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she needed a hero, so that’s what she became. [insp]
Reblog if your muse would risk their life to save a loved one
after what felt like like interminable days of travel, no words could possibly TRIUMPH in describing the relief that follows when their caravan reaches the outskirts of the small and humble village. Far from sporting the EXTRAVAGANCE of the city he hails from, he can nonetheless appreciate the presence of open grassy fields and trees donning flowers that are both beautiful and unfamiliar to his eye. Even as the others settled their b r i g h t l y-colored caravans amidst the expanse of one of the fields, Quasimodo can only stand and SOAK up his surroundings in awe, captive to this new land. How he longs to explore it to the fullest! If anything, if they needed help at all, it’d be on account of him not doing his share of the work in the first place ⎯⎯⎯ he is certainly DISTRACTED as he sloppily carries off his tasks and sets up the group’s tents, and even more so by the figure that approaches them from the village. If the sword on her belt and the steed she travels on means anything, he’d presume that this stranger is one of the village SOLDIERS ⎯⎯⎯ a surprise to him indeed, as women soldiers in Paris are unheard of. Could this be the norm here, he wonders?
With one hand on her sword belt, he almost DREADS the possibility of them being in trouble with the guard here so soon. It certainly would not be the first time for this to occur, but he prefers to stay on people’s good sides if possible. Looks like they’ll have some explaining to do… …but oh, quite the contrary! The stranger is quick to offer their aid, and he cannot help but S M I L E. Not many people have shown this group of travelers such kindness, not even in his own home ⎯ especially not in his own home. What were they there, but a bunch of cheats and THIEVES? Perhaps they will have better luck here.
❛ O-oh, yes! We’d appreciate that greatly. ❜ he responds, nodding his head. He cannot l i e ⎯⎯⎯ setting up their new dwellings could prove to be an ARDUOUS and time-consuming task indeed. The more help they could get, the better! ❛ Would you mind helping me set up the stage? ❜
—花木蘭—A soldier is quick to attack; a farm girl, however, is quicker to smile back into the lǎowài’s face. For now, all thought of potential threats has left her (though Mulan would be lying if she claimed his appearance had nothing to do with it. Not that she would claim anything. Notorious though she may be for speaking her mind, somehow Mulan doesn’t think anybody would benefit from it here.
On the one hand, the stranger’s bantam stance and thick arms remind her of Yao, and she leans towards him as towards her friend. On the other…his pale skin would be the envy of any no- ble lady, and his hair is as red as fresh earth…to say nothing of his face. Mulan is put in mind of a gourd, when she was little, that grew unbidden in their courtyard. Crowded into one corner, it was small and bent: far from the tall shape often echoed in expensive pottery.
But it’s a kind face, a friendly face. Mulan’s instinct is to trust its owner, and—often to the chagrin of her former commanding offi- cer—she trusts her instincts, too) .
“A stage? Then you’re performers? A troupe of acrobats, or…” she twists on the spot, trying to catch a glimpse of something— though Mulan couldn’t say what—that’ll confirm her guess. “We don’t get a lot of those in Juexizhen, so you’ll have to tell me what goes where.” A rueful quirk of her mouth. Mulan shifts from one foot to the other, remembering why she came. “You must have trav- eled a long way.”
"…fight me," I mumble from where I’m lying motionless under three different blankets with no intention of moving any time soon.
Lady wearing 曳撒yisan, a type of traditional Chinese men’s hanfu. By 流烟昔泠汉服
Disney developing live-action Mulan
On the heels of the magical success of Disney’s live-action Cinderella, the studio is eyeing another live-action retelling: Mulan.
Disney bought a script by writing team Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film.
Chris Bender and J.C. Spink (We’re the Millers) are producing the new project.
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
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-a six word story (via bloodiedwolf)
"And yet you mourn them.” She spoke smoothly, gently and without question. She knew that look in the soldier’s eyes, the one she had interrupted. Not purely fearful of the death that surrounded them, but mourning for person’s that they had not had the chance to know. Had not had the chance to save.
She made a soft, contemplative noise in the back of her throat, lips pursed into a thin, blood red line. She spent another long moment observing the boy before her– hardly a man, in more than one way. Brave, stubborn. She sensed a good heart, a kind heart, but that sort of thing was hardly well placed on a battlefield such as this.
“Is a good soldier not supposed to accept that sacrifice is a price of war?”
—花木蘭—I’m not a good soldier.
A month ago, Ping might have said so out loud. Except, no, that wasn’t fully true. Maybe he used to be the butt of the men’s jokes, a loose cannon in the crude arsenal at Wu Zhong. But—modest as Ping hoped to be about his accomplishments—that had all chang- ed in recent weeks. As Mushu put it, he’d gone “from the runt of the litter to top dog, girl!” (Ping understood the gist of this, but he was- n't so sure about being compared to a dog.)
He’d felt good then. Like he’d gotten something right. But with melt- ing snow seeping into his shoes…the same snow that covered the imperial army like a shroud…Ping was small, smaller than the vall- ey that opened up at his feet, much smaller than the half-buried bod- ies.
“Here are the good soldiers,” he told her, nodding at them. These are the men who understand sacrifice. “I'm not sure I deser- ve the name.”
If you rp a POC muse (biracial counts) please reblog this!
I’m going to be making a giant shoutout/masterlist for all the POC characters I can gather up!
I’m so pumped for the new Mulan
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okay so I saw your tags about the hair of Chinese men being political and was just wondering if you could elaborate??? I'm really interested sorry!!
Haha I see well it’s a very interesting topic actually!
1. Basically, for most of Chinese history both men and women kept long hair (so that’s 4000ish+ years). In ancient China, there was a lot of expansionism and conquest. The name ‘Middle Kingdom’ itself is a reflection of the view that China is the centre and nexus of civilisation. In that climate, the non-Han Chinese people getting conquered were regarded as uncivilised barbarians. Like, think something similar to Manifest Destiny? A lot of the cultural exceptionalism going around. For Chinese men, long, properly bound up hair was the way to go- it was associated with being civilised, cultured and other positive traits- short hair was associated with savagery and barbarism.
(Btw women’s clothing in Mulan looks to be inspired by multiple dynasties. The hairstyle here in any case, is quite accurate)
2. In the 1600s, the Ming Dynasty was conquered by the Manchu, a non-Han people, who founded the successive Qing dynasty. They enforced the Manchu queue hair style on Han Chinese men, which consists of the half shaven head (tonsured) and a long braid like you see in this Qing-era Chinese drama. It was basically supposed to be a mark of Manchu domination and victory- Han Chinese men with the queue had therefore submitted to Manchu rule. Failure to adopt this hairstyle was considered treasonous and one could even be executed. So now, short hair or any other style deviating from the queue = a sign of dissent. Han Chinese rebels the would therefore cut off their queues as a message about their politics.
(China has a lottttt of dramas from the imperial era, because there’s a lot of interesting material (plenty of murders, political intrigues and whatnot) and well it’s considered ideologically safe to make stuff about that era, compared to more recent…and controversial events.)
3. By the late 1800s, the defeat of the Qing dynasty in the Opium Wars and First Sino-Japanese war resulted in many humiliating concessions to other countries and China losing prestige as a regional power. Now people also saw things associated with the Qing era as antiquated and backwards. There were some attempts by more progressive members of the Qing court to reform, but the conservatives won the power struggle. When the Qing dynasty was finally overthrown in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, most Chinese men cut off their queues- and adopted short hair. They didn’t go back to the pre-Manchu hair- now short hair was symbolic of severing ties with the Manchu and I guess a symbol of modernity, as many revolutionary leaders had spent time in Western countries.‘Western’ was associated with progress, new ideas were seen as necessary to revive China from the seeming backwardness of the Qing dynasty. So Western dress and hairstyles were adopted. And here we are today, where many Chinese men keep short hair.
(This is a photo of several members of the Revive China Society, which was meant to coordinate anti-Qing revolutionary activities.)
So yep, this was what I meant about the hairstyles of Chinese men being very political.
psa about my recent activity!
or should I say, my lack thereof? oh man. I can't remember the last time I was gone for so long. what I really should have done was declare a hiatus on Mulan & Manolo to the end of April...but I sort of assumed I would be able to make time for writing anyways and look how wrong I was. I was just a lot busier IRL than usual: applying to a grad program, as well as working on a show that's opening in two weeks (if you live in northern California and would like details, hit me up!). anyways. I can't promise that I'll get much writing done today, but I'm officially BACK, and I have a lot of catching up to do. <3 Cammy
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#4. Mulan (1998)
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