Ummmm imma say this
Shang tsung doesn't have a fucking choice but to steal souls. 💚💀 no. Damn. Choice.
I thought people have more reading comprehension and brain cells but i guess not. So i have to explain and spell it out.
Urgh.
Ok look. Shang tsung was cursed by the gods for using soul magic in kombat. Which was forbidden by gods decree. Why? I dont fucking know the gods are assholes and hypocrites ok? I honestly have no clue.
But yeah shang tsung was taught soul magic after he switched sides to outworld. Why? He was promised many things by shao kahn. You can read my personal backstory if you actually wanna wrote something fucking interesting with him without having to keep him as stupid hurr duur evil greedy snake and actually add nuance.
But that aside. Shang tsung was cohersed by shao kahn to join his side in the tournament.
He learned soul magic and wanted vengeance and to be petty because nobody fucks over shang tsung.
But after shao kahns defeat by earthrealm.
Shang tsung was cursed by the gods. As part of his treason. Which is stupid because basically you gave this fucker free immortality. He cant die. So as long as there is souls in his vicinity,he can revitalize himself and come back from a death state. So they dumb for that.
But if you go by my hc he fears the rot,decay,and the side effects basically of old age and death. Then this is worse of a punishment because basically the elder gods sent him to his own personal hell.
But that aside. Canonly he HAS to take souls to live.
Like an energy vampire of sorts.
A soulpire if you will.
So yeah dont blame my dude. Blame shao kahn for being an asshole and the elder gods for being stupid.
(My hc raiden was just stressed,an ass,inexperienced and overworked at the time. Its messy so we cant hate on raiden too much. He never wanted this to happen either)
So yeah. Dont be hating on my man for shit out of his control really.
He legit had no choice. It was either die by shao kahns hands. Or serve him as a lapdog. He chose to survive,by any means necessary. And he lost faith in raiden. So....yeah. the hungry tiger cornered will kill anyone in front of them to break free. The only way out was through for him.
Like god damn. I could do shang tsung and mk villains so much damn better than NRS and ed boob.
Tobias! Where are you!? We need you.












