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Hai

Is anyone still on this thing?

All of the feels too real haha, gg why did I watch this before I go to sleep

hplyrikz

Clear your mind here

goodquoteco

I will not feel guilty for choosing myself over someone else.

Chidera Eggerue (via goodquoteco)

somepiecesofmyheartandsoul-deac

Like the waves of the ocean, we crash into each other, we fall into each other and become one. This ocean is our love. This is how we love.

Lukas W. // Coffee thoughts #128 (via somepiecesofmyheartandsoul)

hplyrikz

Clear your mind here

juansendizon

I’m always in between things. Always between sadness and okayness. Always between dying and living. Always between love and apathy. Always between healing and bleeding. Always between hope and despair. Always between reality and poetry. If I don’t belong anywhere then where the fuck am I?

Juansen Dizon, Alienation (via juansendizon)

Why not love yourself first...

Care for yourself before caring for anyone else. Choose your happiness over someone’s else's. Only you will live with yourself forever.

juansendizon

But how, how, how can I tell people exactly what I feel without destroying everything?

Juansen Dizon (via juansendizon)

Just kill me now .__.

furuba

yurionice

wasafairytale

Y’all know when Mulan is sitting in the rain and watches her parents silhouette disappear as the candle is blown out and then her eyes squint in determination and the music that starts to play and you see her go into the family temple and light a match and bow in respect and then sneak into her parents room and switch the scroll for her hair brooch and then the way her reflection is shown as she pulls the sword and cuts her hair?? It’s literally more iconic than any marvel movie

wyntersknight

Y’all know that there is heavy symbolism in that scene to show that Mulan is the spirit of the Great Stone Dragon and that’s why Mushu wasn’t able to awaken it?

glitter-worm

im sorry What!! i never knew this! my life feels fuller!!! ahhhh

wyntersknight

Mulan sits in the rain underneath the statue of the Great Stone Dragon (who is looking down on her), and suddenly decides on a course of action. She looks up, resolved to go to war in place of her father and runs into the temple where she lights the match and beseeches protection for her family. The stone she bows to and that we see lit up by lightening strike is that of the dragon, whose eyes are looking out after her, lit from underneath by the candles. The scene transitions to the divider in the house that also has an icon of the dragon. where she replaces her hair comb with the summons. Then we see the sword hilt, also the dragon, and as she draws the blade we see her face replace it. She ties up her hair, then as she opens the wardrobe, the handles are also the dragon. After donning the armor, the view shows her facing us, with the hilt of the sword (the face of the dragon) in front of her face, where she then turns the sword to reveal her face, and sheaths it. As she leaves, we flash back to the temple, and the eyes of the dragon flash as her grandmother wakes up.

The Great Stone Dragon resides within her. She is the protector of the family.

vinedragonheartstring

After this explanation, the scene where Mushu cannot wake up the stone dragon makes so much more sense. I appreciate the symbolism so much more. I noticed the dragon but didn’t notice she was constantly juxtaposed with the dragon!

Canon accepted.