#beauty and the beasts

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3.04 | Beauty and the Beasts

"One night, after supper, the lead dog turned up a snowshoe rabbit. The dog lay down low to the race, his body flashing forward, leap by leap… he was sounding the deeps of his nature, and the parts of his nature that were deeper than he - going back into the wombs of time…."

- 'The Call of the Wild' by Jack London

[inconsistentlywrittensoul]

I’m way behind on posting about my rewatch - there’s plenty I do want to say about S2, and there’s a whole essay about gender and Phases that I’m probably never going to write - but I’m into Season 3 and I really want to note how much early S3 establishes the issues that are going to drive Buffy’s long breakdown in seasons 6 and 7.

Firstly, Buffy's tendency to pull away from her friends, feeling she has to take care of everything for herself and protect them from her problems and her feelings rather than sharing them. It’s a consistent pattern, and we see it in her running away at the end of Season 2, and continually refusing to talk about what happened with Angel with both the Scoobies and Faith. When she eventually does try to talk to her assigned school counsellor about Angel, she explicitly says she can’t talk to anyone else about what’s happening (only to find him dead, which I’m sure didn’t help).

Of course, this isn’t just a flaw of Buffy’s - her friends have a pretty big role to play, especially Xander. His sanctimonious, judgemental whining about Buffy leaving, as well as anything to do with Angel, does a lot to push Buffy away. (Not to mention the first thing he does when he finds out Angel is back is try to manipulate Faith into murdering him.) It’s also hard not to suspect that Xander’s lie back in Becoming did a lot of damage - because of that, Buffy thinks even Willow hates Angel and wouldn’t understand her continued feelings for him. ‘Kick his ass’ made Buffy feel like literally no-one is on her side.

Regardless of the reason, here we see the beginning of the split that will make Buffy feel increasingly isolated and unable to trust or rely on anyone as the series continues into the depression years, especially Season 6. But we also see the start of a pattern that will become a central flaw in Season 7 - her inability to express empathy or care for anyone who she sees as a reflection of herself.

I’m actually not talking about Faith here - that’s related, but it’s also a whole can of lesbian worms I don’t want to get into right now. But aside from Faith, in the first few episodes of Season 3 there are two girls who mirror Buffy, specifically in her relationship with Angel. In Anne, we have Lily/Anne, who’s wants to spend the rest of her life with her older boyfriend, who has a criminal past and seems a little crappy but also genuinely loves her and is trying to be good to her, and who ends up being sent to hell. Then in Beauty and the Beasts, we see Abby, who started dating a guy who seemed nice at first, but who turned out to be an abusive monster. Both are very obvious parallels to Buffy in her relationship with Angel (in soul-having and soulless forms), and serve as ways for her reflect on that relationship.

But what I want to focus on is the fact that, while Buffy does try to help both girls, she’s also unusually harsh and unempathetic towards them. Her attitude is ‘This is how things are, and you need to set aside your emotions and just deal with it immediately and without emotional support’; it reflects how she treats herself, but it’s also a pattern in how she treats people whose challenges reflect hers. Which will come to a head in how she treats the Potential slayers in season 7, and the way she alienates everyone around her in part through her treatment of them (and therefore also her treatment of herself).

It’s just interesting to see these issues that will dominate the last couple of seasons come across so strongly in this early part of Season 3.

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it would seem i have a type

[purikiyu]

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Transporting in the world of beastly men.

Heya! It's been a while since I mixed things up in here, so I decided to create a weekly segment called more like that. It's a compilation of babasahin that have either the same premise or plot, and I collect them all into one post so you can have an idea of what to read next ;)

Pre-historic civilization is a setting that I'm deeply fascinated by, and In this post, I gather all beast men manhua that I can find.

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Beauty and the Beasts

Author(s): Yuewen Manhua

Artist(s): Yuewen Manhua

Synopsis:

As soon as she fell into the world of beastmen, a leopard forcibly took her back to his home. Indeed, Bai Qingqing is at a complete and utter loss. The males in this world are all handsome beyond compare, while the women are all so horrid that even the gods shudder at their sight. As a first-rate girl from the modern world (she's even a quarter Russian), Bai Qingqing finds herself sitting at the center of a harem filled with beautiful men -- at the very peak of existence.

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When Beauty Meets Beasts

Author(s): 阅文漫画

Artist(s): 阅文漫画

Synopsis:

Lin Huanhuan, a regular 20-year-old girl who just joined the workforce, suddenly transmigrated while taking a bath! What’s more, it’s a world filled with handsome men who wear loincloths and can transform into beasts! Romance with another race is bound to be difficult, but luckily, there’s a transmigration system which teaches her how to survive in this strange new world. Study hard to achieve your sweet romance, Huanhuan!

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Beast World Crazy Concubine

Author(s): 掌阅文化

Artist(s): Unknown

Synopsis:

Ji Mo crosses over to the orc continent, where there are handsome male beasts wearing beast skins and showing their long legs that can fly, and she became the most adored female in the entire orc continent, and every male wants Ji Mo to have their cubs. "No! Let go of me, you guys! It's not my ambition to lie around and have cubs every day! " cried Ji Mo as she struggled in the arms of the handsome male beast.

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I Became the Beastman's Wife

Author(s): Luo Fei Qiu Se / 九川动漫

Artist(s): 九川动漫

Synopsis:

During her nightly programming session, Yin Zhu suddenly died and was transmigrated into a world of beastmen. She found out that the original owner of her new body drugged Teng Xiao...Her social awkwardness caused everyone to misunderstand her. She claimed to be uninterested in love and only cared about her career. From then on she used the system she created to help her tribe rise to the greatest from the wastelands. Starting from fine food, her covert changes stunned everyone. But why are whiny men coming to Yin Zhu every day telling her to stop doing business, and do them instead??

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Help! I Had Transmigrated and My Snake Husband Pampered Me Too Much

Author(s): 绘境社

Artist(s): 绘境社

Synopsis:

Lu Ling transmigrated into the Beast World novel that he had just read halfway through before going to bed, and became a cannon fodder, deer beast. The current plot is that after Lu Linggang agreed to Snake Ying's "courtship" request, he would use his fiancé Snake Ying to get the winter resources. After Lu Ling transmigrated, she couldn't bear Snake Shadow to experience the plot of being "betrayed by herself" and "ruthlessly abandoned" again. Although Snake Shadow's departure may lead to her failure in the future, Lu Ling still decided to "break off the marriage", but she was helpless every time. What will happen to Lu Ling?

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~ Bonus ~

Tsundere Beast Taming Project

Author(s): 绘境社

Artist(s): 绘境社 / 凌晨点头

Synopsis:

A girl with an angelic face and a devil figure, travels to the orc world and becomes the daughter of the beast gods that everyone desires, and now all orcs want to have cubs with her.

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Beauty and the Beasts: Oz becomes the prime suspect when a series of animal-like attacks occur in Sunnydale. Lovers Walk: Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow in hopes of creating a magic spell that will make Drusilla love him again.

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Beauty and the Beasts, ch 171

Poor babies

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Today is a busy day but I got inspired and couldn’t hold back.

Sorry for the many posts

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Parker would actually be enjoyable if it wasnt for the weird ass shit he pulled at the beginning of the story, no 1 parker hater i will not forget that shit bro

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The female who loves Ferals 3

Part 2 here

It took two days for the village to be cleaned up. Food was divided amongst females and the elderly. "I don't see why you are showing mercy to them Iris." Djin said cleaning fish for hot pot. "I am doing what my mother would have done. Let's not dwell on the actions of fools. I want to make it threw the cold season." I said cutting stone fruit and peppers. "Our flower is right let us worry about the future. When the cold season ends we will head for beastman city." King said relaxing in a corner. "Salem,and Sahara are taking a while to get back." I said looking twords the entrance. "They are probably getting supplies for you. Once cold season comes we will be asleep flower and you will need to stay here."

Ghost said wrapping around one of the many pillars looks down at me with a warm smile. He isn't wrong about them hibernating and it will start soon.  The moon now high in the sky Salem and Sahara came in with for large bags of supplies. "Sorry it took so long the herbs and fruits were almost cleaned out. We managed to get enough to make it threw cold season."

Sahara said helping put it all away.  "It will be here before we know it so best prepare for it." Salem said opening jars. I don't understand why they are acting this way twords me. Males are usually mean and heartless. 

The next day I visit my mother who is having a hard time.

She looked at me with apologetic eyes. "Mama how are you holding up?" I asked she started to cough blood. I gasp rushing to her side. "I am not long for this world cub. I am sorry that I couldn't protect you from the cruelty you endured. The Males you have will do anything to protect you. I see the way they look at you and how gentle they are. You are lucky Iris to have found what most females long for. You found love in the harshest of ways. I just wish I could have done more for you. Can you ever forgive me Cub?"

She started to cry. I couldn't have her blame herself for anything. I thought taking her into my arms. "Mama there is nothing to forgive none of this was your fault. My father was cruel and lead the village with the same cruelty. He is gone and hopefully the village will bounce back. When the cold season is over my males and I are heading to the city of beasts. I don't belong here anymore Mama I'm so sorry I wasn't stronger or maybe beautiful like Mary. " I said making her shove me away. "Iris you are beautiful inside and out. Do not think so little of yourself never do I want to hear you say that." She said looking at me with the same way she did my sister. But I am not beautiful just a useless female not worthy of the males I have. I however must respect my mother. "I'm sorry mama come my Males are making fish hot pot. It's your favorite right." I said taking her hand. She smiled and nods walking with me. That meal was the last I shared with her for the next morning she was found dead. My males tried to console me but I was so numb. My mother was gone and if not for me she would still be here. I should have never been allowed to be born. "She was a good woman even if she abandoned me." I turn to see Andrew a white tiger male. "Hello cub." He said with a sad expression.

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[GIF description: GIFs of Cordelia walking with the scooby gang across campus. She looks upset and says, "Great. Now I'm gonna be stuck with serious thoughts all day."]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 3.04 "Beauty and the Beasts"

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Broke:

Belle has Stockholm syndrome because she falls in love with the Beast, her kidnapper.

Woke:

Stockholm syndrome was coined to slander a woman who had been in a hostage situation but openly criticized the poor police response which recklessly put her in more danger and escalated the violence. She was then belittled and discredited publically by the police for this.

So. Yeah. Maybe Belle does have Stockholm syndrome actually.

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[GIF description: GIFs from the episode "Beauty and the Beasts" of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Oz in werewolf form is fighting with a student, Pete. Buffy reaches over the library front desk, grabbing a tranquilizer gun as Giles says, "Get the dart gun!" Buffy says, "Got it!" Buffy aims, then another student, Debbie, yells, "Pete, watch out!" and pushes the gun so that Buffy accidentally shoots Giles. He says, "Ow!" and Buffy winces and says, "Oh! Sorry!" Giles says, "Oh, right. Bloody priceless," then staggers forward and falls, knocking over a table.]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 3.04 “Beauty and the Beasts”

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Beauty and the Beasts, ch 159

Stalker boy

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THE INNOCENTS (1961) THE OTHERS (2001) CRIMSON PEAK (2015) THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947) THE VVITCH (2015) THE BLOOD ROSE (1970) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946) THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969) THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK (1962) THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946)