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The princess was fought over by the prince because she came with a kingdom. Fun structure to play with.

If you haven't, seeking out the pre-Disney versions of stories is a fun experience. Helps color what these stories were intended to convey. Inferred by reading a few variants of them. Then comparing to what Disney produced. Provides a useful snapshop on the arrow of time. What direction your childhood was being nudged. Then once you know this, you can decide where you wish your human operating system to be nudged there. Or you walk away with a picture of what the cauldron of storytelling actually looks like, with a newfound ability to dip modern events into that cauldron to construct useful storytelling narratives of your own doing.

Popular Tales of the Norse. And Blue Faerie Book are a couple of them referenced by Tolkien in On Faerie-Stories.

Was there another eligable guy hanging around the castle she was literally locked in?

It's weird to read Beauty and the Beast and say, "you know what's fucked up about that story? She's a gold digger."

so was Gaston, how can that man afford 5 dozen eggs every day? and he owns a tavern.

Dude didn’t have a castle and servants. Gaston was like upper middle class.

Gaston expected Belle to never read a book, to cook his dinner, clean the house, massage his feet, birth his kids and just be the little wife who sat still, looked pretty and listened to every word he said, only speaking when spoken too.

Beast encouraged her to read, gave her books, shared her love of them and enjoyed listening and showing her things, he had depth, never asked her to cook for him or massage him and bearing his kids was probably the last thing on his mind.