MKX Comic Plot Discussion & Speculation Thread

[Pterodactyl]

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.

I don't disagree with you but I don't understand how you can seem so off put and surprised by the fact that most people like their favorite characters more than the logic behind them.

 

[trufenix]

I don't disagree with you but I don't understand how you can seem so off put and surprised by the fact that most people like their favorite characters more than the logic behind them.

For me (I stress that), if you're going to bother with the story, the story should be paramount. I know that's not everyone's or even a popular opinion, but its mine. I love lots of characters I know aren't ever going to come back, but if them exiting the story makes it better, so be it. I love MK's universe as much as I love how it plays and nothing pisses on a universe more than irrelevant death.

The beauty of modern fighting games is that you can pass gameplay around. We don't need to hold on to characters like we used to because they no longer represent a thousand dollars worth of sprite and animation work. You can fuck models up, add/remove accessories, pass mocap around, even change genders and have them play 100% identically to the way they did before. If so an so needs to become a zombie, or have a student, or a long lost relative, or even a sentient computer replacement of them to keep the story going, we can do that at zero cost to existing players, we have the technology.

And yeah, maybe you wind up with a Xiba or Sean that's a paltry replacement for their predecessor. But I think we've seen enough Hwoarangs, and Rock Howards, and Hitomi's to know that you can pass the torch and do it right. You don't need to compromise your story for fanboy loyalty.

 

[Pterodactyl]

You're thinking about how the characters play when people care about who the characters are more than anything.


If Scorpion died and they replaced him with Takeda, who had all of his powers and fighting style, it would not yield the same response to casuals, the largest group of consumers for MK, than Scorpion just coming back from the dead.

 

[MadeFromMetal]

I think Erron Black is chasing the chasers and Cassie is either bait to draw them out and kill them, or he's kidnapped her at Kotal's request to keep her safe from the Black Dragon (who did crash the cage fight.). Which would explain why Erron wasn't with Kotal's Kavalry. I think Sonya is about to owe Kotal an apology.

 

[Youphemism]

Had a quick swatch at Kitt-ana's Twitter but not much info to be found really. I'll post these tidbits anyway

Firstly an enquiry about Z'Unkahrah and the capital(s) of Outworld:

Secondly a little teaser about Goro's future:

And lastly is something I've been wondering about. Shawn has been a little shy about the heart Kotal is drinking from in Raiden's vision...and this response makes me wonder about it a little more. Could the heart actually be from a significant character?

 

[FYMFranchise-_-]

I think Erron Black is chasing the chasers and Cassie is either bait to draw them out and kill them, or he's kidnapped her at Kotal's request to keep her safe from the Black Dragon (who did crash the cage fight.). Which would explain why Erron wasn't with Kotal's Kavalry. I think Sonya is about to owe Kotal an apology.

This seems extremely OOC for Kotal and doesn't make much sense. If Kotal knew and sent Erron to "chase the chasers" that means...

1. He knew people were gunning for Cassie and didn't tell Sonya for personal gain which is a dick move. She also wouldn't owe him anything because if he told her she could have stopped it from happening.
2. Using Cassie as bait to draw out the black dragon which is cruel, stupid and reckless and also wouldn't warrant an apology.
3. Kidnapped her to "keep her safe" is the dumbest of the reasons for Kotal being behind this. He can't even keep himself fully safe which is why he requested Sonya help in the first place.

In all of these instants Kotal would be gambling with Cassie's life which would do nothing but justify Sonya shooting him and I can't see why she would owe him shit in any of these situations.

 

[randomdude]

I wonder how's the relationship between the Black Dragon and Kotal's side. The Black Dragon are rivals to the Red Dragon and we all know who are they hanging up with.

 

[Spinky]

I think Erron Black isLOLIDON'TCARE.

I just want to see his gameplay trailer.

 

[NoobHunter420]

ppl please Reiko has the fucking hammer.
he turned mileena and goro against each other.
He's too clever not to

 

[NoobHunter420]

If the videos are there on YouTube then people will be watching them instead of getting the money from people buying the comic themselves instead. Therefore they're not supporting them, they're not helping. If they weren't going to buy it then why would they go watch it on YouTube? That doesn't make sense.

Someone doing a brief summary and voiceovers is hard work? That's your reasoning for it being better to watch it on youtube instead of actually contributing something? It's really not "hard work", I make summaries for the OP every week while he just talks for a couple of minutes. The YouTubers aren't really developing content, they're just using other people's work. Which they put a lot more effort in to. People not wanting to shell out a spare dollar isn't that good of a reason, I don't really want to be spending however much money on the comics but I do because I want to help, I want to contribute to and support the people that create the comics.

I'm pretty sure you can drop a dollar, but for some reason you won't. Weren't you arguing with the people who weren't willing to put down a deposit on a preorder for MKX a while back? If people want MKX as a gift then they can ask for the print issues as gifts too, they're not dear. It's not about how the information gets out, it's about how it affects the people creating that information in the first place. Would you support people pirating MKX instead of buying it? Creating code generator software instead of paying for DLC? Stopping NRS from getting the money they deserve?

I been buying all the comics except for #8.
I simply couldn't, some of us have to be careful with their money.
you better be applying the same mentality to music and the other media you consume.

 

[NoobHunter420]

I think Erron Black isLOLIDON'TCARE.

I just want to see his gameplay trailer.

lolyoudocare

 

[MadeFromMetal]

This seems extremely OOC for Kotal and doesn't make much sense. If Kotal knew and sent Erron to "chase the chasers" that means...

1. He knew people were gunning for Cassie and didn't tell Sonya for personal gain which is a dick move. She also wouldn't owe him anything because if he told her she could have stopped it from happening.
2. Using Cassie as bait to draw out the black dragon which is cruel, stupid and reckless and also wouldn't warrant an apology.
3. Kidnapped her to "keep her safe" is the dumbest of the reasons for Kotal being behind this. He can't even keep himself fully safe which is why he requested Sonya help in the first place.

In all of these instants Kotal would be gambling with Cassie's life which would do nothing but justify Sonya shooting him and I can't see why she would owe him shit in any of these situations.

Sorry, I wasn't clear in my first post. I meant Erron isn't working for Kotal in the, "chasing the chasers" scenario. Either he got paid more by someone else to do it or he's been a double agent the whole time. So say he's being tasked with killing members of the Special Forces, he kidnaps her because he knows they'll be looking for her, then kills them when they track her to a location that is more advantageous for himself. Basically, Erron is a bad guy because he's being paid by bad people. Kotal has already proven to be a bad judge of character by trusting Goro and then underestimating him when he unknowingly sent his father to his death, so that scenario is not out of the realm of possibility.

However, in the scenario that I thought was more likely, where Kotal hired Erron to hide Cassie...you blew that out of the water. That was not good thinking on my part. I thought when Kotal went to Earthrealm to warn Sonya, he would have tried to explain himself there but Sonya didn't give him a chance to speak freely. (As we saw.) But you're right, the Kotal that we've come to know, definitely would have told her that he had her daughter and why, immediately.

 

[Spinky]

lolyoudocare

Couldn't care less, I doubt he's even anyone important under there.

I'm mildly interested in his gameplay because there's nobody else like him in MK.

 

[Pterodactyl]

ppl please Reiko has the fucking hammer.
he turned mileena and goro against each other.
He's too clever not to

I hope he doesn't, and if he does I hope Mileena eats his face and takes it from him.


Reiko with the hammer would be lame as fuck.

Mileena with the hammer is hype as hell.

I hope Mileena gets the hammer and uses it in game, and can do Shao-esque taunts and points and laughs and talks shit to the opponent just like her old man.

 

[HeroesNZ]

Kotal Kahn seems like a pretty honourable guy. I bet my left-nipple that he's in the clear & that Sonya's gonna have some explaining to do (although I can understand her...extreme measures. I mean, this is Sassie Cassie [and friend] on the line here).

I could see something like:
Quan Chi & Kano are in cahoots, and Kano ordered the capture of Cassie & Jacqui as a bargaining chip for another Kamidogu Dagger (of course Raiden wouldn't hand it over, but it would piss Sonya off and generally create an even bigger rift between Raiden & Special Forces). Perhaps Erron Black simply doesn't want to see the world go to shit, & has an informant/is himself a double agent/was paid off by someone and saved Cassie to prevent the trade-off.

Or it could be something as simple as he has some sort of relation to Johnny/Jax, so he saved their daughters.

Erron Black likely didn't kidnap them though. Only a fool would c̶h̶a̶l̶l̶e̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ let themselves be caught on camera whilst kidnapping Sonya-fucking-Blade's daughter. Unless he wanted to be seen, in which case - how would he know that Cassie would take a picture? So many questions...

 

[Atriox]

Oh god please no, if Mileena uses the hammer in-game I will throw up, she's annoying ennough as it is. I hope Reiko has the hammer and smashes her stupid face in with it. She's his bitch now anyway and she doesn't even know it.

 

[Megaton_Rich]

I hope he doesn't, and if he does I hope Mileena eats his face and takes it from him.


Reiko with the hammer would be lame as fuck.

Mileena with the hammer is hype as hell.

I hope Mileena gets the hammer and uses it in game, and can do Shao-esque taunts and points and laughs and talks shit to the opponent just like her old man.

idk, doesn't really fit mileena. plus i think the hammer might be a little heavy for her.

 

[NoobHunter420]

I hope he doesn't, and if he does I hope Mileena eats his face and takes it from him.


Reiko with the hammer would be lame as fuck.

Mileena with the hammer is hype as hell.

I hope Mileena gets the hammer and uses it in game, and can do Shao-esque taunts and points and laughs and talks shit to the opponent just like her old man.

neither of them will use it.
Reiko took it because of what it represents.
Only someone with goro's balls can wield such a weapon.

 

[KiD INsAnitY]

Kitana and pretty much all the other females in the game so far are tiny don't see how Mileena would be any bigger so her having the hammer in-game would look dumb as hell...Plus it just doesn't fit her.

 

[Levaranoia]

Sometimes when I read these threads I just cringe and die inside a little. People coming in posting stupid theories about stuff or coming in posting about something that was already discussed a couple of pages ago because they never bothered to actual read the thread. SMH a lot of you people are the absolute worst.

 

[randomdude]

Guys omg, what if Erron Black is Johnny Cage secretly working for the Lin Kuei and Kotal's tragic loss?

 

[Youphemism]

Guys omg, what if Erron Black is Johnny Cage secretly working for the Lin Kuei and Kotal's tragic loss?

But Ed Boon tweeted out "Erron Ermac Black" which means his soul will fuse with Ermac and Erron Black's soul will mix with Shao Kahn's soul in Ermac and the resultant power of the fusion will be too much so the new entity will escape from Ermac and become its own being known as Black Kahn

 

[Megaton_Rich]

Plot Twist: Erron Black is Kobra

 

[randomdude]

Erron Black is Jacqui's mum, after sex change surgery.

 

[SneakyTortoise]

Jack the Ripper was Erron Black
The Queen of England is really a lizard.
We're all in the matrix.