Thread:Riley Heligo/@comment-27890048-20171206195239/@comment-27890048-20171209095257

I'm not saying she couldn't have been a child. It's entirely possible. However, as long as the games never say that, is it correct to describe her as that in the wiki? If I'm just theorizing that she wasn't a child, what does the wiki do in this case?? And the word "infant" is used for very young child or baby. Even the picture in Sindel's ending, which may be of them before or after the Edenian conquest (we don't know) shows she wasn't an infant. That's all I've been trying to say.

We don;t know about Edenian aging, I agree (also not thoroughly explained canonwise). But it would be damnright impossible for Edenians to take hundreds of years to go from infancy to 18 and hundreds of years to age from 50 to 80. It wouldn't be much of a great society if a man took thousands of years to die in pain of old age, wouldn it? I remember 1 of the writers responded on twitter, that they age normally until maturity (18 or so), where their body cells don't deteriorate and stay like that for thousands of years (I can;t provide link to that), but Kitana probably aged in the same way, even fast enough before Edenia was even conquered. 10.000 years is a reference about her and Sindel, it can be 9.080 or 10.020 in case of Kitana.

Ok, enough of me jumping to conclusions which may or not be correct. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not. All I'm saying is that the wiki takes liberties and tells of her being an infant, which I don't know where comes from. Only in the MK Legacy series I've seen this stated, which is seriously bad at canon.

There is no reference to her age anywhere in the bios and, even though you say Shaolin Monks is non-canon, it provides THE only explanation for why she doesn't remember- that she was old enough to know, but Shao Kahn and the shadow priests messed with her mind. The wiki should either state that information or not state anything about her age. By the way, Shaolin Monks never buthered the lore.

I'm going to try and state from memory why:

1. The deaths of the villains- only done for gameplay purposes, as it was explained it would have been silly just having them run away and say "I'll get you next time" every time. They could also be explained by Shao Kahn ressurecting them, as they are in Outworld.

2. Mileena being supposed to be killed by Kitana, but she;s the only villain who doesn't die- The last we see of them is Kitana going after Mileeena to finish her off, she probably does off-screen, in another world, so Shao Kahn brings her back only after she descends into the Netherrealm and becomes Shinnok's spy

3. Temple is supposed to be already destryed when Liu Kang gets home- the initial bio for Liu Kang says he comes home and "finds" his temple destroyed. "Find" can be used as in "discovers his Temple under attack, with him being there". It was though just made for the purpose of expanding a story.

4. Sonya supposed to go missing at the island, not captured at the Shaolin Temple- only in the comic, not in the bios, story or endings of the game. In my opinion, the game Shaolin Monks should take precedence over the comic.

5. Quan Chi had had the Amulet ever since the end of Mythologies, why was it now in Shao Kahn;s possession?- an unexplored sub-plot, they never provided an explanation. Probably Quan Chi just went to Kahn to get help in unlocking the secrets of teh Amulet, as he didn't know to use it himself. Or Kahn just soehow got his hands on it for a short while, it would be nice to see that story. In the end, it is back in Quan Chi's hands and makes it possible for Shinnok;s invasion in MK4.

I don't know if there are others, probably so, but only minor discrepancies from the initial bios, normal to happen when you expand a story. SM canon or not, it's not my point. It;s just that Kitana is decribed as an "infant" and as "growing up" loyal to Shao Kahn. These are massive suppositions taken by the wiki, it COULD have been exactly the other way, the writers themselves imply that it has been the other way.

Thank you and have a nice day!