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posted by ApplesauceDoctr
Hello everyone! I'm Veronica (a.k.a. ApplesauceDoctr :D), and hey, it's been a little while since I've written an article. It feels good to get back into the spirit of writing. :D
So, what have I today? As you can see, I'll be analyzing the song "Reflection" from Disney's Mulan. I made a lyric video for it about a week atrás and realized just how deep the song is! However, in this analysis, I'll also be taking a look at the extended version of the song. It shows a different side of mulan that...well, you'll see soon enough.

Alright then! Let's take a listen to Reflection!

Movie Version

Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter
Can it be
I'm not meant to play this part?



From this, we can see that mulan knows that she can't be what society expects her to be - that perfect porcelana doll. It's just not going to happen, and as a result, she perguntas herself. If she's not that perfect bride or daughter, then what is she? Who is she supposed to be?


Now I see
That if I were truly to be myself
I would break my family's heart




This excerpt here makes me think of Elsa. And Hercules. All of these characters want to just be themselves and fit in, but it's not that easy. For Mulan, she wants to be herself, but not if it means disappointing her family. She truly loves and respects them and is willing to try to be what society expects of her in order to maintain a good family image. As we've discussed, though, she can't do this, thus bringing us to the chorus:


Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?



For some reason, I never really understood what mulan meant por this, and here I am right now feeling like a complete dunce. xD
Whenever mulan sees her reflection, she sees what she's trying to be - the "perfect porcelana doll". You know this por now. But she knows that's not who she is. She wants to be her true self while at the same time making her family proud. Of course, she feels that she can't be herself without giving the Fa family a bad name.

Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am, though I've tried
When will my reflection show
Who I am
Inside?



(That last line is repeated, por the way. ;D)
This basically re-establishes what she's already been saying. She hides her true self to try and fit society's expectations, yada yada. She awaits the day, if indeed there is a day, when she can be herself and not worry about dishonoring the family.

I'll bet (not really) you're thinking, "Wow, that's it? Short song." Indeed. It's a gorgeous song, but rather short. We'll now take a look at the extended version of the song. Why was the song trimmed? Let's find out!

Extended Version

Who is that perfect bride?
It's not me, though I've tried
When will my reflection show
Who I am
Inside?



The looking-into-the-mirrors bit should look familiar, as does this excerpt entirely. The only real way this contrasts with the anterior excerpt I showed is that instead of her admitting to hiding herself, here, it's mais directly related to what just happened in the movie *cough cough Matchmaker cough*.
The seguinte excerpt is where the contrast comes in.


How I pray
That a time will come, I can free myself
From their expectations




You know how the movie version mainly focuses on her wanting to please her family? I mean, yeah, she does want to be accepted as herself, but only if she can do so in an "honorable" way.
That gets thrown off a bit here. This suggests that she wants to be devoid from society's expectations altogether in order to live the life she wants. Let's continue on to see where I'm going with this.


On that day
I'll discover someway to be myself
And to make my family proud




Wait, haven't we gone over this already? Yep, we sure have! No need to talk this over again. It's the next stanza we want to take a look at.


They want a docile lamb
No one knows who I am
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?



Alright, let's see. She's saying that society is basically like this: We don't know who you are, and frankly, we don't care. But we expect you to be perfect. Got that? For someone they hardly know, society's putting a huge weight on Mulan's shoulders, and she's not happy about this. From that last line, she doesn't seem too satisfied with being "forced to hide" herself.
This is the part that makes this extended version of the song seem questionable in respect to what we actually saw in the movie. It makes mulan seem a bit mais selfish. Sure, she brings up wanting to make her family proud, but the extended song primarily focuses on how she feels with these expectations. She's had it. She just wants to come right out and be herself without the tension of fitting into the role of the "docile lamb".

Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am
Inside?



This excerpt makes my point much mais clear. What makes the extended version and movie version similar is the fact that mulan obviously wants to be herself. However, in the movie version, she seems mostly disappointed that her efforts to fit in don't work, and she hopes that she'll be able to make her family proud someday. Here, though, mulan seems amargo, amarga about the fact that society has set these expectations on her. She's sick and tired of pretending to be someone she's not.

So, let's quickly compare and contrast the two. :D

Both Versions:
- mulan wants to be herself
- mulan wants to make her family proud

Extended Version:
- Emphasis on wanting personal freedom from society's wishes
- amargo, amarga about these aforementioned wishes
- amargo, amarga about hiding herself

Final Cut:
- Mostly just emphasis on her desire to be herself; no detectable bitterness

And there you have it! I hope you enjoyed leitura this, as I had a ton of fun composição literária it. :) You may want to check out my link song analysis of "If You Can Dream" from a while back.
I'll bet that you either a) are going to listen to the extended song right now or b) already have, haha. :D
Well, that about wraps things up! Thanks so much for reading! Adios!
 *sigh* I hate goodbyes. D':
*sigh* I hate goodbyes. D':
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Alrighty, so I've finally gotten a chance to sort out my disney Princess list, and a lot of my other lists. I've really thought all of these through, and now I'm planned to put them up for the segundo time.

Princesses list
1: cinderela (Cinderella)
2: Elsa (Frozen)
3: Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
4: Rapunzel (Tangled)
5: Anna (Frozen)
6: Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
7: Tiana (Princess and the Frog)
8: jasmim (Aladdin)
9: Merida (Brave)
10: Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
11: Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
12: Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
13: mulan (Mulan)

Princes list
1: Kristoff (Frozen)
2: Eugene (Tangled)...
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Favorites:
1.Pocahontas
2.Elsa
3.Anna
4.Cinderella
5.Ariel
6.Tiana
7.Rapunzel
8.Merida
9.Mulan
10.Aurora
11.Jasmine
12.Snow White
13.Belle

Beauty List:
1.Aurora
2.Ariel
3.Cinderella
4.Elsa
5.Jasmine
6.Merdia
7.Mulan
8.Anna
9.Tiana
10.Rapunzel
11.Pochaontas
12.Belle
13.Snow White

favorite Princes:
1.John Smith
2.Aladdin
3.Prince Charming
4.Shang
5.Naveen
6.Beast
7.Eric
8.Philip
9.The Prince
10.Kistoff
11.Fylnn

Strongest(mentally):
1.Pocahontas
2.Cinderella
3.Mulan
4.Ariel
5.Rapunzel
6.Belle
7.Merdia
8.Aurora
9.Jasmine
10.Snow White
11.Tiana
12.Anna
13.Elsa(the only one who isn't mentally strong in my opinion)

Best wardrobe:
1.Elsa
2.Jasmine...
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A picture I made for the conest. "Your favorite hero with a DP
In the years I've been on Fanpop, I've noticed that Ariel is one of those characters that people either 'love' or 'hate'. Honestly I'm the only person I know of who doesn't feel very strongly toward her either way. I guess I lean a tiny bit mais toward the 'Ariel lovers' side because like her just fine, but I don't 'adore' her. But oh well no one is complete neutral. Anyway speaking from the perspective of semi-neutral party here is my opinion about Ariel's controversial behavior.

1. Is Ariel Stupid?
No, I don't think she's stupid. I think she made some reeeeeeeeally bad dissensions like going...
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Well, I've already re-done my my first article, My favorito disney Princesses, so I thought I would re-do my segundo one. I won't re-do all of my articles, but I wanted to re-do some of my earlier ones, because my opinions have changed and my composição literária style has improved throughout the artigos I've written, it's not just because I'm running out of articles, and I promise that I'll have my seguinte soundtrack review up soon, (wow, this artigo is old, I just came back to it and realized this was here. XD. I should get back to the soundtrack reviews though, so just keep leitura that.) I'm still trying...
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Hey, as you know my list has changed A LOT, so I decided to make a new article. I just warn you that this list is temporary and it can change, because, I'm planning to rewatch some filmes and because like I have said before, I'm very indecisive, I mean, really my lists change ALL THE TIME! Also, just to avoid misunderstandings, I want to say that when I mention a princess' beauty/ cantar voice or any other superficial thing like those, it doesn't mean that I judge based on these traits. I won't put a DP higher because she's beautiful, I just felt that since I'd talk about the princesses,...
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posted by PeacefulCritic
I'm new here and I wanted to share my opinion which dp that I think is the best and how well they perform in there movie. And I am not just going to count the canon ones in this list. you might see Magara, Sofia and etc. Because I feel like they should be canon. You get the point right. good!

10.Esmeralda from Notre Dame
I amor her personality Kind, thoughtful, social manteiga fly, absent minded, aggressive and caring. What I also like about her is her free mined sprit. And her justice towards Quasimodo was sweet part. I amor her song and her voice too link
Even through the lyrics are less then...
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posted by CRaZy_rawR
kk, so almost all the redesigns are blehhh, but I felt like talking about them, so yeh. btw, I didn't include Merida bc she wasn't redesigned when everyone else was originally redesigned, and no Anna or Elsa for obvi reasons.


10. Rapunzel

Okay, so I amor Rapunzel's beauty in her film, and that's one of the main reasons I am so harsh on her redesign.. It's freaking terrible like.. x__x Her eyes are all trippy, not to mention her face shape. NO ONE'S MOUTH IS THAT LONG, LET ALONE RAPUNZEL. As for the outfit, it definitely is waaay too sparklified, like most of the redesigns.



. Pocahontas

um...
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If anyone's been here for mais than a few months, they know that, one, my list is an ever changing mess, and two, if I'm not composição literária this artigo every two months, something is wrong. Well, it's been nearly four or so months since I last wrote this list and somehow my list has remained relatively stable. Despite it staying nearly the same, these have always been my favorito artigos to write, so I just thought I'd write it again. So here I go!

13. Belle

It's tough. I can see the appeal of Belle, I really can, and at times I wonder why she's last on my list, but she just..is. I don't know, she's...
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