Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5821891-20130129005409/@comment-4839682-20130201221848

186.24.139.197 wrote: To whoever quoted me, because I'm in a hurry:

Russia is historically a European state, this explains why Russia is always discussed as European (historically, politically, culturally, economically, socially, etc.) except when talking about geography, in which case it is called "Eurasian" because it spans two continents.

My problem with Belle being a better tracker than Mulan is that it is shown as if she is a better tracker because she reads the language better; which means she reads Chinese better than a Chinese warrior woman.

Please, let's not talk about race issues on OUaT, they are many and cannot be ignored in a "shrug it off because this is not our world and race doesn't work the same way" fashion. If you don't see how this casting call, or the "far away kingdom" with people wearing rice-hats in the background, could be seen as offensive or racist, then I'm very sorry for you.

Block me or erase my comment, I don't care, I can't believe what I read anyway.

You seem to be misunderstanding me, so I'm not going to argue over how it is technically, semantically incorrect to call Mulan "Chinese" inshow.

I'm still not understanding where you get the idea that Belle reads Mulan's language better than Mulan; Belle simply had a book that Mulan did not.

Mulan is a woman of action; she tracked the Yaoguai the old way, going out and following its tracks literally. Belle is a woman of books; she found a book about the creature and read it. That's all there is.