Maybe not the right post to ask this question but it’s been part of the discussion here so..
What is it about Belle that everybody likes so much ??
Sure she is a nice girl and all. She says some likeable and agreeable things like “Nobody desides my fate but me”..and such.
But to me, the character is just still kind of flat. The nice girl who likes everyone but always gets taken advantage of and put in captivity, but that doesn’t even bother her it seems. No no ! she forgives and forgets and loooves the people putting her in jails…..
I think you are right, the fact that it was Belle made it that much worse. Because she is so naive and innocent hitting her in fairytale land is the equivalent of drowning puppies in our world.