“We’ll take on Shen, and prove to all those who are hungry for justice, and honor, that kung fu still lives!”
#one of my favourite scenes #the black and white warrior thing that shows #and they show us Shen training #so cute #all the wolves working their asses off while he dances prettily on the fence #that is not a fence #that is a scaffold #anyway is pretty and significant and beautifully animated and his fucking eyes glow red in the evening isn’t he beautiful? #okay #I’ll shut up
And from TVTropes.org:
Prophecy Twist: Another possible interpretation of the prophecy is that “warrior of black and white” who will defeat Shen is Shen himself. His primary colors are also black and white. Note that the cannons and the gunpowder are black. There is a brief, stylized shot showing Shen with half his face black paralleling the ying-yang symbol, and it is the smoke figure of Shen that transforms into the yin-yang symbol when the Soothsayer tries to predict his fate. And in the final confrontation, some of Shen’s white feathers are covered in black soot. Over the course of the movie, including the backstory, Shen loses his parents, his right to the throne of Gongmen city (and eventually destroys even its symbol, the throne itself, upon returning), his old home, his surrogate mother, and his oldest and only remaining friend, all through his own actions. Even the destruction of his remaining forces in the finale comes from deflected cannon shots he ordered to fire. Finally, in the last battle against Po, he directly contributed to the wreck of his cannon falling on him by accidentally cutting the ropes during the fight. Indeed, it can be argued that Shen defeated and destroyed himself quite thoroughly, and maybe he even realizes the irony, when he calmly allows the cannon to crush him.