Over the Garden Wall but it’s just The Beast

he’s kinda hot

[cramerfloro]

I love how when the Beast summons the shadows to threaten Wirt, it completely backfires.
Because now Wirt can only see his eyes, *the same eyes of the poisoned dog*, and so he understands. He understands that this is nothing more than a scared animal, trying to intimidate the things around it that could hurt it.
And once Wirt knows this, all the power the Beast held over him is gone.

[rickyroller]

He is the fear of what lurks in the dark and the only way to beat him is to snuff out the only thing lighting your path and giving you hope... its terrifyingly genuis.

[Nobody.]

The best thing for me about its ending is that it is not an epic battle, it does not have a "I'll be back" style dialogue or anything like that.He just begs the Woodsman not to turn off the lantern, without even being able to finish his sentence.

[Friezahim]

3:50 put it on 0.25x speed and see his horrific body

[lunch_trey]

It's oddly poetic that The Beast isn't killed by a weapon or some kind of magic but by simply blowing out a lantern. He's made to be this dangerous unimaginable creature that can't be beat and then it turns out his life is as ever fading as a burning candle.

[twistergreen]

its crazy because in the comics, its proven that the woodsman is just scared of everything weird in the forest, so when his daughter goes missing and he takes the lantern from the beast after they bump into eachother, the beast in desperation tells him "your daughter is in the flame, let me keep it burning so she doesnt die" this backfires on the beast, and he ends becoming both a hostage, and a tormentor for the woodsman, who believes his daughter was lost to the weird monsters in the woods, when in reality if he just went back to his house, he would find her, waiting for him

[AnvilPro]

I like that he's very specifically *not* darkness, he's the fear of what's *in* the darkness. So the way to beat him is to just snuff out the light and face the fear of whatever's there, because a lot of the times it's nothing

[virgiljericho]

The beast is probably the best example of a Fae villain.

He’s a trickster, he’s unknown. He makes other people do his bidding and exert his will.

[painterguy]

It's shocking how little screen time he gets in the show, yet still manages to leave such an impact in it. Truly a memorable villain.

[ALovelyLad]

Making someone wait until sunset to theoretically put the sun in a cup is cute, but making them do it so they freeze to death in the cold is evil

[MasteropHat]

I love this villain has no origins no motive just wants to survive

[wilhemtehlynx]

3:22 This shot is so good. It’s framed so perfectly. The distance between Wirt and the Beast, the Beast’s simple yet elegantly terrifying silhouette… I just love looking at it.

[myaltaccount]

it just occurred to me that the sounds that we see whenever we look into the lantern isn't actually the sounds of the woodsman's daughter (because she's alive and not in the lantern) but it's the sound of the lost souls trapped in the edelwood trees screaming in agony as they burn up

[Creature_of_the_Land]

The Beast manages to take his biggest weakness & make it his pawn’s weakness instead. Honestly, that’s good writing

[alyssabullock]

He's such a good villain. His singing is so chilling, and knowing his job is to lure souls and use them for fuel is insane.
Him representing the devil or death knowing this show is set in limbo is intense.

[errortryagainlater]

I love how they managed to get such a nightmarish freeze-frame (of the Beast's true form) into a kid's show.

[ThatOneDanStevensFangirlK]

Since I'm playing the Beast in my school's OTGW stage adaptation, it seems really easy to memorize all of his lines from the show. But the hardest part is singing *really* low, since I can't sing really low, so I have to sing an octave higher, with the range of "The Jolly Woodsman" being E3-E4, which is quite low. But, I can sing high, which is something I'm good at since I'm a soprano in choir. The second Beast song, "Come Wayward Souls", is another song where I have to sing low, with the range being G3-Ab(Flat)4, which is a bit higher than the first song. Overall I'm surprised that I play the Beast in my OTGW play despite me having quite a high vocal range.

[buccaneercat]

What makes The Beast so memorable, to me, is that he’s not an almighty powerhouse villain. He’s not invincible, he’s got no massive backstory, and he’s not exactly a physical threat either. He’s manipulative, and smart. He’ll bend the will through breaking one’s spirit.

He’s got no grand scheme other than tricking others into keeping him alive like a parasite. No generic domination, no vengeance, just survival. It’s primal, and compelling.

Plus that voice, and even the character design, is incredible!

[comradeScallion]

crazy how little of the show hes actually in. certainly makes an, ahem, impact

[warriorsofftime]

1:07
"Did you fetch for me the golden comb?"

"Will this work?"

... "This is a honey comb"