@@jisellealvarez9974 Mulan and Shang end up getting into arguments majority of the time because of Mushu wanting to keep them from getting married so he can keep his pedestal. Then they have to deliver the King's daughters to another kingdom for a marriage alliance and when Shang "dies", Mulan tries to sacrifice her happiness for the princesses by marrying the prince instead but Shang rides in, stopping the wedding and Mushu gets to keep his pedestal in the end so cheesy yet happy.
There is actually a real life "Mulan" in brazilian history: her name is Maria Quitéria and she also disguised herself as a man to fight in war and ended up being pretty amazing at it. Like Mulan, when her disguise was reveled, she lost all respect that she had gained as a man and was kicked out of the army. But later on they regretted it bc they stared to lose all the battles without her and literally BEGGED her to come back
I don’t know who you are and I know almost nothing about Brazilian history, but that story was awesome and know I wanna know more about Brazilian history, so, thank you
There's a 'real life' Mulan in almost every culture. It's a folk tale that goes back thousands of years - like a flood myth, it gets retold over and over.
I always thought the Disney choice to have her cut her hair was an interesting choice. In ancient China, men and women both kept their hair long. They didn't cut their hair because it represented family. Disney Milan choosing to cut it off signifies her willingness to cut away from her family in order to not bring dishonor to them (like disowning herself). But I never hear this being verified in any origin videos.
I don’t think Disney thought that far, i think the reason she cut her hair in the movie is because she is a girl with long hair and cut her hair so she looks more like a man
I think this is the subtle things that Asian understand that didn't need context. Lots of people don't get it and think it's significant to be a man but don't realised that no one cuts their hair to be a man.
Agreed he also makes it funny with his dark humor and the other channels don’t have that also his voice is kinda soothing while the other channels voices are kind of obnoxious.idk tho you don’t have to agree with me
in the actual poem about Mulan in china, Mulan didn't fight"honour of the family" she fought cause she wanted to save her dad. the poem didn't mention a dragon or cricket, nor superpowers. shes just an ordinary girl. she fought for 10 years, when she got back. the emperor asked, "what kind of honour do you want?" and Mulan just said "I don't want anything, I just want to go home" she put on her dress, put on flower makeup, and found her old self you might say "your Chinese Mulan story is so boring" the meaning of Mulan's story is "she's not the chosen one" she's a regular person, it could be you, me, any girl in this world. she told us "what a man can do, women can also do. who said we are bond to be protected by men? we can protect our family too!" Mulan is no superhero, shes us.
Never hide the weirdness 😂. Honestly, I’m in two minds about Disney. On the one hand I love every Disney version for the fantasy, but on the other hand I wish it wasn’t the only version of things people got to know.
It's not. The Chinese know at least 1 other version, which is why Disney made changes to their remake (the Chinese people were complaining about the animated version not being faithful to the poem).
Finally! Someone got it right! I grew up with this story and part of the reason why Mulan decides to join the army in her father's place is the deep bond they had since her father taught her how to fight. Also Mulan had such respect for her father that she would never disobey and run away. She has to receive his blessing 1st before she joined the war. Thank you
@@YunaLinearGaara He said dynasty, which is a change in the ruling family, it can last decades or it can last centuries, basically he was saying that you can't find someone like her every lifetime.
I was click baited into watching TheThings video, but saw Jon Solo's comment and decided to look up the original videos... so happy I did :) :) Tis an honor 🙏
YES PLEASE TO THE SHAN YU ORIGINS!!! He’s me and my dad’s favorite villain, so much so, my dad refuses to watch the new Mulan because when we looked at the casting, there was no Shan Yu. (Oof)
My mom said that it wasn’t really a live action if the Disney version but just a movie based on the legend that Disney claimed in America. (Idk how true it is she’s from Hong Kong and looks at their movies or something and found out somewhere)
In hong kong We need to memorize the whole song during the exam😂 Original poem: 唧唧復唧唧，木蘭當戶織。 不聞機杼聲，唯聞女嘆息。 問女何所思？問女何所憶？ 女亦無所思，女亦無所憶。 昨夜見軍帖，可汗大點兵， 軍書十二卷，卷卷有爺名。 阿爺無大兒，木蘭無長兄， 願為市鞍馬，從此替爺征。 Alas oh alas! Alas oh alas! Mulan is weaving cloth of topmost class. Listen and you don't hear the spinning drone; You only hear the maiden sigh and moan. "Good lass, what thought has occupied your mind? Good lass, what thought can you not leave behind?" "I've nothing that has occupied my mind; I've nothing that I cannot leave behind. I saw the new recruiting lists last night; The Khan is summoning the men to fight. The twelve lists are literally the same; In every list there is my father's name. My dad does not have any grown-up son; I have no elder brother to carry the gun. I'll go and buy a stalwart horse and pad So as to go to battle for my dad." 東市買駿馬，西市買鞍韉， 南市買轡頭，北市買長鞭。 朝辭爺娘去，暮宿黃河邊。 不聞爺娘喚女聲，但聞黃河流水鳴濺濺。 旦辭黃河去，暮至黑山頭。 不聞爺娘喚女聲，但聞燕山胡騎聲啾啾。 萬里赴戎機，關山度若飛。 朔氣傳金柝，寒光照鐵衣。 將軍百戰死，壯士十年歸。 She buys a strong steed in the eastern market; She buys a saddle in the western market; She buys a bridle in the southern market; She buys a long whip in the northern market. She leaves her dearest parents by daylight, And stays by the Yellow River for the night. She can no longer hear her parents' sound, But only hears the rushing flood around. She leaves the Yellow River by daylight. Arrives at Mount Heishan at early night. She can no longer hear her parents' sound; She only hears the Tartar steeds around. She goes for miles and miles to join the war, And crosses hills and valleys with the crops. The northern wind resounds the watchmen's hail; The chilly moon shines on their coats of mail. Countless men die on the battlefields. While other men return with swords and shileds. 歸來見天子，天子坐明堂。 策勳十二轉，賞賜百千強。 可汗問所欲，「木蘭不用尚書郎， 願借明駝千里足，送兒還故鄉。」 爺娘聞女來，出郭相扶將。 阿姊聞妹來，當戶理紅妝。 小弟聞姊來，磨刀霍霍向豬羊。 Mulan receives an audience from the Khan, Who makes a huge grant to the valiant “man.” Mulan is praised and offered the highest post, And given piles of treasures she can boast. She says when asked what she would like to do, “High posts at court are not what I pursue. All I want is a camel with its crew To send me home to start my life anew.” On hearing that Mulan will soon be home, Her parents leave the courtyard arm in arm. On hearing that Mulan will soon be home, Her younger sister makes up to add charm. On hearing that Mulan will soon be home, Her younger brother butches pigs on the farm. 開我東閣門，坐我西閣床。 脫我戰時袍，著我舊時裳。 當窗理雲鬢，對鏡貼花黃。 出門看火伴，火伴皆驚惶。 同行十二年，不知木蘭是女郎。 「雄兔腳撲朔，雌兔眼迷離； 兩兔傍地走，安能辨我是雄雌！」 She opens doors of chambers east and west And sits upon her bed to take a rest. She first takes off her warrior’s coat of mail And then puts on her female dress and veil. She stands by windows doing her long hair And faces mirrors painting her brows fair. When she meets her mates in female array, They stare at her in great surprise and say, “We fought for twelve years in the same brigade, But never knew that Mulan was a maid!” “The male rabbit hops and skips on the ground; The female rabbit winks and blinks around. When two rabbits scurry to and fro, Who knows which is the buck and which the doe?”
Thank you! I had checked a children's book of this out from the library a couple of years ago to read to my daughter, and I somehow thought that she wasn't in disguise and that she was always known in the army to be a woman. I guess I remembered wrong!
Sharing this so this gets more views LOL There’s a part of me that got salty that “bigger” channels can get away with reposting similar contents without crediting
it honestly wouldn't annoy me so much if they at least had accurate information and cited their sources. It's not like I have the right to be the ONLY one discussing the history of folklore and mythology, but those idiots are just taking half-assed notes and spreading misinformation in the process! This is despite them having an entire TEAM of people to work on every single video. It's pathetic. The Things and channels like them are one of the most aggressive forms of cancer on this platform.
Hi Jon, this is a XV century poem from Spain, and also talks about a warrior maiden like Mulan, here in Mexico is in Elementary school textbooks also: THE WARRIOR MAIDEN BALLAD -"Announced are the wars of France against Aragon (Spain), How will I be able to go to war, sad, gray, and old and sinner?" -"God damn you, Countess, you gave me seven daughters and among them no male!" Then the youngest spoke but the oldest in wisdom: -"Do not curse my mother that I will go to war; You will give me your weapons and your battle horse". -"They will know you are a woman because of your bosoms which appear under the doublet". -"I will squeeze them, father, next to my heart." -“Daughter, you have very white hands, are not man's." -"I'll take off the gloves so the sun burns them." - "They will know you are a woman because of your eyes, there are no more beautiful anywhere". -“I will hide them, Father, as if I was a traitor." When was saying goodbye to everyone, she forgets the most important: -"What shall I call myself, father?" -"Don Martín from Aragon." -"And at the Royal Court, father, what shall I say?" -"I kiss your hand, good King, and may God keep the Court." Two years she was at war and nobody knew she was a woman If it was not for the king's son who was caught in her eyes. -"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me, Don Martín's eyes are women's, not men's." -"You, my son, invite him to the town shops, If Don Martín is a woman, the fabrics will catch her eyes." Don Martín being discreet goes to look at the weapons: -“What a fine dagger is this, for fighting with the Moors!" -"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me, Don Martín's eyes steal my soul when they look at me." -"You will take him, my son, to rest in the garden; If Don Martín is a woman will go to see the blooming almond trees." Don Martín does not see the flowers, goes and cuts a stick: -"Oh, what a perfect ash stick to drive the horse!" -"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me." -"Son, throw the rings in his lap when playing: If Don Martín is a male, his knees will come together, But if separates them will show himself as a woman". Don Martín, always vigilant, joined the knees as if he knew. -"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me; I can´t take Don Martín's eyes away from my thoughts." -"Invite him, my son, to swim in the baths." Everyone is undressing; Don Martín is very sad: -"Letters came to me, letters of great regret, My father the Count is very sick and about to die. I ask permission, my King, to visit him." -"Don Martín, I don't want to deny you that permit." Don Martin saddles the white horse and jumps in the saddle; And flies as swift as a hawk and says: -"Goodbye, goodbye, my good King and your royal Palace; For two years this loyal maiden served you well!" The King's son hears her and goes riding after her. -"Run, run, son of the King, you will not reach me Until my father's house if you want to find me there. Little Bells from my church, I hear you tolling; Little bridge, little bridge of the river of my town, Once I crossed you as a virgin maiden, as a virgin maiden I cross you again. Open the doors, my father, open them wide. Mother, take out the spinning wheel for me, I burn in the desire to spin, I knew well how to handle the weapons and the horse instead." Behind her, the King's son arrives at her Palace knocking at the door.
I disagree on Mulan (Disney) leaving to find herself. Disney did a pretty good job to show how it was an indirect development and also coincidence, that she found herself. You see, I think the emphasis on individualism plays a minor part, not the major part in her desicion to go to war (also in the Disney movie). Many critics emphasize the fact that her disney journey began out of the need to "find her true self". While the need was heavily implied, I think saving her father was her real goal and was also portrayed this way. Her whole fight with her father and seeing him suffer in his room triggered her to take action. I think it's not right to say she did this because she felt she did not fit in! Yes, she felt she did not fit in. Yes, it is emphasized, but Disney seemed to smartly portray her emancipation and indivudualism as a side effect in the quest to safe her father. It highlights feminism in a very subtle selfless way, which just makes the piece so perfect in my opinion.
Shipeiya She did find out who she was though. A warrior. Fierce courageous and brave. It emphasizes strength from being able to fight for who she loves. She’s an inner badass
Exactly this was perfect. It wasn't about her rejecting being a woman or self discovery, but obviously her father! It's heavily implied by not only his age but condition that he would've DIED! It wasn't an "I'm not fitting in with society so I'm going to take my dads place in a dangerous war". And she tackled problems still in a very feminine way (including being brave and creative), so agreed.
Since is a Chinesse tale is supposed to follow Confucius beliefs of family being important. I saw Mulan as doing that to help her family and save their honor
I remember my mom told me when the King asks Mulan what does she wants as a reward, she said all she wanted is to have a good meal with her father at home. This story is told to the kids as an example of being a good child towards her parents
Thank you, Jon, for presenting a POSITIVE piece based on Chinese literature during these super weird times. Prayers to all, including our neighbors in China.
It’s also actually a joke in Chinese! “Fa Ping” basically means a flower vase but it’s a joke because in Chinese it means ‘gay’. And I guess she was made fun of in the army because of that!! (Nothing against the Lgbtq community I just didnt know a nicer way to phrase it!)
8:17 they added this representation in the live-action Mulan movie. Early on the movie when they introduced Mulan, she was riding along with two rabbits who are running the same pace & Mulan exactly described them as the poet "How can they tell if I am he or she"
I really like that I never even knew about the ripoff versions of your vids. Subscriber counts and views can be faked but you're the real deal and original bro.
A channel that steal contents (TheThing is a notorious example) tend to have more subscribers because they post frequently, and the UA-cam algorithm promotes that.
noooo that is not true!!! foreigners who aren't good at chinese say "ch" instead of "q" because they can‘t pronounce it since it is a difficult sound. I can't describe how it is supposed to sound like because there is no such sound in english. but no. it is not "ch". please get your facts checked.
I actually really liked the first version. I'm a big ol sucker for happy endings and although in the movie she gets it more or less, i think the idea of your friends of 10 years finally knowing who you are and (hopefully) accepting you is quite a lovely ending!
There is one scene that made me love this movie immediately - because I'm a Dad. The way it was said, the way that it was felt. “The Greatest Gift And Honor Is Having You For A Daughter.”
her declaring "her father is the only one she'll ever be loyal to" from the retelling kinda made me tear up cause of how much it highlights mulan's great love for his dad which was the reason that her journey started in the first place (and was also the focus in disney's version). it's genuinely more about their father-daughter bond than it being a daughter submitting to his father in a traditional sense which aligns more with theme of the original passed on legend of mulan cause she was already skilled at home which was the result of how her dad trained her from a very young age. 💓
6:28 - I'm from Taiwan, learned the Mulan Ballad in school and yes, It's really more for poetics...no one go to FOUR markets to buy 4 different things and you can easily cover your tracks at the same market xD Further lines have similar "conceptual rhyming" -- e.g, "she opened the West side door, sat down on the East side bed"
When Jon has literally the most interesting and relevant ad ever. Yes, I will click your download link and heck yes I will add you and trade heckin' cards! Edit: iunno about everyone else but I want a separate video on Xiongnu
Very time when he says “and take that from your childhood and change it forever” sounds like “and I take that from your childhood and turn it to the truth of hell” or like “and take that from your childhood and make you have nightmares” so mean ;-;
I've always been interested in mythology and history but it wasn't until recently that I started watching videos about it and your channel is by far my favorite largely because of your sense of humor. It's very refreshing to hear you're sarcastic comments throughout the history explanation, it's the same way I would explain things.
There actually already is a live action movie about Mulan. It's from 2009 and focuses mainly on the story of her as a warrior. I'm pretty sure the makers of that one used the Ballad of Mulan as orientation as it's very similar to it.
Ok so like the thing where she buys equipment from different markets int he four direction is just to show how she had to look around a lot for the equipment and to show that soldiers back then had to buy their own stuff as it wasn't provided by the country. Another thing is that her parents calling her weren't about like nessisarly making a big deal out of her crossdressing and going to the army, but more like how the bids of farewell and them wishing her to be safe from her parents were replaced with sounds of the yellow river. And the art with the black mountain just kinda further describes her long journey .
I like the first version of Mulan’s messed up origin. But the second one freaked me out when Mulan committed suicide by slitting her own throat cause that had me feeling on my own throat
The first time I learned of the version where Mulan slit her throat was from a fellow draw 2 student in my past class. We were scrambling to research fairy tales to illustrate then with watercolor pencils, now that I know the tale , he did a pretty good job telling a story with one drawing
I absolutely love this series! That being said, the title of it honestly almost prevented me from ever watching it. I am glad I looked past it and clicked "view" that first time, even if I expected to feel more rage than knowledge. Thank you for doing your research and being entertaining while you share it with us.
Dang I rlly have to say I love this channel like you are just chillin informing us about these stories and I love it and I you and watching your videos it makes me so happy and please NEVER stop making videos please they bring to much joy!!
Actually, the Tuoba are a subgroup of the Xianbei people, and so are the Rourans. Which means that Mulan's side and her enemies are distant cousins instead of 2 very different cultures. The Xianbeis are Turkic proto-Mongol people, which means that Mulan is most likely not Chinese.
I saw that two weeks ago and the first thing I said was " they really ripping my dude Jon like that" shit made my stomach hurt. Plus Screen Rant sucks. Them and Looper always talking about Endgame.
Your videos are so insightful and informative. I am a Disney fan and I think I have watched each of your Disney clips at least three times. You are one of the best UA-camrs!
Minor points to note: 7:41 Although surviving soldiers might traveled back to the capital, they don't all get to meet the emperor. The fact that Mulan got to meet the emperor in the first place signifies that she had made significant contributions in the war (It's like if you get invited to meet the queen / president, have had to have done something really big). Numbers like 9, 12, hundreds, thousands are used used loosely in ancient china to mean "a lot", so being given hundreds or thousands (not hundreds OF thousands) of gifts (it is not specified in chinese what is actually being given, it is more along the lines of "prized [subject] hundres of thousands", so it is more likely to be a weight measurement for some form of currency) can just be interpreted as "a lot of" reward, and 12 promotions can be interpreted as "a lot of" promotions. The target of these prizes and promotions are likely only to Mulan herself. Which made the fact that she gave them up to return to the family all the more impressive (孝, which means essentially to treat your parents and elder family member well was considered the No.1 virtue in Confucianism, Giving up wealth power and fame to go back home will be considered an ultimate display of virtue in that era) In terms of Sui Tang Romance, as the name suggest, it is 演义 "Romance", which literally means a Romanticized retelling. So I mean it's a cool story but since it out right said that the stories where changed by calling it Romance, it is not cannon.
Jon Solo deserves more subscribers. It's sad how corporations do no research but get millions of views while people who are passionate,do the research and present them in such a pleasing way don't get the best recognition
Hey Jon. I just wanted to tell you (finally) that while I enjoy your videos, my son LOVES them. He is only one, but has been dancing to your intro and outro since he was 3 months. As soon as he hears your voice he lights up and wriggles, takes my phone and watches the whole thing. He can say "dog" so he points out Gunther and does another dance before going back to whatever he was doing before. He also likes the music you use for the sponsor message, so we never skip 😉 I wanted you to know you have a huge little fan here and he would like and subscribe if he had any idea what that was. Thanks for your work!
Here in Brazil, we have a "real" Mulan. Maria Quiteria de Jesus. In 1821, she scaped from her farmhouse and assume a male identity, then join a army and fought in the In the independence war. She is the first woman, here in Brazil, to fight in a war, and is consider a independence hero She also "steal" the name of a familiar. Her brother in law name, Medeiros. Cut her hair and use his armour She was exposed a few weeks after join the army, her father found her and explained that she was a Woman, and shouldn't be in war. But the captain decided to keep her, cause it was a very imported war and they needed her, cause she was the most disciple and had an amazing ability with weapons. After winning many fights, she was promoted as cadet. She inspired many womans to fight too. She even fought once with a hole female army
She escaped because her stepmother didn't accept Maria personality. Maria was very masculine (the stereotype of masculinity, that is) She always loved to hunt, fishing... so she had some experience and ability even before joining the army
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I did warn Jon that people were copying his videos. Even though had more views, I still favored Jon because he came up with the idea or revealing the origin of everyone's favorite fable and fairy tale... no matter how bad it hurts.
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"Lived happily ever after...until the sequel."
-ooooof. the truth right there
Yeah, I wish they hadn't made the sequel.
Katie Klingenberg sequel what sequel? WE DO NOT SPEAK OF THE SEQUEL
What happens in the sequel?
@@jisellealvarez9974 Mulan and Shang end up getting into arguments majority of the time because of Mushu wanting to keep them from getting married so he can keep his pedestal. Then they have to deliver the King's daughters to another kingdom for a marriage alliance and when Shang "dies", Mulan tries to sacrifice her happiness for the princesses by marrying the prince instead but Shang rides in, stopping the wedding and Mushu gets to keep his pedestal in the end so cheesy yet happy.
@@amelyacooper9094 that sounds dumb. Glad I never heard of it or watched it
There is actually a real life "Mulan" in brazilian history: her name is Maria Quitéria and she also disguised herself as a man to fight in war and ended up being pretty amazing at it. Like Mulan, when her disguise was reveled, she lost all respect that she had gained as a man and was kicked out of the army. But later on they regretted it bc they stared to lose all the battles without her and literally BEGGED her to come back
I don’t know who you are and I know almost nothing about Brazilian history, but that story was awesome and know I wanna know more about Brazilian history, so, thank you
@@KifanL I'm glad I could help tbh I'm Brazilian and our history is fascinating, but unfortunately it's less known
There's a 'real life' Mulan in almost every culture. It's a folk tale that goes back thousands of years - like a flood myth, it gets retold over and over.
The live action is gonna be based on the legend
@@g13n79 you're right, but in this particular case it's not a myth, it happened in the 1800's during the Brazilian independence war
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That's the problem with making phenomenal content, Jon. Everyone's trying to copy you.
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Y u everywhere?? 😂
Y....you are... EVERYWHERE 😂😂😂
U WATCH EVERYTHING I WATCH UR EVERYWHERE
GOD GOKU but not the exact same name and extremely similar thumbnails, it’s not likely that that’s a coincidence
Are u subbed to every fucking channel?
I always thought the Disney choice to have her cut her hair was an interesting choice. In ancient China, men and women both kept their hair long. They didn't cut their hair because it represented family. Disney Milan choosing to cut it off signifies her willingness to cut away from her family in order to not bring dishonor to them (like disowning herself).
But I never hear this being verified in any origin videos.
I don’t think Disney thought that far, i think the reason she cut her hair in the movie is because she is a girl with long hair and cut her hair so she looks more like a man
I think it's to fit with the western standards (or just the world for that matters) men having shorter hair than women.
I think this is the subtle things that Asian understand that didn't need context. Lots of people don't get it and think it's significant to be a man but don't realised that no one cuts their hair to be a man.
that's a really interesting interpretation! I'll have to ponder this. thanks for sharing!
And also cos cutting hair meant they disrespected the emperor and wanted his life to be shortened (I watch enough 古装shows to know)
Screw that other company. You are the only one I trust to cover Messed Up Origins of anything.
Aimee A. ScreenRant makes such garbage
Aimee A. Jon is definitely my favorite to watch do these
@@corbinbarron8772 yah other than pitch meeting I dont watch any of screen rants crap
Agreed he also makes it funny with his dark humor and the other channels don’t have that also his voice is kinda soothing while the other channels voices are kind of obnoxious.idk tho you don’t have to agree with me
@@thomas-stilinski8149 Same here. I didn't even know about the other channel.
in the actual poem about Mulan in china, Mulan didn't fight"honour of the family" she fought cause she wanted to save her dad. the poem didn't mention a dragon or cricket, nor superpowers. shes just an ordinary girl. she fought for 10 years, when she got back. the emperor asked, "what kind of honour do you want?" and Mulan just said "I don't want anything, I just want to go home" she put on her dress, put on flower makeup, and found her old self
you might say "your Chinese Mulan story is so boring" the meaning of Mulan's story is "she's not the chosen one" she's a regular person, it could be you, me, any girl in this world. she told us "what a man can do, women can also do. who said we are bond to be protected by men? we can protect our family too!" Mulan is no superhero, shes us.
*WHAT THE F###*
The animated movie definitely got way closer to the heart of that message.
Blah i’m just saying the actual poem in china, it doesn’t matter if the animated one did better
Tijana Milenković wdym?
@@xspno i mean live action remake is worse than animated movie
Never hide the weirdness 😂. Honestly, I’m in two minds about Disney. On the one hand I love every Disney version for the fantasy, but on the other hand I wish it wasn’t the only version of things people got to know.
It's not.
The Chinese know at least 1 other version, which is why Disney made changes to their remake (the Chinese people were complaining about the animated version not being faithful to the poem).
As a Chinese, I find his Chinese pronunciation really entertaining 😂can see that he tried tho (some are still extremely off)
Same
Well he's not chinese... So it's not a big deal...
Sure Im Not Of Chinese Ethnicity But I Still Get A Kick Out Of Messing Up Prounciation.
I can speak a little bit of japanese, but I know that shan-yu means yams.
I was thinking the same thing 😂
(I'm not chinese but I've been learning chinese for over a year!)
Finally! Someone got it right! I grew up with this story and part of the reason why Mulan decides to join the army in her father's place is the deep bond they had since her father taught her how to fight. Also Mulan had such respect for her father that she would never disobey and run away. She has to receive his blessing 1st before she joined the war. Thank you
“Little does she know the pendant couldn’t detect if they did hand stuff”
Mr. Solo, congrats on your Disney sponsorship. Now, on with "Origins of Mulan (REVISITED!)"
Sky Den 1st reply lol
I loved that they still included the “little brother” in a way 😂❤️
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all
You don't meet a girl like that everyday
@@heatherturner2366 oh it was everyday? I though he said every dynastday LOL
@@YunaLinearGaara you might be right
@@YunaLinearGaara it is dynasty lol
@@YunaLinearGaara
He said dynasty, which is a change in the ruling family, it can last decades or it can last centuries, basically he was saying that you can't find someone like her every lifetime.
I was click baited into watching TheThings video, but saw Jon Solo's comment and decided to look up the original videos... so happy I did :) :)
Tis an honor 🙏
YES PLEASE TO THE SHAN YU ORIGINS!!! He’s me and my dad’s favorite villain, so much so, my dad refuses to watch the new Mulan because when we looked at the casting, there was no Shan Yu. (Oof)
Your dad is a legend.
Abigayle B. Why thank you. But he is real. ;-)
My mom said that it wasn’t really a live action if the Disney version but just a movie based on the legend that Disney claimed in America. (Idk how true it is she’s from Hong Kong and looks at their movies or something and found out somewhere)
Please please please do!!!!!
He my favorite villain i hate new mulan remake no shan yu
13:35 “the pendant didn’t test if they had just done hand stuff”
Patty cake? PATTY CAKE?! _PATTY CAKE?!?!_
_"LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS TO DEFEAT THE HUNS..."_
*sung by Filthy Frank/Joji*
Let's defeat the Solo ripoff imo
"DID THEY SEND ME DAUGHTERS WHEN I ASKED FOR SONS?.."
“BUT YOU CAN BET BEFORE WERE THROUGH...”
@@yeman1913 "MISTER I'LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU..."
Mulan was the only disney live action that I was looking forward to. I'm sad that it's delayed
I hope it does well, so many people were shitting on it.
Ditto- to me this felt like the only Animated Disney movie that could make an even more amazing live action movie. Hell, I'd love a TV miniseries.
@@Passions5555 yeah the movie has a chance to prove people wrong
@@aceofspades9503 I'm surprised that Disney hasn't made a show already like they did for the little mermaid and Aladdin and Hercules
@@sjmhadsock4586 And Tangled the series! The best animated Disney series sequel from a Disney princess movie to date in my opinion. 🤗
I don’t know if he said Mulan or Moana but I heard Mulana
Saaaame
The new Disney movie: Mulana
Yup that's what I heard.
Same
That was definitely a Moana
In hong kong We need to memorize the whole song during the exam😂
Original poem:
唧唧復唧唧，木蘭當戶織。
不聞機杼聲，唯聞女嘆息。
問女何所思？問女何所憶？
女亦無所思，女亦無所憶。
昨夜見軍帖，可汗大點兵，
軍書十二卷，卷卷有爺名。
阿爺無大兒，木蘭無長兄，
願為市鞍馬，從此替爺征。
Alas oh alas! Alas oh alas!
Mulan is weaving cloth of topmost class.
Listen and you don't hear the spinning drone;
You only hear the maiden sigh and moan.
"Good lass, what thought has occupied your mind?
Good lass, what thought can you not leave behind?"
"I've nothing that has occupied my mind;
I've nothing that I cannot leave behind.
I saw the new recruiting lists last night;
The Khan is summoning the men to fight.
The twelve lists are literally the same;
In every list there is my father's name.
My dad does not have any grown-up son;
I have no elder brother to carry the gun.
I'll go and buy a stalwart horse and pad
So as to go to battle for my dad."
東市買駿馬，西市買鞍韉，
南市買轡頭，北市買長鞭。
朝辭爺娘去，暮宿黃河邊。
不聞爺娘喚女聲，但聞黃河流水鳴濺濺。
旦辭黃河去，暮至黑山頭。
不聞爺娘喚女聲，但聞燕山胡騎聲啾啾。
萬里赴戎機，關山度若飛。
朔氣傳金柝，寒光照鐵衣。
將軍百戰死，壯士十年歸。
She buys a strong steed in the eastern market;
She buys a saddle in the western market;
She buys a bridle in the southern market;
She buys a long whip in the northern market.
She leaves her dearest parents by daylight,
And stays by the Yellow River for the night.
She can no longer hear her parents' sound,
But only hears the rushing flood around.
She leaves the Yellow River by daylight.
Arrives at Mount Heishan at early night.
She can no longer hear her parents' sound;
She only hears the Tartar steeds around.
She goes for miles and miles to join the war,
And crosses hills and valleys with the crops.
The northern wind resounds the watchmen's hail;
The chilly moon shines on their coats of mail.
Countless men die on the battlefields.
While other men return with swords and shileds.
歸來見天子，天子坐明堂。
策勳十二轉，賞賜百千強。
可汗問所欲，「木蘭不用尚書郎，
願借明駝千里足，送兒還故鄉。」
爺娘聞女來，出郭相扶將。
阿姊聞妹來，當戶理紅妝。
小弟聞姊來，磨刀霍霍向豬羊。
Mulan receives an audience from the Khan,
Who makes a huge grant to the valiant “man.”
Mulan is praised and offered the highest post,
And given piles of treasures she can boast.
She says when asked what she would like to do,
“High posts at court are not what I pursue.
All I want is a camel with its crew
To send me home to start my life anew.”
On hearing that Mulan will soon be home,
Her parents leave the courtyard arm in arm.
On hearing that Mulan will soon be home,
Her younger sister makes up to add charm.
On hearing that Mulan will soon be home,
Her younger brother butches pigs on the farm.
開我東閣門，坐我西閣床。
脫我戰時袍，著我舊時裳。
當窗理雲鬢，對鏡貼花黃。
出門看火伴，火伴皆驚惶。
同行十二年，不知木蘭是女郎。
「雄兔腳撲朔，雌兔眼迷離；
兩兔傍地走，安能辨我是雄雌！」
She opens doors of chambers east and west
And sits upon her bed to take a rest.
She first takes off her warrior’s coat of mail
And then puts on her female dress and veil.
She stands by windows doing her long hair
And faces mirrors painting her brows fair.
When she meets her mates in female array,
They stare at her in great surprise and say,
“We fought for twelve years in the same brigade,
But never knew that Mulan was a maid!”
“The male rabbit hops and skips on the ground;
The female rabbit winks and blinks around.
When two rabbits scurry to and fro,
Who knows which is the buck and which the doe?”
Thank you! I had checked a children's book of this out from the library a couple of years ago to read to my daughter, and I somehow thought that she wasn't in disguise and that she was always known in the army to be a woman. I guess I remembered wrong!
Sharing this so this gets more views LOL
There’s a part of me that got salty that “bigger” channels can get away with reposting similar contents without crediting
Wana bet thay watch Jon's mulan video
@@pimptress21131 Unlikely production time lead up means they would have had most ofmther work done before Jon's release
@Mayo they just bitch at Jon for it and threaten him with lawyers.
Jon can report them cuz rn I tried reporting the video but theres one for a right ab content. And if stealing.
it honestly wouldn't annoy me so much if they at least had accurate information and cited their sources. It's not like I have the right to be the ONLY one discussing the history of folklore and mythology, but those idiots are just taking half-assed notes and spreading misinformation in the process! This is despite them having an entire TEAM of people to work on every single video. It's pathetic. The Things and channels like them are one of the most aggressive forms of cancer on this platform.
Hi Jon, this is a XV century poem from Spain, and also talks about a warrior maiden like Mulan, here in Mexico is in Elementary school textbooks also: THE WARRIOR MAIDEN BALLAD
-"Announced are the wars of France against Aragon (Spain),
How will I be able to go to war, sad, gray, and old and sinner?"
-"God damn you, Countess,
you gave me seven daughters and among them no male!"
Then the youngest spoke but the oldest in wisdom:
-"Do not curse my mother that I will go to war;
You will give me your weapons and your battle horse".
-"They will know you are a woman because of your bosoms which appear under the doublet".
-"I will squeeze them, father, next to my heart."
-“Daughter, you have very white hands, are not man's."
-"I'll take off the gloves so the sun burns them."
- "They will know you are a woman because of your eyes, there are no more beautiful anywhere".
-“I will hide them, Father, as if I was a traitor."
When was saying goodbye to everyone, she forgets the most important:
-"What shall I call myself, father?" -"Don Martín from Aragon."
-"And at the Royal Court, father, what shall I say?"
-"I kiss your hand, good King, and may God keep the Court."
Two years she was at war and nobody knew she was a woman
If it was not for the king's son who was caught in her eyes.
-"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me,
Don Martín's eyes are women's, not men's."
-"You, my son, invite him to the town shops,
If Don Martín is a woman, the fabrics will catch her eyes."
Don Martín being discreet goes to look at the weapons:
-“What a fine dagger is this, for fighting with the Moors!"
-"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me,
Don Martín's eyes steal my soul when they look at me."
-"You will take him, my son, to rest in the garden;
If Don Martín is a woman will go to see the blooming almond trees."
Don Martín does not see the flowers, goes and cuts a stick:
-"Oh, what a perfect ash stick to drive the horse!"
-"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me."
-"Son, throw the rings in his lap when playing:
If Don Martín is a male, his knees will come together,
But if separates them will show himself as a woman".
Don Martín, always vigilant, joined the knees as if he knew.
-"Wounded, I come, my mother, love will kill me;
I can´t take Don Martín's eyes away from my thoughts."
-"Invite him, my son, to swim in the baths."
Everyone is undressing; Don Martín is very sad:
-"Letters came to me, letters of great regret,
My father the Count is very sick and about to die.
I ask permission, my King, to visit him."
-"Don Martín, I don't want to deny you that permit."
Don Martin saddles the white horse and jumps in the saddle;
And flies as swift as a hawk and says:
-"Goodbye, goodbye, my good King and your royal Palace;
For two years this loyal maiden served you well!"
The King's son hears her and goes riding after her.
-"Run, run, son of the King, you will not reach me
Until my father's house if you want to find me there.
Little Bells from my church, I hear you tolling;
Little bridge, little bridge of the river of my town,
Once I crossed you as a virgin maiden, as a virgin maiden I cross you again.
Open the doors, my father, open them wide.
Mother, take out the spinning wheel for me, I burn in the desire to spin,
I knew well how to handle the weapons and the horse instead."
Behind her, the King's son arrives at her Palace knocking at the door.
woah isn't this good?
I disagree on Mulan (Disney) leaving to find herself. Disney did a pretty good job to show how it was an indirect development and also coincidence, that she found herself. You see, I think the emphasis on individualism plays a minor part, not the major part in her desicion to go to war (also in the Disney movie). Many critics emphasize the fact that her disney journey began out of the need to "find her true self". While the need was heavily implied, I think saving her father was her real goal and was also portrayed this way. Her whole fight with her father and seeing him suffer in his room triggered her to take action. I think it's not right to say she did this because she felt she did not fit in! Yes, she felt she did not fit in. Yes, it is emphasized, but Disney seemed to smartly portray her emancipation and indivudualism as a side effect in the quest to safe her father. It highlights feminism in a very subtle selfless way, which just makes the piece so perfect in my opinion.
Shipeiya She did find out who she was though. A warrior. Fierce courageous and brave. It emphasizes strength from being able to fight for who she loves. She’s an inner badass
That's a great take on the film, thank you for sharing your thoughts. :)
Exactly this was perfect. It wasn't about her rejecting being a woman or self discovery, but obviously her father! It's heavily implied by not only his age but condition that he would've DIED! It wasn't an "I'm not fitting in with society so I'm going to take my dads place in a dangerous war". And she tackled problems still in a very feminine way (including being brave and creative), so agreed.
Since is a Chinesse tale is supposed to follow Confucius beliefs of family being important. I saw Mulan as doing that to help her family and save their honor
I remember my mom told me when the King asks Mulan what does she wants as a reward, she said all she wanted is to have a good meal with her father at home. This story is told to the kids as an example of being a good child towards her parents
I think it's there to show that woman Can be warriors to at that time.
Can you explain either "Coco" or "The Book of Life" pleaseeee
Yeah the book of life it's an awesome movie 👌 he should do that
OMG YEEEESSSS
OMG YEEEESSSS
@@user-tv8gi3no3p YESSSSSSSS
Idk why those movies look so similar but
Thats why I luv them both
I love how you said “until the sequel”
As a native Chinese speaker, I can say that your interpretations towards these literature are very accurate!
6:25 yes, this is due poetic reason
Ooh look at Jon upgrading his sponsors! Moving up the ranks! XD
Thank you, Jon, for presenting a POSITIVE piece based on Chinese literature during these super weird times. Prayers to all, including our neighbors in China.
I like how she named herself “Fa Ping” in the animated film
oh sh-
Omg i literally just got it.. thats hilarious 😂
Totally missed it when they said it in an English accent..
It’s also actually a joke in Chinese! “Fa Ping” basically means a flower vase but it’s a joke because in Chinese it means ‘gay’. And I guess she was made fun of in the army because of that!! (Nothing against the Lgbtq community I just didnt know a nicer way to phrase it!)
@@daddypisshair It may have also been a neat way to keep them from Co bathing etc... Just saying.
Fapping as in masturbation?
You should write a book that discusses the history and messed up origins of “well known” stories and fairytales.
The Mouse finally got Jon, it was only a matter of time
In the background goofy is holding a gun to his head.
😳🔫
The Mouse gets us all eventually 😂
@@nikkicaz699 guh-huh
8:17 they added this representation in the live-action Mulan movie. Early on the movie when they introduced Mulan, she was riding along with two rabbits who are running the same pace & Mulan exactly described them as the poet "How can they tell if I am he or she"
I really like that I never even knew about the ripoff versions of your vids. Subscriber counts and views can be faked but you're the real deal and original bro.
A channel that steal contents (TheThing is a notorious example) tend to have more subscribers because they post frequently, and the UA-cam algorithm promotes that.
In Chinese the Q is pronounce like Ch, so Qing is pronounced “Ch-ing”
I love learning about cultures I just learned something new thanks!
noooo that is not true!!! foreigners who aren't good at chinese say "ch" instead of "q" because they can‘t pronounce it since it is a difficult sound. I can't describe how it is supposed to sound like because there is no such sound in english. but no. it is not "ch". please get your facts checked.
gwaenchana gwaenchana I guess chic isn’t a real word :/
Laprazed 1995 huh? wutwut
gwaenchana gwaenchana I guess cliche isn’t a real world either
"Keep your hands away from your face." A universal law, these days, that's impossible to follow.
@Jeff Oliver Like AOC. She's interviewed about the virus, tells people to not touch their faces and she's doing it throughout the conversation. 🙄
Me *touches face* damnit.
Ten seconds later.
Me *touches face*
So tru
*reads this comment while picking nose * : oh-
I actually really liked the first version. I'm a big ol sucker for happy endings and although in the movie she gets it more or less, i think the idea of your friends of 10 years finally knowing who you are and (hopefully) accepting you is quite a lovely ending!
"keep your hands away from your face"
Me: *stop biting my nail and pouts*
I was pulling the chapped skin off of my lips.
too late
@@ladyyoruichichan9006 I do the same thing a lot. Sometimes I make myself bleed on accident. I've been told it's an anxiety thing.
Literally me
Wow, ew!
There is one scene that made me love this movie immediately - because I'm a Dad. The way it was said, the way that it was felt.
“The Greatest Gift And Honor Is Having You For A Daughter.”
Love the shade toward the talko and screen rant, they deserve it after consistently coasting on solo's coattails
Pamela Mertz exactly!!
Jon: Before talking about Mulans messed up origins talks about Mulans stickers.
That face fits what you said
I'd love to hear more about Mulan's enemies
Hi
her declaring "her father is the only one she'll ever be loyal to" from the retelling kinda made me tear up cause of how much it highlights mulan's great love for his dad which was the reason that her journey started in the first place (and was also the focus in disney's version). it's genuinely more about their father-daughter bond than it being a daughter submitting to his father in a traditional sense which aligns more with theme of the original passed on legend of mulan cause she was already skilled at home which was the result of how her dad trained her from a very young age. 💓
Who else is stuck at home and only has this source of entertainment
Thank you sooo much for the likes
ME
Who else wishes there parents loved them and would stop arguing and not make you choose who I wanna stay with
Iisnipezii 43 is everything okay? Do you need someone to talk to?
it’s a good source of entertainment tho 😳✌️
Bruv, I basically live to social distance it takes more than a quarantine to run me out of ideas to entertain myself
6:28 - I'm from Taiwan, learned the Mulan Ballad in school and yes, It's really more for poetics...no one go to FOUR markets to buy 4 different things and you can easily cover your tracks at the same market xD
Further lines have similar "conceptual rhyming" -- e.g, "she opened the West side door, sat down on the East side bed"
Let's get down to business, to defeat the Huns
Did they send me daughters, when I asked for sons?
I love this song💜
You're the saddest bunch I ever met
So you can bet when I'm through
Mister I'll make a man out of you.. 🤣
We must be swift as a coursing river
Mysterious as the dark side of * in Grus voice * de moon
Instead of daughters I always say garbage, it just fits😂
You should do podcast. Would be amazing to hear these storys when going for a walk or cleaning the house.
Im looking forward to the live action mulan coming soon
I'm looking forward to the animated Jon Solo Messed Up Origins.
As a birthday present to myself, I was going to see the live action Mulan, guess I'll have to wait. 🙁
My bday plans too😢
Maybe thats a good thing.otherwise your bday would have been ruined
I hope you still had a good birthday
Jon uploads once in a blue corn moon
nevermind wrong movie
That's an old video
Funny that actually has no meaning. The writer of the song just thought it sounded cool
Lmao I can't breathe 😂🤣😭 Pocahontas
That's kinda disappointing I always assumed it was a blue moon in the corn harvest season. I guess he was too dim to think of that...
When Jon has literally the most interesting and relevant ad ever. Yes, I will click your download link and heck yes I will add you and trade heckin' cards!
Edit: iunno about everyone else but I want a separate video on Xiongnu
Jon Solo: You can pale that like button with a sword of your choosing.
Me: IT'S KATANA TIME BABY!!!
Deadpool, is that you?
@@Kalani_Saiko That's supposed to be a secret!!
"The pendant didn't test if they'd just done hand stuff..." 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
Lou Cheng: sleeps with another Woman for a month.
His girlfriend: yep, Hes still Faithful. No cheating at all.
The girls that think us loyal guys can't cheat
@cheycheyny That's sad
And the three of them lived happily ever after
polygamy 😂
Very time when he says “and take that from your childhood and change it forever” sounds like “and I take that from your childhood and turn it to the truth of hell” or like “and take that from your childhood and make you have nightmares” so mean ;-;
Thanks to all the sadness in this world i totally forgot april fools is coming up.
I've always been interested in mythology and history but it wasn't until recently that I started watching videos about it and your channel is by far my favorite largely because of your sense of humor. It's very refreshing to hear you're sarcastic comments throughout the history explanation, it's the same way I would explain things.
I've been binge watching these videos all day!
There actually already is a live action movie about Mulan. It's from 2009 and focuses mainly on the story of her as a warrior. I'm pretty sure the makers of that one used the Ballad of Mulan as orientation as it's very similar to it.
The Forbidden City and Great Wall were both built during the Ming Dynasty. Those aren’t Huns, they are Mongols. *Mongoltage intensifies*
Thank you Kim
Thank you random UA-cam person
Remeber when the Mongols trued to invade Japan but then died in a tornado. Then they did a second time and died in a tornado again
Marty Mcfub I thought they died in a typhoon?
@@annaoop8825 my comment is a reference to another UA-cam video by the name of "the history of Japan"
When you said the part of when you said that Mulan committed suicide I smiled idk why but your voice made it way better-
I’ll watch as many Mulan revisits as you make.
I’d love to see and origin story for Xiongnu.
Thanks for sharing the weirdness!
How do you only have 768k subs you deserve soooo much more!
🎶I'll make a man out of you!!!🎶
One of the best montages in animation!!!
I like that you're revisiting your old content and update it 👍
I cannot wait to see why we need to REvisit it for I do love Mulan.
Ok so like the thing where she buys equipment from different markets int he four direction is just to show how she had to look around a lot for the equipment and to show that soldiers back then had to buy their own stuff as it wasn't provided by the country. Another thing is that her parents calling her weren't about like nessisarly making a big deal out of her crossdressing and going to the army, but more like how the bids of farewell and them wishing her to be safe from her parents were replaced with sounds of the yellow river. And the art with the black mountain just kinda further describes her long journey .
I knew Screenrant stole content from you, they steal from smaller creators often.
11:22
You showed respect to the BC and BCE groups.
Thanks bro
Subbed
I like the first version of Mulan’s messed up origin. But the second one freaked me out when Mulan committed suicide by slitting her own throat cause that had me feeling on my own throat
it was even sadder that it was probably a reality in those times
It is a retelling of a folklore, so it does not count as origin. Nobody studied this version anyways.
I can't believe her mother was okay with her new husband wanted her daughter as his second wife
Is this a movie?
The first time I learned of the version where Mulan slit her throat was from a fellow draw 2 student in my past class. We were scrambling to research fairy tales to illustrate then with watercolor pencils, now that I know the tale , he did a pretty good job telling a story with one drawing
I absolutely love this series! That being said, the title of it honestly almost prevented me from ever watching it. I am glad I looked past it and clicked "view" that first time, even if I expected to feel more rage than knowledge. Thank you for doing your research and being entertaining while you share it with us.
I like to think that the big corporate channels stealing your work is just a big compliment to how good it is
Literally watched Mulan for the first time today 😂
1:54 - To your left, that's some occult and secret society looking stuff there man.
This episode was so good and I’m so happy my art was used in it 😁
An origin story of shan yu would be fantastic! I really hope other people would agree with me
Now that's crazy. I legit just finished the first Mulan video you made. (New sub)
Dang I rlly have to say I love this channel like you are just chillin informing us about these stories and I love it and I you and watching your videos it makes me so happy and please NEVER stop making videos please they bring to much joy!!
Last time I was this early, we still went outside.
Hello Dolly, bruh...
Actually, the Tuoba are a subgroup of the Xianbei people, and so are the Rourans. Which means that Mulan's side and her enemies are distant cousins instead of 2 very different cultures. The Xianbeis are Turkic proto-Mongol people, which means that Mulan is most likely not Chinese.
Seen Jon Solo! And had to watch it !
I can tell he was very good at ELA judging by how perfect his sentences are and how perfectly he says them 😂
Also he clearly does his research!
I saw that two weeks ago and the first thing I said was " they really ripping my dude Jon like that" shit made my stomach hurt. Plus Screen Rant sucks. Them and Looper always talking about Endgame.
Your videos are so insightful and informative. I am a Disney fan and I think I have watched each of your Disney clips at least three times. You are one of the best UA-camrs!
Damn you already know about the coronavirus to everybody knows this in the world good work for telling origin story still biggest fan
Huh
Wha?
Minor points to note:
7:41 Although surviving soldiers might traveled back to the capital, they don't all get to meet the emperor. The fact that Mulan got to meet the emperor in the first place signifies that she had made significant contributions in the war (It's like if you get invited to meet the queen / president, have had to have done something really big).
Numbers like 9, 12, hundreds, thousands are used used loosely in ancient china to mean "a lot", so being given hundreds or thousands (not hundreds OF thousands) of gifts (it is not specified in chinese what is actually being given, it is more along the lines of "prized [subject] hundres of thousands", so it is more likely to be a weight measurement for some form of currency) can just be interpreted as "a lot of" reward, and 12 promotions can be interpreted as "a lot of" promotions. The target of these prizes and promotions are likely only to Mulan herself. Which made the fact that she gave them up to return to the family all the more impressive (孝, which means essentially to treat your parents and elder family member well was considered the No.1 virtue in Confucianism, Giving up wealth power and fame to go back home will be considered an ultimate display of virtue in that era)
In terms of Sui Tang Romance, as the name suggest, it is 演义 "Romance", which literally means a Romanticized retelling. So I mean it's a cool story but since it out right said that the stories where changed by calling it Romance, it is not cannon.
good note on the numbers!
Please do an updated version comparing the new Mulan live action to the history?
Yes
Jon Solo deserves more subscribers. It's sad how corporations do no research but get millions of views while people who are passionate,do the research and present them in such a pleasing way don't get the best recognition
Series idea: Origins of ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, Origins of JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Hey Jon. I just wanted to tell you (finally) that while I enjoy your videos, my son LOVES them. He is only one, but has been dancing to your intro and outro since he was 3 months. As soon as he hears your voice he lights up and wriggles, takes my phone and watches the whole thing. He can say "dog" so he points out Gunther and does another dance before going back to whatever he was doing before. He also likes the music you use for the sponsor message, so we never skip 😉
I wanted you to know you have a huge little fan here and he would like and subscribe if he had any idea what that was. Thanks for your work!
Here in Brazil, we have a "real" Mulan.
Maria Quiteria de Jesus. In 1821, she scaped from her farmhouse and assume a male identity, then join a army and fought in the In the independence war.
She is the first woman, here in Brazil, to fight in a war, and is consider a independence hero
She also "steal" the name of a familiar. Her brother in law name, Medeiros. Cut her hair and use his armour
She was exposed a few weeks after join the army, her father found her and explained that she was a Woman, and shouldn't be in war. But the captain decided to keep her, cause it was a very imported war and they needed her, cause she was the most disciple and had an amazing ability with weapons.
After winning many fights, she was promoted as cadet.
She inspired many womans to fight too. She even fought once with a hole female army
She escaped because her stepmother didn't accept Maria personality. Maria was very masculine (the stereotype of masculinity, that is)
She always loved to hunt, fishing... so she had some experience and ability even before joining the army
Awesome!!
Hey solo. I am old fan I have been watching your work. I struggle with sleep and whenever I am in a bad place in my life your videos help me get through. Thanks man keep up the good work. You've literally saved me a few time now. May Allah reward you for that. Ameen.
Omg 1 second in, I’m ready to be educated
I would love to hear about "Shan Yu's" origins. Gengis Khan was a HUGE figure in military history and in the history of Mongolia.
Hey Youngling, Tuesday night March 31 at 10:00pm on TCM Est The Incredible Mr. Limpet . I just thought we all could use a distraction from all the madness going on in the world today. I hope you like it for a F'd up Origins video.
I did warn Jon that people were copying his videos. Even though had more views, I still favored Jon because he came up with the idea or revealing the origin of everyone's favorite fable and fairy tale... no matter how bad it hurts.
"The day before the virus screwed everything up" pretty much sums up this whole COVID-19 business.
I just love the way you don't care about others that compete with your channel and you actually research the videos you do thank you love you
I wasn’t planning on seeing the live action Mulan honestly