#this is so funny but in MK1 version it would be even more hilarious

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Mortal Kombat: The Movie (1995) - A Journey Behind The Scenes

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No offense but I imagine the timelines crossing and funny shit happening like MK1 Bi-Han is on how Lin Kuei is blood and stuff meanwhile prior timeline Cyrax is sweating because he's from fucking Botswana. The man isn't even from the same continent and has no known roots so it'd make stuff really awkward.

Oh, I’m sure there would be many hilarious results with timelines crossing but I feel MK1!Bi-Han meeting the original Lin Kuei, especially in the scenario when he is the “visiting” part, would be a great cultural shock if not a very confusing experience, depending how long he would stay there. For one, I feel he could have a lot of issues with the original Grandmaster, even though both share the idea that Lin Kuei must be independent. 

The one thing that Lin Kuei as an assassin clan is apparently much better than Liu Kang’s version is the openness for outsiders who proved themselves worthy to join - and there is really something disturbing about that difference. At the same time, the meeting between Bi-Han and original Cyrax (or Smoke) could go differently depending if MK1!Cyrax retained its original ethnicity or not. If MK1!Cyrax is still born in Botswana but has a Lin Kuei parent or is descendent from Lin Kuei in further line, then he still can be counted as one with Lin Kuei blood. If he is from Botswana and was adopted into a clan or joined on his own at some point, then MK1!Bi-Han’s accusation toward his brother Tomas makes no sense if there are non-biologically related members of the clan anyway. However, since Bi-Han and Cyrax are implied to be on good terms in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), to the point Cyrax is absolutely loyal to Sub-Zero, then I feel whatever he has Lin Kuei blood or not in original timeline won’t matter at the end of day. It may surprise or confuse MK1!Bi-Han, but that is still Cyrax - and MK9!Cyrax was very angry about Sub-Zero's death so there is a high chance he still has personal loyalty to Sub-Zero or shares the comradeship with the cryomancer. Also, Cyrax from the previous timeline(s) is not someone you can talk down to and he will accept it meekly, so I imagine the moment MK1!Bi-Han would cross the accepted line and talk anything against Cyrax’s right to Lin Kuei membership, the man would challenge him to kombat or call him out on the nonsense. 

Though whether Cyrax has the right to the Lin Kuei warrior title or not feels like minor concern compared to fact there is a different ruling family (Sektos’s father) and the looming threat of C.I. Projekt is aimed at counterparts of Bi-Han’s family (Kuai Liang & Tomas) and friends (Cyrax & Sektor). So I like to think he would be more busy dealing with that than anything else.