At the beginning of the movie, Mulan has long eyelashes (a common technique cartoonists use to show femininity). When she's pretending to be a man her long eyelashes disappear, but when she's discovered as a woman, she suddenly has long eyelashes again. Her "I want" song is pretty explicit about what Mulan desires more than anything else in the world: she wants her reflection to show who she is inside. She wants the world to see her for who she really is. As Ping, she gets that. People see her as smart, capable, brave, and - perhaps most importantly - not just a woman. As Ping, she's not seen as just a woman, thus her eyelashes are not visible. Her appearance reflects how she is seen. But when she's discovered as a woman, her eyelashes return, showing that she is again "just a woman." Her past deeds no longer matter because her fellow soldiers see her only as a woman. Her reflection stops showing who she is inside.

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