My All Creation deuteragonist, Jobe, has already been eaten by sixteen Disney villains, one of whom has eaten him twice -- Legend of Tarzan villains Tublat, the evil gorilla, and Kaj, the evil Leopard Man who worked in the service of Queen La, Merlock, the main villain of Duck Tales: the Movie - Raiders of the Lost Lamp, even a human predator, Stromboli, the gypsy serving as a minor villain from Pinocchio, the feral form of the evil Shere Khan from The Jungle Book, the anthro form of Shere Khan from Tale Spin, Tick-Tock, the evil, Hook-obsessed crocodile from Peter Pan, Sewernose de Bergerac, the evil, opera-loving alligator from one episode of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Boll Weevil, the evil oat tycoon from one episode of DuckTales, the sinister Bankjob Beagle, one of the seven infamous Beagle Boys from DuckTales, the deadly Sa'Luk, the Cassim-replacing King of Thieves from Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the dastardly Dark Dragon from American Dragon Jake Long, the "Honorable" Sherriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood, the sinister duck demon Paddywhack from Darkwing Duck, the evil Taurus Bulba from Darkwing Duck, the evil, crafty, conniving Mr. Walrus from Alice in Wonderland, the shady, sinister crime lord Ignatz "Ratso" Ratzkiwatzki from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and, most recently, the wicked, Maleficent-serving cat Pete, as seen in his Kingdom Hearts 2 incarnation! We now continue this series of comics involving Jobe getting eaten by more of my favorite Disney characters.

But soon after the completion of the Disney villains, Jobe has now moved on to encountering and being eaten by Disney heroes! First, he was eaten by the usually heroic Little John, the best friend and sidekick of Robin Hood from his eponymous movie, the anthro-only version of Robin Hood, and just recently, he was eaten by the heroic Jo-Adian Space Ranger, Booster Munchapper, from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command! And now, Jobe's journey continues, as he is about to run into more heroes! These are heroes who, like the villains, I'd always imagined making meals out of me. As Jobe is based on me, appearance-wise and personality-wise, he'd be the closest thing I could have to me getting eaten by these villains myself. So I could live it vicariously through him, so to speak.

In this short story, Jobe has re-formed from his digestion by Booster, and has now moved on to his next Disney world, a castle in the Disney version of France, as seen in Beauty and the Beast! And here, he's going to meet the Beast, the deuteragonist of the movie! And despite being a hero rather than a villain, Jobe's fate upon meeting him will be the same fate he's had with the villains and the two prior heroes. . . .

Standing over Jobe was a large beast. But what was incredibly odd about this beast was that he didn’t appear to be one who was of any one species of animal, but a chimera, meaning that he was a mixture of several animals. He had the head structure and horns of a buffalo, the arms and body of a bear, the eyebrows of a gorilla, the jaws, teeth, and mane of a lion, the tusks of a wild boar, and the legs and tail of a wolf. He also resembled mythical monsters like minotaurs or a werewolves. He also had blue eyes. He seemed to be shirtless, with only ragged, dark-gray breeches, and a ragged, reddish-colored cape with a golden-colored, circular-shaped clasp.
The beast was, quite fittingly, simply called “The Beast.” But he had not always been that way. He had once been a human, the prince of a now-forgotten kingdom. He’d lived in that castle with many of his servants and subjects. But despite having everything that he could ever have wanted, he was still, as the legend of him had said, “spoiled, selfish, and unkind.”
However, that largely changed when, after rejecting the gift of a single rose from a seemingly old, decrepit crone, the crone in question was revealed to be a beautiful fairy. One who was testing his kindness. He had failed the test, and as punishment, she transformed him into the beast that he was. In addition, he needed to learn kindness and love and find someone to love him in return before the petals of the very rose that she had offered him had all wilted and fallen off it. If he succeeded, then he would regain his human form. If not, then he would remain in his current form for the rest of his life.
Unfortunately, he had not been off to the best of the starts, and his treatment of Jobe would certainly not inspire confidence that he could meet that goal. . . .
“What are you doing in my castle?” the Beast demanded of Jobe with an angry growl, looking down at him furiously as he pointed at him. “I do not recall inviting you here. You do not belong here!”
The Beast, you see, did not like having intruders to his castle. Those who entered without his express permission were either killed or imprisoned as punishment. just hours before Jobe’s arrival, he had done the very thing to an old Frenchman named Maurice, who had taken cover there after he and his horse, Philippe, had been attacked by wolves.
Jobe looked scared and frightened as he now sat on his knees, looking up at the Beast. “I apologize, sir,” he said shakily. “I did not know that anybody was even in this castle.” He slowly stood up. “But it was the only place that I could go,” he said. “There is a terrible blizzard outside, and I was freezing.” He held out his arms pleadingly. “I just needed a warm place to stay until the blizzard passed.”
The Beast looked unamused and still, ultimately, angry as he looked down at him.
“I’ll give you a warm place to stay,” he said to the nervous young man. . . .

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