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agentravensong · 2 months

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thinking about how the extra area added on to a pacifist run of undertale, the true lab, is about alphys's past mistakes. how it ends with the story reaffirming that, despite the pain she's caused, the thing that matters is that she has now made the choice to do the right thing. she's still worthy of her friends' love.

thinking about how undertale doesn't expect the player to get a pacifist ending for the first time. how it's more likely than not that the player will kill toriel the first time they battle her, how lots of players don't initially figure out how to end undyne's fight without killing her, etc. what it expects — not even expects, really, but hopes — is that the player, if they care enough, will use their canonically acknowledged power over time to make up for those mistakes.

no matter how many neutral runs a player has done before committing to the pacifist run, the thing that matters to the characters, to the story, is that you've chosen, now, to do the right thing.

compared to alphys, the player honestly gets off lightly, in that you're the only one (other than flowey) who really remembers any harm you might have caused. and any direct guilting the game could have done about it is long past at this point. instead, as undertale often does, it makes its point via parallels: alphys caused harm, and she knows it. she has committed to being better. in doing so, she has unlocked for herself a better ending to her story. and she deserves it. she's forgiven.

those structural narrative parallels are all over undertale, if you know where to look. and that's one of the things that makes it so fuckin' good.

#undertale #alphys #true lab #this inspired by a mutual's alphys posting #and a discord convo i had a couple weeks back about ut's stance on ''punishing'' the player vs the monsters for their actions #and thoughts i've had generally post a certain fangame with a color in its name about just how well ut is structured as a narrative #everyone rightfully praises toby fox's character writing but stuff like this i think flies under the radar a bit by comparison #and it deserves to be appreciated #there's obvious Lore reasons why the true lab is only visited in a pacifist run (what's revealed about chara and flowey)#but this is the other half of it: the message of alphys's story hits hardest on a paci route post neutral runs #toby fox is a good writer more often than not

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 5 months

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The musical episode.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #Remember jin guangyao: If you do any treachery you will face the wrath of five horses.#When are the horses going to come into play? You'll see.#s2.ep8 had beautiful music... I listened to it on loop while drawing!#Good music to chill out to before you fly into a rage.#This episode really cements how JGY's mind works - It is a matter of long-term outcomes at the sake of nearly everything else.#Morals do not matter to him if the outcome is more favourable.#and at the center of it all - he has learned that the only person he can truly trust is himself.#In turn - the only person his actions benefit are himself.#He will do anything and everything it takes to reach a position of power - not just for the power. But because it means safety.#Because it was something he was denied and the idea of not having control in his life again is unforgivable.#'Happiness' isn't a goal. We are looking at someone still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.#Everything and everyone is a piece in a game. Bonds and friendships are assets. People are dispensable.#He wants to climb for the sake of climbing. He wants praise and recognition because he feels it is deserved. It's all so hollow.#We could go deeper into his psyche on this.#But these are also tags under a comic in which 'evil penis music' is the punchline.

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milquetoad · 9 months

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of the many injustices put forth toward the show by fans i think the most overall damaging and telling of a complete lack of critical viewership is the idea that sam riegel builds his characters with nothing more than the bit in mind. like you are only telling on yourself if you think characters like scanlan shorthalt and veth brennato are one-dimensional and depthless

#if im being exTREMEly generous i can maybe understand this view of scanlan if you started c1 and then gave up 30 episodes later #he played the long game with him more than any other and a lot of his growth could be looked at as shallow if you DIDNT watch til the payoff #but any time this opinion is used as a blanket over all of his characters including tary and even FCG.. like be serious #i mean at this point im definitely biased bc he is my favorite player at the table. However. that wasnt always the case #and even when i was myself writing some character choices off i NEVER applied that to the characters themselves. how can you??#seen sooo many ppl criticize him for making veth an alcoholic or scanlan irreverent & hedonistic as tho it’s only possible #to play these traits as shallow jokes or at best played out satire…. and then the same person will turn around #and praise how percy was built to be pompous & superior and jester immature & self-centered and caleb steeped in self-effacing hubris #why are these characters and their players given a near universal acceptance of nuance and acknowledgement of growth & healing #but SAMS CHARACTERS ARE NOT!!!!#this turned into such a rant but it bothers me SO much. everyone at the cr table is so goddamned talented #and takes the game as seriously as it deserves #so many more points i could argue but this is already so goddamn long no one is reading this far. i love sam and all of his characters <333 #critical role #sam riegel #scanlan shorthalt #veth brennato #my posts

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emotinalsupportturtle · 3 months

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Who wants to get in a time machine and go tell him?

from that 2005 R&J essay by David Tennant

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the-meme-monarch · 17 days

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ut fangames as of late have had a lot of heart to them and they deserve all the praise they get but idk something makes me really defensive when people start saying "it's even Better than the game it's based on" like undertale get behind me

#and like its founded. poeple are usually talking abt how it plays and its mechanics. im just one of those weird autistics thats reall #thats really protective of the source material GDHSHSHDJSB like dont talk about grandpa like that #i kind of bristle at the assertion that ut y is canon. bc no it isnt #it is an incredibly good fangame but it Is a fan game #it especially bothers me when poeple say 'toby even said it was canon' bc no the fuck he didnt ? no he did not #like i think i like tsunderswap more bc its not trying to fill in any blanks if that makes sense #idk my only Real complaint abt ut y is that clover shouldve had more time with toriel #AGAIN UT Y IS #A GOOD GAME. ITS A REALLY GOOD GAME AND DESERVES ALL ITS PRAISE

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ssaraexposs · 1 month

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Everytime Dazai acknowledges Aku's strenght, it makes me sob. It's not never, but it's rare, and it's so fucking deserved

(even though, the only time Aku actually heard such words, from his mouth, he was so exhausted that he fainted)

#aku deserves all of the praises #aku literally worked his ass off #praises are well deserved #akutagawa ryuunosuke #also dazai should start communicate more and plot less to show his care #dazai osamu #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd manga

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sugajimin · 1 year

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Yoongi and Taeyang talking and praising Jimin for @jimimn ♡

#min yoongi #yoongi #bts #btsgif #userbangtan #suga #btsedit #myedit #mygifs #suchwita #taeyang #OKAY thank you shivi for the timestamps because without you i would ve finished 3am and not 1 am #also you can see 2 different colorings thats because i did a think and deleted the psd and i couldnt recover it yeah #there was one more moment but my laptop managed to ruin it so i didnt add it #anyway i love seeing people praise jimin #he deserves it he is a human that you can see how hard he tries #so i am really proud of him

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mastersoftheair · 2 months

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"mr. masters of the flair :')" (from josh bolt's instagram story)

#you deserve all this praise and more for keeping me sane from late 2021 through 2023 #i'm lowkey gonna be a josh bolt fan for the rest of my life bc of that. if this guy's in a bad movie I'LL BE THERE!!#masters of the air #hbo war #behind the scenes #video #josh bolt #nate mann #dean john-wilson #ian dunnett jr #dee rees

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bastionbibi · 7 months

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Okay, hear me out. I think we really underestimate Conan/Shinichi's ruthlessness. This man draws the line at murder and torture but that's his ONLY line.

He's a very mission-oriented man, a gentle person at heart but if he has to trick his own allies into thinking they're being chased by death itself or if he has to cut up a dead body and scatter them around a cemetery one eyeball at a time he would do it if he really has to. I mean he'd feel guilty, but he WILL do it.

He's developing his own sets of morals and it might not be as clean-cut as it used to be but I think it's a good lesson to learn, seeing the monsters that he's up against and the monsters he has to collaborate with whether he wants to or not; Kazami for example, he was so casual in telling Curaçao that he'd beat the information out of her if he has to, (and because he wants to.)

"I'll torture you as much as I can," As much as you want? As much as you can get away with? Okay, Yuuya.

Conan burned down Rikumichi's corpse to a crisp so he could safe Akai, a former Organization member who must have done horrible things in the past, yet Conan cares for him nonetheless. He's approached by individuals who somehow, in some way, believe wholeheartedly that this young kid has what it takes, even someone as rigid and skeptical as Kuroda.

Furuya literally framed Kogoro for domestic terrorism just so he can get Conan to do what he wanted because he knows the kid always gets the job done. Hell, he entrusted him with his life once when he had a damn bomb around his neck. He used him and yet Conan still had the capacity to forgive him.

I like Conan's character because he has a solid but complex personality that isn't immune to change and influence. He's such a good man at heart but how far will a good man go? Me personally, I want a character focused arc where he's forced to grow but that'll be too much I suppose. Well, Shinichi's only 17 so let's just see what he's capable of in 10 years. (And how much therapy he needs at that point aha)

Yeah, I just think he's neat and I'm so proud of my little mastermind.

#over here praising conan like he deserved #the guy's out here fixing everybody's mess he needs more appreciation post #detective conan #conan edogawa #akai shuichi #furuya rei #kazami yuuya #bibitxt

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ganondoodle · 2 months

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you may not notice it, but i check the comments, tags on my art and even asks frequently, like multiple times i day, i reread them and reread them over and over

i know i rarely answer, i wish i could given them all the answer they deserve, but aside from bad memory and low energy for anything in general, i always want to do something grand to answer, especially asks, but cant find the energy for it, after some time i feel bad about leaving it hanging for so long and fear its too awkward to answer anymore, and the longer it is the more i feel like i need to make up for the time it took me by drawing somethign greater in return- which you can imagine is a bad spiral

im not trying to excuse anything, i know it feels bad to not have something answered- but i still want to assure you, i read it, over and over, and it truly is the thing that keeps me going, why i just cant give up on the internet, i dont think any of my projects would exist today if it wasnt for people like you

to all commenters, whether directly or in tags, and those that have send me asks, a sincere THANK YOU

#ganondoodles talks #personal #i still have a hard time to get it into my head that i can deserve some good things like these #the “you dont deserve any of that praise theres way more deserving people out there” voices in my head unfortunately still exist #although by now its turned more into shame over not getting myself to answer more frequently #i wonder if theres actually a time limit at which it becomes awkward for me to answer ...

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bonebabbles · 3 months

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I keep starting and abandoning posts that go into my drafts, as I try to stay tasteful about how fucking revolted this part makes me. Like, I'm legitimately unsure if the very relevant trauma I have is making me see things that aren't here

But first we see that Star Flower is trying to ingratiate herself to the group, just after she reappears from chapter 5. Chapter 5 is about how Clear Sky is still abusive towards his son, and she comes in after stroking his ego, stressing how alone she is, and appealing to how she'll be loyal unlike his child. (She glances over at Thunder, directly implying this.)

Now in Chapter 9, she's babysitting and trying to care for Milkweed's kits (in spite of discomfort from Milkweed), taking a wet sleeping space away from the others, and pulling more than her own weight "without complaint." Putting herself through harsh sitations to prove her worth.

All while trying to appear extra attractive to Thunder, and later Clear Sky. Basically every man in power who can "protect her"

Like, am I going fucking crazy? With how we later find out that Star Flower was "promised as a mate" to One Eye's subordinate Slash, is... is that hypersexualization? One of the extremely stigmatized symptoms of sexual abuse?

She goes to find Clear Sky alone to throw herself at his paws, and he's very quickly attracted to how she promises to perfectly obey him, have no needs of her own, and finally be the perfect servant that he desires

"I don't deserve your trust because I am dirt. I understand you because I also regret something. I'd die for you. I'll never betray you unlike those who have."

This isn't manipulation. She means this. The story is playing their romance sincerely. She's comparing "betraying" Thunder by telling her own father about an assassination ambush to Clear Sky's history of child abuse, physical assault, and murder

She believes she's on the same level as this; a monster who murdered a childhood friend in a fit of entitled rage. She was a victim of One Eye who really believes that the way her father used her means she "understands" this monster, deserves this treatment.

And Clear Sky LIKES that.

He likes that she will have COMPLETE FAITH in him. That she will follow him WITHOUT QUESTION. That she will OBEY his orders. That's fucking verbatim, that's THE TEXT!!!

WHILE HE'S STILL CRYING ABOUT "ive tried to atone every day" FOLLOWING THE LAST TWO BOOKS WHERE THE ONLY SHITTY THING HE DOESN'T DO IS MURDER INNOCENT WOMEN

Am I insane?? Am I wrong??? Am I missing something here???? Why the fuck is the fandom takeaway "haha sexy girl steals his dad." Did I read the same book

#Csa mention #Did they once again do a misogyny so hard they accidentally gave their woman character trauma #My tip to anyone in a draining relationship. If your partner fetishizes that YOU would never leave or betray them unlike ''all the others''#RUN.#There may be a reason their exes cut ties with them and they're praising you for ignoring red flags #Especially when your partner is significantly older and more experienced #Theres nothing noble about constantly suffering for the sake of 'loyalty'#Star Flower PLEASE get out of here you dont fucking deserve this you did nothing wrong #Bones reads dotc #Dotc hate #I thought i was just remembering things wrong when i was adding the subtheme of thunder having a connection to star via abusive dads-#-in my dotc rewrite. But no it's right there. It's in the text and it's something clear is attracted to #I abuse the shit out of my son and he left me once over it #But i can abuse this girl his same age and she won't run. Finally! A victim who won't leave!#And then they become mates and she births at least two litters #Cw abuse #sa mention #EDIT: I've changed the language just slightly #because the timeline COULD work out that starf was an adult when she was promised to slash for a very brief window of time #and hypersexualization is a symptom of trauma resulting from many types of sex abuse. Even that done when the victim was an adult.#it's just more common in CSA

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stuckinapril · 8 days

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it is very late and i am very tired where i am so excuse spelling mistakes as im doing this on a whim: please never stop. Pllease never stop what your doing. Pleas ekeep supporting palestine and iran and iraq and all other arabs abnd keep talking about it and keep living despiete it please. Its so wonderful. Its so amazing and comforting and it makes me feel so much relief knowing that there are arabs who are alive and safe and are talking and spreading the word. Im not sure if my family in iraq will be safe dor long but i do know that if they arent, ither iraqis will help me and my family here in the us make noise to fucking stop it. You give so much hope to me and im certain to others as well. And also keep living and talking abt things unrelated to it. Thats hyst as wonderful. Please keep talking about studying and books and poetry and music because those are beautiful a;they bring out joy and relief. Sory im so

THANK U ANON ???????? Like this is a profound and beautiful ask to get but also????? I hope ur doing good?????? But thank u so much ???????

#This ask held a tone of ugency so the more I read it the more worried I got lowkey #I hope ur good friend!!!!!#But thank u fr… I’m not doing anything that deserves praise honestly #But I appreciate u lots

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soundlessdragon · 1 month

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Anyway ladies get yourself a man who will drop everything and move 500 miles so that your sons can be with family and you and your sick daughter can get the best medical care. Who puts you and your children above everything else and works hard and keeps hope through every fear and sacrifice. Whose faith in God does not waiver in the face of huge trials. Who will still consider you the most beautiful woman in the world after life wreaks havok on your mortal body. Who thinks the transformation of yourself into motherhood makes you so powerful and incredible to him. Who is endlessly kind to you, and to everyone else in this world. A good man and amazing husband and fantastic father, by God's grace.

#husband #this is badly written but. i love my husband #God knows we both don't deserve how good our marriage is. it started off in such foolishness #but has matured into something more precious than diamonds. only God. praise God

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cienie-isengardu · 6 months

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Tomas & Liu Kang

I’m trying to put things into right perspective about Smoke, Liu Kang’s approach to Tomas and how pushed into background he was during story mode so bear with me while I’m connecting dots.

Also, to be clear, I’m not here to morally judge the characters, just to talk about the dissonance between Smoke vs Liu Kang intro dialogues and the story mode.

For one, the pre-fight dialogues imply that Tomas lost his family due to Liu Kang (Keeper of Time)’s choice:

Smoke: "Did you intend for me to be orphaned?" Liu Kang: "Some threads must be cut to weave time’s fabric."

and

Smoke: "I'm not sure I can forgive you." Liu Kang: "Being Keeper of Time meant making many hard choices."

When Tomas was orphaned, Kuai Liang & Bi-Han’s father adopted him and made one of Lin Kuei. If the accusation is true, then we can assume Liu Kang wanted Tomas to join Lin Kuei, as he did in the past timeline(s). So, in theory, Smoke for whatever reason was important enough for the Keeper of Time to get involved and steer events to get the wanted result.

Which raises a question, why did Liu Kang not bother to recruit Tomas into Lin Kuei the same way he recruited Kung Lao, Raiden, Johnny Cage or Kenshi, by like, actually talking to him and taking for training? Or even why not just ask the befriended Grandmaster to take the boy (and Tomas' family) under his wings, which I think the man would do without further question.

Instead, Smoke was orphaned, taken in by Lin Kuei, adopted as son of Grandmaster and trained in magic to equalize his chances in the fight (in contrast, Bi-Han’s ice powers seems to be a natural part of him, related to specific bloodline).

Now, if Tomas was so important, if not in the greater scheme of things, then just for Liu Kang (and Kuai Liang), isn’t it weird, he is so sidelined and omitted by Fire Lord in the story mode?

Again, not judging characters, solely pointing out this choice of storyline, as this is especially visible during collecting the champions for the tournament arc.

In Chapter One, when the test was over and Liu Kang came to Kung Lao and Raiden to explain things, he specifically called only Bi-Han (the current Grandmaster) and Kuai Liang (Bi-Han’s blood-brother)

while Tomas was totally omitted and stayed behind with the rest unnamed Lin Kuei warriors.

Which, visually speaking, is weird, as just before that scene we could see Smoke walking alongside his adoptive brothers (with Bi-Han leading the group, Tomas and Kuai Liang walking a bit behind their leader, but before the unnamed warriors);

In the next chapter, again, only Bi-Han and Kuai Liang assisted Fire Lord in his quest to recruit Johnny Cage and Kenshi. Again, both Lin Kuei were addressed by their birth names, instead of codenames

while there is no information why Tomas was left behind. He likely was entrusted with escorting Kung Lao and Raiden to Shaolin Monks, yet the lack of proper mention emphasizes the pushing into the background.

We didn't learn officially Smoke's status as adopted brother of Kuai Liang and Bi-Han until Sub-Zero's chapter (#8). Unless I miss something, the first person on screen to actually address Smoke by his birth name was surprisingly Bi-Han.

Which makes even weirder the lack of including of Tomas from Liu Kang, as the Fire Lord and Smoke stayed allies through the story mode and intro dialogues (with some resentment on Tomas' side for death of his family) while the relationship between Bi-Han and Tomas was much more complicated to begin with.

We could make an argument that Liu Kang didn't want to antagonize Bi-Han by including adopted Tomas too much, however:

A) Bi-Han has never denied Tomas right to consider himself one of Grandmaster's sons - seen especially in Sub-Zero's speech pattern, as Sub-Zero always says just "Father", the same as Tomas and Kuai Liang, never putting emphasis on "my" as a reminder Smoke is adopted. The real conflict is not about whether Tomas is his and Kuai Liang's brother or not, but about him being a true Lin Kuei. What is also worth to keep in mind, any tension between brothers happened only in privacy (here and during the mission), never around Liu Kang.

(A similar thing can be noticed in intro dialogues. In Smoke vs Sub-Zero, Bi-Han specifically says "Because your blood is not Lin Kuei" however in Liu Kang vs Sub-Zero, when Fire Lord claims brothers (plural version!) miss him, Bi-Han doesn't correct his opponent about Tomas not being one. He instead says "Then they shouldn't have disobeyed my commands.")

B) Liu Kang did not show Bi-Han any special respect, especially not the kind of respect and friendship offered to Sindel and her husband, Jerrod. And yes, Fire Lord mentioned Bi-Han before Kuai Liang, and addressed him during the meeting before the mission (while the Sub-Zero's younger brothers - subordinates - stood together in silence)

but that basically it? Bi-Han didn't seem to be favored in any special way, I don't think he even was addressed as Grandmaster by Fire Lord at any moment in story mode.

Which is why I personally don't see why Liu Kang would omit Tomas solely to not hurt Bi-Han's ego or to not antagonize the man further - especially since Bi-Han himself didn't push the matter in any specific - openly - way nor didn't deny Tomas the right to consider himself one of Grandmaster's sons in the first place.

Frankly, as we don't see how Lin Kuei were informed about the upcoming meeting, we should ask, did Liu Kang call Bi-Han and specifically Smoke and Scorpion for the mission, or was that choice made solely by Sub-Zero? Because Lin Kuei for sure must have much more experienced warriors that Tomas (and Kuai Liang for that matter) but also sending on dangerous mission the Grandmaster AND the second* in line of succession seems impractical from the perspective of clan' inner safety.

*second and third, if Tomas was allowed at all to be the heir. Considering how neither Smoke nor Scorpion even for a moment considered that option and how Sektor & Cyrax would choose Bi-Han's corruption of the clan before accepting Kuai Liang as a new leader, the inner clan politics may not be so simple.

During the Lin Kuei mission (Sub-Zero's Band of Brothers Chapter) and during Bi-Han's betrayal (Scorpion's Civil War Chapter), the three brothers didn't address each other by codenames and as much as the situation allowed, freely interacted with each other.

However once Bi-Han is removed from the story mode, Smoke is even more pushed into the background. When asked, he will answer and make some (one?) observation however he barely interacted with other characters, mainly sticking to his brother. The most important exception is the scene when the heroes were wondering what to do after the big revelation and Tomas on his own talked about Lin Kuei and Bi-Han.

The story mode at that time was focused on other characters (like Mileena & Shang Tsung) so understandably, Lin Kuei brothers were put aside however even then Scorpion played a vital part, as it was Kuai Liang making the plan of attack, when Liu Kang wasn't around, while Tomas for most part was just there.

Again, no moral judging of characters just a mere observation how Tomas interacted the most freely with his brothers while was omitted by Liu Kang - and like, never(?) addressed by him in story mode, either by name or codename, even if the intro dialogues strongly imply Liu Kang was the one pushing Tomas into Lin Kuei in the first place.

Which makes an interesting contrast to Bi-Han & Smoke’s relationship but also shows how without intro dialogues, the relationship between Tomas and Liu Kang seems… non existing? I mean, even at the end of story mode, Liu Kang mentions Bi-Han

and his brother Kuai Liang building a new clan,

yet there is literally no mention of Tomas and his participation in the creation of Shirai Ryu and training its members (something confirmed in Scorpion and Smoke's endings).

Which only add to the weird feeling of alienating Tomas in story mode, not by Bi-Han but Liu Kang of all possible people?

#mortal kombat #tomas vrbada #smoke #bi han #sub zero #liu kang #tomas vrbada & bi han #i'm still trying to figure out how i feel about liu kang and tomas relationship and how smoke was always omitted by fire lord #and like not addressed at all?#tomas aided him during fight against titan shang tsung then helped kuai liang to make a new clan and train new members #but at the end of story mode liu kang still talked only about bi han and his (blood) brother kuai liang?#c'mon man #tomas deserves some praise here too #and this is all even more ironic #as majority of fandom seems to think bi han hates tomas' guts for being adopted kid?? when he included him in his task for liu kang #and actually address his brother in the same fashion he talks to kuai liang (granted he is frustrated by both and the never ending talk #about father and traditions so he is short tempered toward both brothers)#but like story mode wise we can say tomas and bi han has some serious relationship going on #when liu kang alone doesn't include tomas in any specific way even though intro dialogues imply he wanted tomas to be lin kuei?#what i'm supposed to think? that liu kang did not know that tomas was adopted by lin kuei grandmaster that worked specifically for him #like everyone in lin kuei did for generations??#i'm pretty confused by this story's choices sometimes

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