enterprising

During the scene when Mulan decides to go to war instead of her father, she decides to do it while sitting on the foot of the Great Stone Dragon. The image of the dragon looking over Mulan is repeated several times throughout the sequence, and the bolts of lightning strike at significant times whenever the dragon is in sight. When Mulan takes her father’s scroll and when she is praying to her ancestors, the Great Stone Dragon can be seen. It is also engraved on the sword Mulan uses to cut her hair and the handles of the wardrobe containing the armor are in the shape of the dragon’s head. The dragon’s eyes glowing in the temple symbolizes Mulan’s role as protector of her family awakening, instead of the actual dragon.

The reason Mushu couldn’t wake the dragon is because the dragon was no longer there. Mulan is implied to be the Great Dragon that protects her family.

The Capitol presents the District Heroes from 12, 10, 9, 7, 6, 4 and 3

Anatomy of a Clone

I was intrigued by the fact that each of the clones, while genetic identicals, exhibit some traits that are uniquely their own, so I decided to take a closer look at the known epigenetic causes for these traits (epigenetic = how much a gene is expressed) and the environmental factors which cause them.  (Note: I’m pretty sure Helena dyes her hair, but I still thought it was kind of intriguing that someone who is genetically predisposed to have dark hair may actually be blond if their exposure to sunlight is extremely limited before and throughout puberty when melanin pathways are activated).  Anyways, these are some of the more interesting things I found.  

Hullo. Are you ready for the story? This is the story of Sir Boast-a-lot.

so the other day I started thinking about starfleet academy and the kind of……e-textbooks bones would have there….because I…think about these things and basically I got kind of carried away?? also I am like 99% sure that mccoy’s thesis was over the management of aviophobia I mean come on

the treaty of treason.

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