Talk:Belle/@comment-25097798-20141215130053/@comment-3444885-20141217033526

I wouldn't say she was the "smartest". I mean, what exactly says she's the smartest? She can read? She wanted to see the world? So did Ariel, so did Rapunzel.

I'd honestly say that Rapunzel is more intelligent. Look at the things in her house. She has mapped stars and charted moon phases (on her ceiling), she is a cook, she is a painter (and a pretty nice one!), she is a seamstress and probably made her own clothing. She was only naive because she hadn't been outside. She had book smarts, no street smarts (but really, Belle doesn't have street smarts either, none of the princesses do except maybe Merida). But her intelligence is shown much more than Belle.

All Belle has done is read fiction books, she has not showcased anything that would suggest that she can even apply what she's reading about (meaning, prove that she's actually learning from them, not just reading them for entertainment value). Only Rapunzel has.