Shang is hesitant to introduce Mulan to his parents. She can't help but wonder if he's ashamed of her, but she understands when she meets them. They are extremely protective and overbearing, and make it very clear that she is not good enough for their son. Worse, they are repulsed by the way they met, and both believe that women have a place;that place is not among men. Mulan is forced back into the role she hated, that of the painted up doll desperately feigning femininity and submission. It's killing her to play pretty but dumb around them. The three are in a carriage when they are attacked by men who were hired to assassinate Shang's father, the general. For all his bravado, he's grown soft in his life of comfortable bureaucracy, and his wife is a lost cause. The proud general is useless. The dolled up daughter-in-law they shamed for her acts of courage completely and swiftly decimates them, saving their lives in the process.
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where were you when Disney was brainstorming for the direct-to-vid sequel, anon? ;_;
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