Talk:Shang Tsung/@comment-70.192.17.83-20140513235624/@comment-27165523-20160306054011

So, looking at MKX, Ermac is weakened by Shang Tsung in his Arcade Ending by stealing his souls. This leads to something I don't want to think about, with Ermac being one of my mains: if this stays true, they would do one of 3 things: 1. Kill off Ermac, 2. Give him an entirely different moveset, or 3. Turn him into a Revenant. But, as was the problem with the "Enenra Plot Hole (Smoke calling himself Enenra in MKX's Story Mode, which is what he called himself in his MK9 Arcade Ending, implying that he is the real champion of Mortal Kombat), the revival of Shang Tsung would imply that Ermac is the new champion of Mortal Kombat, but then that would also be a plot hole seeing as in Kotal Kahn's MKX Arcade Ending, he replaces Shao Kahn in terms of the Mortal Kombat Tournament, possibly meaning that there are no official Mortal Kombat tournaments before that, meaning that Kotal Kahn would be the new champion of Mortal Kombat, hereby nullifying Ermac's Ending and thus, negating Shang Tsung's revival. But then again, saying that Kotal Kahn's Ending is the right one, that might also confirm Raiden's Ending, seeing as how Raiden defeats the Outworld forces, and we can't have two champions. But then there's if you take this Story-Mode-wise (meaning Cassie is the victor). In her Ending, she kills Shujinko, thinking it was Shang Tsung, but seeing how it uses the word "assault", it's possible that he took control of Shujinko, leaving to wonder how he revived. But then there's the problem: as AnimationStation says (right above me, I think), Shang Tsung vanished into dust, which is what his body supposedly regenerates from in, which is what brings us back around, Ermac's Ending.