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Farerb wrote: I read in a different forum a theory that they planned to do the story with Mulan instead of Dorothy, but Disney probably prohibited it. That's why there was a last minute introduction of Dorothy's character and why it felt so rushed.

When you think about it, it makes sense since there were a lot of signs in 509 and Mulan's implied sexuality, it seemed like they built towards the couple being Ruby and Mulan. Moreover, it explains why Mulan was so irrelevant in 518.

If that's the case then I fear that Mulan is going to be either forgotten or her sexuality will be retconned (and they can do that cause they never specifically said she was gay).

As for other LGBT relationship, I don't think A&E have the courage to pull that off again and I believe that if they hadn't announced it, they might have not done that in the first place. That theory makes very little sense. It was pretty clear that Zelena was going to play a bigger role this season, being promoted to main cast and everything, which meant more Oz, and Dorothy fits into that. Furthurmore, Dorothy being a lesbian makes sense for many reasons, so I think she was always intended to be half of the LGBT pairing. Finally, unlike characters like Elsa, Anna, and Merida, who are completely the Disney versions, Mulan (while taking some inspiration from the Dinsey version like all the princesses on this show) is very much her own character, and I bet Once didn't even have to ask Disney or anyone else for permission to use her, seeing as the Chinese legend is certainly in the public domain. So if they wanted Mulan with Red or Dorothy they would have done it. Obviously, they have a different plan for Mulan.