Board Thread:Mortal Kombat 11/@comment-35176732-20191208031321

People are getting upset over the retcon of Sindel, saying it ruined her tragic backstorh and stuff, but because I think deep on things, was this thing someone said on Reddit actually make sense?

"I like her retcon. I know a good chunk of people disagree, but Sindel’s story back then wasn’t “tragic” At least, not as drastically as people are making it. Back then, Sindel, like Kitana, was always the Damsel in Distress. She was always kidnapped or under some mind control spell like her daughter.

I swear she had no real reason to exist until deception. And that barely lasted because next game all kombatants were fighting each other.

At least with the current arc. It means she had some agency, and the only mind control she’s had was after Quan Chi’s resurrection so she couldn’t tell she was actually murdered until his death. I’d rather her have some liberty and character development that’s “generic” and fits her persona rather than no character development and always in distress and need of help.

Honestly, I swear Sonya, Mileena and Jade were the only female characters who weren’t always in need of rescue in the old timeline." 