#look i'm here for aro ace bi han

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Mortal Kombat 1 Behind the Scenes AU: Get. Lost

[Cage’s Mansion] [Waiting for Liu Kang] [Special Bonus] [Grandmaster’s commentary] [Climbing scene] [Madam Bo’s Inn] [Cage’s Mansion 2 (fire extinguisher)] [Medic] [Shang Tsung’s sad face] [Smoke’s Fall] [Scenography (1)] [Scenography (2)] [Show off!] [Favorite brother] [Climbing on the wall (nonsense)] [Tomas’ commentary] [Perfectly fine] [Sexy, sexy man~♪] [Brothers between filming - Scenography(3)] [Wrong team!] [Since when you two are friends?!] [I like being evil sorcerer more] [I forgot my line, sorry!] [Read the script Kuai!]

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Lilly made a chart about TSL character's sexuality and relationships, and for some reason added Mara Jade (as Gay/Aro/Trans), a character who hasn't been in the story outside of a meta joke alluding to how her and Luke's EU relationship being stupid and cringe (the prompt being Rey and Alaina are so much better than the hypothetical relationship). Seems like more of her overcompensation where she pays lip service to famous fandom elements while having no knowledge about said element.

You mean this chart?

Honestly, Mara Jade being retconned to no longer be Luke's age, or a cool assassin that use to work for Palpatine, isn't a big issue in of itself. I tend to give fanfics a bit more leeway on character alienation, especially if the fanfic is focused more on the new movies, where Mara just... doesn't exist. (Unfortunately.)

But I actually have a lot of issues with this chart that stem outside of the original Star Wars fandom (though, I can see why this would annoy people who kept up with the original timeline.)

First of all, like you said, Mara doesn't show up in the fic at all, yet according to this chart, not only is she in a Friends with Benefit relationship with Rey and Aliana, (and that's her only relationship with the cast, being f*ck buddies with two married woman, according to this chart.) but she also gets the privilege of being a gay Transwoman whose also Aromantic, so she won't threaten their marriage, she's just there for the two of them to have fun.

Yes, I know I'm being uncharitable here.

But because Mara doesn't exist in the original work, I have to look at her inclusion on this chart through a meta lens. I have to ask why she's the only Aromantic character, who's also in a sexual relationship with the two most important characters in the fanfic. It's also clear just by looking at it that Mara being trans is just added to diverse the cast, because outside of her, there is only one other non cisgender person.

Aliana and Ray are both pure lesbians who are cis, which is...fine. But then look at Finn and Poe, with Finn being Bi and Poe is Pan. Why isn't one of them purely gay? To be honest, when you look at the chart, you quickly realize that EVERYONE is ether Pan or Bi, except for the people who are banging Aliana.

And I'm also giving this the side eye because not a single character is ace. Now, some people might want to argue that Mara is ace, but no. She isn't. She's Aromantic.

Acesexuality is about sexual attraction, not romantic attraction. Mara is a lesbian, who doesn't feel romantic attraction.

And that's totally fine and valid, but then, Mara's character exists solely to be the token rep person. If we already have one, why can't we have two? Where is the ace? We have a sea of Bi and Pan's, even a handful of lesbians, but there isn't room for one ace character?

You know who I feel did this kind of thing right?

Rain.

Rain has a big cast of trans characters, Cis characters, an Ace demiromantic who's dating a lesbian, a bisexual aunt, a token straight cis guy and the main character even starts dating a pansexual girl. (Their very wholesome.)

You know what else?

Rain would definitely need a relationship chart, because it has an incredibly large cast of characters, all with intricate relationships to one another, to the point that a chart would be welcomed.

Looking at Lily's chart, she has nine characters, only two of which are important, and she leaves out the other characters, like Leai, Luke, Chewy, Han's, Kylo and Hux out, when their inclusion could have bulked the chart out a little more, and make it look less sad.

Again, from what I remember, Rose barely factors, I don't think Jannah does ether, Finn is shoved out of the story as soon possible, Poe gets the same treatment, Tahraya I have no idea, Mara is just mentioned and never seen and who on earth is Darth Talon? What chapter does she show up?

This chart feels like a way to have rep, without having rep, as well as to showcase all of the relationships that never get to actually exist in the story proper.

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Du you have any headcannon about bi-han and sub zero

Oh, I have plenty of them! Like, an endless list 🤣

I’m not sure to whom the “Sub-Zero” part should refer (Bi-Han or his younger brother or their father/grandfather?) so I'm gonna focus on Bi-Han, allright?

My top favorite one: Bi-Han is aromantic and asexual.

Prodigy when it comes to cryomancy. Earned his name earlier than most adepts because his ice skills developed much faster but also because he is hard working by nature. Even his Lin Kuei masters were concerned with his dedication to training. He also is a very quick learner, most of the time he doesn’t need anyone to explain how certain skills or moves work, he will figure it out all by himself and then in a few days perfect something that usually takes people years to master. This is something that more often than not freaks out people.

The side effect of Bi-Han’s growing skills is how cryomancy is affecting his behavior. He has never been very talkative or open around people, but the older he is, the less social he becomes. Also stubborn and strong-minded. And dangerously cunning.

Absolutely favorite assassin of Shang Tsung. When he was a kid, the Grandmaster allowed him to train with Shang Tsung. As in, Lin Kuei got a promising adept with additional experiences of operating in Outworld, while Bi-Han was doing small jobs for the sorcerer. Like spying on his enemies and stealing. Bi-Han and Shang Tsung got so well together that adult Bi-Han was constantly doing some side-jobs for Shang Tsung. They kept meeting in Earthrealm from time to time, with or without Grandmaster’s knowledge.

Bi-Han was helping Shang Tsung with distracting Reptile from sorcerer’s own little side project, so Syzoth couldn’t report on him to Shao Kahn. 

The first person he killed was one of Lin Kuei masters and he was twelve. He did it in front of the crowd. Since that day everyone knew Bi-Han is not someone to mess with. It also proved to the Grandmaster that yes, this kid will be one of the best of Lin Kuei but also someone to keep an eye on.

Bi-Han has a soft spot for animals, he doesn’t care much for people with a few exceptions. 

He looked after Kuai Liang before Lin Kuei kidnapped them and kept doing so to the last of his day. But despite their brotherly bond, there are plenty of things Kuai Liang doesn’t know about his older brother, because Bi-Han’s the closest friend/trustee was Hydro, his partner in crime.

Doesn't care for technology but likes fast motorbikes

Had some interesting relationship with previous grandmaster (Sektor's grandfather). They made some deals that allowed Bi-Han to officially claim Kuai Liang as his brother and clan after killing father and taking Sub-Zero mantle for himself.