Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24032889-20190105161936/@comment-14909251-20190114025520

BlizzardDragon wrote: Actually Advocate, he's confirmed to be Gaston. Arryn left a tweet stating he isn't meant to be the Beast, Blake is meant to be both Belle and the Beast. Adam however is just Gaston. https://ghouldilox.tumblr.com/post/181970795258/blake-is-both-beauty-and-the-beast-and-adam-is She is clearly wrong and it is her personal headcanon as an actress for the show, unless the crew decided to retcon his allusion at some later point which would be extremely pathetic on their part and a betrayal of Monty's obvious intentions. His emblem is a rose and his weapon is named "Wilt and Blush" for heaven's sake. They could only lay on the Beast allusions so thick, but that is pretty thick in terms of allusions. Even his first name is one commonly associated with the Beast. Absolutely nothing about him alludes to Gaston. Only thing about Blake that alludes to "Beast" is the fact she is a Faunus.

I also have to say that nothing about their relationship alludes to Gaston. He was just a man with unrequited affections for Belle who was only interested in her because she was pretty. They weren't comrades in arms or kindred spirits or ever in any kind of romantic relationship. Pretty sure it has also been said characters can only allude to one character. Good lord, even the whole "I am a monster" schtick he had with the Grimm masks fit him squarely in "Beast" category and bears no resemblance to Gaston, who was ridiculously confident in everything about himself and didn't feel oppressed in the slightest.

Him maybe being disfigured or scarred under his mask/blindfold would also be consistent with him being Beast and not Gaston, who literally has an entire song dedicated to talking about how he has a perfect and flawless body. It seems to me anyone trying to cast Adam as Gaston is just afraid to acknowledge that as Beast he fits very well and perhaps because they don't really want him to follow the story of the Beast, who woos and marries Belle by the end. Nothing says they have to redeem Adam and put him together with Blake simply due to him being the Beast, given characters do not adhere perfectly to their allusions.