#no rain it won't it'll just force you into becoming a wingman for that guy who wants to arrest you

[chewbokachoi]

Random Rain rambles/head canon-y thoughts

-He grew up in the slums either as a consequence to his father NOT being Argus or some other quirk of the timeline (or Liu Kang hoped it would humble him) -Thus, like any poor person in Outworld/a place full of war, he was conscripted and... -That's where/how General Shao found him--Rain's water magic was already pretty good despite him having no formal training, which is why Shao says in the intro that "if it wasn't" for him, Rain never would have become high mage -He got his curiosity from his mother and ambition from whoever his father ended up being -He had no problem with classmates dying or him just standing by and letting them get hurt if it meant he'd get ahead -Dude did kinda earn his "right"/reasons to be an arrogant bastard/he is in fact incredibly intelligent, skilled, and a hard worker -Going off his old bios, Rain seems very much like a "Go big or go home" type of guy, so when he says he wants to make amends with everyone in one intro...well, go big or go home, Rain.

Let's give him some duct tape and W40 and see what happens.

Though, on that note, I still can't make heads or tails of why Rain was like 'yeah fuck the system burn it all down.' His exchange with Havik refers to him having been a true believer.

In what, Rain, in what?

Then again maybe we can just rationalize that as his go big or go home streak. "I fucked up my first revolution so Imma help out with this next one and it'll be bigger and better." He said he was helping Havik to avoid capture, but again, that line about being a believer...

Anyway, an alternative is maybe Rain, deep down, doesn't know what he truly wants because he keeps chasing that high of new skills and knowledge. He's only now getting a proper idea of what he wants after destroying what he had.

Also his mom feeds stray dogs and kept doing that even after becoming a lady of the court