Talk:Prince Achmed/@comment-4098886-20120125231228/@comment-1672596-20180710150244

Maybe, but did she really need to smirk and wave goodbye to Gaston when throwing him into that mudpool? Why not have her look sternly at Gaston while doing it (sort of like Goku after he delivered the coup de grace on Frieza after the latter tried a last ditch effort at killing him after being granted some energy.), or even have her be like Honoka in one of her win poses in Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (you know, where she apologizes to her opponent and asks if they can stand up.). In fact, one of the ways they initially planned to have Belle get rid of Gaston was lock him in a closet, and that got cut because Belle came across as being a jerk in that scene. Having her smirk and wave goodbye (which made the mudpool thing seem deliberate on her part) just made her look like a jerk, far beyond self defense (someone who does self defense doesn't take joy in seeing the results, since they're forced to use measures to defend themselves).