#Like a cloud you are soft. Like a bamboo you bend in the wind ; Mulan

[the-rejected-princess]

OPEN MULAN STARTER

➳જ⁀➴ THE SEASONS HAD CHANGED QUICKLY and Jack Frost had visited. Bringing along with him Winter and all that came with it. A thin layer of snow blanketed the once green grass and beautiful plant life. Everything had either died for the season, or was had fell into a deep sleep. Sleep-- That reminded the warrior of her friend Aurora. Mulan couldn't help but ponder how her friend and the prince were doing. Those thought quickly disappeared, as Mulan gently pulled Khan to a stop. The warrior was dressed in thick fur lined robes and armor to help fight off Jack Frost's winter. Khan had a few extra blankets over his back to help him stay warm as well. "We should rest for a little Khan." She motioned to Khan leading him to the small creek she'd stopped them by, that wasn't frozen over so he could get a drink.

Mulan had been gathering wood on their venture so once they stopped she could easily start a warm fire. That's just what she did; building the wood up in a pile so she could light it. This took a few minutes, but once the fire was going she pulled out the food she had in one of Khan's saddle bags and started making it. The warrior had slipped off her helmet to let her long raven hair down, her helmet had shielded her face from the cold breeze that rested in the air. Her cheeks quickly turning red from the cold and a shiver running through her body. At that moment Khan grabbed one of his blankets off his back with his mouth and drapped it over his mistresses shoulders. "Khan-- thank you." She smiled at the horse how now laid himself down behind his mistress to help keep the two warm while he grazed on the grass around them.

[tiodolma]

bro if kilgharrah listened to Mulan II "Lesson Number One", Merlin and Morgana would have been powerful together

[Intro: Mulan] Earth, sky Day, night Sound and silence Dark and light

[Chorus: Mulan] One alone is not enough You need both together Winter, summer Moon and sun Lesson number one

[Verse 1] Like a rock, You must be hard, Like an oak, You must stand firm, Cut quick, like my blade Think fast, Unafraid

[Verse 2]

Like a cloud I am soft Like bamboo I bend in the wind Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know It's okay to be afraid

One of the core lessons I had learned in my in my childhood also came from cardcaptor sakura:

Light and Dark always go together, no matter what.

In the cardcaptor sakura series, light and dark are the most powerful of the cards. The caveat is, they are always used in tandem. They are captured, sealed and changed as a duo, never separated.

yes i am pushing for the yin/yang mergana agenda.

Yin and yang (/jɪn/ and /jæŋ/) is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces. In Chinese cosmology, the universe creates itself out of a primary chaos of material energy, organized into the cycles of yin and yang and formed into objects and lives. Yin is the receptive and yang the active principle, seen in all forms of change and difference such as the annual cycle (winter and summer), the landscape (north-facing shade and south-facing brightness), sexual coupling (female and male), the formation of both men and women as characters and sociopolitical history (disorder and order).

The notion of duality can be found in many areas, such as Communities of Practice. The term "dualistic-monism" or dialectical monism has been coined in an attempt to express this fruitful paradox of simultaneous unity and duality. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts.[4] According to this philosophy, everything has both yin and yang aspects (for instance, shadow cannot exist without light).

Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang (i.e. taijitu symbol) shows a balance between two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section.

ONE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH, YOU NEED BOTH TOGETHER

[imonlyheretocomplain]

I'm going to be very serious about a children's movie for a second. This is tumblr after all, I'm pretty sure that's what we do here.

Mulan 2 is a horrible movie that I will always adore. It has too many problems to count, but I fucking love some of its songs.

My absolute favorite has to be lesson number one, at the very beginning of the movie. Basically, a bunch of little girls are running around pretending to be warriors and begging Mulan to teach them how to fight.

First of all: adorable.

But Mulan does something cool here. She basically hammers home the moral of the first movie: that trying to fit into the manly man atmosphere of the army wasn't much better than being forced into the role of perfect wife. Both are oppressive gender roles that ignore important aspects of life and the people that live it.

So she hits these kiddos with this:

Like a cloud, I am soft. Like a rock, I must be hard.

Like bamboo, I bend in the wind. Like an oak, I must stand firm.

Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know, Cut quick, like my blade. Think fast,

It's okay to be afraid. Unafraid.

One alone is not enough, you need both together. Winter, summer, moon and sun. Lesson number one.

Is it just a run down of the first movie with the subtly of a brick? Yes. But it was the only bit of media I saw as a kid that broke out of the bullshit 'anything feminine is stupid and weak' kind of toxicity, which I really needed to hear.

[ihearyourmelody]

Like a cloud you are soft. Like a bamboo you bend in the wind.

Mulan

[thoughtfulseason]

Movies: Mulan

Like a cloud, you are soft. Like bamboo, you bend in the wind. Creeping slow, you're at peace because you know... it's okay to be afraid.

[rikhaanggra]

One alone is not enough Like a rock, you must be hard Like an oak, you must be stand firm Like a cloud, you are soft Like bamboo, you'll bend in the wind (Mulan)

[the-rejected-princess]

Sexual Tension prompt request for @thewxnderer | Mulan

➳જ⁀➴ A COLD SHIVER RAN DOWN the back of the female Warrior as she traveled a long the abandoned path. Khan her loyal steed walking on one side. The tall male on her other sides height towering over her, she kept with his pace. The Chinese woman was in feminie robes for once, instead of her normal soldier armor. The chill in the air broke through the thin robes she wore causing yet another shiver to creep up her spine. The female warrior stepped closer to the male to feel his body heat hoping to get some warmth.