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ChishioKunrin wrote: I basically view Adam as a reverse Beast.

Belle met Beast while he was a beast and saw him become a man. Beast imprisoned her at first and then eventually let her go, and she was able to break his curse.

Blake met Adam while he was still pretty much a man but then watched him become a beast. Adam let her leave, but now he refuses to let her go. Blake is unable to redeem him. Another way of viewing it is that this is a more cynical take on what would be the happily ever after at the end. Rather than being a changed man, the Beast never truly becomes less of the controlling and furious figure he was before. Of course, he could still become less of one. I would definitely prefer they not just kill him since killing him probably means we will never get a decent examination of the Faunus situation.