Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-1894786-20150714222328

Brzoskwinia wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: GothicNarcissus wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Brzoskwinia wrote: I don't believe Disney would let them make Merida a lesbian. No one would've believed they'd make Mulan into a lesbian, much less the stereotypical "I'm a tomboy and like fighting" lesbian. But they did. And Merida's a tomboy who likes fighting, too. Mulan per se isn't a Disney character, she's from a legend and they could take that source material and twist it however they want. Conversely, Merida is an original Disney-Pixar character from a recent franchise, which makes the two quite different.

It's pretty much like Ingrid, based on the original Snow Queen tale, and Elsa, taken directly from the movie: the former allowed for much more freedom than the latter. True, Ingrid had much more freedom than the fairly stale-in-Storybrooke Elsa. But then again, what they did with Ingrid was literally take Elsa's story and remix it to get a villain at the end of it.

And true, Mulan is a historical figure, much like Robin and Blackbeard. But the historical Mulan was feminine enjoyed feminine things. The tomboy aspect comes from Disney's version of Mulan, who'd enjoyed military affairs since youth. Disney's Mulan enjoyed it since the youth? She didn't even knew anything about this, and the only reason she went on her adventure was not because she wanted, like in the legend, but because it was the only way to save her father. Once's Mulan is not based on Disney's Mulan.

Besides, I think that it doesn't even matter. If Disney's Mulan movie debuted less than five years ago, Disney probably wouldn't let them to change her into lesbian as well. Disney's Mulan was confirmed by her creators to have had a love for military affairs since childhood and would often discuss them with her father, but they took it out of the actual movie as it made her sacrifice for her father seem much more selfish because people would assume she'd always wanted to be a soldier and did it for herself. They took it out of the actual movie, but kept it in her character, which can be clearly seen in storybooks and her sequel.

Also where in the legend did Hua Mulan go because she wanted an adventure? She went for the same reasons in the movie: Her father was too old, and her little brother was too young, so she went to save them both.