Talk:Enchantress/@comment-24726922-20141108044750/@comment-1672596-20141109223638

I have looked up more info on her, actually. I watched Enchanted Christmas as a kid, I read the summary of Tale of a Beast when SilverFlight first posted it (though I did misinterpret it, I'll admit), heck, I even read several of the comics from both Marvel and Disney Comics, and read at least one comic zone story from Disney Adventures. Where else could I look up more info about her?

In Disney Comics' serial, although it was implied that she protected the weak, this was contradicted by her cursing Adam and his servants anyways, and this was despite Lumiere and Cogsworth actually telling him off when he was being abrasive with her elderly disguise at one point (and she'd know, she witnessed it, and Lumiere even attempted to apologize for the Prince's behavior, but she left before he got the chance). Not to mention clearly knew about Adam's care for Chip. To make matters worse, it's also implied that she, as a bear, attempted to attack Belle, despite the latter being unable to defend herself when put in the cellar. And in the second issue, she basically attacked Belle and Maurice as a wolf and forced them away from the direction of the castle, even though letting them go there would have certainly put Beast to the test, not to mention as a direct result had Beast succumbing to despair and even nearly commit suicide in a failed attempt at adapting to the wild.

Probably the only really sympathetic portrayal of her was in The Beast Within, and considering this was by the same author who basically did a Killing Joke-style story for Queen Grimhilde, that leads me to believe she basically viewed her as more of a villain to be humanized than, well a good person.

Heck, ads for the movie even implied that she was responsible for Gaston knowing about the Beast's existence (the ads mentioned that there was a man who wanted to keep the spell alive, strongly implying that Gaston knew about the curse).