 TrudiRose 2009-10-26 . chapter 1Ooh, I REALLY like this so far! Great beginning. I like that Gaston's curse is so original and so different from the prince's. (You gotta love that Enchantress with her impossible tasks! With the prince, he had to get someone to love him - but he was an ugly monster. With Gaston, he has to get someone he's wronged to forgive him - but he can't speak! She sure doesn't make it easy, does she? LOL)
I hope this is a nice long story - partly because I want to enjoy it longer, of course, but also because I've always felt that redemption for Gaston is a long road with hard lessons. I totally think he's redeemable, but it's only satisfying to me if it doesn't happen TOO fast. He's spent his whole LIFE being selfish; it wouldn't be easy for him to give up his whole way of thinking, that he's the best and always deserves whatever he wants and no one else matters. (That's just me thinking out loud and rambling...I know you have a plan in mind and I'm sure it will be great!)
I also want to THANK YOU for having good grammar and spelling! Whenever I see a Gaston story on the list, I get excited and click on it...but too often, it's something full of spelling and grammar errors, with sentence fragments and tense mix-ups, and I can't even manage to read it. So it's a delight to find a multi-chapter Gaston story that's really well-written! Yay you! :)
One thing that confused me for a minute was that you named one of the triplets "Babette." That's actually the name of the featherduster in the castle, so it threw me off for a minute. But hey, it's a French name, no reason why two girls who don't live near each other can't have the same name!
Anyway, great beginning! I'm putting it on Alert! |