![]() ![]() She is, in essence, the “different one”, the woman who blends into a male army and rises out of the crowd because of her accomplishments. This all fits the themes of Mulan’s character to a T. The voiceover speaks of a land with warriors “plentiful as trees” and one that “rises above all”. A brown monotonous mass of terracotta warriors, of which one emerges as different. Secondly, look at the imagery used in the Chinese portion of the 2020 trailer. This includes the devs at Titan who are probably seeking to add a female warrior to the Chinese pantheon (all Chinese warriors we have are male). When they think of China, Chinese culture or a female Chinese warrior, they’ll think of Disney Mulan. It made a big impact on me growing up, and many non-Chinese Westerners derive a large part of their knowledge about China from it. “Magnolia” is its direct English translation and it is massively famous in the West because of the Disney movie. Now let’s examine all the other supportive evidence we now have.įirstly, Mulan’s name speaks for itself. ![]() If all the gods are depowered (or at least a significant number of them), wouldn’t it be reasonable for Mulan to rival them? Wouldn’t it match perfectly with Persephone’s goal of helping mortals? I suddenly realize that Persephone’s goal is to remove the power differential between gods and mortals, and that if she succeeds, it would provide the perfect in-universe reason for “Magnolia” to be Hua Mulan. But as I wrote, I included a caveat: she would be the most ill-fitting character in Smite if there was no compelling in-universe reason for her to hold her own against gods and monsters.įast-forward a few days to the release of Odyssey: Underworld chapter 3. I argued about her lack of any supernatural traits and how she isn’t the same as Guan Yu, a mortal who actually became an important god. So I made this rant arguing how Mulan is the worst possible choice for the identity of “Magnolia” and the next Chinese god. Why Hua Mulan? Why a completely mortal figure who, despite coming from legit Chinese folklore, does not have any supernatural attribute to her name? Why choose her over such figures as the Jade Emperor, Xi Wangmu or Jiutian Xuannu, a goddess who can represent the warrior archetype just as well? Is this stemming from a shallow knowledge of Chinese mythology that is unwilling to look beyond the Chinese elements in Western pop culture? So when “Magnolia” was datamined and the possibility was broached that it could be Hua Mulan, I reacted with revulsion. The last one was released two years ago, and given how god designs have improved exponentially during this time I honestly could not wait to know if a well-known, unique god from my culture would be released next year to ride the trend. As soon as they realize that they have less than a minute to nominate a werewolf, all of the hats fall off her head and they finally give up on it.This is probably going to be long, so please bear with me.Īs a Chinese person, I’ve obviously been anticipating a new Chinese god. As she tries, the other players decide to give her all of the hats. only to try stacking them back on a moment later. She quickly has trouble keeping all three hats on, and has to take them off.Ash with Barry's, Danny's, and her own hat, all stacked on her head.Danny, Suzy, and Ross without hats, and, best of all,.About 9.5 minutes into One Night Ultimate Werewolf Returns, without much prompt, the players all suddenly decide to swap hats, leaving:.After third round ends, the werewolf acts like a Large Ham.Everyone's reaction when a Seer calls out the Werewolf.The second round concludes with eight to one deciding Shawn dies.The first round's end with one werewolf found by a Born Lucky.Ross winking at the camera means absolutely nothing.Arin reveals that every card called out by the others as a 'Rando' card was actually his.He loses his mind over the game so much, he disappears Ross' card in the final round.The camera's very slight dramatic zoom when Arin says, "I guess the TABLE.has TURNED!".Followed by Dan's laughing hard into a headdesk. Arin's breakdown over losing the entire game.Danny's Troll behavior in choosing a winning card.After Ross wins another round, Arin tosses a black card angrily at him, only to hit Barry.Arin: "Before we had Ross, we all had a bunch of fun.".One answer gets so disgusting, one of the camerawomen says, "Ickgh.".Ross tries to slip in a Shout-Out to Steam Train, only for it to backfire horribly due to the lack of verb cards. ![]() The collective shock of Rando's first & second wins.Barry's answer: "Spent life working toward black people', only to be ruined by brown people." It didn't win.Danny's turn: Spent life working toward _, only to be ruined by _.".Danny: Do you think Ross is annoying and pandering? Like, comment, and subscribe! ![]()
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