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MK1 Character Writing Review
I'm curious about other fans' opinions on MK1's character writing. Personally, I think it's improved most characters but there are some issues.
Ashrah: I'm happy she's back because Ashrah was the 3D-era character I wanted to return. I really like that they kept her story from the 3D era but improved it. I'm curious to see if she'll get corrupted by the Kriss in the next game.
Baraka: His story improved immensely. I never cared for Baraka in the previous games since he wasn't developed enough and was just one of Shao Kahn's henchmen. Baraka being a victim of Tarkat makes him more sympathetic and interesting. I hope he gets a happy ending but I think he'll die in the later games.
General Shao: I'm a bit disappointed in how he was written. I was hoping we'd learn about his past and how it affected his personality. Shao was born with a weak body, so I expected his father to be abusive by forcing Shao to go beyond his limits. This would cause Shao to believe being strong is the only thing that matters. Hopefully, the next story portrays Shao as more than a stock villain.
Geras: I really liked this version of Geras compared to MK11's since he's more than Kronika's minion. He's loyal to Liu Kang but they are friends/partners, and Geras wants to protect Liu Kang's timeline because he believes in its potential.
Havik: I was really interested in learning about Havik, his powers, and the Chaos realm. I was disappointed that Havik was a minor character and his powers weren't explained. I heard that there will be a story taking place in Seido/Order Realm so I'm crossing my fingers that we'll have a great story for Havik and other Order/Chaos realm characters.
Johnny Cage: His backstory and personality didn't change that much which I'm glad for because MK9-11 Johnny had one of the best character arcs in that era. I really enjoyed his bromance with Kenshi and his comedic moments were really fun (my favorite was the Alien reference).
Kenshi: Kenshi's story was already good but it was improved upon and explored further. Kenshi wanting Sento to protect his family from the Yakuza and bring back the Taira clan made me sympathize with him, and actually seeing how he loses his sight was horrifying and broke my heart. His bromance was Johnny was one of my favorite parts and I hope they are in future games together.
Kitana: I found Kitana kind of bland. Unfortunately, with her old goal of wanting to be an Empress going to Mileena, she lost what made her interesting. She felt more like Mileena's sidekick rather than her own character. Maybe that'll change in future games since she's a part of Mileena's council.
Kung Lao: Kung Lao was likable and enjoyable. I don't have much to say other than that. I want the next story to explore his ego/arrogance and why he has that attitude. Although I really like Raiden as Earthrealm's champion, I sort of wish Kung Lao was the champion since he's wished for that opportunity for so long.
Li Mei: Li Mei is an okay character. She's kind of boring since she's a "follow the rules" character. Her and Sindel's friendship was the most interesting aspect of her. Li Mei's powers are really cool though, and I'm a big fan of Kelly Hu (her va).
Liu Kang: Having Liu Kang as Earth's protector and Time Keeper made his character more interesting compared to him being the "Chosen One." I am slightly disappointed in the way he was written. I expected/wanted Liu Kang to be a neutral good character where he's willing to do bad things to keep the peace. They kind of did that with Liu Kang creating meaningless lives for Shang Tsung and Quan-Chi, but he was never called out for those decisions. I also wanted the other characters to start questioning Liu Kang about why there are still tragedies occurring and why doesn't he intervene. Though we get it in the battle intros, I wanted it explored in the story. The writing for how Liu Kang's time powers was also pretty unclear. The power's restrictions were never specified so it's not obvious which events in the timeline are Liu Kang's mistakes or not.
Mileena: Adored her in this game! I love seeing Mileena happy for once with a loving family and a good life. I expected her to be overtaken by Tarkat the whole but was happy to see her with a regular mouth for most of the game. Having her as Empress is really interesting and can't wait to see more of that.
Nitara: I really wanted to like Nitara, yet she's so bland. I thought we would learn about Vaternius, and see Nitara being a truly neutral character. Compared to the other 3D characters in the game, she was the most disappointing.
Raiden: This version of Raiden is way more likable than previous iterations. He's nice, humble, handsome, and strong. He's literally the perfect man! I'd like his anger issues from the previous iterations to be developed in the next story. His anger would get out of control after a tragedy and he feels like being more ruthless is more beneficial to protecting everyone.
Rain: I don't have much to say about Rain. He's kind of boring and was sidelined in the game. Maybe he'll have some kind of connection to Delia and Argus, which will introduce them to the new timeline.
Reiko: Reiko's okay. The only thing I'm really interested in is his relationship with General Shao and it's mostly me wondering whether Shao is capable of caring/loving someone.
Reptile: Love this rendition of Reptile! Like Baraka, Syzoth is more complex and isn't only Shao Kahn's minion. He has one of my favorite designs in the game and his backstory shows the issue of internal racism. The only thing I'm iffy about is his family that was murdered was his wife and son since that is very similar to Baraka's backstory to losing his wife and children to Tarkat. Plus, it's kind of weird that he moved on with Ashrah relatively quickly. I would've preferred if his family were his parents or siblings.
Scorpion: At first, I was a bit iffy about Kuai Liang being Scorpion but think it was a good choice since it makes the rivalry between the Lin Kuei and the Shirai-Ryu more personal. I'm excited to see how his and Sub-Zero's story moves forward.
Sindel: Good queen and mom Sindel is best Sindel! She was very likable! I had a feeling she would die in the story though her soul being absorbed into Ermac was unexpected. I'm interested in where this story will go.
Shang Tsung: I really enjoyed how sassy Shang Tsung was, and was glad he was the main villain after so long. The only thing I'm disappointed in is we didn't see more of his backstory. Also, the idea of Shang Tsung being evil all along NRS was going with was pretty lame. I wanted to see whether Shang Tsung was truly born evil or if was he made that way because of his hardships. It being the latter would've been intriguing because it means Liu Kang technically created Shang Tsung.
Smoke: Smoke is a sweetie, but didn't have much going for him. I was really interested in Smoke when he was in MK9 so I expected him to have his own chapter and develop. Maybe the Lin Kuei/Shirai Ryu war will give me that.
Sub-Zero: I hoped Bi-Han would be an interesting antihero instead of a generic villain. His betrayal is fine, but I wish he was more indecisive or slightly regretful of his choice since he lost his brothers. For example, when he slashed Kuai Liang's eye, I wanted to see him be regretful and sorry for hurting his brother. We didn't get that, which is one of the biggest disappointments of the story.
Tanya: I'm neutral with Tanya. Personally, her role and personality are too similar to Jade's. She felt like a totally different character who happened to have the same name as the original Tanya. Changing a character's story is okay, yet there should be some part of the original iteration that stays. I do find her and Mileena super sweet and I hope they live a happy life.
My MK1 Fatalities Tier List (Main Roster)
Note: The placements are based on the average rating of both fatalities. For example, if I gave a character an S and a B then they would go to an A rank since that would be the average. Also, if rankings are next to each other then I will round up to the higher rank. For instance, I gave Li Mei an S and an A for her fatalities so she would go to the S rank since I'm rounding the overall rating to the higher one.
Here's a more detailed ranking (where I add + and -) if you are curious:
Ashrah
Fatality 1- B+
Fatality 2- B
Baraka
Fatality 1: B-
Fatality 2: S
General Shao
Fatality 1: C
Fatality 2: B-
Geras
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: S
Havik
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: B+
Johnny Cage
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: A
Kitana
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: A-
Kenshi
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: A
Kung Lao
Fatality 1: C+
Fatality 2: A
Li Mei
Fatality 1: S
Fatality 2: A+
Liu Kang
Fatality 1: S
Fatality 2: S+
Mileena
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: C+
Nitara
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: C+
Raiden
Fatality 1: B
Fatality 2: A
Rain
Fatality 1: A-
Fatality 2: B-
Reiko
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: A
Reptile
Fatality 1: S
Fatality 2: B
Scorpion
Fatality 1: B
Fatality 2: A+
Shang Tsung
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: S
Sindel
Fatality 1: A
Fatality 2: B+
Smoke
Fatality 1: C
Fatality 2: C-
Sub-Zero
Fatality 1: B+
Fatality 2: B
Tanya
Fatality 1: B
Fatality 2: B+
Kameos (Bonus):
Cyrax: S
Darrius: C-
Frost: C
Goro: A
Jax: B
Kano: C
Kung Lao: C
Motaro: C+
Sareena: A
Scorpion: B
Sektor: B+
Shujinko: A
Sonya: C
Stryker: C+
Sub-Zero: B
MK1 Characters Ages Headcanon
Vaeternus: 1 year = 6k years
Edenian: 1 year = 400 years
Draconian: 1 year = 250 years
*For Vaeternus, I made these calculations based on a Nitara intro. I believe Kung Lao asks her how old she is and Nitara says that she was a little girl when humans discovered fire. There were many differing accounts on when that happened but I decided to pick the one that said fire was a widespread, controlled source 125,000 years ago. It was the second most recent account- first being 12,000 years ago. I chose 125k since I assume the intro I mentioned is meant to hint how much older Vaeternus is than most races.
*Since the story confirmed that Kitana and Mileena were 10,000 years old, I used the number to find an estimated number of Edenian years that equals a single human year. I considered Kitana and Mileena to be 25 in human years since it divides 10,000 evenly and the sisters look close to that age- dividing those numbers equaled to 400 years. So, 400 Edenian years is equal to 1 human year.
*In the story, Sindel confronted Shao and mentioned how she remembered the sickly boy he was. This is evidence that Sindel is older than Shao by a few years- ten years at minimum; however, in my opinion, Shao looks older than Sindel so I believe the Draconian species have a shorter life span than Edenians, but they are still much larger than human’s. Unlike with the Edenians, I decided to have 250 Draconian years be equivalent to one human year because of an idea of an estimated range.
*Liu Kang is slightly older than the Big Bang in the New Era. I couldn’t calculate Geras’ age since he’s experienced a ginormous amount of timelines. Calculations over a trillion is too difficult for any calculator to compute.
Ashrah: 29 (human years)
Baraka: 22k (Edenian years), 55 (human years)
General Shao: 12,500 (Draconian years), 50 (human years)
Geras: Can’t Calculate
Havik: 27 (human years)
Johnny Cage: 28
Kenshi Takahashi: 28
Kitana: 10k (Edenian years; canon), 25 (human years)
Kung Lao: 24
Jerrod: 20k (Edenian years), 50 (human years) [If he were alive]
Li Mei: 18,400 (Edenian years), 46 (human years)
Liu Kang: 13.8 billion
Mileena: 10k (Edenian years; canon), 25 (human years)
Nitara: 150k (Vaeternus years) or 12k (Vaeternus years), 25 (human years)
Raiden: 24
Rain: 10,400 (Edenian years), 26 (human years)
Reiko: 26 (human years)
Reptile: 29 (human years)
Kuai Liang/Scorpion: 26
Sindel: 19,200 (Edenian years), 48 (human years)
Shang Tsung: 27 (human years)
Tomas Vrbada/Smoke: 25
Bi-Han/Sub-Zero: 28
Tanya: 9,600 (Edenian years), 24 (human years)
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hello ashrah/syzoth nation
My Mk OC
This is my own original character for the Mortal Kombat franchise! Mostly to be used in the new MK1 game but can be used in the previous games and movies as well but with some obvious changes.
Name: Lunaria
Species/Purpose: Goddess of time and creation
Age: Thousand of years old
Sexuality: Bisexual
Personality: Very much without a filter- she says what she thinks unless she knows it's offensive( for example she won’t say the N word or any type of slur no matter what). She does sometimes appear naive especially when it comes to earthrealm customs but she is still smart, just doesn’t show it off. She’s also very forgiving and will give people a second chance if they deserve it and will always fact check everything and see both sides of the story.
Time powers: She can travel through time and different timelines as well as getting visions from the past, present or future if it will help the current situation/timeline.
Creation powers: She can create anything that she wants as long as it doesn’t disturb the timeline and has some sort of purpose in it. For example she can cure tarkat but she won’t because it would disturb the timeline but she can create weapons for Scorpion’s clan.
Weaknesses: As mentioned before she can't create things that will disturb the timeline. That isn't something that is a choice that she made- she literally can't. Her body and mind won't let her no matter how hard she tries to. She also gets nausea, dizzy and sometimes even sick if she uses her powers too much. The severity of the sickness will vary depending on how much strain she's putting her body through. Despite being immortal she can still get injured and temporarily die but she will always get back up again. The only way for her to die permanently would be for her to give up her powers and for someone to take her place.
Relationship with some characters
Liu Kang: She sees him as a friend and as the only person that can understand her struggles. When he was creating the new timeline she helped him in any way that she could. She respects him a lot and despite not always understanding his decisions she doesn’t question them.
Raiden: Respects him and sees him as a friend. She understands why Liu chose him as champion and sees a lot of potential in him.
Kung Loa: Finds his cockiness infuriating and has hit him on the head multiple times because of that. Though she tolerates him for Raiden’s and Liu’s sake.
Tomas/Smoke: She sees him as someone that can be sweet and deadly at the same time. She likes spending time with him and is someone that will listen to his troubles no matter how small or big they are. She does feel horrible about what happened to him and wishes she could have stopped it.
Kauai Liang/Scorpion: She respects him a lot and acts almost like a mentor to him so that he can become a great grandmaster and so that his clan is strong enough for the upcoming war against Bi-han. She’s beyond happy about his marriage to Harumi but is worried because of what happened in previous timelines.
Bi-han/ Sub-zero: As much as she wishes to hate him she can’t. She really wants to understand why he did what he did and still has hope for him. She’s curious and weirdly drawn towards him and she can’t explain why that is. She wants him to be good again for everyone’s sake.
Johnny: She finds him entertaining and someone that won’t judge her for being silly. She goes to him first whenever she’s confused about Earthrealm customs and she’s interested to see his movies and how they were filmed.
Kenshi: Respects him and sees him as a friend. She feels terrible about what happened to him and wishes that she could bring his eyesight back.
Baraka: She treats him with respect and kindness and doesn’t see him as a monster because of Tarkat. She wishes that she could give him and the others the cure for tarkat.
Syzoth/Reptile: Feels terrible about what happened to his family but is glad that he decided to join them. Same with Baraka she doesn’t judge him because of his species.
Shang Tsung: Absolutely hates him and doesn’t see any hope for him in any timeline. She will gladly watch him die but she has to give him credit that he can be very convincing when he wants to be.
Quan Chi: Same as Shang Tsung- she absolutely hates him. Arguably even more than Shang Tsung because of the things that he did to Hanzo and the Lin Quei in past timelines.
Geras: She respects him and understands the burden that is on his shoulders because of the fact that he’s the protector of the hourglass and now has to look over multiple timelines so that the Armageddon event doesn’t repeat itself.
Sindel: Definitely prefers this Sindel to the others and has way more respect for her here. There are certain choices that she doesn’t agree with such as the whole incident with Li Mei and Tarkatans but she knows that Sindel is trying to be a good empress.
Kitana: Also respects her and tries to help her now that she’s in charge of the castle’s army. She does however worry about her and Raiden’s potential relationship. She has a feeling that they like each other but she’s worried that despite Raiden being better in this timeline, he will end up hurting her in one way or another.
Mileena: She believes that she will be an amazing Empress, maybe an even better one than her mother was. She does feel that her tarkat may get in the way sooner or later and the same with Baraka feels terrible that she’s not able to give them a cure for it.
Tanya: She respects her as a person and an Umgadi. She also approves of her relationship with Mileena but is worried that keeping it a secret isn’t the best idea but at the same time making it public also wouldn’t be a good idea.
General Shoa: Better than his previous versions but still not good enough for her to even respect him. Doesn’t hate him as much as Shang Tsung and Quan Chi but still hates him a lot.
Reiko: Doesn’t really have much of an opinion on this version of him. In her eyes he’s just blindly following his leader so she can’t really dislike him for that.
Havik: Again doesn’t have much of an opinion on him but his plan to destroy Siedo and making Rain destroy it didn’t leave a good feeling in her stomach. Though she is willing to try to understand his point of view and why he did what he did even if she knows that it was wrong.
Rain: She doesn’t forgive him for what he has done but she doesn’t hate him. She can see that he regrets his choices/actions a lot and that he is willing to do anything to earn Mileena’s forgiveness. She hopes that one day he’ll be able to live a better life and not be tempted again by ambition.
Nitara: She does feel sympathy about how her species is treated and the hunger that they have to face. She doesn’t agree with that whole breeding people in order to feed fiasco but she knows that she can’t interfier.
Ashra: Feels happy that she was able to escape Quan Chi and to free Sareena from him too and being reunited. She does hope that one day she’ll achieve absolution though she does fear that she may misjudged some people because of the fact that her Kriss can sense evil in people- because of that Luna fears that Ashra may misjudge someone just because they have some evil in them despite everyone having a wicked side to them.
Ermac: Seeing as he’s multiple souls in one body Lunaria can’t possibly judge him and have one opinion on him but the souls inside of him, which she can’t do because she hasn’t met them all and there’s too many of them to possibly keep track of.
Li Mei: Respects her a lot and doesn’t understand why the royal family blamed her for Jerrod’s death without actually doing some sort of investigation first so that they knew they were punishing the right person. She is happy that she’s finally on good terms with the royal family and that she’s more at peace than she was before.
Backstory: She doesn’t know if she was created or if she was born but she doesn’t particularly care. She lives in her little pocket dimension called the Inbetween because it's’ between all of the realms. She stays there in hibernation and only wakes up/leaves when she’s needed. No one knows about her pocket dimension and she won’t tell anyone. She is very lonely and wants company but she doesn’t let herself get attached to anyone since she will have to leave them eventually. She doesn’t even know what love feels like which is ironic since she can see when others are in love with each other. When it's time for her to leave she makes people forget about her using her time powers so that no one would go looking for her. It pains her to do that since it shows that she can’t have anything good for herself but there’s nothing that she can do about it. She doesn’t want to break the rules in fear of something bad happening. Her dimension doesn’t feel like home to her but she can’t live somewhere else. She also is immortal and the only way she can die is by killing herself; no one else can kill her but they can slow her down and injure her normally.
Cannon bc I say so
Mortal Kombat tweets cus i havent finished my drawing and i need to pist smth 🙏
Mortal Kombat and marvel Halloween
You were probably expecting a this is Halloween parody but every time I tried, Tumblr flopped on me. So, have this instead. And request songs and stuff like that
Deadpool is dressed as spinel
Ferra and torr are dressed as Hiro and Baymax
Kabal is dressed as ninja mime
Thor is dressed as raiden
Raiden is dressed as Thor. He even has the hammer.
D'vorah is dressed as the wasp
Hawk-eye and Kung jin are dressed as each other
Shao Kahn and Thanos somehow fused together to make thanos Kahn. (Yes, just like dark Kahn from mk vs DC)
Miles Morales is dressed as Steven universe
Ashrah is dressed as Charlie from the hazbin hotel pilot
Mileena, kitana, and Jade are dressed as the witches from hocus pocus
Sonya is dressed as samus
Iron Man is dressed as mega man
What if there was a modern take on mokap?
We haven't seen him since Armageddon I believe. What if he came back along with other characters like ashrah?
Sareena spending quality time with her sister Ashrah
