《花木兰》 ( Mulan )

This movie will tug your heartstrings.


They had this line in the movie:
"在战场上，绝不能有感情"
You cannot have any feelings at war



But seeing that your men, each one of them dying one by one at war, pushes you further to keep on fighting... is because you have feelings for them, you want to fight, for them. And it is feelings, that gives you a glimpse of hope again.
Hatred, is a kind of feeling too.


The theme song - 木兰情, sang by Stephanie Sun

At war, you have to kill, and everyone can do it:
"你不是害怕，不是不敢，而是不愿意"
It is not that you are scared, not that you don't dare, it is that you are not willing.



The last battle with the Rourans will stir your emotion on the Wei's spirit, to die at battlefield with no fear. You are not able to do anything as your enemies are killing your people in front of you, even if they are killing your friend, you can do... nothing, because you have others, who are equally important to you to take care of.



They had no other choice, no other alternatives, no other way out... at war, or at personal level.

Mulan is a really respectable and strong, capable woman, to be able to fight for her country and stand up for her countrymen.

But she couldn't do the same for love.


木兰 (Mulan):
"你说过，要是能用你的性命去停止这场战争，你早就做了"
You said before, if you could use your life to stop this war, you would have done so.

文泰 (Wen Tai):
"要我放弃我的性命很容易，但是要我放弃我心爱的人很难"
It is easy for me to give up my life, but it is difficult for me to give up the one I love.

It will dawn upon one that some other sacrifices are worth much more than sacrificing your life.

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