Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-21005855-20170329151209/@comment-422853-20170628233200

Love how you're putting words in my mouth and insinuating that I want everything to be the same way forever; I don't. In fact I've always been against an Armageddon retelling for the current timeline that you're all for having; I want actual new main villains and arcs once Onaga's had his time again, not going back to fucking Armageddon.

Back to the new generation thing where other characters age and/or die off, I just don't agree with the idea of it for MK, but doesn't mean the series can't grow/evolve otherwise as we've discussed before. It can be a double edged sword in general; if it's done well, a series will prosper and grow from it, but if it's not done well, it'll potentially doom a series. Like if they're gonna kill off more MK1 characters besides Liu Kang and potentially piss off even more fans, it should be handled with care at the very least.

Off the top of my head, Han Solo's death in The Force Awakens is a perfect example of an improper ending to a great character. Not only was it not executed too well, but he didn't even get his closure with Leia and Luke before it happened. If more MK1 debuted characters have to eventually die, I want them to get their due closure at least, but given the shit kind of writing of MKX, I doubt they'll do that and just kill them off in one of the most terrible ways I can think of.

New generation characters have to be well liked and developed too for a series to properly grow and prosper from them, not just be near-perfect mary sue's like Cassie Cage and to a lesser extent Rey with the Star Wars example. They're not too well liked for a reason, but I mean if you love them, then agree to disagree.