Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-38646250-20200124175459/@comment-4010415-20200125005925

Guys, let's calm things down. I don't think EmBELLEm intended for their reply to come off as antagonistic, judging by their followup. It's hard to tell tone through text.

As for the subject at hand, I always thought Adam was a reverse Beast - a man who became more and more of a monster, especially after losing his Belle, to the point where he could no longer be saved. In the story, the Beast kept Belle trapped at the castle and then finally let her leave, whereas in RWBY, Adam initially let Blake go (in the Black Trailer), and then when pain of her abandonment became too much, he went after her.

It would certainly fit with how Salem's crew appear to have a theme where they allude to X character if they lost/didn't have Y character. Hazel (Hansel) lost Greta (Gretel), Tyrian (the scorpion) wasn't transported by Pickerel (the frog), Watts (Watson) connected with Moriarty instead of Holmes, and Cinder (Cinderella) may be without her Fairy Godmother. Adam would've been the Beast if Belle never got through to him and left.