I don’t know if this is weird or not, but I totes read Mulan as a trans woman! I tend to read all “women who pretend to be men” stories as very similar to my experience. In contrast, I’ve never imagined that a character presented to the audience as male was actually a trans woman.
#luke’s just sitting there with his hands in his lap #oogling han’s face #slowly but surely luke’s eyes dip down #to the convenient opening in han’s shirt #neck and chest hair all exposed #and i’m sitting here choking back tears #ive never been so alive