#raiden headkanons

You’re awesome! *Keanu pointing* Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! And yes, I can (well I hope I can, if this is bollocks then feel free to hate me).

A Romance with Raiden

This man is deeply romantic, because how else would he be? You are the very light of his existence and he wants you to know how much he loves you.

He’ll do flowers and chocolates if you want them, but he’ll also whisk you away to a mountain top to watch the first sun of the morning break through the thick clouds and warm you both up. A stroll through an orchard whilst a gentle breeze (provided by a hidden and chuckling Fujin, he loves seeing Raiden so happy, and if Raiden loves you, then so does Fujin) stirs the blossoms from the branches to swirl around you as if in a dream. This isn’t going to happen everyday, that would cheapen it, but whenever Raiden feels the moment is right (and he doesn’t stick to traditional dates such as Valentine’s or Birthdays), maybe you’re upset or you’ve shown yourself to be even more loveable, then he’ll let you know just how he feels.

It isn’t all rose petals and a swelling chorus. He loves to take you to places he’s discovered through his many years and travels. One of his favourite places in all the realms is a small Chinese market where the best tea you’ll ever taste is brewed by tiny old man with one tooth and skin so wizened and wrinkled he looks like a mummified apple long forgotten at the bottom of a barrel.

Raiden loves you to meet everyone he considers special in his life. First you’ll be introduced to Fujin who’ll tease you both mercilessly, but will congratulate you for “finally bringing a smile to that grumpy git’s face”. Next will be Liu Kang and Kung Lao, Raiden beaming as brightly as the proudest Father when you meet the pair. When you meet Bo’ Rai Cho it is for brief moments, Raiden’s eye narrowing to slits whenever the man offers you a drink, and despite his protests that “it is only tea, and they’re old enough to have a drink anyway, come on Raiden!”, you never actually get to drink whatever Bo’ Rai Cho offers you, Raiden always tidying it away with a pout and an eyeroll.

Raiden will try to get you to meet the Elder Gods, thankfully Fujin always appears in time to distract Raiden with pictures of teeny baby animals. Raiden loves teeny baby animals (don’t tell Johnny Cage, Raiden will never hear the end of it) and unless you’re falling down a well or his amulet is cracking (again), then Raiden will stop whatever he is doing so he can look at the picture.

(Raiden has a picture of a teeny piglet as his phone background and will sometimes look at it when he is fed up with “those exhausting humans, but not you my love!”).

Raiden doesn’t need to eat, but he can eat and does enjoy it, especially if he’s made the meal. He once surprised you when you came into the kitchen and he was chopping away at the salad, his back to you, wearing nothing but an apron, his magnificent bum on display. Luckily nothing was on the stove because you couldn’t resist that bum and you both ended up sweaty and completely naked on the kitchen floor. (Fujin had made Raiden watch ‘Flamin’ Hot’, a Johnny Cage film about an undercover detective (Detective Sebastian Flame, Johnny obviously chose the kharacter’s name himself) who has to become a chef in order to infiltrate the French mafia, with the most famous scene being Johnny cooking in just an apron, his magnificent bum on display. Raiden will never, ever admit to watching this film. Ever.)