, like flat out. It’s absolutely hilarious? Like this unicorn is trotting around in the air and he’s just claiming he’s that good at smoking. @howloni writes for Taliesin/Wales and he’s got a little red dragon that sits on their shoulder all the time. She’s a pet dragon that he’s had forever, but every time Arthur brings her up, Taliesin acts like the dude’s seeing things. He deserves it a little, but god it makes for really funny interactions between the group. Alistair/Scotland is constantly keeping this ball rolling by making banter about it, or supporting whoever it is that’s starting the ordeal just because its so funny, and Arthur gets PRESSED about it. @feliciohno does Cullen/Northern Ireland and I honestly want to figure out more how he deals with that, but so far we’ve come up with the idea that he can see these things and doesn’t really know why they pick on Arthur as much as they do when it comes to that because he’s so young. However, he will participate just as much if not more eagerly than they do when the other brothers are in the room. It’s household culture at this point, the ongoing joke. It’s been a couple thousand years and more and it’ll keep on being more. As you can see I’d die for this family, and another one of my friends has taken up interest in figuring out Cornwall?? So you all may be getting little Cornwall tingz in the future

[milfygerard]

i slept until 4:30 pm (nearly 12 hours!) today which is soooo embarrassing oh no! 😳🫣

umm top 5 final girls? and/OR! what music from ur tweens/early teens (if any) do you still like today? eg do you like different songs by the same artist?

omg. king of sleeping

OUGH good question, fuck

-laurie strode. no i know listen listen. i love her so much. miss jamie lee.

-adelaide from us. shes such a fascinating figure and also SO cool. god the underground fight scene and the ending are so so so good

-needy jennifers body. a personal favorite bc i adore amanda seyfreid and she plays needy to perfection as a frustrated teen lesbian

-sidney from scream UNDENIABLE icon i mean come ON

-yknow what im gonna go crazy and say maxine from X. shes so fucking awesome and crazy. my cocaine queen <3

and music from my teens uhhh

-mcr obviously skfjjsjd started listening to them in 6th grade and, well. (same goes for the mcr individual members like frank and gerards solo music)

-of monsters and men. probably one of the first albums that was Important to me was my head is an animal and i still adore it

-the front bottoms! found them thru tumblr in 7th grade and have been listening ever since. formed my love of folk punk and "messy" music

-dodie. started watching her videos in 2015ish and really like. grew up with her. i got to see her live a few months ago and it was one of the most emotional shows ive ever been to, even rivaling the TFB concert

-.......taylor swift. i love her so much. goddamn dude.