#crying nr

[kiskisur]

making a fiction abt this rn....

“We were like this too, once”

Thank u so much for all the re blogs and likes🫶🏼🫶🏼

[orpheuslament]

If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin

[supermusicallee]

she's so real and funny

[shiresome]

COUGHING UP BLOOD. LISTEN TO ME

[redara]

Thoughts on Bi-Han and Ermac's interaction.

Bi-Han: Surely you have a weakness.

Ermac: You have many. We have none.

Hmm maybe i'm reading too much into it, but when Ermac mentions Bi-Han having many weaknesses, i got a feeling he means the Lin Kuei.

All that Bi-Han does is for his clan, and it says a lot that the LK trust him without question. Kinda makes sense why Kuai Liang decides to abandon the LK cause there's no talking about it with them, and they all won't believe him or share the same side as him anyway, cause they all believe in Bi-Han. Maybe they're all that fed up being under Liu Kang's authority, or maybe they believe they deserve smth better, freedom to be who they are, after centuries + generations of protecting Earthrealm.

Ermac: The Lin Kuei fight as one?

Bi-Han: With me as their heart and mind.

Also, i may be reaching out lol.

What if what he means by him being the heart and mind is both figuratively and literally? Like, Bi-Han is going full Cyber Initiative, perhaps more like OG Sektor, commanding the LK under his order.

If that's the case, well... NRS give Sektor's story to Bi-Han. This is just my hc + speculation, but if the Cyber LK is only under Bi-Han's authority, then if he 'falls', so will the majority of the LK members.

And later on if, IF, Bi-Han gets a redemption arc and becomes UoL Bi-Han, that explains why he's not wearing any LK insignia; there is no more LK thanks to his little Cyber Initiative.

So it could be:

1. A small number of LK members survive and they get a new Grandmaster, or

2. A small number of LK members survive and they are waiting for Bi-Han to return, or

3. None of the LK members survive, or

4. The LK is rebuilt anew as an extension of the Shirai Ryu

Ehh idk pure speculations, like we might get Bi-Han commanding an army of mech-suits dubbed the Cyber Lin Kuei 🤷‍♀️

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

thinking very thoroughly about what meds the hospital has available

[archers-and-spies]

“you shouldn’t be here” “neither should you” these are two master assassins who have killed god knows how many people who have almost died god knows how many times but despite it all they’re still going to try to protect each other from what they view as evil and i think that’s a very fierce type of love. to know each other to the bone & carry their ledger along with yours and still try to keep them safe & untainted even though you know they’ve already been ruined by the world

[oars]

😭😭😭

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Me whenever I remember Shirai and Demizu went back to include these panels in the volume 20 release of chapter 181 of the trio finding each other again in their dreams, along with this adorable, perfectly paralleled bonus scene at the beginning of the chapter:

[lieutenantselnia]

Internet archive I love you❤️❤️❤️

[loosingmoreletters]

newfound appreciation for everyone writing huge canon rewrites with like dozens of OCs how do y'all keep track of them

[crypticjackal13]

NR!Wukong is probably my favorite rendition of SWK in general, but my friends don't see the appeal(at first I didn't either bc this man is NUTS) BUT naturally my opinion changed, so I'm doing this and then sending it to them /lh

Uh so I made a character bingo if anyone wants to try it (:

[supermusicallee]

i don't think i can explain myself to a normal person at the moment, she found someone who matches her freak. it's the little things. he's there in her world, in the fishbowl with her & he's happy!! she's not a burden, this is a fun memory they created together!! couldn't be happier for her

[soup-eater94]

thinking about how across the games kuaicage’s friendship is only alluded to and implied

[jeonjeha]

I hope everyone knows I summoned it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[laismoura-art]

The worst part is that aside from Hanzo, all characters were placed in quite interesting spots (yes, even Scorpion!Kuai) but the problem it seems is that NRS was bold enough to place them there but not bold enough to explore it to its max! To develop these characters to their max!

I mean, Grandmaster Bi-Han has SUCH HUGE POTENTIAL! And with Kuai as his Second in Command! It could've been GLORIOUS!

And yet what did they do??

NRS, if you gonna commit to an AU

FREAKING COMMIT TO IT DAMNIT!

That's an important thing when it comes to AU, it's not that the characters aren't allowed to be different. On the contraire! This is where they are allowed the most to be different!

Different times and setting WILL affect your character and he might behave differently because of it! And what will make your story believable is how COMMITTED you are to these changes! How committed you are to these characters!

And when you are committed to this characters, it's when people start believe!

in general i would say that “it’s not fun if they’re totally unrecognisable” is my fandom thesis. like the point of fanfic etc is putting your favourite little guys in situations. where’s the appeal if they’ve been through so many fanon spin cycles that they’re barely even your guys anymore