#wanted to include the intro

[starspilli]

mini intros for the very hungry women in question…

[sipthegossip-if]

THE CRAB. Hard shelled and always side-stepping. Cool glances and clipped words. You will meet their edges before you meet their eyes. They have a way of retreating just when you think you're getting close. Most people think it's arrogance but it's River's armour. Because underneath the practiced distance, there's something tender. A softness, they don't trust the world to hold gently. They are the kind of soft that bruises easily, the kind that hardens out of necessity, not nature. They are the kind of person that makes you second guess every interaction, not because they are cruel but because they are careful. Careful with their time, their words, their heart. Like a turtle retreating into its shell, they only come out when it's safe— and it rarely ever is.

River Fox doesn't let people in. Not because they don't want to— but because they have done it before, and it didn't end kindly.

If they ever open up to you, it won't be loud. It will be quiet. A door left half-open, in hopes you will walk through, look their ugly in the eye still love them without question.

ROMANCING RIVER FOX : It didn't happen all at once. With River, it never does.

It started with annoyance— the sharp edged awareness whenever you walked into a room. Too careless, too loud, too there. You talk like you have never been hurt. Like you don't know what it means to lose something you never got to name. So, their mouth becomes a gun, their tongue, a knife and their words, bullets.

But then arrives the hesitation. The way their gaze falls down to your mouth, mid sentence while you're rehearsing. And before they know it you begin to bleed into their music. It feels like you see right through them, and River has spent years perfecting the art of being unreadable. River sometimes wishes they were anyone else but River Fox— perhaps, that would have made loving you easier. But River turns cruel when they crave love— because anything is better than this want. They are ashamed of it. Ashamed of being caught in the act of wanting something that could never be theirs.

They will kiss you like a secret, like a mistake they will make again. They will touch you like they are waiting for regret.

River only hopes you will prove them wrong.

PERSONALITY : River Fox doesn't trust easily. They have built these walls around themself not because they are cold but because they remember. Every misstep, every betrayal, every time someone mistook their softness for something breakable. They feel everything deeply. Too much and all at once. They loathe being underestimated but they loathe being understood even more. Their quiet nature gives them a mysterious gravitational pull that their fans adore. Devastatingly loyal, once they let you in— but you will have to prove that you're worthy of it time and time again.

APPEARANCE : Mahogany skin with visible patches of vitiligo. Dyed platinum blonde hair, styled in loose, messy locs that fall around their face. Multiple silver rings on their fingers, a small silver hoop earring in one ear, triple helix piercing and multiple bracelets. Wears kohl in their eyes. Often dressed in dark or muted shades. 5'11. Lean but strong frame. Chocolate brown eyes.

[gunpowder-gemini]

My heart goes out to everyone finally figuring out that we aren't getting the death worm this season, I am really excited to see it animated too. But tbh there was never any way it would fit

Like think about everything that happens in the cursed house arc. There is SO MUCH there that I personally think just the death worm stuff is going to be 5-6 episodes on it's own to get through it. They didn't have enough episodes left even if they completely skipped the serpo arc.

Personally I've always figured the episodes are gonna shake out like this:

Ep 8 - shenanigans with Okarun/Aira and getting in to empty space (I was right! though I wasn't sure we'd get to Acro Aira but in hindsight that's a perfect cliffhanger cut point)

Ep 9 - the fight, probably ending with the big final blow

Ep 10 - public humiliation and mr. shrimp joins the team, Jiji appears at the end!

Ep 11 - Jiji is actually introduced and goes to school with them, ending with Taro appearing "chasing" Okarun

Ep 12 - anatomical dummies shenanigans and a sort of cliffhanger teasing the cursed house arc next season

I think people forget that it takes seconds to read a fight scene when it's just a few sequential images but several MINUTES to show that same fight scene animated. The Serpo arc is largely action, so it's no suprise it's taking a couple episodes. Also dialogue! Dialogue takes longer to voice act than it does to read. There's only so much you can fit into like, 25 mins

[deus-ex-mona]

h EY THE CLAIMS THAT THEY KISSED IN MEOTO WERE TRULY LEGIT??????????

[seoulmatez]

𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒾 : spirit x medei

in a crumbling era, the king of castrum kremnos and the lady of the wind struggle to defy a fate that seems destined to destroy everything. though, bound by a unbreakable pull across all timelines, their love persists and finds a way to bloom.

for @zephyrnes ♡

[diamondsheep]

Welcome to my room- UH i mean my blog!! ✨

[fure-dcmk]

they are still slow dripping the illustration preview but im already losing it 😭 sega's memorial kuji for iconic scenes 🥺

[kiatnirans]

❥ hiya, I'm zey ! 30s , queer, turkish. FayMay enthusiast. 100% deluseware (delulu but self aware)

❥ part time content creator, full time clown. I don’t make the rules.

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❥ currently watching: ayashii partner, çift kişilik oda, eşref rüya, game of succession, knock out, leyla, my stubborn, pit babe 2, the next prince

↳ You can also see more on my mdl, if you want

❥ I track #userrzey and it’s for mutuals, followers and non-followers. I like getting into shows through gifs/edits. I might be a bit slow to reblog your content but I’ll do it eventually, just give me time :)

❥ I always like to talk with ppl and I’m a nice person I swear. If you have any questions left, feel free to ask :)

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

This completely skipped my mind until right now, but one of my final projects just went through it's last round of polishing, and it's available to play. If anyone wants to check out a game about catching alien fish in a foreign corner of space, I would recommend giving it a try. It's freee 🥺

I don't think it's any longer than 20 minutes or so, but it took us nearly a whole semester to put it together, so we'd appreciate the attention! If you want, we also have a feedback form, but even just a comment about what you thought or liked about it would be huge 💕

[cienie-isengardu]

Tomas & Liu Kang

I’m trying to put things into right perspective about Smoke, Liu Kang’s approach to Tomas and how pushed into background he was during story mode so bear with me while I’m connecting dots.

Also, to be clear, I’m not here to morally judge the characters, just to talk about the dissonance between Smoke vs Liu Kang intro dialogues and the story mode.

For one, the pre-fight dialogues imply that Tomas lost his family due to Liu Kang (Keeper of Time)’s choice: 

Smoke: "Did you intend for me to be orphaned?" Liu Kang: "Some threads must be cut to weave time’s fabric." 

and

Smoke: "I'm not sure I can forgive you." Liu Kang: "Being Keeper of Time meant making many hard choices."

When Tomas was orphaned, Kuai Liang & Bi-Han’s father adopted him and made one of Lin Kuei. If the accusation is true, then we can assume Liu Kang wanted Tomas to join Lin Kuei, as he did in the past timeline(s). So, in theory, Smoke for whatever reason was important enough for the Keeper of Time to get involved and steer events to get the wanted result. 

Which raises a question, why did Liu Kang not bother to recruit Tomas into Lin Kuei the same way he recruited Kung Lao, Raiden, Johnny Cage or Kenshi, by like, actually talking to him and taking for training? Or even why not just ask the befriended Grandmaster to take the boy (and Tomas' family) under his wings, which I think the man would do without further question.

Instead, Smoke was orphaned, taken in by Lin Kuei, adopted as son of Grandmaster and trained in magic to equalize his chances in the fight (in contrast, Bi-Han’s ice powers seems to be a natural part of him, related to specific bloodline).

Now, if Tomas was so important, if not in the greater scheme of things, then just for Liu Kang (and Kuai Liang), isn’t it weird, he is so sidelined and omitted by Fire Lord in the story mode?

Again, not judging characters, solely pointing out this choice of storyline, as this is especially visible during collecting the champions for the tournament arc.

In Chapter One, when the test was over and Liu Kang came to Kung Lao and Raiden to explain things, he specifically called only Bi-Han (the current Grandmaster) and Kuai Liang (Bi-Han’s blood-brother)

while Tomas was totally omitted and stayed behind with the rest unnamed Lin Kuei warriors.

Which, visually speaking, is weird, as just before that scene we could see Smoke walking alongside his adoptive brothers (with Bi-Han leading the group, Tomas and Kuai Liang walking a bit behind their leader, but before the unnamed warriors);

In the next chapter, again, only Bi-Han and Kuai Liang assisted Fire Lord in his quest to recruit Johnny Cage and Kenshi. Again, both Lin Kuei were addressed by their birth names, instead of codenames

while there is no information why Tomas was left behind. He likely was entrusted with escorting Kung Lao and Raiden to Shaolin Monks, yet the lack of proper mention emphasizes the pushing into the background.

We didn't learn officially Smoke's status as adopted brother of Kuai Liang and Bi-Han until Sub-Zero's chapter (#8). Unless I miss something, the first person on screen to actually address Smoke by his birth name was surprisingly Bi-Han.

Which makes even weirder the lack of including of Tomas from Liu Kang, as the Fire Lord and Smoke stayed allies through the story mode and intro dialogues (with some resentment on Tomas' side for death of his family) while the relationship between Bi-Han and Tomas was much more complicated to begin with.

We could make an argument that Liu Kang didn't want to antagonize Bi-Han by including adopted Tomas too much, however:

A) Bi-Han has never denied Tomas right to consider himself one of Grandmaster's sons - seen especially in Sub-Zero's speech pattern, as Sub-Zero always says just "Father", the same as Tomas and Kuai Liang, never putting emphasis on "my" as a reminder Smoke is adopted. The real conflict is not about whether Tomas is his and Kuai Liang's brother or not, but about him being a true Lin Kuei. What is also worth to keep in mind, any tension between brothers happened only in privacy (here and during the mission), never around Liu Kang.

(A similar thing can be noticed in intro dialogues. In Smoke vs Sub-Zero, Bi-Han specifically says "Because your blood is not Lin Kuei" however in Liu Kang vs Sub-Zero, when Fire Lord claims brothers (plural version!) miss him, Bi-Han doesn't correct his opponent about Tomas not being one. He instead says "Then they shouldn't have disobeyed my commands.")

B) Liu Kang did not show Bi-Han any special respect, especially not the kind of respect and friendship offered to Sindel and her husband, Jerrod. And yes, Fire Lord mentioned Bi-Han before Kuai Liang, and addressed him during the meeting before the mission (while the Sub-Zero's younger brothers - subordinates - stood together in silence)

but that basically it? Bi-Han didn't seem to be favored in any special way, I don't think he even was addressed as Grandmaster by Fire Lord at any moment in story mode.

Which is why I personally don't see why Liu Kang would omit Tomas solely to not hurt Bi-Han's ego or to not antagonize the man further - especially since Bi-Han himself didn't push the matter in any specific - openly - way nor didn't deny Tomas the right to consider himself one of Grandmaster's sons in the first place.

Frankly, as we don't see how Lin Kuei were informed about the upcoming meeting, we should ask, did Liu Kang call Bi-Han and specifically Smoke and Scorpion for the mission, or was that choice made solely by Sub-Zero? Because Lin Kuei for sure must have much more experienced warriors that Tomas (and Kuai Liang for that matter) but also sending on dangerous mission the Grandmaster AND the second* in line of succession seems impractical from the perspective of clan' inner safety.

*second and third, if Tomas was allowed at all to be the heir. Considering how neither Smoke nor Scorpion even for a moment considered that option and how Sektor & Cyrax would choose Bi-Han's corruption of the clan before accepting Kuai Liang as a new leader, the inner clan politics may not be so simple.

During the Lin Kuei mission (Sub-Zero's Band of Brothers Chapter) and during Bi-Han's betrayal (Scorpion's Civil War Chapter), the three brothers didn't address each other by codenames and as much as the situation allowed, freely interacted with each other.

However once Bi-Han is removed from the story mode, Smoke is even more pushed into the background. When asked, he will answer and make some (one?) observation however he barely interacted with other characters, mainly sticking to his brother. The most important exception is the scene when the heroes were wondering what to do after the big revelation and Tomas on his own talked about Lin Kuei and Bi-Han.

The story mode at that time was focused on other characters (like Mileena & Shang Tsung) so understandably, Lin Kuei brothers were put aside however even then Scorpion played a vital part, as it was Kuai Liang making the plan of attack, when Liu Kang wasn't around, while Tomas for most part was just there.

Again, no moral judging of characters just a mere observation how Tomas interacted the most freely with his brothers while was omitted by Liu Kang - and like, never(?) addressed by him in story mode, either by name or codename, even if the intro dialogues strongly imply Liu Kang was the one pushing Tomas into Lin Kuei in the first place.

Which makes an interesting contrast to Bi-Han & Smoke’s relationship but also shows how without intro dialogues, the relationship between Tomas and Liu Kang seems… non existing? I mean, even at the end of story mode, Liu Kang mentions Bi-Han

and his brother Kuai Liang building a new clan,

yet there is literally no mention of Tomas and his participation in the creation of Shirai Ryu and training its members (something confirmed in Scorpion and Smoke's endings).

Which only add to the weird feeling of alienating Tomas in story mode, not by Bi-Han but Liu Kang of all possible people?

[madlyn5ever]

My latest apology to this fandom is for using this song for an edit of these two

(This is a mashup I found on Spotify with Glimpse of Us, which, is equally depressing I’m so sorry.) (I can’t remember who made it but it’s on Spotify)

My only miff is that the way they mashed it the “and die with a smile” part is missing to put more of Glimpse, and I was really hoping it’d be there cause it would’ve made it ten times better imo. But I love this mashup so much so, anyway.

(I posted this on tik tok a couple days ago, and I keep watching it back and it makes me want to edit another one -maybe even better cause this is fine, but I want to try and a do better one-)

[abirddogmoment]

I wrote a "week three recap" post and Tumblr ate it but the gist was that I adore this little baby animal.

[kelpermoosee]

What if I drew Nintendo High Captainshipping. What if.

[mothercetrion]

I really like the relationship between Johnny and Ashrah. like, a lot, and I think it's a very underrated relationship between the characters. full thoughts under the cut because it gets long (and also has MK1 spoilers!).

they get along for the duration of the story mode, with Johnny flirting with her/talking about her looks significantly less than he does any of the other women he has met (Kitana, Mileena, and Sindel, notably). he still does on occasion, but it doesn't feel as often? to me?

Johnny is the one to invite Ashrah and Syzoth to come back to Earthrealm with him, Kenshi, and Lao. when Johnny gives her what she views as a ridiculous disguise at the festival, she openly says as much, and Johnny insists that it looks good on her. it's about as flirtatious as he gets when he's speaking to her in the story.

A: You couldn't steal a more functional hat? JC: What? It hides your face. And honestly...it suits you.

I'm sure it's more of a nod to her more well-known design, but…still. it feels so much more genuine than his normal compliments, if that makes sense? no cheesy nickname, nothing drawn-out or overly dramatic. short and sweet. very unlike Johnny and incredibly endearing (and noticeable) as a result.

and then, once they're in Earthrealm, he's the one to introduce Ashrah and Syzoth to Liu Kang. he attributes the safe arrival to Earthrealm to them, which is true, but hearing Johnny openly credit them for their help was quite nice.

their story mode interactions end here, but their pleasant relationship continues in their intros. granted, Johnny does flirt with her (he is Johnny, after all), but it's a lot less than it is with the other girls on the roster. their intros are actually incredibly sweet and show off their close bond.

A: You fought bravely against Shang Tsung. JC: That's just life imitating art, sweetheart.

Johnny calls her "sweetheart" in this one. typical Cage flirting and hyping himself up.

A: I will fight without fail until I am absolved. JC: You are truly a wonder, woman.

more flirting…and a not-at-all-subtle "Wonder Woman" reference. a mix of Johnny's typical media references/possible flirting and a nod to Ashrah's VA (Susan Eisenberg, known for voicing Wonder Woman) from NRS. checks out.

JC: It's hard to believe there's a demon inside there. A: My true face would horrify you, Cage.

they talk about Ashrah's demonhood and how human she looks, something Johnny notes within seconds of their meeting. I feel like this intro also implies that Johnny thinks she's beautiful? "under there" being a beautiful face and Ashrah's "true" face potentially being horrifying to him, unlike her more human face.

JC: Your kriss would look outstanding on my mantel. A: I could never part with Datusha.

Johnny needs a replacement for Sento since he gave it to Kenshi! he thinks Datusha is neat, just like he did Sento. not a surprise here either.

JC: I love redemption stories. A: Yet mine is not for sale.

JC: C'mon, a tour would really help my story research. A: No living creature should visit the Netherrealm.

A: Your Hollywood is rife with evil. JC: You don't need your kriss to know that.

they talk about Johnny's movies, life in Hollywood, and Ashrah's story being made into something that Johnny makes. it makes sense with Johnny's character since he's interested in everyone else's stories for his movie, but talking about Hollywood generally is interesting to me.

A: So you were once married? JC: Amazing anyone would let me go, right?

Ashrah talks to Johnny about a very personal part of his life, possibly in an effort to get to know him more? or perhaps just asking him about it after hearing it from someone else. it's not revolutionary that she would ask, considering that it's brought up in other intros, but it's still interesting nonetheless.

JC: I've been in recovery too, y'know. A: We all have our inner demons.

this intro is one of my favorites for Johnny. he mentions doing "steps" to her briefly in the story mode, and he mentions his "recovery" here. I am extremely curious about what he's gone through in his career to warrant what sounds like therapy of some kind. regardless, he knows what it's like to want to be a better person, and he tells Ashrah that, supporting her own journey to goodness in his own way. it's a new layer to him that I would love to know more about. regardless, for some people, talking about their vulnerabilities so openly can be challenging, so it's clear that he doesn't want Ashrah to feel alone in her efforts. it's sweet.

A: You have poor taste in disguises. JC: [groans] When will you forgive me for that hat?

…and Ashrah still gives him hell about that disguise.

the vast majority of their intros are friendly with minimal flirting in sight. if so, it's much more subtle than his usual manner. Johnny is much more genuine with Ashrah than he is with the other women on the roster, and I think a lot of that is because of their time together in the story mode. they get to know one another and even have some things in common, things to bond over to strengthen their relationship.

anyway, I think Johnny and Ashrah are really close <3 and I think it's sweet.

[zeithsreignoflain]

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**~~ INTERESTS~~**

rws divider cred: @analogtoonz on tumblr

-͟͟͞☆ *shows:* bobs burgers, higurashiWTC, Rick and morty, family guy, disenchantment, inside job, and occasionally american dad or squid billies, i also like adventure time and have fully watched superjail, ive watched metalocalypse and home movies too!!

-͟͟͞☆ *music:*multigenre, mostly indie or rock aswell as metal but it has to be DEATH or nu metal

-͟͟͞☆ *games:*HL1, HL2, gmod, TSP, TF2, L4D2, Postal2, BAYO1, BBT, Portal1, CastleCrashers, Batman Arkham City, and EVERY LBP game i dont care which one sucks the most

-͟͟͞☆ *dislikes*absolutely anyone who thinks r*pe jokes are funny and people who are too satirely pushing their messed up humor on people, dni if you believe its funny to randomly harass someone because of their identity, what a loser

-͟͟͞☆ *fav foods:*Ramen, fries, pizza ranch salad, pizza, macaroni, spaghetti, asparagus, and steak.

so yea thats basically all

**wait, you dont sell postal???** ⊹₊⋆

**my trollsona btw as a grub

[hauntingblue]

Ace...?? they cloned my beautiful wife...