Talk:The Enchanted Rose/@comment-9683213-20140907045451/@comment-1672596-20160214134928

I do agree she deliberately disobeyed the Beast (and not for any sympathetic reasons unfortunately). But I'm not so sure if she didn't know about the curse. At the very least, she did know the castle and its inhabitants were enchanted, having it deduced it earlier, at least around the time of Be Our Guest, perhaps even when she first met Mrs. Potts, Chip, and the Wardrobe.

Now, if they DID have Belle go into the West Wing, they should have either had her stumble upon it by accident (like with what happened in the pilot for Batman Beyond, or the film version of The Sorcerer's Stone when Harry, Ron and Hermione while late for class accidentally entered the third floor corridor), or if they truly had to have her disobey Beast and enter the West Wing, make darn sure the reasons are actually sympathetic (like, I don't know, she hears a pained roar and attempts to investigate out of concern. Probably also would actually give her something that the film DOESN'T really show from her, which is compassion even to hated enemies). Honestly, Ariel's a free spirit, and yes, she disobeys her dad time to time, but at least her reasons actually WERE sympathetic.