Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-25008763-20170725225546

figured I'd make a forum on something that has been bothering me for a while now..

the removal of Chi-Fu from Mulan under the note he is "working with law of the land".. if the law of the land is unjust and the character takes deliberate and malicious delight in enforcing that law, they are still a villain.

now, don't get me wrong, in the grand scheme of things Chi-Fu is just a horrible bigot and jerk compared to the Hun army.. yet he crosses the line a few times and tries to get Mulan executed for no reason other than she was a woman.

you can argue such views were common in that society but plenty of men in the film showed Mulan at least some respect even when she was exposed as a woman (in fact they refused to kill her, despite Chi-Fu's insistence it be done).

enforcing the Emperor's will is one thing but Chi-Fu is far, far too zealous and sadistic in his enforcement of this "will" to be considered a neutral character.. he's an evil man.. minor? yes.. but undeniably evil..

the Emperor was also ultimately shown to be a much more benevolent figure than thought, he eventually saw the flaws in the old ways and gave Mulan respect.. again.. showing that men in the film while ruled by a patriachal system were not all rabid woman-haters..

Chi-Fu was petrified when the Emperor showed Mulan respect, it shows that he is a coward to boot.

in the scheme of Disney films I will argue strongly that Chi-Fu is a villain.. a minor one but definitely NOT a character who can be excused as "simply obeying orders" etc.. 