Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-4708902-20160816191251/@comment-1844049-20160820135317

Godzillavkk wrote: @Jayspyder Well you can't blame Liu kang for being like this. ANYONE would be in a pretty angry mood if they were in his shoes if they lost someone they loved, their mentor figure had grown desperate enough to implore evil forces for help. Obviously I don't "blame" the character, I blame shoddy writing. You don't have to make him full-on stupidly evil to make him interesting. It would not be difficult at all to make Liu Kang a more interesting and multi-faceted character. The writers could explore the psychology of what it takes to be the Immortal Champion of MK, to have to fight and defend your title forever while watching everyone you love age and die (which sort of justifies his romantic interest in Kitana, someone with extremely slowed aging). There's just so much potential, and they squander it.