Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-25033529-20150505005712/@comment-25100715-20160229040038

Dirtbag Daryl wrote:

24.154.0.21 wrote: The severed head thing is actually a problem continuity wise, because the gods of the Mortal Kombat universe have been established as incorporeal beings, with their mortal forms being throw-away bodies that are subject to death, as can be seen with Raiden and Fujin. Shinnok's body would have been no different (unless it's different when Elder Gods incarnate, with the immortality of their godly states extending to their physical bodies as well). fallen Elder God. he's basically on Raiden's level now, more or less. Fallen in the case of myth/sci fi usually doesn't mean "lose of powers" though its more so along the lines of lose of respect or no longer seen as an example to others in majority of cases, more so seen as a disgrace... Satan in Chrsitian Mythology for example was a fallen angel yet still retained his powers and was a feared ruler of hell. The Fallen Prime in Transformers is another case, still had his vast sorcery even tho he was banished and called fallen. Another example would be Anubis in Stargate series, hell in fact when he came back he was even more powerful than ever. Fallen Jedi are Sith and still have their powers etc etc...you get the picture.

Anyways besides that my guess is that in order for the actual form to return to heaven and make a new form, maybe they need to be utterly destroyed or killed. Like Raiden in Deception, he came back only after exploding into nothingness, same at the end of MKX. my guess is with Earths corrupted power and the Amulet he was able to keep shinnok from returning to heaven to do so or simply had him on the verge of death and didn't completely finish to use as an example.

Also,if his "real" form is similar to an elder god but is an evil spirit dragon he could have a more difficult time reforming his physical form in genral for being cast out of their ranks, sort of a penalty from not sitting at the cool kids table anymore, and the state Raiden put him in might make it even more difficult.....

that or its just the usual MK writing that makes little sense until the next game lol