The Beast's Transformation: Animal Bridegroom vs. Monster Paramour

Being the huge "Beauty and the Beast" fan that I am, it's often my misfortune to stumble on multiple bad takes on the story from various people on the Internet. Many times, these arguments seem to fundamentally misunderstand the point of the story or confuse it with others. The Stockholm Syndrome accusation is unfortunately common on the Internet, but there's another opinion that crops up frequently as well, which is: the Beast's transformation ruins the point of the story.

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