1016: Beauty within the beast – chapters 9 & 10

Posted: April 10, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Beauty and the Beast, Beauty within the beast | Tags: , , , , | 26 Comments

Title: Beauty within the beast
Author: Sessh-Amy
Media: Movie
Topic:  The Beauty and The Beast
Genre: Romance/Drama
URL: Chapter 9
URL: Chapter 10
Critiqued by Ghostcat (with special guest Ishi)

Hey there, fabulous Patrons!

I’m here with the last two chapters of this fic; that’s right, it’s my favorite part of a fic – the end.

:Ishi and Ghostie toss glitter into the air:

Ishi-sensei’s decided to return for this last chapter, I don’t really know why.

The clan feels an incident is imminent, Ghostcat-sama.”

Bunch of grump-buckets, the lot of you. But I can’t make you leave. I mean, I can, but I don’t feel like going through a respawn this early in the riff.

:bows: “You are most kind, Ghostcat-sama.”

…Just hand me my notes.

In the last pair of chapters …:flips through pages:… Not a lot happened. Belle was moved to a room, Gaston petted the Beast, the Beast remembered he was injured, and Lumiere tried to convince the Beast that he was falling for Gaston. The Beast was initially reluctant to believe this, despite the evidence of the rose’s petals falling off, and used his magic mirror to spy on Gaston – who happened to be with Belle at the time. The beast stormed out of his room, because his injuries only bother him when the plot demands it, and is probably going to go confront Gaston.

“The author uses many words to convey very little.”

Part of it wasn’t even hers, it was mangled plot regurgitation.

To the fic!

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1011: Beauty within the beast – Chapters 7 & 8

Posted: April 3, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Beauty and the Beast, Beauty within the beast | Tags: , , , , | 42 Comments

Title: Beauty within the beast
Author: Sessh-Amy
Media: Movie
Topic:  The Beauty and The Beast
Genre: Romance/Drama
URL: Chapter 7
URL: Chapter 8
Critiqued by Ghostcat (with special guest Ishi)

Standard greetings, beloved Patrons!

I’m here with more tender, juicy fic to whet your appetites! The last chapters were a long, dull slog featuring Gaston’s attempts at being seductive, a double scoop of plot regurgitation, and everyone’s favorite soap opera trope, Feigned Amnesia.

“That sounds like the name of one of those angry screaming people the young ones are so fond of.”

:shrugs: I’ve heard worse band names.

In case you can’t tell, dear Patrons, today I’m joined by my good buddy Ishi-sensei. The clan insisted, something about how I’m “too volatile” to handle these chapters alone.

“I believe the exact phrasing concerned your hobby of setting yourself on fire when feeling intense anger, Ghostcat-sama.”

Meh. Same difference. You’d think a clan of merciless assassins could handle a little fire.

“You have personally melted three Riffing Chambers, reduced five to irreparable rubble, and caused a Library-wide respawn event, Ghostcat-sama. There is also the matter of Fumiko-san’s begonias.”

That was not my fault! I told Gumdrop I was ticklish and he just wouldn’t stop. I still think they’re overreacting about the chambers, but I guess I’ll put up with you for now.

:Ishi bows: “One is whelmed by your generous nature, Ghostcat-sama.”

I think that should be “overwhelmed”, sensei.

“As you like, Ghostcat-sama.”

:Ghostie glares at Ishi:

I’m watching you, ninja-boy.

Authors note*

:eye-twitch: Great, an opening Author’s Note.

:Ishi discreetly preps a fire extinguisher:

Yeah…I feel as though this is an awkward yet cute chapter xD

…And? Is there a reason you’re telling the audience this? Ever?

“Perhaps the author is proud of their work.”

You wouldn’t say that if you’d read the first six chapters.

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1004: Beauty within the beast – Chapters 5 & 6

Posted: March 27, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Beauty and the Beast, Beauty within the beast | Tags: , , , , | 31 Comments

Title: Beauty within the beast
Author: Sessh-Amy
Media: Movie
Topic:  The Beauty and The Beast
Genre: Romance/Drama
URL: Chapter 5
URL: Chapter 6
Critiqued by Ghostcat 

Hello, my sweet little Patrons!

I’ve got another pair of chapters ready to delight you, but first – the recap!

:flips through notes:

The Beast’s bullet wounds were examined by a talking stethoscope, who prescribed bed rest and absolutely nothing else. (I didn’t think about it at the time, but isn’t it strange that there just happened to be a doctor in the palace when the curse was cast?) Lumiere volunteered Gaston to be the Beast’s nurse for the two-plus weeks it will take these life-threatening wounds to heal. Later the sinister candelabra bribed Gaston with a pretty rock, convincing the hunter to seduce his former prey in order to break the curse. Gaston was initially reluctant, but succumbed to the power of the shiny.

On to the fic!

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997: Beauty within the beast – Chapters 3 & 4

Posted: March 20, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Beauty and the Beast, Beauty within the beast | Tags: , , , , | 25 Comments

Title: Beauty within the beast
Author: Sessh-Amy
Media: Movie
Topic:  The Beauty and The Beast
Genre: Romance/Drama
URL: Chapter 3
URL: Chapter 4
Critiqued by Ghostcat 

Hello again, dear Patrons!

I’m here with yet another chunk of steaming ficly goodness to serve you. Aren’t I wonderful?

Not much happened last time, as is par for the course with these nothing-narratives. Gaston was established as a terrible hunter who failed twice to bag a deer but instead shot the (oddly complacent) Beast twice. After prematurely celebrating his kill, Gaston found himself being choked by the Beast, until the creature was overcome by his injuries and collapsed. At the urging of a teapot and clock, Gaston carried the much larger and heavier Beast to the castle.

On to the fic!

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990: Beauty within the beast – Chapters 1 & 2

Posted: March 13, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Beauty and the Beast, Beauty within the beast | Tags: , , , , | 47 Comments

Title: Beauty within the beast
Author: Sessh-Amy
Media: Movie
Topic:  The Beauty and The Beast
Genre: Romance/Drama
URL: Chapter 1
URL: Chapter 2
Critiqued by Ghostcat 

Hello and Happy Friday the Thirteeth, my loverly Patrons!

We’ve arrived at the beginning of another fic! Such a happy moment, so full of promise and anticipation.

:takes a deep breath:

Ahh! I can smell it in the air!

:lapses into coughing fit:

Shinobi-san, I think it’s time to change the plug-in.

This new fic comes from ff.net’s The Beauty and the Beast section, and is both better and worse than the last TBatB fic I offered. It’s better because it doesn’t rip off the film line for line, but it is worse because it is only tangentially linked to the source materials. A few of you might remember that I mentioned to Herr in the comments section that there are Gaston/Beast yaoi fics out in the world, well guess what?

This is one of them.

You can tell because the summary is little more than a warning;

This is a yaoi! Warning! Yaoi means boy x boy, so if you dont like, dont read. pairing-Gaston and Adam beast please leave reviews OCC

Don’t worry, it is free of lemons – but if you are uncomfortable with homosexual relationships you might want to give this fic a pass.

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