#katherine chen

[starcrossedjedis]

SARA did I just see you have a MK oc??! TELL ME EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY -🍂

ALVITA you totally saw that right 😁

Mortal Kombat was my absolute comfort film of 2021 and I have watched it an unhinged amount of time 😅

So naturally an OC was spawned 🥰

Meet Detective Katherine Chen, currently undercover as a small scale drug dealer, because these jobs have a tendency of opening doors within the LAPD - and she has her eyes firmly set on the homicide division.

But even the most meticulus preparation doesn’t account for bad luck and so she's made by another dealer she'd taken in way back in her patrol days.

Kate makes a narrow escape and even manages to take out one of the drug ring’s most nefarius enforcers. But not before he puts a knife into her, leaving her to bleed out in a dark back alley somewhere in Central City.

When Kate comes to, she finds herself in an ancient Shaolin temple at the end of the world with a strange dragon branding on her torso and a mysterious man with glowing eyes telling her she killed one of Earthrealm’s champions and now has to compete in an ancient tournament called Mortal Kombat.

She has only a few months left to get battle ready with the help of two other champions and to unlock her Arcana - the ancient power awoken by the dragon mark.

She arrives a few months before the others, training with Liu Kang and Kung Lao - who make no secret of the fact that she probably killed the other champion by dumb luck and that while her martial arts training might have been enough to stun the guys at the academy, it's nowhere near where it needs to be with nothing less than the fate of all mankind at stake.

The weeks fly by and while her fighting improves greatly, Katherine still hasn't unlocked her Arcana. Much to Raiden's dismay, who likes to remind her that the clock is ticking for Earthrealm. And who suspects that his two best students might be finding it hard to train her with the appropriate urgency.

And when the others arrive and it turns out that it's not just Katherine who isn't ready for the tournament it soon turns out that a certain monk especially might be pulling his punches...

So, that's the (I'd say) first act on Katherine 🤗

Her Arcana is the ability to turn the kinetic energy of an attack into a shield (looking like a sort of glowing/fiery force field or throw it back at her opponent like an energy ball/sphere). She unlocks it during the fight in the temple, when she steps between Liu Kang and what would have been a deadly attack and turns it into a shield covering the both of them long enough for Raiden to get them out alive.

Liu Kang is in love with her and has no idea what to do with that, Kung Lao calls her mèimei (little sister) - losing him wrecks her almost as much as it does Liu Kang - and she hates Kano so fucking much she wishes her Arcana was to make people drop dead with a glare. Also, I am pretty sure that she'll gonna get along great with Johnny Cage (I love Karl Urban, sue me) and again, Liu Kang has no idea what to do with that 😁

I am always down to clown if you wanna know more and since it looks like my creative rut is still going nowhere, I am thankful for anything that keeps me working on any of my OCs in any sort of capacity 🤗

[renegadesstuff]

THEIR MAN 🥹🤍

[broeckchen]

[medea-of-colchis]

I decided, if I am to scream, let it be in battle. There is no chance for peace except at the point of a sword.

From Joan, by Katherine J. Chen

[astrothii]

joan of arc retellings try not to use catherine d’arc as backstory trauma challenge: impossible

[gameofthunder66]

FBI (2018- ) tv series

-(finished) watchin' Season 6- 5/21/2024- 3 [3/4] stars- on CBS (Paramount+)

[kammartinez]

She learned that day: When one man beats you, it invites others to try, too. People can smell out weakness. Only strength keeps them at bay.

Joan: A Novel, by Katherine J. Chen

[wherekizzialives]

August Reads

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I ran up against the limitations of my body this August and so the months reviews are a little late (although I’ve back dated the post so it is in the correct order on my blog) and I didn’t read anywhere near as much as I did in July because I have been trying to properly rest when I can rather than “rest” by crocheting and reading at the same time. Of the six,…

[emptytcwn]

tag dump #10

[starcrossedjedis]

How many of your ocs have superpowers?

*opens handy dandy masterlist* 🧐

- Gol D Mira (Sairen Sun) has been given a Mythical Zoan Fruit that gives her the ability to turn into a mermaid and submit people to her will (she later learns to utilize her devil fruit power to tab into the Haki abilities she inherited from her father, but they are always intertwined with her Sairen form)

- Moira Finnigan, Evanora Black, Minerva Weasley and Olivia Nott are witches

- Mila Lebedev has been given a knockoff version of the supersoldier serum which makes her a little faster, better, stronger and less breakable

- as a fighter for Earthrealm in Mortal Kombat Katherine Chen has an Arcana - she can turn the kinetic energy of an attack and turn it into a shield

- Nyka'a Sundar and Jaren Korr are full on jedi and Inara'a Brae is a force sensitive seer and telepath

And that's it for my fandom OCs 😊 thank you for asking ❤️

[superreader30]

[renegadesstuff]

Her boyfriend will disappear without a word 💔

Her fiancé will disappear without a word 💔

[kvothes]

louise glück was a tremendous poet in her own life and also taught, advised, and nurtured uncountable other poets. her picking richard siken’s crush for the yale younger poets prize is a well known fact, but she selected a number of other poets for publication during her tenure as the contest judge that i think are worth knowing.

peter streckfus, cuckoo (2003)

richard siken, crush (2004)

jay hopler, green squall (2005)

jessica fisher, frail-craft (2006)

fady joudah, the earth in the attic (2007)

arda collins, it is daylight (2008)

ken chen, juvenilia (2009)

katherine larson, radial symmetry (2010)

poetry is a community! read her—and also read the poets she wanted to promote.

[astrothii]

just checked out a joan of arc retelling from my local library!! no matter what i am certain i will have strong opinions about it.

[gameofthunder66]

FBI (2018- ) tv series

-(started) watchin' Season 6- 2/13/2024- on CBS (Paramount+)

[kammartinez]

When one sits at a great height, it is easy to enjoy many favors. One can live one’s whole life never knowing what it means to give, to sacrifice.

Joan: A Novel, by Katherine J. Chen