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DarKingdomHearts wrote: Jordy267 wrote: Eskaver wrote: Rewatching the episode, the recap has Red saying, "Helping someone else find their path will help you with yours." Gosh, so does that really justify Mulan practically reliving through the same event in her life over again to "help her with hers". So, I'm betting on Mulan sticking around for at least another episode, and it'll be her flashback story. It's a shame that they've taken one of the strongest herione's we know who doesn't have her sights set on finding a partner, and giver her this tragic will-she-ever-find-love dilemma. However, does Mulan even want to be with Red, or are people just assuming she did because Red is a woman? I don't remember very much about their relationship in The Bear King and I'll be damned if I watch that waste of 40 minutes again.

Tbh I already dislike what they did to Mulan to begin with. They gave her a really bad attitude and generally just made her annoying (a shame because she had an awesome personality in the movie), and I can't say I was very happy that they just happened to choose the woman who pretended to be a man to be their token lesbian. Mulan always had been one of my most favorite characters throughout the series and she did really great in season 2. She was certainly on a quest from a promise made to Phillip to protect Aurora but one cannot stop emotions during that time, and I think that Jamie acted it out very well. She always is honorable, except after the events before Quite the Common Fairy and The Bear King, but one could clearly see she was tired of everything backfiring on her.

What we need of Mulan is a good flashback episode centered around her. She has appeared in one with Belle explaining how she joined Phillip and her Merida flashback when she still was in service of the Empire. But what we really need is a flashback where she is in the Empire, to show how much she was respected there as a heroine. And maybe delve a little bit further into her character. Was she clearly aware of her being gay? Or was this around the time she began realizing it? What does her family think of her being a lesbian warrior? How does the Emperor see her? We really need a flashback for that point involving the Nightingale If they did decide to delve more into Mulan's character, I hope they'd show her defeating Shan Yu.