Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-21005855-20140627001148/@comment-1844049-20140703210351

Dragonspyne wrote: Jayspyder wrote: You know, thinking about the Deadly Alliance-Armageddon era makes me sort of wish Liu had been the Protagonist of Armageddon. It would have a made certain kind of sense...he'd feel guility over his corpse slaughtering his Shaolin brethren (even though it wasn't his fault) and have a major bone to pick with Dark Raiden. It would have been an excellent opportunity to develop his character more. Instead, they introduced Taven, another forgettable no-count. Taven was certainly powerful though, as a direct Son of Argus...probably even stronger than Liu. According to MK 2011's intro, however, he fails and dies. Raiden would have been a good choice as well as Armageddon Protagonist, given his major role in MK 2011. But he just went freaking bonkers in Deception, corrupted by his suicide...for some reason.

For MKX, I honestly wouldn't object to Scorpion being the Protagonist of the story. As long as the story is deep and presents us with a character we care about and can kind of relate to. That's why I think its important for the stories to have Protagonists at all. Are you talking about Liu Kang the spirit or Liu Kang repossessing his body? I can totally see Liu going up to Dark Raiden and tell him how much of a problem he has with his actions in raising his corpse to become a vengeful zombie and alligning himself with Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Shao Kahn, and Onaga just so that they would leave Earthrealm alone. "What about the rest of the universe!!!" is what I would imagine him saying to Raiden.

As far as the intro to MK2011 goes, Taven actually won by defeating Blaze and accending into Protector God mode for Edenia. However, due to Shao Kahn taking the essense of Blaze, Shao Kahn becomes ever powerful and kills everything as well as the gods and taking over the realms. So yes, we have to assume that Taven does die and ultimately fails by not preventing Armageddon.

Raiden was corrupted because of the energy of Onaga. It's kind of a lazy way to explain it but I guess it makes sense.

I totally would be cool about Scorpion being the protagonist. That would be awesome. A total anti-hero taking on protagonist. I honestly didn't consider the whole issue of Liu's body and spirit. This makes me think his Deception ending should have been cannon. He finds his body, subdues it, and returns fully.

Yeah, that's the thing; the Protagonist doesn't have to be a "hero" or "good guy" per se. I mean look at God of War; Kratos is anything but a hero in the traditional sense; he'll kill innocent people to further his own goals. While Scorpion can indeed be classified as an "anti-hero" he's still portrated as having some semblance of honor or morality. Like how, in the original timeline, he had vowed to protect Kuai Liang to atone for killing Bi-Han, who was a totally cold bastard (get it?, lol). He's really just a man who has been wronged. I believe this is why it could be said that Scorpion is the most human of all the characters of MK. Multi-faceted characters tend to make the best Protagonists (at least, in my opinion). Liu Kang could have easily been the same way if they had cared to pay attention to him...ugh, why Netherrealm?! Why neglect the MK Champion?!