Here are the current ideas:
By scene
Shan Yu dies behind the Imperial Palace, of all his army his archer is the only one left by his side. As he dies, his falcon swoops over him and flies so high he seems to vanish among the stars. The archer then spreads the rumour that Shan Yu went to heaven or something and seeks revenge.
Mulan is going to see the Matchmaker again - she has a little more status this time. As she arrives the doors slam open and Chien-Po, Ling and Yao come flying out.
Feeling hopeless, the soldiers launch into a parody rendition of 'What do we want? A girl worth paying for!'
The Mmr declares she can't marry any of them off, until she spots Mulan standing there looking pretty and says 'LOL try her, she's as hopeless as you'. At which point the soldiers realise they're looking at 'Ping' and go 'whoa'.
Mulan heads on in, looking a bit depressed.
Meanwhile, Shang arrives with a secret mission for the heroes of China.
When he sees Mulan re-emerge from the Mmr's home, he's all WTF were you doing in there? before realising that of course, she's still unengaged, silly him.
Reunited, everyone trots off to the forbidden city.
Back at the Fa pad, the Ancestors are discussing Mulan's new mission. It sounds important but they decide not to help (Mushu they sent already in the hope he becomes a casualty). Then one mentions that Mulan still has that unlucky cricket and they promptly send at least three of the other guardians.
I'm thinking a rip-off of the Monkey King legend with Monkey Sandy and Pigsy. It seems the family guardians match the zodiac so if I make Sandy the tiger, it's win XD
Emperor outlines the plot
we meet the princesses, have the shoe scene but darker (bound feet), and the stealth mission begins. The guardians catch up and each guard a princess.
the archer meets the mongols
the Mongols have a SPY
chi Fu's assistant
thus, plots are hatched
Then we have the travelling, the pairings, the bonding - except Ting Ting is sarcastic, Mei is only learning not to be shallow and Su is just....Su. She copies whoever spoke last. She lacks spine. Mulan works best as a fish-out-of-water, so this time her role is reversed and she has to prove herself as an elegant woman to the top-status princesses.
Next part is the anti-Mulan/Shang stuff because that's central to film 2. Mushu will only play upon their natural conflicts, and only after a fellow guardian informs him about the husband taking over the ancestors (he was bragging about bringing Shang and Mulan together).
Mulan is under the impression that Shang will still want her to be a model wife, because that is what a wife is, and Shang is very by-the-book.
I'm thinking of resurrecting the famous deleted scene. Or possibly he tells her he loves her just before everyone plummets into the gorge.
So, the plummeting off a cliff in the bridge scene. The bridge was cut by surprise by the Mongols (sneak tactics) and everyone fell except Mulan who has fast reflexes.
She believes they are dead and heads off to Qui Gong alone. Back at the gorge, the princesses etc are washed ashore, without the help of horses.
When the princesses and the soldiers have reached the borders between Qui Gong and China, they realise their duty. “This is our country,” states Ting Ting, spreading her arms wide to encompass the beautiful landscape. “And we shall be the ones to bring great honour to it.”
With that, they turn round and head back to Qui Gong.
They make a grand entrance and interrupt the ceremony.
So for 2.1......should the Mongols invade the wedding or is that too overdone? I want to do it but it might be odd since the baddies invaded the ceremony last time too.
Either a stealth team is spotted by Mushu, or an invading army in the distance is spotted by Mushu.
Mushu rings the alarm gong, and he was up in the palace trying to find a way to help the wedding ceremony go well as the King was suspicious of the Emperor - who could easily abandon Mulan and betray Qui Gong after the Mongols were repelled. When the princesses arrived he was all 'phew China is saved again' until a Mongol and a Hun sneaked straight past him.
But it wasn't any old alarm gong he was ringing, and the Golden Dragon of Unity is awakened.
Etc.
Anyone approve? Disagree?