Yahoo News Disney fans think Mulan is bisexual in Wreck-It Ralph 2
In case you missed it, the Wreck-It Ralph sequel gave the Disney princesses a modern makeover with everybody from Jasmine to Moana to Snow White wearing more casual attire than the regal outfits they are often seen in (via Entertainment Weekly).
Mulan was no exception, with her new look receiving much adoration from fans.
The iconic character sports cuffed jeans and a bomber jacket in the fresh Ralph Breaks the Internet image, and some people went further, hailing her as a bisexual icon. A lot had the same thought, it turns out:
Yall Mulan is a true bisexual icon nobody will tell me otherwise only bis wear high tops with rolled jeans and deem it comfortable
- 🥖in this house we stan Teto🥖 (@_momoch1_) August 9, 2018
I can't believe Disney just confirmed Mulan is bi pic.twitter.com/C84NilgVhW
- bald dabi (@marshmeIine) August 9, 2018
pants: cuffed
tops: high
posture: not straight
mulan: bi fucking icon pic.twitter.com/02iWeacsef- badgaldari (@yungrienne) August 10, 2018
Mulan is the Bi icon we all deserve pic.twitter.com/lxtyrDQLKF
- valpal (@valeriewliu) August 10, 2018
so.. I guess li shang ain’t the only bi in mulan pic.twitter.com/ILHnJZYnzm
- lcry vô verine (@scodderswolf) August 9, 2018
Converse, satin bomber jacket and cuffed jeans? We been knew Mulan was a Bi legend pic.twitter.com/BfhZnYmaca
- - ̗̀Princess ̖́- (@galaxiessedge) August 9, 2018
But that wasn't all – as many people of Asian descent spotted one slightly off thing about Mulan's appearance.
She's wearing shoes indoors!
Given Mulan is Chinese, she would be expected to follow the custom of removing her shoes before entering somebody's house. And there were many tweets which brought that up:
every white queer is salivating at mulan in high tops while every asian queer is going "smh who let you wear your shoes in the house"
- S. Qiouyi Lu 🌸 陸秋逸 ✨🐃 your epicene boyfriend (@sqiouyilu) August 9, 2018
Mulan has been so amerizanized, she’s wearing outdoor shoes inside https://t.co/Mhd2Dabujk
- Lulay 🇵🇭 (@MAISDahilCorny) August 10, 2018
mulan's slaying here, but you can tell that an asian didn't design this outfit because she's wearing shoes inside the house
- 🌶🌶Gabriel Silva🌶🌶 (@Kaxbeokay) August 9, 2018
mulan having her shoes on in that princess loungewear picture completely breaks my immersion
- shelley l. (@sheliloquy) August 9, 2018
Although, others did suggest that Mulan keeping her shoes makes total sense considering she's a visitor at somebody's place and everybody else has kept their footwear on:
why everyone askin mulan why she wearing shoes inside the house have they nvr gone to their wt friend's house and have them say "dont take your shoes off the floor is dirty"
- tuna 🐟ART MOVE TO @95__LU (@tunaberru) August 11, 2018
The people saying "Mulan isn't a real Asian bc she's wearing shoes indoors" are the real non-Asians because all Asians know if you're in a home where people wear their shoes indoors you're not gonna risk getting athletes foot by taking your own shoes off
- Sarah (@NotQuiteUnique) August 12, 2018
@ everyone going “mulan wtf r u doing w ur shoes on”: if i’m at a gwai lo’s house and the whole gang’s tromping around in muddy boots i sure as fuck won’t take my shoes off bro as far as my asian ass is concerned the whole of that house is Outside Ground
- stop using slurs (@velteris) August 12, 2018
Mulan's appearance was previously debated after some Disney fans felt that her facial features and skin colour had been altered to make her look more 'white'.
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 arrives on November 30 in the UK and on November 21 in the US.
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