I relate very strongly to Lumiere from
Beauty and the Beast because there was a time in my life when I was human and a servant in the castle of a beautiful but selfish princess. When the princess made the unfortunate mistake of offending the wrong person, a short little man who in actuality was a powerful leprechaun, the leprechaun's revenge curse affected all of us in the castle. The princess was turned into a giant hedgehog and all of us servants were turned into ceiling fans. The curse can only be lifted if someone comes along with a shadow that the princess hedgehog is not afraid of, but she is a very cowardly princess hedgehog. So when Lumiere longs for "Those good old days when [he was] useful" I know exactly what he's talking about.
Oh, and I have a German accent, but for some reason everybody around me either has a British accent or a standard American accent.
Either Lumiere or Mark Cohen or Nessa.
yr ronin,
joey