Internet Is Celebrating the Fictional Villains Who Commit Atrocities but Are Somehow More Progressive Than the Heroes

A Reddit thread celebrating fictional villains who are morally reprehensible in every way except their progressive attitudes toward gender and race has drawn significant attention. The most discussed character on the thread was Shan-Yu, the Hun warlord and antagonist of Disney’s Mulan (1998). When Mulan revealed she was the soldier who decimated his army, Shan-Yu… Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post Internet Is Celebrating the Fictional Villains Who Commit Atrocities but Are Somehow More Progressive Than the Heroes appeared first on The Daily Dot.