April A to Z Challenge - Cross Stitch "B" x 2

Day 2 of cross stitching madness brings my first two-character foray on Once Upon A Time. I've rambled on and on throughout my years of blogging about the "second wave" of Disney movies, my initial dislike of computer generated animation, etc. It took me many years to morn the loss of hand-drawn animation and to accept that CG was here to stay, but once I finally did, I did learn to enjoy the CG's, not so much for the artistic talent (that came with wave 3), but for the storylines and music (the scene where Belle's holding a tree and her hand isn't finished, even after the remastered version was released in theaters, still eats me alive, but I'm digressing).

Project #1:  Once Upon A Time

In case you haven't guessed, "B" is for Belle from the Enchanted Forest and Lacey French, her wild-child alter-Storybrooke ego.  Belle was brought over as herself in the curse, locked in a mental ward for the 28 years, only to be released so that she could return to her "beast" (more on him later).  Lacey came about, not from the curse, but as a way for the Evil Queen to exact revenge on Rumpelstiltskin (LONG story). I tend to like this Belle much better than the Disney version. She's one of the few characters that, once she was "cured" of her Lacey-ness, has gone back to her old self...the others still retain aspects of both their personalities (probably because she wasn't Lacey for very long).  So, here is the sweet, studious, adventurous beast-loving Belle and Lacey, the slutty, borderline alcoholic party girl who is attracted to the baddest of guys.

Project #2:  Veronica Mars
"B" is for Backup, the third member of the Mars family unit, the most sane one (via Veronica's own admission), and puppy-dog extraordinaire!  Granted, Backup in the pilot is a different breed from Backup in the rest of the series, but I often overlook that.