Talk:Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)/@comment-1672596-20140807173331/@comment-1672596-20150410002533

"Hello, I have seen a few of your comments saying that you can't see why or how she is internally beautiful or pure or something like that. Is this whole movie is about seeing past someones external features and discovering the beauty, love and hope inside thier heart? Why is Belle the only person to see that the Beast is not a monster, that he is truly a handsome, kind and caring Prince? Belle has internal beauty because she sees past the Beasts external feautures and helps him discover the kind-hearted Prince he can be. Just wanted to get this off my chest"

No, falling for someone despite their hideous exterior is NOT the same thing as purity of heart or inner beauty. Do I really need to point out that the girls who fell for Jean-Paul Sartre did so despite the fact that he was explicitly ugly (meaning, even he acknowledged he was deformed and hideous on the outside), and many of them weren't even pure of heart. And on that note, Sartre was a monster on the inside as well, considering he treated a lot of those girls like utter crap.

And for the record, you want true purity of heart? Just look at Cinderella, or Snow White. You can also look at Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI for another good example of a pure-of-heart character. Those girls never did tasteless things like shove someone into a mudpool even when said people deserved it (and let me tell you, the people they had to endure were FAR worse than Gaston). Heck, even Ariel came across as actually being pure of heart more than Belle did (and for the record, it's strongly implied that she fell for Eric not just for his looks, but also his character, considering she observed Eric's actions on the ship). Another good example out-of-Disney is Goku. He's pure of heart, and it's best demonstrated with his riding the flying nimbus. Belle is more like Bulma. A good lady, but impure. And if you actually READ the original tale, they made clear how Belle was pure of heart, especially when her wicked sisters clearly were ugly on the inside.