#mulan

[rinnsverse]

maomao and shang r the same kind of bisexual where they both find jinshi and mulan attractive in the same gender kind of way

maomao: “jinshi is really pretty… like a woman.”

shang: “ping is so strong… wait he’s a woman?”

[eggos-scans]

Disney Princess coloring pages! ❤️

[angryautiegamer]

Diversity was already good at Disney.

Meme I did due to the live-action Snow White's recent premiere, in imitating others I had seen in the past. All films are copyright © Disney.

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[fate-magical-girls]

The parallel is interesting, but sad to say, Achilles would be ANCIENT to Mulan. He existed in the Bronze Age, she was more medieval/Dark Ages according to European history.

(Also there was no detail about Mulan cutting her hair in the original ballad. Both Han and Xianbei men, the dominant groups in China at the time, had long hair. She could've wound it tight like a Han man or worn cornrows like a Xianbei man.)

Mulan's crossdressing IS her motif, and her ability to crossdress is counted as one of her heroic feats. Achilles' was one blip on his radar and not really celebrated. Similarly, Achilles' mourning is a major part of his story, but Mulan's mouring is only an initial motivator and not dwelled upon. And I wouldn't say Mulan didn't desire glory and fame. Her era was one that valued horseback combat and personal glory. But she would've had an ethos more akin to European knights or Roman pro soldiers -- a desire to achieve glorious deeds tempered by the need to show appropriate etiquette. She fought well and achieved multiple honors, but she gave up the rewards that came with the honors to go home and take off her disguise.

Their biggest similarity is their medium, and how they're both queer icons. China really doesn't have a long history of epic narrative poetry. Most of the narrative poems from the early AD centuries are about love and the aftermath of war, with obscure or anonymous protagonists, and most of the odes from this time period are about nature scenes or other bits of finery, with the exception of Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River which functions as a sort of hymn to the goddess. Further back, stories of ancient heroes exist in prose history chronicles and philosophical tracts. It's not until after the Mongol Yuan Dynasty that China starts producing epic poetry, and at the time it was considered crude pop culture. Mulan was awesome enough to outgrow her medium and become an icon, while Achilles has been helped along by his medium.

And Achilles is very much part of an ensemble cast. Interactions and fight with other epic heroes are part of his appeal. He's rooted firmly in his time period of late Heroic Age. Mulan exists in a little bit of a vacuum. In later eras, she would even be updated to different time periods depending on the story writers wanted to tell. It's not until the modern era that historians and writers really gave her a long, hard look and realized she was supposed to be a character from the Northern Wei dynasty. Still, she doesn't really interact with her emperor (called her Khan in the original ballads) or her fellow generals. Their feats are found in historical chronicles and Mulan is over by herself in an epic poem.

When you realize these two are the polar opposites!

Both influential figures from two great poems of their time that shaped generations and generations of their culture (China and Greece respectably) and arguably very influential and inspiring figures for bravery, heroism and glory.

They definitely are two characters with plenty of stuff in common such as the fact that they are posed to sigh sing and mourn (the difference is that Mulan mourns her father's upcoming fate in the Ballad of Hua Mulan while Achilles sighs and moans for the death of Patroclus), both figures also known for fighting at least a decade in a war (Mulan fought for 12, Achilles for 10) and many other parallels that they are way too similar.

However seeing their stories side by side they totally are polar opposites too! And here are some basic spots!

One is a woman, one is a man

One dressed up as a man, one dressed up as a woman

One did it to go to war, the other did it to avoid it

One was never discovered, the other was

One wanted to protect her father, the other was protected by his and his mother

One cut her hair to fight, the other to mourn

One didn't mourn a loved one at the war, the other one did

One didn't desire glory and fame, the other lived for it

One survived the war, the other didn't

One is part of a ballad poem influential to the east, the other from an epic poem that shaped the west

Like...please tell me I am not the only one who noticed these and I am not the only one who is weird nerd! XD

[luxmoogle]

ヽ｀、ヽ 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒟𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓈… ༄˖彡ヽ｀、ヽ

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Character designs for the Disney Princesses as seen in Ralph Breaks the Internet by Brittney Lee and Ami Thompson

[yen-sids-tournament]

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Quotable Disney Quarter Finals Poll 1/4

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Reminder: In Round 4 Mushu and Dr. Doofenshmirtz tied. The winner here needs a mere plurality to proceed.

Full Quotes Below:

“Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Make note of this. Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow,”

~Mushu, Mulan (1998)

“If I had a nickel for every time I was doomed by a puppet, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.”

~Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)

“The ‘Greater Good’? I am your WIFE, I am the greatest good you are EVER gonna get!”

~Honey Best, The Incredibles (2004)

[tvandfilm]

Mulan dir. Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | 1998

[sid-abernathy]

MULAN (1998) dir. tony bancroft + barry cook

[cronchy-baguette]

Forgot to post this here so here's my annual mulan drawing wehehe

happy late birthday to my favorite girlboss

[sunhealings]

A single grain of rice can tip the scale. One man may be the difference between victory and defeat.

[romancemedia]

Inside Look into the Disney Princess Castles

[stydixa]

MULAN (1998) dir. Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook

[goldberry-edition]

Disney princesses in their historical costumes

by eneteeme

[dailyflicks]

MULAN (1998) dir. Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook

[kizzyedgelll]

@pscentral gif(t) exchange 2024 ↳ mulan for @laurabenanti, merry christmas! ♡