Belle and the Beast's romance may not meet the definition of Stockholm Syndrome, but "that is not to say that the relationship is healthy and without coercion," says Richardson, adding that "someone should make Beast watch the Consent Tea video and work on his codependence." It's pretty messed up, and it doesn't exactly send a message of healthy romance to viewers (especially younger ones) who are watching it all unfold.
Yet after a few short scenes in which the Beast doesn't act totally horribly towards her, Belle develops feelings towards him, seeing him as the "good guy" he really is underneath his dangerous exterior, and, eventually (spoiler alert!) falling in love with him. For a while, she treats him with disdain, hating his actions and feeling determined to escape.
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Both the animated movie and the live-action remake see the Beast holding Belle in his castle against her will, essentially as his prisoner. while she is not initially permitted to leave, she also doesn't make (to my memory) many attempts to leave without permission."Īs Richardson says, Belle and the Beast's relationship doesn't actually qualify as Stockholm Syndrome, which, as BATB star Emma Watson herself has even made clear, is defined by the Medical Dictionary has having three central characteristics: "the hostages have negative feelings about the police or other authorities, the hostages have positive feelings toward their captor(s)," and "the captors develop positive feelings toward the hostages." But that's not to say it isn't still seriously screwed up. She is not verbally emotionally abused, beaten, or tortured in any way. "Belle is given a nice, clean place to stay, allowed access to books (one of her favorite things), she is fed well, able to go outside and play and even have contact with her father. "Labeling as Stockholm Syndrome could trivialize the experience of those who may have actually developed such a disorder," explains Nicole Richardson, a private counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist based in Austin. Yet while the relationship is certainly dysfunctional, to say the least, calling the Beauty & The Beast romance "Stockholm Syndrome" isn't accurate- and actually, according to experts, doing so can even be harmful. For those who've heard the term used in pop culture or read about the Patty Hearst case, it might seem, at first glance, that the duo's dynamic qualifies after all, the Beast traps Belle in his castle and she resists before, eventually, falling in love with him. It's a tale as old as time: for as long as the story of Beauty and the Beast has been around, so has the label of "Stockholm Syndrome" been used to describe Belle and the Beast's romantic relationship.
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