Mulan is not a metaphor for neurodivergence.
Because none of you can describe what “neurodivergence” is. You can’t make a metaphor for something that is undefinable.
If you think Mulan “looks at the world a little differently than everyone else,” then sure, it’s a story with that in it. But guess what? Grandma also looks at the world differently than everyone else. Oh! And Fa Zhou looks at the world differently than Mulan! And Fa Zhou’s wife looks at the world differently than Mushu! And Mushu looks at the world differently than Shan Yu! And Shan Yu looks at the world differently than The Emperor’s Advisor!
Heyyy maybe we’re all humans who have our own unique perspectives & responses to the world around us. Some of us have some pieces of unique perspectives/responses in common, like fabrics we like the feel of or topics we happen to be focused on in this season of life, and some of us, shocker, have different pieces/responses in common! Hey, we’re all alike and we’re all unlike—which means we’re mostly alike! Even in the way we think!
Maybe you don’t need a word that means “I’m different, but not in a specifically definable way, just in a way that makes me both like and unlike some people, somewhere, sometime, depending on how ‘seen’ I need to feel in a given moment, and who/what piece of media I’d like associated with me/that given people group.”
Unless you can define “neurodivergent” beyond what I just said. Then tell me how Mulan is a metaphor for that definition—of “neurodivergent” beyond what I just said.