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"Culture and martial arms are like the two wings of a bird. One cannot fly with just one wing."

Do y'all ever wonder how Hanzo first fell in love with Harumi?

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Family Activities, uncolored

A little what-if to a family that could have been, and a sneak peak to a more final version of this

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The Shirai-Ryu Onna-Musha (& Alt Hair)

Inspired by The Female Bandit Oroku by Toyohara Kunichika

The female bandit series by Toyohara Kunichika fucks yall. I may or may not do the rest of the series with Harumi, depending on how funky the anatomy is.

Harumi looks good with a kitana, and better with a naginata, but hot with a weapon in her hand.

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The girl is all grown up.

(I have no idea what age I was trying to go for here)

This will unfortunately be the last portrait I do of Li Yan since these take too much time, which is a damn shame because I was hoping to one day put her in other outfits, like in a Manchurian Qizhuang, or a kimono, but fancy hairstyles and clothing have slowly become the bane of my existence. I want to do more art for Harumi, and maybe even Satoshi (and then actual subscorp, as a treat).

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丽炎和她爸爸, which mean Li-Yan and her dad. I want to do a series of picture of her growing up and of special occasions, and for this one i was gonna say something like "have fun on a snow day" or "at the Lin Kuei" or whatever special event, but my brain couldn't decide anything the easy solution was to let people guess.

very sloppy and quick illustration of @hey-michael-young-history 's oc, Li-Yan Hasashi in a hanfu dress, because i have hanfu brainrot and i wanted to have an excuse to put one on somebody cute

and @hey-michael-young-history I promise I am still working on that fic exchange, I just have a dozen other things going on pulling me in a dozen different directions🙃.

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very sloppy and quick illustration of @hey-michael-young-history 's oc, Li-Yan Hasashi in a hanfu dress, because i have hanfu brainrot and i wanted to have an excuse to put one on somebody cute

and @hey-michael-young-history I promise I am still working on that fic exchange, I just have a dozen other things going on pulling me in a dozen different directions🙃.

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Oh yeah, Bi-Han would definitely kill Harumi wouldn’t he?

This entire argument doesn’t make any sense, but does anything anymore?

If anyone wants to listen in, my two cents on the issue is that I am tentatively okay with the idea of Kuai Liang and Harumi being together.

I'm probably giving NRS a huge benefit of the doubt, but I suppose one may look at it and interpret it as this: if Liu Kang really needs this person to not die, then maybe having her marry Kuai Liang could work in the sense that if the Lin Kuei were responsible for the annihilation of the Shirai Ryu, it would be hella weird and awkward if Grandmaster Bi-Han would agree to the murder his brother's wife. Maybe that's a step too far for Bi-Han?

I'm sure anyone could poke a thousand holes into this argument that's barely being held together by duct tape, like the fact that we don't know the true extent of Bi-Han's relationship with his brother in this timeline. Maybe he really is a bastard and would agree to do that. Maybe Kuai Liang did something that really fucking pissed Bi-Han off and he wants to get back at him. Maybe Kuai Liang could protect Harumi from all the shit that is going to happen?

Part of me still hates the idea though. Not because it does subscorp dirty but because this is by far the worst representation of Hanzo. This timeline, this singular timeline, is the one where the love of his life - the whole reason he came back from the Netherrealm as Scorpion, vengeful wraith - is alive but married to someone else, and he throws a huge hissy fit that destroys everyone and everything. It portrays him as a selfish man who would rather destroy the world if he can't have a certain woman as his wife, instead of a loving husband who would value his wife's life over his own gratification. Squint too hard at it, and I am getting very faint incel vibes.

I hope it's not canon.

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If anyone wants to listen in, my two cents on the issue is that I am tentatively okay with the idea of Kuai Liang and Harumi being together.

I'm probably giving NRS a huge benefit of the doubt, but I suppose one may look at it and interpret it as this: if Liu Kang really needs this person to not die, then maybe having her marry Kuai Liang could work in the sense that if the Lin Kuei were responsible for the annihilation of the Shirai Ryu, it would be hella weird and awkward if Grandmaster Bi-Han would agree to the murder his brother's wife. Maybe that's a step too far for Bi-Han?

I'm sure anyone could poke a thousand holes into this argument that's barely being held together by duct tape, like the fact that we don't know the true extent of Bi-Han's relationship with his brother in this timeline. Maybe he really is a bastard and would agree to do that. Maybe Kuai Liang did something that really fucking pissed Bi-Han off and he wants to get back at him. Maybe Kuai Liang could protect Harumi from all the shit that is going to happen?

Part of me still hates the idea though. Not because it does subscorp dirty but because this is by far the worst representation of Hanzo. This timeline, this singular timeline, is the one where the love of his life - the whole reason he came back from the Netherrealm as Scorpion, vengeful wraith - is alive but married to someone else, and he throws a huge hissy fit that destroys everyone and everything. It portrays him as a selfish man who would rather destroy the world if he can't have a certain woman as his wife, instead of a loving husband who would value his wife's life over his own gratification. Squint too hard at it, and I am getting very faint incel vibes.

I hope it's not canon.

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It hurts me that we are likely putting more thought into Kuai's accessory than NRS did.😭

Honestly, we legitimately might?

Back when I recognized it, if it is a dharma wheel, it was before Scorpion's identity was still up in the air, and the only thing I was focused on was trying to figure out his identity. Pretty useless, given that Buddhism is prevalent in both China and Japan.

That being said, if I am right, this is the first instance where Buddhism is explicitly referenced in this universe. There was little if any indication this existed at all in the MK universe. I know the Shaolin monks are Buddhist in our world, but considering they kill in yknow, Mortal Kombat, I kinda eventually assumed it doesn't exist in the MK universe.

Would be weird if this means that Kuai Liang is Buddhist, because our soft boy still, yknow, kills sometimes, presumably. Although who knows, I could be wrong, and NRS could actually have something up their sleeve with how much they haven't been talking about it. I need to stop making assumptions.

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Someone else brought it up and after some investigating, my guess - my guess - is that it is a form of the wheel of dharma.

The implications of this are... interesting.

Is this like some kind of charm or decoration Kuai Liang has on his belt? It certainly isn't a weapon.

And is it just me or does it have a snow flake design?

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Subscorp Week 2023 - Brother-in-Law

It's a long one, so I'll put a link here instead.

His Rights, His Wrongs - Chapter 1 - trueweaver - Mortal Kombat - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]

Enjoy!

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Posting a link to it on here, otherwise it is gonna get too damn long.

Enjoy!

Day 1: Experimentation

Reblog submissions on this post!

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They turned my icy boy into a spicy boy

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I mentioned how Bi-Han’s and Hanzo’s facial structure don’t seem to look similar enough if they were siblings. I’m trying to make some fanart in the future and noticed the following:

Hanzo’s head and forehead is taller and more narrow. Bi-Han’s head and forehead is shorter and more broad. Additionally, Bi-Han seems to have more of a sharp chin, whereas Hanzo’s face seems to be rounder overall.

This seems rather consistent with MK11.

It’s hard to see the entirety of Kuai Liang’s forehead, but he has a shorter head compared to Hanzo’s, but seems somewhat wider. Also his jawline is rather defined, compared to Hanzo’s smoother jawline. I am saying all this because:

1. There have been many comments on YouTube that suggest that Bi-Han and Hanzo look similar, but like, no. Bi-Han looks closer to Kuai Liang’s face in terms of dimension. Just because two Asian men with clean-shaven faces have similar outfits and man buns does not make them look similar.

2. Hair strand siblings? :3

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My boy? My boi? Our precious baby boy exists?

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You know what. I’m rather confident that we’re all overreacting. Hanzo has too many features that tie him to the Shirai Ryu and prior versions of Scorpion for him to suddenly be a literal brother to Sub-Zero. And even if Ed Boon was being literal, I don’t think he would simply drop that connotation without an explanation.

It really does sound like he was listing examples of how rivalries had changed to different relationships and that was just the first example he thought of. Can we all relax please, we should all relax.

So big news… And major panic, but I feel like we jumping to conclusions too soon.

I feel like the statement that they are brothers are taken too literally and that Ed Boon only said that specifically as an example of how certain rivalries and relationships are no longer the same, but it doesn’t necessarily change the character. At least not too much. Can we imagine a Scorpion that doesn’t have a family? I don’t know, that factor feels close to the center of his entire character that changing it makes him a different character entirely.

Plus I feel like the implication that they are brothers adds more complications than intrigue. What is Bi-Han now, Bi-Han Hasashi? That sounds like a name someone who doesn’t understand the convention of separate Asian cultures, and frankly I feel like Netherealm Studios is better than that.

Plus I don’t think Hanzo’s and Bi-Han’s facial structure look similar enough for people to see them as brothers anyway.

Hanzo’s GET OVER HERE still sounds like his, and if we go by the rest of the trailer chances are he still has the same voice actor.

I don’t know, I think I’m starting to ramble, but to me this feels like a repeat of that time when the live active MK movie came out and the actors claimed Liu Kang and Kung Lao were cousins. Who the fuck believed that in the long run?

It certainly can be possible, but the writers are going to have to go through some logistical gymnastics that ultimately may not be worth it.

I might change my statements later. I want to analyze the trailer a bit more when I’m not busy, but so far these are my initial impressions and ideas.

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So big news… And major panic, but I feel like we jumping to conclusions too soon.

I feel like the statement that they are brothers are taken too literally and that Ed Boon only said that specifically as an example of how certain rivalries and relationships are no longer the same, but it doesn’t necessarily change the character. At least not too much. Can we imagine a Scorpion that doesn’t have a family? I don’t know, that factor feels close to the center of his entire character that changing it makes him a different character entirely.

Plus I feel like the implication that they are brothers adds more complications than intrigue. What is Bi-Han now, Bi-Han Hasashi? That sounds like a name someone who doesn’t understand the convention of separate Asian cultures, and frankly I feel like Netherealm Studios is better than that.

Plus I don’t think Hanzo’s and Bi-Han’s facial structure look similar enough for people to see them as brothers anyway.

Hanzo’s GET OVER HERE still sounds like his, and if we go by the rest of the trailer chances are he still has the same voice actor.

I don’t know, I think I’m starting to ramble, but to me this feels like a repeat of that time when the live active MK movie came out and the actors claimed Liu Kang and Kung Lao were cousins. Who the fuck believed that in the long run?

It certainly can be possible, but the writers are going to have to go through some logistical gymnastics that ultimately may not be worth it.

I might change my statements later. I want to analyze the trailer a bit more when I’m not busy, but so far these are my initial impressions and ideas.