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Have You Ever Had Cartoon Crushes?

I think maybe most people had cartoon crushes as a kid or something. I’m one of them.

Here are a list of characters I had childhood crushes on:

1. Starfire(Teen Titans 2003)

2. Raven(Teen Titans 2003)

3. Max Goof(Goofy Movies)

4. Danny Fenton(Danny Phantom)

5. Katara(ATLA)

6. Leonardo(TMNT 2012)

7. Li Shang (Mulan)

8. Trunks (Dragon Ball)

9. Finn (Adventure Time)

10. Flora (Winx Club)

There might be more but these are the ones I remember from the top of my head.

Syoaran's Ancestry

So, I was watching Mulan and Cardcaptor Sakura alternatively, when I noticed the last names of the lead men.

Li.

Wasn't it the woman/mother who was Chinese, and the man/father the English/British as Clow Reed's parents?

I also noticed that Shang married Mulan- who in the military, was accompaniee by a magical spirit dragon.

WHAT IF! Because Mushu (said dragon) took a liking(as companions/daughters) to the female of Fa-Li family's children, he started teaching them magic.

(We all know his age is not as simple as we thought, and he might be more than a decade or century old.)

So, by the time the English/ British had invaded China, the (Fa) Li families descendants is attuned to Asian magic.

That just means that Syoaran is a direct descendant of Mulan and Shang.

It also explains the attitude/personality:

Syoaran has Shang's temper, has Mulan's shyness towards their crushes, and both their skills in martial arts.

His sister's are like Grandma Fa, very playful.

It also make sense that Clow's parents became close in the first place.

Both families are distinguished. So both will be welcomed in the high society, leading them to meet.

That's all!!

I've actually always wanted to post this, but always forgot.

in honour of pride month, here are some characters that i think/hc as queer (btw its fucking random):

Li shang - hes a lil bisexual like. the looks that he gave ping (aka mulan) were not hetero and obvi hes attracted to mulan as well so. mulan actually ate that up pulled him as a guy amd a girl

jake peralta (bi) - is it canon cause i think it should be

isabela (encanto) - no one can tell me she isnt lesbian like she has no interests other than growing flowers she DOES NOT CARE ABT MEN

sejanus plinth - he was GAYYYYY like in love with coryo the entire fucking time

art and patrick from challengers - theyre gay for each other. based PURELY on the shittons of tiktoks that have come up on my fyp. theyre gay for each other

eloise and cressida - they are L E S B I A N S your honour i rest my case

i will be doing more but its like too late and i have school so

Do you have any Lonnie plus family headcanons?

Okay let's see. Also they might be already canon or from other users that I've seen and dont remember. If that's the case let me know and I'll tag them

Also I added a little Jordan and Aziz there...

Lonnie, Aziz and Jordan grew up together

Either Jordan or Lonnie had a one sided crush on the other at around the age of 12

Aziz was the ultimate wingman for any relationship the other two had

Shang Jr is also childhood friends with one of Aziz's older sister

Speaking of Shang, he had his first tattoo secretly at the age of 15.

It was a dolphin tattoo because he was obsessed with the sea growing up

Shang also likes to cook but is not very good at it

Mulan's family love Li Shang so much

Li Shang always made sure he was there for both her kids

Shang Jr looks like Mulan the most

Mushu is very protective of both Shang Jr and Lonnie

And he is the overdramatic proud unce

LONNIE AND SHANG JR GREW UP WITH YAO, CHIEN-PO AND LING'S CHILDREN

Jordan was the first one to attend Auradon City Middle School and that ls where she met Ben

Lonnie and Shang Jr had all their education till their respective high school years in China

Then Shang went to high school in Sherwood Forest for the first year but got transferred to Auradon Prep because Auradon had a better Scholarship in fencing.

He shared a drom with Andrew Bjorgman (Anna and kristof's son)

He also told everything about Auradon Prep to Lonnie so she wouldn't have much hard time there because he was always underestimated by some royal kids

Well, so was Lonnie. Maybe more than Shang jr because at least the older was a man and it wasn't 'wrong' for him to fight

Lonnie however was ignored by many people

Because she was a girl and she should be 'graceful' and 'quiet' and 'ladylike'

And she shouldnt fight.

After couple of month Ben being the king hearted guy befriended him and that went on

Lonnie also has couple tattoos

Which gave her bonus points befriending the vk's

Mal doesn't like to get into a physical fight in Auradon not because she is incapable but she likes the others to underestimate her

The only person she fenced in Auradon was lonnie (before d2)

It was in the middle of the night when they bumped into each other and had ice cream in the kitchens

They were chatting then fighting came up which made mal offer to fence with her

Lonnie obviously accepted

That's why when they were rescuing Ben in d2, mal was a bit relieved Lonnie was there

Back to the family, both Shang Jr and Lonnie got their sass from their great grandmother, grandma Fa

That's it for now I guess...

What are your honest thoughts on Lonnie+Family?

Sorry for the wait, but I wanted to finish Lonnie's warrior sword so I will probably be focused on that

Anyways onto my answer...

I was liken 14-15 ish when I watched the first two films and I really liked her and I still do too but now I kinda grew up and had a chance to look into her character more and realised she wasn't really well written.

What is most upsetting for me is she could be a key point at any time in the movies but also in the books. But no piece of media in this franchise took that opportunity. Like she is there, yeah and she has some lines and stuff but nothing more. Shes in the back like literally any ak. Except for Ben and audrey. And we see audrey as a big character only in the last film.

I've seen people say that the movies especially are really mal centric and I agree, majority of the characters are just there.

Now I dont remember much about Lonnie in the books. It's been a while and I'm planning to reread them but I doubt she had any significant scenes for herself.

In Lonnie's warrior sword, which I literally just finished so it might be a bit too detailed,

First we had a memory with mulan, and I was so happy but that was the end of it. Now I think living up to the name of Mulan AND SHANG is a great plot point for her and her character but they couldn't do it well. Lost opportunity... but we have Mulan's name being mentioned at couple more places which all serve the 'living up to the name' and if the book was a bit longer they could explore it a bit better.

There is the matter of Li Shang. The matter is he is not there. Everyone ignored the man like they ignored Lonnie in the third movie. I would love to see some father-daughter bonding and we WERE ROBBED. so if anyone has any fic recommendations about Lonnie and Shang I would love that. Anyways, Shang in Lonnie's Warrior Sword was mentioned one (1) time.

"...sword fighting with her mother in the gardens, running laps around the palace with her father..."

That's it. And although I love the image of little Lonnie trying to keep up with her father while Shang purposely slows down for her is incredibly adorable, how would anyone think this would be enough to feed the fandom

Shang Jr is a whole other thing. Again I would love to see a relationship between Lonnie and Shang jr. And I also would like to see how filling up the name of Mulan AND SHANG would affect him. Because it would affect him as much as Lonnie.

Then there is the name situation. Firstly, I am not familiar with Chinese culture and I dont have anyone I can ask beside the internet so let me know if I need to include/exclude and/or change anything.

From what I've understood from the fandom, naming your child after yourself is very disrespectful so that is an issue. Honestly even if they were not gonna look into his name, all they needed to do was to search for some Chinese names and meanings. Like I could do that (and I am planning to cause there is no way I'm using Lil' Shang as a name in my version of descendants. Same goes with Lonnie. I did started to research about that but like Lonnie? Why? Naming with the same initials as your parent is a thing in the universe but by that logic they were supposed to do a name with m for mulan or s for shang, why did they go for L (I am assuming L is for Li but still) So they are nicknames given to them by Auradon and Sherwood Academy(was that where he was, I don't really remember)

For once I want Lonnie and Shang Jr (I am intentionally not calling him Lil' Shang cuz honestly between the two Shang Jr is not as disturbing to me as Lil' Shang) to be sassy. And that 100% came from grandma Fa. You know Mulan's grandmother. I want that woman to teach her great grand children things she wasn't supposed to. Like and she words and how to trick mushu or something.

Another point is (I've seen someone talk about it, I'll credit them if I can find it) the situation with Yi-Min. They grew up together with Lonnie and her cousins. Like Mulan saved China with these man of course their children are best friends. Also I love that she also competes in the Auradon warrior thing.

One more thing, I know it's already too long and I didnt have my fixation on Mulan and Mulan 2 yet so Lonnie and family are not people I've given much thought about but still....

We knew King beast had like all magical and non magical stuff collected in the museum but why? Like why would you disarm MULTIPLE KINGDOMS. I hate that man.

Also, in Lonnie's Warrior sword it says "... There it(Shan Yu's sword) could be watched over by the Imperial Council, who oversaw all official matters in the Imperial City, until Lonnie was old enough to inherit it." Why? Why does Lonnie inherit a council. Okay I know her parents saved China but why does Lonnie inherit a council. (Do I need to rewatch the mulan movies? probably)

Anyway... with the addition of the All-Knowing-One and her potential is also being lost... I will finish my rant here.

I hope I answered your question and I am sorry if it's too long