#scorpion fanart

[gamerwoman3d]

*adds to wishlist*

[laiosynth]

transfem kuai liang headcanon

hi. as a precursor to this whole post, i'm going to give the forwarning that i am absolutely batshit insane about this. if one could call an avid fan of something 'down the rabbit hole', then i am in the core of the fucking planet of this. i am thinking about her at all hours of the day. i have a several thousand WC braindump doc that i still need to elaborate on. with that said, if you're willing to give a look-see, jump down the rabbit hole with me as i give you the rundown.

i have many, many, many words about her. many of them. but i'll try to summarize my reasoning for this particular headcanon because it's actually much much deeper than the initial vibes.

THE DEEPER REASONING

kuai as a character seems really closed-off and disconnected. especially when we first meet him. he's duty first, no-nonsense. he's quiet. and then we get to know him more, and to know bi-han more, and there's this... sense of unease, somewhat? like bi-han, we can see that he is standing on firm foundations of his ideals. we know what he wants. we know who he is. he stays true to these ideals, even by betraying his brothers to join the side of shang tsung and quan chi. he is a character who knows what he wants and we can predict his actions based on it. on the other hand, in contrast, kuai liang seems almost... unstable, in a sense, and adrift. we only really get to know the fact that he valued his father's teachings. and bi-hans betrayal seems to throw him even more adrift.

and being adrift and unstable on his foundations is a trait i see VERY often in my own experience and in the experience of my transfem friends (and here we hit my biggest point on why i headcanon kuai liang as transfem-- the sheer number of parallels between his story and trans experiences).

when bi-han betrays the lin kuei, and in turn, kuai and smoke, kuai has no issues taking down SEVERAL fighters along with general shao-- and you can sense the rage that fuels it (yet another parallel with trans experience). that feeling of 'i put faith in you, i trusted you,', and in this case, 'i followed you, i am who i am because of you, i changed myself for you, and you repay me with this?'

it's unbelievable pain and anger and betrayal, and though he eventually calms enough that he goes back to his quiet, calculative self, it's earth-shaking. this parallels a lot of the feeling, in the trans experience, of the betrayal you feel when your loved ones, the ones you trusted, you changed yourself for, turn to transphobia and terf rhetoric. turn to the beliefs you know hurt people (earthrealm, or your trans friends) and hurt you, and make you their new target.

i'm sad we don't get much focus on kuai liang after that chapter of the story-- i'd pay good money to get an expansion of his story. we know at the very least that he goes on with smoke to form the shirai ryu, and train the young hanzo hasashi, but that tells us nothing, so i don't have a lot to work with. but that gives a lot of wiggle room when making guesses at his character.

reviewing what we know, i reiterate that parallels make kuai liang's character incredibly readable as trans-coded. and i will say now that i know nothing about him screams 'fem!', but i see his character as transfem because of other things-- once again, parallels. kuai liang, as a character, is very clearly honor-driven. he values, above all, his family. his lost father, his bonds with his brothers. his clan. and on top of that, none of his character reads... as 'man' to me. kuai just doesn't read as someone who identifies with a man to me. by that, i mean that he does not seem... comfortable or confident in his masculinity. and that disconnect, once again, is a DIRECT parallel to trans experiences.

THE FUN STUFF

ok now that i've gotten that out of my system i can tell you about the more fun headcanons i have around her heheh

uses she/he pronouns

smoke gave her a golden scorpion-shaped hair claw and she uses it ALL THE TIME.

she likes to wear eyeliner in everyday life and do fancy eyeliner for battle

he and smoke have bonding time while smoke braids her hair. she very frequently falls asleep during braiding time.

smoke is also her biggest supporter, but hanzo is very frequently fighting for the title.

i will be adding more as i think about it. this is all for today. i hope you enjoyed this post. ok byeeeee

[mothergoose90]

Day 22 of Kombatober: Angst. The Lin Kuei bros KILL ME

[cureofthenonesense]

......the view is nice..

[k3doodles]

quick drawing of pookie(I've had art block)

[cfangi-art]

Pika boo 👐 (sketch)

[mateuscosmeportfolio]

Aqrabuamelu Anatomy

design for Boss Life

[jrlunaart]

GET OVER HERE!!!

Make sure to follow my new account dedicated to these sorts of headshot designs on Instagram! I post some exclusive designs on there; Marvel, DC, Gaming, Anime, TV, Movies, etc.

Etsy Shop Storenvy 

[jeandejard3n]

DRIVE: The Scorpion Nature

[gamerwoman3d]

Uh hey wait waaaait wait wait ack wrong brother wrong brother

[Not my art, artist is at the link above and art is at https://twitter.com/Pancakes1019/status/1740986827451126265 ]

Image below is used only as an illustration to show what is at the link above. It is not mine

[gamerwoman3d]

Liu Kang: Well Ho Ho Ho! ❄️

Bi-Han, Probably: WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HO? I AM THE GRANDMASTER OF THE LIN KUEI

finally finished this

[laiosynth]

hanzo?!

hello tumblr what should this hanzo be wearing? please vote

please reblog for larger sample size LOL

[cureofthenonesense]

Ommmmfggg he sooooo 🦂❤️

[lu-cider]

grown men who'd cry over Club Penguin getting shutdown

[gamerwoman3d]

Pick your poison.

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[sleepypdng]

More Coraline AU 🧵🚪