I LOVE both and I think Kayley might be in my top 10 favorite animated heroines but I like Mulan a little bit more.

But I love them both.

I would say.

Love her~

....I can't believe I did that.
Sorry Mulan, my love.
I guess when everyone said everything came easily to Mulan....I couldn't defend that.
Kayley, however started out not so great, and learns to be strong over time. We can see her development a bit better.

I feel like I'm betraying Mulan. I love them both a lot but I choose Kayley because she had less votes.

MalloMar actually Mulan actually had more time than Kayley. Kayley had only a few days to become the total bada** she was and Mulan had months of training in the army to become the bada** she is. Both are very well developed characters and I don't think everything came easily to Mulan. She struggled at first and it was when she realized that when she was told to leave and was causing dishonor for her family that she had to keep trying even when she was told to leave. It started to become easier to her because she kept trying until she finally got it, plus everyone stopped picking on her to make it worse on her.

I love Kayley.

Oh definitely, though I love Kayley she just doesn't compare. I love Kaykey but like Garret says, sometimes I just want her to stop talking. I really like her, but Mulan FAR more.

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No offense, but to me, Kayly encompasses everything wrong with the "good role models can't like girly things, wear dresses, or wish to do anything but what men traditionally do" mentality.

Mulan is beautiful and feminine, but she simply doesn't feel comfortable getting dressed up like a porcelain doll because that's just not who or how she is. She just happens to find her way by combining her masculine training in the army with her feminine ingenuity, resources, etc. The movie doesn't say femininity is bad, just not her way; but that doesn't mean it doesn't help her save the day, discover, or embrace who she is.

Kayly's disdain for a new dress, wish to be like her father instead of her mother, determination to be a knight seems to stem from the fallacious thinking that "fighting and swords = empowerment, while dresses and femininity = weak, stupid, anti-feminist, bad role-model, and inferior." Which is, ironically, just as sexist as the claim that girls and women should only like dresses and feminine things.

Not only do they insult non-tomboys by portraying Kayly that way, but then the movie turns her into a useless "faux action girl." That is, both she and the narrative boast of being a tough action girl, but who always has to be saved once the time comes. While she does finally get to do good at the very end, throughout the whole movie Garret gets more butt-kicking and day-saving moments than she does. -_-

The same could be said about Merida

I like Kayley but I kind of agree with KataraLover and Tygers_Eye.

KataraLover what is wrong with you!?! It was hard to pick between these amazing girls!!

Lady Kayley is my favorite Non-Disney movie distributed
by a Disney owned company!
So, because Disney owned distribution rights to
this movie, it is ½ Disney and ½ Warner Bros.