Oh Gaston! - You so have no idea how to make a nice, normal converstation that is not about you!

You captured the first encounter between Belle and Gaston pretty well. - I like how Gaston thinks Belle must already have fallen for him. - And also how he thinks she must be poor for not growing up the right way... And the way Belle first reacts friendly and happyly to Gaston being so nice just to gradualy relaize he is... well... him!

Well, we know how it continues from there, so that it is. - I am done reading your story and it was great! :)

Oh, and also: Thanks for answering my reviews, I appricate that, it's very nice.

Well,
Auguste's death barely moved me, I actually was more feeling for the poor bear who just tried to protect his live.
- but it was telling to Auguste's character that his dieing wish was revenge. - That he did not think about how Gaston must feel or was scared or about his wive, but only about the fact that the beast who killed him must be killed...

Mireille's death is a different matter. - I cried a bit. - It's sweet that Gaston, hardned and egocentrical as he is, still cared for his mum so much... - And even though she could not tell him about being a kind person, did not find the words, it's good that they exchanged "I love you"'s...

And LeFou: Mireille liked him. - She realy did. ... thanks for that.

*sigh* and there goes the child who still had some of his innocence left and who at least sometimes, for a second worried about others...
And in comes the man who will do everything to be the best at everything and who actually NEEDS to be the best because second-best is not good enough...
A well written chapter one can see Gaston's final change happening and it is believable...

I nearly want to hug LeFou in this chapter. - Poor little guy.
You gave him a background that makes it understnadable that he loves to hang out around Gaston even though Gaston is not eaxactly nice to him.
I feel so sad for him now and I wished he had somebody who realy cared about him. - Gaston is so self-centered he enjoys to be around a kid who idolizes him so much, but he does not realy care for the PERSON said kid is...
His father is a sad person whom I feel sorry for, but who has no love for his son...
And otherwise? - He is only accepted into the group because Gaston accepts him, it is not realy friendship...
I wished he had just one person who actually cares about him...

It's interesting... All three SEEM to be happy enough and still it feels wrong...
Mireille is that kind of woman who would have acepted to be slapped around a lot and even have thought it was all her fault. and in a way one has to be happy for her, that,Auguste while selfish and wanting-to-be-in-control is not irascible.
Being the person she is Mireille would not stand a chance if he was and as that all plays in a time where women are not seen worth as much as men she would not find any support from the outside either...
She is a good person, though... and I wished she had managed to teach Gaston something about being gentle and nice...
But she spoils him, and is one more person who tells him how great he is.

Drinking with 11? Isn'T that a bit young even for the time they live in? ... Well, apparently, as no other boy is in the tavern... - But nobody sees something bad about it.
Gaston's father even thinks the whole episode is an important step for his son to become a man it seems...
And Mireille? ... She apparently can not stand up to Auguste at all or she would stop that nonsense... (I am sure she has her fair share in forming Gaston to the man he will become, but it's apparently not the most active one.. .but more a forming through being inactive...)

Wow, I can allready now, in the first chapter see how Gaston is about to be formed.
What lessons did the guy learn today:
1. Don't care your mother is worried, she is not worth the attention.
2. it's actually good when you push somebody weaker around, it shows you are in charge.
3. Reading is silly. you never will need it.

And all the time:
You are the best! You are the best! You are the best!


It's near impossible for the kid to tunr out a modest (or even just nice) guy...

You are such a brilliant author. You need to get published. Your fanfictions are brilliant. They're better than many books I've read. I love reading your fanfictions. Do you have anything published? Because you really should. You are such a great writer and the world needs to see your works.

Very good! I could actully see Gaston Grwoing up like this.

I love all of your B&B stories! It's always bittersweet when i read the end of one! Please update your "This Idyllic Scene"! I'm anxious to know what has happend!

Absolutely and positively wonderful. I haven't read a Disney fic quite like -this- before, and I enjoyed every word.
You've got a real gift for this, you know, portraying these characters realistically, and with followable character-development. I'm highly impressed!!

I can't wait to read some of your other fics.
Keep up the excellent work.

(I bet your kids get such fun bedtime stories, hehe. =D)

This is absolutely WONDERFUL, and I can't figure out why on Earth I haven't read it before now! I love all the characters you created, and the development of Disney's characters is always perfect. Absolutely wonderful.

Very clever ending. The reader could chose to use this as a prolougue to the normal BATB story, or your other fic "Picture This". Very clever. And I LOVED the guest appearance! Wonderful story, and a brilliant ending! I'll have to check out some of your other fics sometime! Great job!
broadwaygirl257
P.S. Please Please PLEASE update "This Idillyec Scene" soon!

Ahh.

So that's why Gaston's parents weren't in Picture This.

I feel really stupid at the moment.

Great chapter. It was very touching and tragic when Gaston's mother died.
I'm sorry, but I can't muster up much sympathy for Auguste, as horrible as it must have been to die like that. He just seemed a very cold, ruthless man, unconcerned about other's feelings or needs and that all rubbed off on Gaston.

Oh, nice touch! You gave the minor, comic-relief character Lefou a background and understand characteristics. Wonderful job, I probably wouldn't have thought to throw in somethig like that.
One minor critisim though: When Gaston is describing his night at the tavern to Lefou, he states "But I did see her ** up close". I know he was supposed to sound crude, like an obnoxious teenager, and correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "**" a modern slang word? I was sort of jolted out of the story for a minute when you threw that in there, buit other than that everything was great! Nice job.