Talk:Enchantress/@comment-4910155-20140301031140/@comment-1672596-20140426105155

The film made it explicitly clear that the rose would have wilted after Adam/Beast's 21st birthday. Belle arriving at the castle just as it was wilting was coincidental at best (not to mention three or four pedals were already seen when we first see it "wilting", and Lumiere also mentioned the rose was wilting for the past few months.).

Plus, the film made clear that he had been a Beast for years, not merely months (at least three going by the Disney Comics. If Lumiere's words are to be taken literally in "Be Our Guest," he may have been a Beast for as many as ten).