#Mortal kombat battle of the realms

[mikka-minns]

In Battle of the realms, Kuai Liang has visible fangs

We do NOT talk enough about that

[fishhhhshh]

Cũng ra dáng uyên ương hồ điệp 😳

Omg they both got split in half yes NRS knows

[dubiousdisco]

Why do they keep hating on my boy

[laismoura-art]

Happy Brazilian Valentines Day!💛💙💛💙

7th wheel🐉

I just re-watched Battle of the Realms with my siblings and did you guys also notice Jax just 3rd wheels everyone?

I mean, LiuTana and CageBlade had that kiss party in the end of the movie and even SubScorp had their whole "find redemption together" thing going on, but Jax was just... There. Poor guy! :')

[txxxciii]

Yk NSR games made me kinda hate Liu Kang (it's too complicated to explain).

For me, I prefer his movie versions better (especially Ludi Lin's Liu since he's a whole new take on the character and I dig that)

[crimescrimson]

"No matter what timeline, good or bad, in every thread of every destined path we've ever crossed or ever will. I will always come back to you."

[lukachupacabra]

More often than not, if you catch me giggling to myself unprompted. It’s because that one line between Kuai Liang and Hanzo from BOTR plays in my head and takes me out at the most unexpected of times.

Kuai Liang (Sub-Zero): YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!

Hanzo (Scorpion): I did and I am sorry.

[mikka-minns]

As a gay person, i agree

[mikka-minns]

I remember when people were mad about Kuai's characterisation in botr and i was there just like

"He- he CRIED! He said he wanted his brother BACK! HE GOT TOPPED-"

Look, it meant a lot to me

[ash-shark]

Lil notebook art

(I wanted use stickers that my sis give me on my birthday. Maybe a lil cringe but still cute)

[mlgmi316]

Watch the lightning, idiot. It's loud. You'll wake him up.

[mikka-minns]

Im so glad you mentioned this! Its like the nrs doesnt want to give hanzo any character beyond "poster boy" and "fire ninja", which is sad cuz he is LITERALY ed boon's, the creator's, favorite. Even for lin kuai, we only know the old one was basicaly just an assassin cult that turned to robots and that the new one was better and Also turned to robots(becaus of the members of the old one).

Basically: Even tho the ninjas are pretty much the most popular part of mk, the creators don't realy want much to do with them, or at least dont know what to do. When i got into the fandom, i Kinda Expected scorpion and sub zero to be as important as the main trio, but they barely have any importance what-so-ever.

I think fans gave them more character than they ever had in the Canon.

Also, shout out to my boy Jeremy for giving them some of the best dynamics and characters, i know some People hate the legends version, but i think it might be the one that gives them the most justice. (they were supposed to have more screen time in battle of the realms, but WB said "cut that so its shorter", so it looks rushed. )

This was long but i have even more to rant about, i Just had to get this out of my system sistem.

Hot take: The lack of Shirai Ryu Ocs could be explained by the fact that the clan has what? FIve members (Hanzo, Harumi, Satoshi, Forrest Fox, Takeda) and NRS decided to kill off 3 of them without delving further into the clan's structure (mkx comic slightly mentioned the rebuilt clan, mind you - not the original one,as a "protective force" or sth,but for about 5 pages in before all of them were slaughtered (again)) and idk, there should be some Shirai Ryu members that are of equal rank to Hanzo, because pls man - don't you have any friends? Colleagues? Clanmates? Who you talk to on a daily basis ?(no not your blueberry bf) Why are you like this? Why are you sitting in the corner ruminating? The edge lord in yellow, what troubles you? Where are your friends. His close relationships are mostly vertical (clan leader - member/ father -son : Takeda/Fox/Satoshi) and only two are horizontal (Harumi/Kuai) and none of those horizontal ties depicts a "clanmate-mentality" to Hanzo. Kuai Liang at least has what? 5 clanmates of different ranks (Bi Han / Smoke, Sektor, Cyrax/Frost) to create tensions/interactions for his character depths - and thus making the entire Lin Kuei gang, not only KL, relatable, and also a good grounding way to make a character believable. Now, Which canon character is also a Shirai Ryu member, of equal rank to Hanzo, that he can socialize with (aside Harumi, who tips more to the romantic aspect and doesn't have that "brother in arm" feel) and through their interactions suggests how their clan works/what its hierarchy is/what is the underlying tension within the organization?/,in short, some grounding work for the fans to have a faint knowledge of how Shirai Ryu works and grows in interest to the clan? No one.

I try to create some Shirai Ryu ocs but damn it's hard because the clan is so vague . We have MK:Mythology focusing solely on the Lin Kuei already, i would dig a game that only focuses on the Shirai Ryu lore - and hell it doesn't have to be all about Hanzo, I just want to know wtf is that clan about to vouch for it.

Maybe I just obsess with clan hierarchy, lore and structures due to my old Warrior Cats obsession day but yeah, just a sliver of my thought about Shirai Ryu and Hanzo

(Ps: English is not my native language so bear with me the jumbled words)

[arcana-shipper]

AO3 Link

Day 6 is finished! It's earlier because I will be heading out for a trip tomorrow. I will do the day thing with day Six, though probably will post that one post-midnight.

[love-pack]

She's soooo crazyyy love her

[cdr2002]

Mythologies Sub-Zero is full of rich storytelling and I’m tired of being reminded that NRS doesn’t understand it at all every time they make a forced ill fitting reference to it

[mikka-minns]

Apsolutley! And Kuai will get around, you'll see.

They truly are the best hades and persephone retelling 💛💙🔥❄️

I can't stop thinking about Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 3. Like. His story in MK3 is that he inexplicably fought for Outworld in the big war between realms, despite having a wife and daughter in Earthrealm that Shao Kahn was going to enslave and possibly murder if he won.

But then, at some point, he discovered that slaughtering Earthrealm's heroes and enslaving the realm would mean bringing harm to Sub-Zero. And he'd sworn an oath in Mortal Kombat 2 to protect Sub-Zero with his immortal existence. So he just. Switched sides.

And. Like. That's amazing.

Like. I'm just picturing this big, desolate battlefield. The champions of Earthrealm standing across from the champions of Outworld, raring to go for one epic final battle that will decide the fate of all things.

Shao Kahn: At long last, all of the souls of Earthrealm will belong to ME! Cower and accept your fates, for your world is—

Scorpion: (awkwardly raises hand) Excuse me!

Shao Kahn: ...

Scorpion: (waving arm) Over here!

Shao Kahn: Now? Really?

Scorpion: Sorry, but... Is that what we're doing? Conquering and enslaving all the souls of Earthrealm?

Shao Kahn: Did you read none of the paperwork? This was clearly covered in the informative brochures.

Shang Tsung: I spent a whole night writing those.

Scorpion: To be honest, the last few weeks have mostly just been a red haze.

Shao Kahn: Yes, that is what we're doing.

Scorpion: Oh. Well. Um. Excuse me.

(Scorpion disentangles himself from the army of Outworld, bumping into various Tarkatan and Shokan soldiers with utterings of "Excuse me" and "Pardon me". Then jogs awkwardly across the battlefield to Earthrealm's side, finding a place next to Sub-Zero where he can fit himself in)

Scorpion: Hey, bro. Sorry about this whole misunderstanding.

Sub-Zero: Do not speak to me. We are not friends.

Scorpion: Okay! All good over here! You can proceed with the bad guy speech!

Why do we never see this side of Mortal Kombat in the adaptations?