Mulan

[Guest gwenthlian]

I first saw Mulan aged seven and i cried and cried. That was the moment everything became clear, that there was a reason i didnt fit in. Just like the young chinese woman portrayed in the film i was pretending to be a boy, not fighting cartoon huns but fighting myself. I had an answer to all the questions in my head and i knew i was not alone. Life only got harder as i got older, continual moving of countries and a lack of freinds not to mention the emotional strains of growing up in the wrong body, sent me spiraling into depression but i can see the horizon. I still watch Mulan and im still drawing strength from it and I just wondered if anyone else had encountered it.

"when will my reflection show who i am inside"

[Guest GoldenKirbichu]

I first saw Mulan aged seven and i cried and cried. That was the moment everything became clear, that there was a reason i didnt fit in. Just like the young chinese woman portrayed in the film i was pretending to be a boy, not fighting cartoon huns but fighting myself. I had an answer to all the questions in my head and i knew i was not alone. Life only got harder as i got older, continual moving of countries and a lack of freinds not to mention the emotional strains of growing up in the wrong body, sent me spiraling into depression but i can see the horizon. I still watch Mulan and im still drawing strength from it and I just wondered if anyone else had encountered it.

"when will my reflection show who i am inside"

Actually, when I watched Mulan the opposite clicked with me. A female-bodied person dressing in the clothes of a male, acting as a male, BEING a male - that also interested me, and it definitely made me think.

Obviously not what you got from it, but it's what I got. I also appreciated the end, where the entire male squadron crossdresses as women in order to infiltrate the castle.

[Guest Michelle M]

Disney - Subliminally teaching children difficult transgender issues through cartoons. Beautiful. Is there anything Disney can't do?

[Guest Rika-chama]

Ah, I remember watching Mulan as I kid and loving it, too bad that feeling never "clicked" with me. Mulan has to be one of my favorite Disney movies . And the part where they all crossdress as females is hilarious

Ni-paa~

[Guest kaos]

I can remember just listening to the song "Reflection" over and over and identifying with the lyrics more and more everytime.

[Guest kaos]

These things really spoke to me:

Now I see that if I were truly to be myself,

I would break my family's heart.

[Guest Jason]

Yeah, "Reflection" is definately my favorite Disney song for those reasons.

[Guest CharlesMonroe]

I love mulan, it really clicked with me. I remember listening to it over and over agian when i was eight, dreaming of the day i would look in the mirror and see me.

'Who is that girl i see, staring straight back at me,

Why is my reflection someone i don't know,

Somehow i cannot hide, who i am though i've tried,

When will my reflection show, who i am inside.'

[Guest Brianna]

To be honest, I never really listened to the lyrics of that song when I was little. But I do remember liking the part towards the end when they all CD to get into the palace. But know that I think about it, its really applicable to transgender people, especially FTMs. It makes me wonder if disney intended for there to be TG undertones . Who knows? Lol.

Interesting topic.

Love

Alyssa.

[Guest o0tg0o]

Hehe, yeah I loved it too. I already knew about myself, so when I heard reflections, I loved it...I just never admitted it to my friends

[Guest brandt]

mulan. ahh my favorite disney movie. i loved it. and it clicked to me about how she dressed as a boy and all that. but it showed me that girls can do anything as much as a guys do. i really didnt relate in a way i would have though but now that i think of the concept of this movie i think i like the movie more in putting that kind of way. also as in shakespeares play that i can't think of. but a movie was based on it. she's the man. yea i liked that movie and it was similar to mulan. pretty interesting i think.

[Guest Kelly]

it was probally the thing that made me realize im ts

[Guest CharlieRose]

To be honest, I never really listened to the lyrics of that song when I was little. But I do remember liking the part towards the end when they all CD to get into the palace. But know that I think about it, its really applicable to transgender people, especially FTMs. It makes me wonder if disney intended for there to be TG undertones . Who knows? Lol.

Interesting topic.

Love

Alyssa.

Yeah, Mulan came out when I was in elementary school, and then, of course, I had no idea I was trans, I just thought it was funny and liked the music.

When I got older, questioning, and listened to the music, I thought, "Sheesh, what is 'Reflection' supposed to be about if not FTMs?"