Happily Afterwards ~ by SaralynArati

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Many thanks, Lolita!! Mulan's outfit is actually from "Mulan 2", but Shang's is spruced up a bit and more colorful than what he wears in either movie.

5 years ago

LolitaK

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On point!

5 years ago

SaralynArati

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Thanks once again, so very much, Lexia!! This has been such a fun and imaginative contest for me, and I loved seeing everyone else's interpretations, too!

5 years ago

DysMalLexia

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As I said before on Discord this is amazing, the whole story has been deep and rich with nuances as well as so many beautiful and thought scene made! I'd love to watch your version of Mulan on the big screen and who knows maybe one day I will :P

5 years ago

SaralynArati

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Her smile still wavered a trifle uncertainly, but it was gaining in strength and confidence as he did his best to radiate warmth and reassurance. Shang reached out and took both the petals and her fingers in his own. “Fa Mulan, it’s beautiful.” THE END

5 years ago

SaralynArati

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“You rode all this way to return my clothes, bring me my uniform, and I don’t have a present for you. I should at least give you some token, to welcome you properly to my home.” For a moment only, Mulan remained silent. “If you can forgive me,” and now her chin tilted up so that she met his glance squarely, “then, yes, please, call on me… as Li Shang, as a friend. Although I think, just maybe, I might be able to offer you a little bit more than friendship… if you like.”

5 years ago

SaralynArati

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"Perhaps there was another way that I didn’t see. Then everything changed, anyway, but… I hurt you, and I’m sorry.” Shang said nothing, reluctant to interrupt. Mulan was silent for a brief while, apparently idly plucking a magnolia blossom from the tree she’d been sitting beneath. “They’re called Mulan flowers, you know. My father said this one was late to bloom this year. The same also applies to me; I’m slow to open to people… Shang. I…” She extended the bloom to him.

5 years ago

SaralynArati

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(cont) “I wasn’t sure how severely I was wounded. A doctor would have revealed me as female, and then you’d have had to execute me or share my sentence.” “And if, miraculously, I could have concealed my injury, and maintained my disguise… I was growing heartsick from deceiving people, lying to my friends; it was time that I needed to become myself again, for my own sake. I can’t explain it any better than that. So… I believed I was doing the right thing… yet, maybe I was wrong.”

5 years ago