Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24018644-20150228155751/@comment-4975807-20161216164233

Anna DeAnna wrote: Why do everyone think Mulan was ever in love with Phillip? Aurora suspected that and she replied with "You know nothing about love" or something like that. It was never implied she might be in love with him. They fought together, they kept each other's backs, but what makes anyone think she was ever in love with him? Aurora herself believed, at least however briefly, that Mulan had hidden feelings for Phillip. When Phillip went missing during "Broken", Aurora insisted Mulan was in love with Phillip and that she "knows love when she sees it". Mulan rebuffed these claims, but I think (at the time) people interpreted Mulan's swift denial in different ways.

Upon rewatch, the "you know nothing about love" is actually "love is sacrifice; something you clearly don't understand", which Mulan said to Aurora after she explained to Aurora why she needed to keep her safe for Phillip's sake because everything Phillip does is for Aurora.