#bird why

So, I went radio silent on this blog for a while. I guess it's partly because I've been more active on twitter and also, I don't like Mortal Kombat 1. If you follow me on twitter then you've seen all of my constant criticism over it. And I guess it leaves me with no room to go on tumblr and do the same thing again.

Another reason is that I've spend the last year writing a fic that doubles as a Bihanzo and me fixing everything I hated about Mk1's version of Lin Kuei. Finally, I finished the majority of it. Enough, that I can comfortably start posting it to my social.

Long short story short, if you like Bihanzo and/or dislike how the mk1 Lin Kuei or mk1 in general is written, then I got the fic for you.

I haven't updated my profiles in forever and don't want to right now so I'm pining some opinions on mk1

Old timeline Subsmoke valid. Mk1 Subsmoke is incest to me. Unfollow or block me if you like mk1 Subsmoke

Kuai/Hanzo, the only subscorp in my eyes. You tag subscorp with Bi-Han/Kuai Liang I'm insta blocking you and mentally kicking you in the shins

The Lin Kuei writing, absolute garbage hate it.

Speaking Lin Kuei, I can't stand mk1 Kuai Liang. Imo so many things wrong with what they did with him. I rant a lot about it on twitter but maybe one day I'll go into depth

Child Hanzo. Deleted from my mind

Kuai Liang x Harumi. What a way for nrs to give Harumi more of a backstory but still seeing her as nothing as long as she's married to a Scorpion. I hate it

NRS for the love of god, please develop your relationship instead of fast forwarding through the buildup

Mk1 story and endings spoilers, brief mention of possible leaks

On one hand, I am really glad that they are giving her depth rather than being the murdered wife of Hanzo. To give her the opportunity to be a character rather than a plot device. But it gets thrown out the window the moment they insta married her to Kuai because he's Scorpion now.

Yes, it's true we probably get to know more about her in mk1. That she was running a clan in Japan before Kuai got there. She is an effective fighter as well. She is just as passionate and angry if the roles were versed and she lost Hanzo and Satoshi. These sound like good things and they are.

So, what's the problem? Well, her relationship with Kuai and the lack of context. To me, it seems like all NRS sees her as "SCORPION WIFE." and her destiny is always to be wed to one even if Scorpion is a man to whom she has never interacted with in previous canon. A relationship that hasn't been shown to us but rather told to us repeatedly in intros and endings. We are TOLD that her and Kuai were childhood friends. We are told that Kuai goes there after that Mk1 and basically crashes her clan and rebuilds and names her after. We were told that they plan to wed after a short time of reuniting.

The only thing they are going to show allegedly (according to story2 leaks) is their wedding. We won't ever get to see them bond? Why did they decide to marry? What do they even like in each other? We are told they are marrying before we can actually see Harumi as a character. I feel like if you are gonna pair Harumi up with Kuai, add context or develop it? At the very least? Don't just tell us and think everyone will accept it? So many fans would have loved to see Hanzo and Harumi fall in love. To see why they were passionate about each other to begin with? Why they would go down a path of revenge and anger when the other and their son dies To see them work together without Harumi instantly dying? After like 30 somewhat years of only seeing small snips before tragedy hits them.

Everything would have made sense if it was Hanzo in Kuai's place in the story. It would be more easily believable to be told these things because we do not have to extend our imaginations to figure out how that worked? We know in every other timeline, Hanzo and Harumi are married and in love. We can conclude they will do without it seeing random and swallow. Then all NRS had to do was focus on her character because we already know they can love each other. Instead, they're going to make an unsatisfied romance between two characters that have no chemistry or context to be together. Other than the fact, Kuai is Scorpion so therefore Harumi should marry him.

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