#bluehairedspidey

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for the character ask game: kuai, hanzo, bi-han, and smoke with 12, 15-20, and 22 :)

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

Kuai: I like to think that in the 2nd timeline, post-alliance, kuai wouldve unknowingly taken some inspiration from hanzo's leadership of the shirai ryu to lead his own clan, reforming a lot of stifling rules to establish more of a community within the lin kuei members.

Hanzo: And similarly, especially after the trauma of having lost his entire clan, hanzo wouldve also unknowingly picked up a few things from kuai to lead the new shirai ryu, but rather than making changes to his clan's rules, he's doing most of the work on HIMSELF to lead it more "efficiently" and avoid past tragedies from happening again. Which, if mk11 didnt happened, would have resulted in both clans being similar enough that they have no issue partnering and temporarily switching members for missions, and, should it ever come to that, could even be merged as a single clan (as they once were after all), all thanks to the efforts of their grandmasters.

Bi-han: In the 1st and 2nd timeline, I wanna think bi-han initially did wanted to take the masters' attention and implied abuse away from kuai by being a cocky (but talented) little shit, but over the years the act became who he is as a person as he rose through the ranks to become the lin kuei's best assassin.

Smoke: 2nd timeline smoke literally Came Back Wrong, its impossible to tell where tomas the human boy sacrificed by a cult ends and where enenra the smoke demon begins, is he a human posessed by a demon? or a demon with a human's memory? He is neither completely from earthrealm nor the netherrealm, he belongs nowhere, hence why he has found a home in, and is extra protective of, the few friends he has made.

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Subscorp for kuai and hanzo, Bireena for bi-han, and I guess Subsmoke wins by default for tomas (obv not the mk12 one). Im a basic bitch what can I say.

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character?

Everything else, im not a multishipper

17. What's a ship for this character you don't hate but it's not your favorite that you're fine with?

Again I guess I'll go with subsmoke

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

Kuai and hanzo in the 2nd timeline over the course of three games... pretty good👍 (<- rewrote my brain chemistry). Bi-han and hanzo's rivalry is great. Smoke is underutilized but I do love that he and kuai will be friends in every timeline

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

EVERY relationship they all have could be better bc sadly we get our storytelling from a fucking fighting game, but I want kuai to have a better (not necessarily more positive) dynamic with frost, I want hanzo and harumi's relationship to be done justice, I want bi-han to have his childhood as well as kuai's explored and their history toward each other as brothers deepened (1st and 2nd timeline ESPECIALLY bc man. fuck mk12) and I want smoke to form one meaningful relationship that isnt tied to kuai.

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

Kuai: kitana

Hanzo: harumi/kenshi/jax/sonya (legends). For the loner of mk, he sure has a lot of bestie potential

Bi-han: sareena (the brotherhood of shadows really)/sektor & cyrax/fujin (I stand that he and fujin would have the funniest dynamic, especially as noob saibot. I want them to have a 80s buddy cop-like adventure together)

Smoke: jade/reptile/johnny

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to ths character? Something you don't like?

WHEN ITS WRITTEN BY MY FRIENDS honestly my wants are simple: I just like when theyre written as adult men raised in a very isolated at best, oppressive at worst (for the lin kueis in particular) environment with lots of unadressed trauma, I also dont like when theyre written as TOO openly romantic, these four men are aaall about repression of feelings (hanzo a little less so) so it'd all be about the subtle, little things. and pining for ages.

[mothercetrion]

for the ashrah post: im pretty sure the "recovery" and "steps" are specifically referring to johnny going through rehab (most likely for alcoholism, but possibly for some other drug addiction). i know past games have also mentioned/implied that johnny's gone through rehab (such as one intro with jacqui in mk11 where she references the "twelve-step" program started by alcoholics anonymous) so that seems to be a recurring aspect of his character

I had to look up this intro, admittedly, and wow. I don't know how I've not seen it after all this time. interesting.

I remember his ending in MK11 very vividly, but I honestly didn't think about it for MK1 since he drinks multiple times in the story mode. he drinks what I think is whiskey when he's arguing with his wife (and even if it's not whiskey, it's definitely alcohol), and I think he drinks wine at the dinner in Outworld (if he and Shao are drinking the same thing). he then turns around and asks Liu Kang for a martini when he and the others get back to Earthrealm. it's never in excess, and we don't see him drunk, but he still drinks all the same. alcoholism makes sense with his characterization in past games as well.

my thing is like, if he's gone through the 12-step program for alcoholism, why is he still drinking? wouldn't he be worried about relapsing and falling back into that addiction? I suppose it's possible that he has the self-control and confidence to do it safely, but I'm not sure. that's why I'm leaning toward it being something drug-related rather than alcohol.

I doubt we'll ever find out definitively. it's still interesting to think about all the same!

[pluralrorschach]

the guy serving is Robert Plant lead singer of Led Zeppelin and he's pretty much been giving that much gender his entire adult life (ever since his parents stopped making him keep his hair short). he's who i wanna be when i grow up <3 here's some more pics of him throughout the years :)

OMG TY yr so right he is so gender

[rosyfingereddawnn]

that is all :)

*sports announcer voice* folks! he is Not Done Yet!!!!!!!

[friend-o-dorothy]

Teens on this website really out here thinking they can tell someone what they can and can’t post like just because y’all bootlickers scrub all “problematic” content from your own blog because someone you’ve never met comes in your inbox on anon with “just wanted to let you know the op of that puppy post is a TERF” doesn’t mean the rest of us are so easily controlled. That shit is perfomative anyway and we all know you’re just scared of being associated with us bc the consequences socially are devastating. But I’m not scared of my friends finding out I reblogged something written by a teen trans dude because they don’t police what I post. AND because some of them are trans dudes themselves. 🤷🏼‍♀️ The world doesn’t revolve around you. Just because you get a post with more notes than usual doesn’t mean you have any more authority over the behavior of others than you did yesterday.

[jerrylevitch]

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with Bob Hope at the 5th Annual National Convention and Reunion of the Air Force Association, 1951.

Jerry tickling Bob, and Bob tickling Jerry whilst Jerry yells “I like it! I like it!” is something I didn’t know I needed....

Bonus:

[thatadhdfeel]

my adhdoof post started getting a surge of notes again and i had a feeling this blog was responsible lmao thanks

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