Thread:Riley Heligo/@comment-27890048-20171206195239

Hi Riley.

Perhaps Shaolin Monks was not confirmed as canon, as you say (if such confirmation actually is required for a game produced by the producers themselves is another thing), but it is the only explanation ever provided in the games for why Kitana doesn't remember. Her being described as an "infant" in the wiki is a very incorrect statement.

Take all of her bios and all of the references from every game. It never is specified that she was an infant when Shao Kahn conquered Edenia

She believed she was Shao Kahn's daughter, but that is more easily attributed to mindfuckery by Shao Kahn or the Shadow Priests. There hasn't yet been a thorough canon explanation, but she was never referred to as a child when Shao Kahn conquered. There is 1 picture in Sindel's eding in MK3 or MK Trilogy (can't remember now) which shows Kitana by her mother's side with Shao Kahn looming over the Edenian castle. The Edenian War probably lasted many years actually (shown in MK Armageddon's konquest mode with Taven and in Rain's bio from the rebooot), so she definitely had time to grow up during the war.

We only have the John Tobias approved comic "Kitana&Mileena" which sheds some light on the matter, as it showed a young Kitana or at least a teenager (cause she seemed mature enough) when Shao Kahn invaded. However, the comic is non-canon and has flaws, like Shang Tsung being there even though he should not have been born. It in not irrelevant though, as it was the original writers' vision to have Kitana old enough to remember. This is further cemented by the explanation in Shaolin Monks for why she doesn't remember. She recognizes her mother in MK9, so she couldn't have been a child when she died.

The only time she is presented as a baby is in the rather recent MK Legacy webseries. Her backstory there was really bad and is definitely non-canon. At least the "Kitana&Mileena" non-canon comic had John Tobias as editor, which gives it some authenticity.

The MK cartoon series also had Kitana as a teenager during the Edenian Invasion. Yes, also non-canon, but I just want to point out that the only Kitana representation as a baby is in MK Legacy and only the people who have seen that episode have this impression of her.

Nowhere in her bios in the games does it say she was a child when Shao Kahn took over. It only says "she remembers little of her early years", which means that she has no memory of those. The explanation that has been suggested by the games is that she isn't supposed to have memory, as she would be a threat to Shao Kahn's court.. 