Hey @Greg, I just happened upon the old Beauty and the Beast analysis thread and was wondering if the discussion at the end ever made you satisfied or able to see how Belle as MC could have a Concern of The Future.
Here is the link where your questions on that began, pretty much the rest of the thread deals with your “Concern concern” 
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The reason I ask this here is that it feels a bit like a similar difficulty in seeing The Past as the OS Concern in AitVC. Like, because of the things that are happening or how things are going in the story’s current timeline, it’s difficult for you to see other more distant times (past or future) as a source of conflict.