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ggswaywardgifrepository · 1 month ago

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As I said earlier, I planned to share some gifs of (and poorly constructed thoughts on) what I believe to be Mortal Kombat's first canon queer couple: Kiri and Ankha from Mortal Kombat: Conquest.

For the tl;dr: Mortal Kombat: Conquest gave us a great lesbian ship even if I’m not sure that was their goal.

The above gifs are from the S01 E06"Noob Saibot". Below are from S01 E18 "In Kold Blood".

There are surely those who don't consider Conquest canon, and I can't entirely disagree. The game universe's lore has evolved (one might even say devolved) a lot since the late 90s. Plus, Conquest intentionally went its own way on several things. Although, I do believe MK1 gave a tiny nod to Conquest in one of Lao and Nitara's intros--the one that referenced "Jen".

Nonetheless, decades before Mileena and Tanya were confirmed to be a lesbian ship (only to be sidelined and diminished by Khaos Reigns and their variant forms T_T) Conquest gave us Kiri and Ankha.

Introduced in S01 E06 "Noob Saibot," which aired in late 1998, they are very obviously intimately involved with each other, to Taja's bisexual awakening imo. (See the included Kristanna Loken gifs)

Everyone is free to come to their own conclusions about what motivated the introduction of this ship. FWIW it's open, unashamed, and well-known, as several characters remark on Kiri and Ankha's relationship (and in a relatively organic way). For that reason, I want very much to call it groundbreaking.

I do recognize that the intent behind the ship may have been fetishization to cater to the predominately male target audience. However, I think Kiri and Ankha ended up being a great ship, anyway. Besides, Conquest sexualized everyone. That was surely not unique to them.

The PDA between them is off the charts. I mean, try to find a scene they're in where they aren't touching each other. (I can think of ONE.)

Other characters' comments on them very clearly reinforce that they are a couple, but no one is antagonistic toward them because of it. Oh, other characters are antagonistic toward them, but it doesn't seem rooted in their sexuality. Siro simply says Kiri is weird but it seems directed at her professionally, and he makes no mention of Ankha. Vorpax is exasperated with them but I think she's just annoyed by their noncommittal/unconcerned behavior with regards to their assignment.

And Taja just realized she's also into women because of them. :D

In any case, I think Kiri and Anhka hold a special and important place in MK and am sad to know Conquest is all but forgotten today. Don't get me wrong, I think the show is fondly remembered by its fans (of which I am one). Unfortunately, we're a small fan base.

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alastor-125 · 5 months ago

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Sung Hi Lee

#Sung Hi Lee

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manawari · 2 months ago

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Something something about the parallel between Jin-woo and Eun-seok being left to die while Ju-hee and Yoon-ho didn't want to leave them alone, yet Chi-yul and Byung-gyu stopped them. . .

#it'd be heartbreaking if eun-seok told his friends to leave before dying #THEY WERE ALONE #the difference is that jin-woo came back but eun-seok didn't #solo leveling #sung jin woo #lee eun seok #song chi yul #lee ju hee #baek yoon ho #min byung gyu

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tammishouse · 9 months ago

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#sung hi lee #beautiful #sexy #model

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anotherfanaccount · 6 months ago

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Lovely Runner had the perfect run. The whole premise of it being a fantasy romcom was perfectly written, perfectly executed with a beautiful cast.

Sunjae and Sol were fated to be each other's soulmate. Their love blooms from their soul. So deep the bond that fates intervened when evils of society cut their time short. And in all of this the grandma was their fairy godmother.

The writers really need to be applauded because this was the sweetest and in the same time such a simple story. Timeloop dramas get loopy because logic but there's nothing stopping this magic. It was so well done truly.

Every scene you will think you can predict the direction will surprise you. Sometimes it's just belly aching laughter, Sometimes pure angst, Sometimes happiness that is a smile from ear to ear.

Thank you to the actors too. Actors who really bring in a personality beyond the writing and make the works more valuable have my whole heart.

#lovely runner #kdrama #now this is a perfect drama #kim hye yoon #im sol #hye yoon has always been a delight to watch #her versatility better gets treated well and I really wish to see this girl in more amazing dramas #byun woo seok #ryu sun jae #his first main lead you say #and look how the tall giant slayed it with his adorableness #may he gets to do more such delightful works #both of them are such sunshine people #lee seung hyub #baek in hyuk #besstest friend ever #he also should be getting more screentime #dude's been so much fun #song geon hee #kim tae sung #the mvp #fr he stopped the whole vicious time loop poor soljae were stuck in #and also the cutest second lead ever #gosh there's so many characters actually I want to write about #separate post I guess after I have a proper binge of all episodes again #oh also great music

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miriadalia · 22 days ago

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I think it's time to admit it... I've fallen in love with Mr. Aura

#crazy madly ridiculously in love #I'm trusting Brandon's performance skills to fix every writing crime they could commit with his character #if they allow Kwon to also have a goofy side it would be the end of me #I will come back to my fall-in-love-with-fictional-characters era #and with no shame #cobra kai #kwon cobra kai #cobra kai kwon #kwon jae sung #cobra kai season 6 #cobra kai part 2 #cobra kai trailer #brandon h lee #martial artist

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gunwookstan · 2 years ago

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tomboy team’s big baby

#park gunwook #sung hanbin #zhang hao #lee hoetaek #boys planet #bp999 #kpop #my gifs #tears streaming down my face watching this #hes just a really big baby a sweet boy #zhang hao with his hands on his hips #and hui hugging him after teasing him #and hanbin helping him get up #like thats their son #GUNWOOK U BETTER BE TOP 9 THIS FRI #also trying to gif this was a bit of a nightmare

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hikarisbeam · 2 months ago

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lee changjin is such a satisfying character for being hella quirky and complex (but still staying ridiculously underrated); only one point that had left me kinda sceptical for a while, was his russian background, since that's just way too corny for 2020s; BUT until i realized this fun fact of actor heo sung tae:

so most likely using russian was his own investment in lee changjin role, or the character was written especially for him. wow. in both ways, that's really cool ans speaks loud for the creative approach in making this drama. btw, his accent is so damn charming (:

also that mention of the brilliant way he started his acting career. i love this guy