MKX Comic Plot Discussion & Speculation Thread

[Megaton_Rich]

Did you just read what i said? They screwed up in MK9. If they wanna retcon his eye color than they should just be consistent and not change it every game.
Sometimes he has red eyes, sometimes not. Decide NRS!

Also i have my own theory who Erron Black is:

Spoiler

don't...ever....disgrace mokap like that ever again...

 

[Atriox]

Kittelsen already confirmed on twitter a long ass time ago that Cage isn't Erron Black. oh and goro has always had red eyes

Not in MK9 (which was kinda a reboot) and not in the MKX comics either.

 

[Doombawkz]

Didn't Sheeva have like yellow or greenish eyes or something?

 

[Atriox]

Didn't Sheeva have like yellow or greenish eyes or something?

Sheeva had orange eyes in MK9. Goro's were yellowish.

 

[SneakyTortoise]

Wouldn't be possible. Erron is there when the first speech is given, meaning Sonya doesn't have a reason to go to outworld yet. Likewise the portal stone is used, meaning this would have to be occuring outside of the eyes of Kotal (assuming he is innocent). This means while he is already on his way to battle, or the night before.

Within a 24 hour period, his father dies and he rides out. Somewhere in this time period (during the night I might add), Sonya finally picks up the phone and sees what happened. Meaning she has in the area of (judging by the sun it would be about mid-day granted Outworld doesn't have 3 or 4 suns) 12 to 14 hours to not only go and gather enough people and proper transport, but also survey the city, get information about an event that is happening with no known result to the public at large, determine that Kotal left even though no one would know about that, track him through the deserts while he is mounted on a beast with no mode of transport, get to Mileena's area, somehow get to where they are, aim a gun, and shoot.

(This is all assuming the days and nights share a cycle between the realms and have the same length)

All of this without being noticed by anyone, both Mileena's guards (who are trained assassins) and the Osh-Tekk who would have no reason not to kill her on sight...

I think this all has to do with some Raiden foresight and magic. Maybe some Kamidogu abuse.

What? There's no indication of the time lapsed between Cassie being taken and Kotal fighting Goro as far as I'm aware.

Also, I wasn't saying they were there for EVERY speech Kotal made.

Here's how I see the order of events:
1. Kotal, D'vorah and Erron turn up in Earthrealm to talk to Sonya. She turns them away.
2. Erron Kidnaps Cassie
3. Goro bodies Kotal's dad
4. Kotal sets off to fight Goro.

Sonya and her team could have turned up anywhere from after point 2 and before point 4 to follow Kotal.

You say they have no mode of transport? How do you know that? Just because we haven't seen it doesn't mean they don't have it.

And yeah, I would like to think the Special Forces team could observe Kotal from a distance in outworld undercover, without being detected, that's like a huge part of the job description.

It could have something to do with Raiden, but there's no reason the above doesn't fit.

 

[trufenix]

Man, I take one weekend off.

a) Anyone who can't swing 99c for a comic they can acquire literally from any device anywhere doesn't deserve to read it.
b) ANYONE could track the emperor's army across the country side, certainly a group of trained soldiers on a rescue mission.
c) Sonya is still a cunt, two wrongs don't make a right. She lost her daughter on her own terms, now she shot a wounded dude in the back.
d) Goro's eyes have been inconsistent HIS ENTIRE EXISTENCE. Even in MKX, the first picture had normal eyes, now they're red again. Its meaningless.

 

[DownfouralitY]

Not in MK9 (which was kinda a reboot) and not in the MKX comics either.

like @Rice said it's probably just inconsistency on NRS' part. but your theory might be right that he did use blood magik or whatever to heal his arms. that would be tight, I just want Goro to play some part in the game.

 

[khrome]

don't...ever....disgrace mokap like that ever again...

If u look at definition of disgrace in a dictionary u will see Mokap's pic.

 

[Atriox]

d) Goro's eyes have been inconsistent HIS ENTIRE EXISTENCE. Even in MKX, the first picture had normal eyes, now they're red again. Its meaningless.

I would agree if it wasn't for what happened in the last comic. Also, they are white/yellow/orange/whatever throughout every comic, they're only red in the short clip at the end of the trailers, which, I take it, is him after he got his arms back. How did he get them back? Why are his eyes glowing red now? I don't believe NRS just fucked up, they know better.

 

[Doombawkz]

What? There's no indication of the time lapsed between Cassie being taken and Kotal fighting Goro as far as I'm aware.

Also, I wasn't saying they were there for EVERY speech Kotal made.

Here's how I see the order of events:
1. Kotal, D'vorah and Erron turn up in Earthrealm to talk to Sonya. She turns them away.
2. Erron Kidnaps Cassie
3. Goro bodies Kotal's dad
4. Kotal sets off to fight Goro.

Sonya and her team could have turned up anywhere from after point 2 and before point 4 to follow Kotal.

You say they have no mode of transport? How do you know that? Just because we haven't seen it doesn't mean they don't have it.

And yeah, I would like to think the Special Forces team could observe Kotal from a distance in outworld undercover, without being detected, that's like a huge part of the job description.

It could have something to do with Raiden, but there's no reason the above doesn't fit.

Not possible if we assume Kotal is innocent, Erron wouldn't be able to kidnap her and hide her away with him knowing.

1 is right, but 2 and 3 need to be swapped. Erron is there when his father sets out, it doesn't make sense for him to kidnap cassie and whatshername and then they just fail to mention it the entire time.

What mode of transport do you think they brought into another realm, and who brought it, and how? Also how did no one notice it?

I would think so but there are limits to this possibility considering how short the fight was. They would have to be following pretty close, and then theres the issue of no one seeing them. Kinda hard to miss a jeep coming from the same direction your mortal enemy is. Also their vehicle would need to be able to travel across sands pretty effectively, and undetected. For all of this to happen and them gaining the vantage point they did in the short span of the fight, they would have to be a lot closer.

That also doesn't explain the 5 hooded figures, or how she knew what was going on, when Kotal left, or anything of the sort. There is a pretty big coincidence if she just happened to be there after Kotal happened to set off without letting anyone know, and then happened to trail him using a vehicle that would traverse sand but not make any indication of its existence, and then happened to go undetected as they stop being behind him and somehow use their vehicle to get to the top of a building where they then aimed and shot Kotal at his weakest moment without a single person noticing any of this including a huge amount of well-trained assassins. I don't buy it.

 

[haketh]

They probably have cloaking tech like the Red Dragon, seriously it's easily feasible that the SF were able to find Kotal undetected with all the tech they have.

 

[trufenix]

I would agree if it wasn't for what happened in the last comic. Also, they are white/yellow/orange/whatever throughout every comic, they're only red in the short clip at the end of the trailers, which, I take it, is him after he got his arms back. How did he get them back? Why are his eyes glowing red now? I don't believe NRS just fucked up, they know better.

This whole red eyes discussion is based on HUGE gaps of information. How everyone became a blood magic expert in a day is beyond me. We don't know:
-if Goro's appearance in MKX is canon (He's dlc, they have always been non-canon)
-if Goro knows, can use, or knows someone else who can use Blood Magic (Blood "magic" has never come up before, ever)
-if blood magic is even capable of permanently restoring insane injuries (Fox sure as hell didn't recover from being sawed in half)
-If Goro or anyone he knows is proficient enough and willing to do it.
-If using blood magic to restore a wound turns your eyes fucking red.

Second,

 

[Pterodactyl]

Yes he made an announcement among his people that his father is going out. Meaning she would have to go to the Osh-Tekk area to find out anything about it.

You keep saying Osh-Tekk and "his people" when it is blatantly clear that there isn't an "Osh-Tekk" area and he is talking to all of the Outworlders under his rule in general.

Look at all three of those Osh-Tekk in that sea of Outworlders:

I'm actually really wondering what led you to believe that?

This area doesn't appear to be walled in at all, I don't see why Sonya couldn't just walk into it.


If no one knows where exactly Goro and Mileena are but Kotal and K'Etz could find their base in a days trip I don't think Sonya would have much trouble.

They(the Outworld civilians) do know K'Etz and his men went to the desert.

Also, there was a giant storm cloud in an isolated area with a pillar of lightning shooting directly upward due to rain, and then a giant pillar of sunlight shooting straight down in that same area.

I don't think Sonya is blind.

We don't know what vehicles or animals Sonya and her people rid in on, they could have stolen mounts or used military vehicles for all we know.

 

[Atriox]

This whole red eyes discussion is based on HUGE gaps of information. How everyone became a blood magic expert in a day is beyond me. We don't know:
-if Goro's appearance in MKX is canon (He's dlc, they have always been non-canon)
-if Goro knows, can use, or knows someone else who can use Blood Magic (Blood "magic" has never come up before, ever)
-if blood magic is even capable of permanently restoring insane injuries (Fox sure as hell didn't recover from being sawed in half)
-If Goro or anyone he knows is proficient enough and willing to do it.
-If using blood magic to restore a wound turns your eyes fucking red.

Second,

Of course we don't, but seeing as it's MK, and putting one and one together, it's the most logical answer. Also, you take a render pic over an in-game model? For all we know this might have been Goro before he got his arms ripped off. I wouldn't even consider all this if Goro hadn't just simply died, but the fact that Kotal let him "live" and he was brought somewhere, don't remember. That means he's alive and will most likely be healed, is it that devious that some being like.. I dunno, Quan Chi came up to Kotal offering him vengeance by restoring him? I'm not saying that that's DEFINITELY what's gonna happen, maybe his wounds will eventually kill him and he's nothing more than a DLC character that has, as far as story goes, no reason to be there. But that's just not what I believe, why have him play such a big role in the comics then, why let him live even after all of his arms were taken from him? Just seems like there's more to it, imo.

 

[SneakyTortoise]

Not possible if we assume Kotal is innocent, Erron wouldn't be able to kidnap her and hide her away with him knowing.

1 is right, but 2 and 3 need to be swapped. Erron is there when his father sets out, it doesn't make sense for him to kidnap cassie and whatshername and then they just fail to mention it the entire time.

What mode of transport do you think they brought into another realm, and who brought it, and how? Also how did no one notice it?

I would think so but there are limits to this possibility considering how short the fight was. They would have to be following pretty close, and then theres the issue of no one seeing them. Kinda hard to miss a jeep coming from the same direction your mortal enemy is. Also their vehicle would need to be able to travel across sands pretty effectively, and undetected. For all of this to happen and them gaining the vantage point they did in the short span of the fight, they would have to be a lot closer.

That also doesn't explain the 5 hooded figures, or how she knew what was going on, when Kotal left, or anything of the sort. There is a pretty big coincidence if she just happened to be there after Kotal happened to set off without letting anyone know, and then happened to trail him using a vehicle that would traverse sand but not make any indication of its existence, and then happened to go undetected as they stop being behind him and somehow use their vehicle to get to the top of a building where they then aimed and shot Kotal at his weakest moment without a single person noticing any of this including a huge amount of well-trained assassins. I don't buy it.

Why on earth are you assuming Kotal Kahn is innocent and has no knowledge of Cassie's abduction? There's no reason to assume that.

No, 2 and 3 don't need to be swapped. Yes Erron is there during the speech. He captured Cassie and Jacqui, probably has them stored away somewhere in the palace and is now standing there while Kotal gives his speech.

I imagine they brought it with them through the portal Special forces have into Outworld.

I have no idea what transport is best for remaining undetected in a desert, but I imagine Special Forces army people do.

What do you mean it doesn't explain the hooded people? They're undercover special forces people with Sonya.

 

[MKF30]

The goro eye thing means little to me personally, MK9 he never had red eyes. I think that was just an aesthetic change from the older days honestly.

Speaking of which, nobody caught Mileena's eyes being normal by this artist compared to her normal yellow, tarkatan looking eyes? People should be questioning that if anything, forget Goro lol.

At any rate, curious to see how Goro will get his arms back. Also, I'm going to guess but not entirely sure but pretty sure Rain's dead...Kotal pretty much fried him lol. Though that was a cool feat for Rain I'll admit totally blocking the sun with lightning and all but Kotal being amped enough to get some behind him.

Kotal probably had Black captured Cassie and Jacqui as leverage for to use to try to blackmail Earthrealm to help their cause.

 

[Pterodactyl]

Goro's eyes are red in game.

 

[KiD INsAnitY]

The whole red eyes to me just seems like an inconsistency kinda like Mileena's eyes.. And yea Goro and Sheeva both have had red eyes in the past so I don't think it has anything to do with Blood Magic could just be something to do with there race...Maybe his eyes change to bloodshot red when he is angry, Maybe it has to do with one of his varies or maybe just depends on the artist..

 

[Rice]

Goro's eyes are red in game.

Jesus every time i see Goros ingame model i need to change my pants. Cant wait to see him finally in action.

 

[randomdude]

I think Erron Black is a Black Dragon double agent, that's why he was seen from the same direction as Jarek and Tasia. He captured the girls behind Kotal's back and that's why Kotal hasn't even mentioned them. Or, he killed both Jarek and Tasia and took the girls somewhere safe, possibly without Kotal's orders. There's just no chance he's Johnny, he's been in Earthrealm raising Cassie and shit, Johnny, Jax and possibly the other agents (big buff redhead and not as big dark haired guy)who were with Sonya are the other hooded guys.

 

[trufenix]

@Eternal Darkseid

Goro getting arms back by game time is whatever, there are literally a BILLION possible reasons. He might not even have them. He might even be dead.

It's the part where getting his arms back makes his eyes glow that doesn't make any fucking sense. Goro has had red eyes off and on his entire existence. Using it as a plot point now would be idiotic.

Then again, I thought killing half the cast just to bring them all back was fucking idiotic, but everybody else is just super stoked to have Kung Lao and Kitana and Liu Kang and Jax and whoever the fuck else back so maybe I am the crazy one.

 

[MKF30]

Curious as to what Goro vs. KK's intro will be lol now.

 

[Youphemism]

NRS now REALLY have to have insanely good intro quotes for Kotal and Goro, the hype from those specific quotes are the most important so far.

The Goro's eyes thing might just be for visual flair, not too sure on if they're really important but seeing as how his arms are gone in the comic I don't even know right now.

The idea that Erron Black might be secret Black Dragon along with Jarek and Tasia is interesting...

 

[trufenix]

Man, we really need an Erron Black reveal trailer or backstory issue cause the speculation is completely out of control.

 

[khrome]

Curious as to what Goro vs. KK's intro will be lol now.

I thought GIF's weren't allowed in Signatures?