The Beast
SPOILERS AHEAD. WATCH OUT!
Sometimes, the love of your life becomes the beast of your life. And by that I mean that the union of Gabrielle and Louis could eventually generate something worse in the future. In my initial reading, I didn't come to personify "The Beast"; for me, it would be the indifference that time would bring to this love. But... Thinking about it, such an intense love wouldnt be affected by that. Perhaps instead, it would create something much worse.
The seer indicates the dove as an omen of death. If we think of the dove as a representation of the Holy Spirit, why would it prevent such a strong love? Perhaps it's not about preventing love itself, but what this love could generate.
Perhaps the real danger is the future "monster" that Gabrielle and Louis would be capable of creating. If this love bore fruit, that fruit could be "The Beast": not the romantic disappointment that always returns, but something even more destructive, capable of causing ruin—like an earthquake or a flood.
Some details reinforce this idea, especially the dolls. A childlike object that appears in every life: in one, linked to Gabrielle's husband's work; in another, inexplicably appearing and even speaking to her; and in its last appearance, literally becoming a being—a soulless being, but one that (somehow) loves Gabrielle, even though it is incapable of feeling anything whatsoever.
Perhaps this relationship with the dolls reveals something hidden: "The Beast" is not indifference, but rather the possible fruit of the love between Gabrielle and Louis.
"The Beast" could indeed be paranoia, fear, the incel threat, anxiety, or ultimately emotional disconnection... while the dolls would only serve as a generational inheritance. However... Is it too crazy to think that "The Beast" could be something completely different and that it would only become something in a future that destiny (or God) couldn't prevent? I don't know, and I can't know which of the two hypotheses is genuine; all I know is that both interpretations appeal to me. I feel there's still so much more to get out of this story, more details to be discovered, or rather... perceived.
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