Incorrect MK1 Quotes, P2:

Mk1 Incorrect Quotes pt. 7:

Liu Kang, freshly after defeating Kronika: “God is no longer with us, I’ll take over.”

I love this fanfic so much that I made some drawings about my favorite scene from the first chapter, interpreting the scene my way

I recommend it!

The name of the fanfic is:

the heroine is annoying, but she dies spectacularly at the end

ao3: author-siqwithaQ

Sorry for my english, I used Google translator.

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Enserio amé este fanfic, esta en inglés pero su trama es muy interesante, hice unos dibujos de la escena que más me emociono del primer capítulo. Lo recomiendo totalmente! No está completo pero vale la pena esperar cada capítulo ^•^

how do two chinese farmboys from rural china know english. like let's assume the common language between the MK cast is english (barring outworld but it doesnt matter i bet there's some translation magic handwaved.) if we follow this train of thought it becomes entirely, hilariously possible that kung lao, wanting to bust outta fengjian and leave for the world, was like

kung lao: im going to learn english

raiden: why??

kung lao: youre going to learn it with me, we need it for when we leave this place

raiden: hold on now. what are y

kung lao, tapping away: im downloading duolingo onto your phone and i have subbed torrents of the big bang theory we're in this together brother. bazinga

Not me scrolling through the Conclave tag only to see no one talk about the deliberate positioning and framing of the women in this movie.

Pulling up this movie I completely expected to only encounter Sister Agnes as the one woman we see in the trailer, the conclave a space that has been kept from the female members of the church. Now, color me surprised when I started the movie and most of the establishing shots we got were focused on all the women working in the Vatican.

And it is such a deliberate choice, it does the film a disservice not to talk about it.

Because while Cardinal Lawrence is having his fifteenth breakdown during sequestering and Bellini finds the ambitious asshole within himself, Ray does all the leg work, and Bel---- we see the women work.

We see the kitchens, we see them cook, we see them stand aside. Most of the time when the Cardinals are conspiring it is the women who interrupt because they are busy working, walking, running errands.

And there is power in that.

I think it is very deliberate how often (and with such lingering gaze) the camera shows us the lives of the other half - partially to connect to the wider themes of the movie, on how Bellini asks for women to get more power but never thanks them, and how Benitez stumps them all by thanking the women preparing their meals when asked to say the prayer (considering his own probably tumultuous relationship to gender within the church).

But it also stands in direct opposition to a long tradition in story telling: servants don't exist. How often the heroes of a regency romance are "alone" because the two hand maidens and three maids don't really count.

Conclave doesn't do that.

It doesn't let us look away.

Between all the petty drama, the politics, and the real life consequences of the conclave, we never stop looking at the people doing all the work.

Yes, we follow the ups and downs of Lawrence and Co, but in doing so the movie reminds us again and again of the women working the kitchen.

And that was just such a powerful artistic choice in a movie about a famously misogynistic church... I loved it. And I had to talk about it.

I firmly believe that, originally, Liu Kang had expected that the champion would be Kenshi. Now, don’t get him wrong. Any champion would be fine by him, he trusts them all and loves them all. And it would’ve made sense that Kenshi would be the one to win, as he was the one with the most experience out of the four champions.

But when Kenshi was defeated, it took him by surprise that this man, Kenshi, who escaped the yakuza. Who was more skilled in fighting terms, that had more experience, had lost.

That put Liu Kang slightly on edge. Because it meant that his champion would be either Johnny, Raiden or Kung Lao. When Johnny lost, his nerves weren’t appealed. But when Kung Lao lost, it felt like he could breath again.

His brain making him remember when his friend had died on his timeline. He trusts Kung Lao, he trusts him as a person and he trusts his strength. But he’s still grateful that it wouldn’t be Kung Lao the one to face Shao Ka—General Shao.

Even if this new tournament, that he himself organized, didn’t required for anyone to die, like in his timeline, Liu Kang—despite all the eons that had passed— still had it fresh in his skull when his friend died. The celebrations that the public had made when Kung Lao’s inert, cold, dead body hit the arena. The way his eyes were wide open, staring at nothing, and how the bone of the neck was slightly peeking out through the skin.

Liu Kang doesn’t think he will ever forget any of it.

Mk1 Incorrect Quotes pt. 9:

God Liu Kang: “You’re not ascending to godhood, you’re just dehydrated!”

Shang Tsung: “Outta my way, gayboy! I’m about to liberate my divine self from this mortal shell!”

Shang Tsung, later, laying on the ground on Yamcha position: “hopital”

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❤️‍🔥

Yes, and Shang Tsung is the asshole that’s in Liu Kang’s comment section trying to tear it apart.

My man Liu Kang created the timeline like he was writing his own personal fanfic

rainy day

fanart of chapter 7 of the fic „the heroine is annoying, but she dies spectacularly at the end” by @hockeyisforthegays .

Shoko probably thinks hes being blackmailed….