Corrections and Clarifications: -Li Mei fell in love with Onaga in her Deception ending, due to corruption from almost becoming one of hsi undead soldiers. -And I forgot that in the MKX comic, Mileena is at least hinted to have fucked both Goro and either Reiko or Rain.
They did Sonya x Johnny so dirty. In MKX, they are introduced as an already divorced couple, buy by the end, they fall in love again. Then, in MK11 they have like 30sec of actual romantic interaction before she dies for nothing. Kinda sad, since they are my favorite couple in MK
SupportGaming 2020, the Sonya X Jax relationship would only work after Johnny Cage being a fucking idiot and walking into the Revenant Chamber to turn back Scorpion, Subzero, and Jax back to their human forms, so that way the Jax x Sonya relationship could have Jacqui Briggs together, and Johnny being married to Vera would still make their daughter equally as powerful as Jax’s and Sonya’s daughter.
@@SupportGamin2024 I dont think it would be as good as Sonya x Johnny. With Johnny, we see a happier side of Sonya and with Sonya, Johnny became more mature. Also, the few interactions that they have like "She called me Johnny" and the one at the beginning of MK11 are actually great. The writers actually know how this couple is supposed to work, they just want to make stupid decisions for drama :/
"His open mind, strong spine." - Jade on Kotal "Filthy Tarkatan!" "Kitana's Consort must be of Outworld!" "All Democracies are doomed to failure." "Teach my army Sub-Zero. You will meet my demand!" "Honor your Outworld lineage, be serving your emperor." "They will be gone from Outworld!" - Kotal to the Kollectors race Yep...a racist imperialist, very open minded.
"Earthrealm is lost." "I will appease to Shinnok, bring them your heads." Kotal was lying out of his ass in 11 just to show how they aren't hiding the fact that everything is gonna get retconned because it's about time travel.
Actually, looking back at this post, I really should have realized something. He said "Your Emperor." He already established that Kitana is in charge in one intro, but says Emperor in another. Is this fucker planning a Coup?
I find it hilarious that Jade calls Kotal "open-minded" with a "strong spine". Ironically, Shao portrays himself as the more tolerant (aka open-minded) of the two. Since his debut, Shao was very inclusive with his entourage (reptiles, bug people, Shokans, Centaurs, Edenians, Tarkatans, even Earthrealmers like Kano) and truly respects and loves Sindel in this game (and apparently only ever had eyes for her) while Kotal is extremely racist towards Tarkatans (driving them to literal extinction) and Earthrealmers, had concubines in Jade's absence and slept with fucking D'Vorah.
The fact that Kotal was going to execute a guy for stealing food even though he was starving and had no other choice proves he's not that different from Shao Kahn.
@@Arcadopocalypse Shao had concubines though. You see one when he defeats the Player in the Arcade mode and he asks Cassie to join "his concubines" in one of his pre-fight dialogues
@@kommentier9884 while true, He still didn't remarry. Being a nameless concubine is not the same as being the Empress of Outworld. Plus intros are not canon. Or they are in an open relationship, I dunno, I prefer the original timeline
Can we just acknowledge that D'vorah is a walking corpse inhabited by a swarm and the real D'vorah is a giant Kytinn bug HE LITERALLY SHAGGED A MUTANT WASP
Like, part of the reason I like Kotal x Jade is probably 95% because of how the voice actors deliver their lines, particularly Phil LaMarr switching from his loud commanding tone to this incredibly earnest affection. That said, for MK11 it comes out of nowhere and MK11's interactions and storyline contradict Kotal's backstory information in MKX to make it happen. Namely, Nightwolf asks where Kotal was during the tournament, and Kotal says he was being tortured in the flesh pits and didn't escape until Shang Tsung was killed like a bitch in the MK3 time period. This doesn't add up since Reptile becomes buds with Kotal all because Reptile failed to win in the MK1 tournament and Shao Kahn told Kotal that Reptile should be killed for his failure, but Kotal knew Reptile would be better as an assassin and not a head to head fighter and spared him... Which he couldn't do if he's in the flesh pits and doesn't get out of them until shortly before Shao Kahn is fought by elder god empowered Raiden. Further MK11 interactions imply that Kotal was Shao Kahn's general easily as far back as 10,000 years ago being the personal body guard of Sindel until her death, which I find hard to believe that if she died on his watch that Shao Kahn wouldn't rain hell down on Kotal's head for that happening, which would mean he was in the flesh pits for 10,000 years? But if Kotal knew Jade 10,000 years ago, that would mean he was an adult general while, at best, Jade was a child who could have no real memory of the events of Jerrod's death and the conquering of the realm (just like Kitana) and he was imprisoned before they COULD know each other. Apparently the time of Kotal's imprisonment is as much a mystery as "Who killed Jerrod?" which could be it's own murder mystery in this clusterfuck of writing. As for that D'vorah line, it really comes out of nowhere. I'm tempted to believe it's more of D'vorah's lying to make her temporary servitude to Kotal sound deeper than it really was since in every other fucking situation, everything in regards to D'vorah puts her on fucking par with the Xenomorphs; from the fact that her blood is Toxic to SKARLET, to the fact that every inch of her body is containing hundreds of thousands of various flesh eating bugs, and so much as a little poke with one of her spines = enough venom to kill Scorpion, I don't think anyone but Geras could stick his dick in that and recover from it.
Kittleson has a weird thing for Devorah, they killed of Quan chi so I guess this is what they do now? "everyone hated how we focussed on quan chi, so i made this new character who is involved in everything and they're really cool. Is that the same as last time? no this one has tits obviously"
I like how in MK 2 endings Mileena gets to rule with Baraka while in Armageddon is Baraka's ending where he takes her as his queen I wished they did something more with it but at least is always hinted in most games
I can't believe you didn't include Kano's intro dialogue with Skarlet "Want to taste Austalia's best blood sausage?" "I'd rather taste your blood, Kano." "Would you settle for me sausage? ;-)" The way Kano delivers his last line is pure gold
I think Bihan x Sareene had good chemistry just like Lu Kang x Kitana. Don't get me wrong but this ship worked as Bi Han had motivated her to be a better person even in MKX Sareena admits about. If they were nothing like that than MK mythology we won't get the choice of sparing her.
I have no actual proof of it, but I've heard more than a few times that Frost was going to be revealed as Sareena and Bi Han's daughter at some point before MIDWAY Games died. Not gonna lie, I actually wish it were canon.
BrydinThePunk I actually kinda like black dragon Kabal. But yes I wish he had some good guy kabal dialogue in his intros with certain people or something
It could’ve been done better and like someone already said it’s out of nowhere I would’ve preferred if Kotal never had the chance to tell jade how he felt about her and the story expanded on that
It feels so weird to hear that both Liu Kang-Kitana and Sonya-Johnny were firmly established in 2009. Those both feel like they've been around forever.
Liu Kang and Kitana felt forever, Sonya and Johnny were shipped for so long that it just became canon... also it wasn't 2009, it was 2015 for Sonya and Johnny.
I don't mind Jade having a LOVE interest. Not sure I would choose Kotal personally, but having divided loyalties actually puts some conflict back into her motivations, something she hasn't had since the late 90s.
Jade having conflict with how Kotal rules things to how she sees things was probably the only compelling thing about their relationship, other than that it felt so forced.
I think it works... it just wasn't built correctly and viewing at all the facts, it wouldn't fit. Kotal was tortured for the entirety of MK9 and Jade dies in MK9... so they're relationship is already hard to believe to have existed prior, especially when Kitana is trying to set her up with Kung Lao. Again, Kotal could work, they just really needed to make it a love at first sight type deal or say she visited him in the flesh pits or w/e.
Seriously NRS needs to have some consistency before they hire some talent writers for romance and then give them time to write I believe that will fix everything we need more romance in the Mk universe more competent romance
Noob and Jataaka being a thing is a literal joke to me. Not because it's inherently bad, but because I was trying to understand what the hell Noob was doing for 25 years in the Netherrealm when I saw the story for MK11. Guess he was laying pipe.
@@Dan_Therapist Yeah. He's an ambitious dude who came up with a plan to kill his little brother in the original timeline and even laid siege to the Lin Kuei temple. Even with that good demon poontang, that only explains so much.
Mileena & Baraka i believe is first mentioned in Mileenas MK2 Ending, where Baraka is "her secret Companion" and they "rule together as King and Queen".
For a character who is supposed to be so important to Jax's story arc, it's troubling how neither X nor 11 has Vera appear on screen. Not even in a picture. Wait, wasn't "Bob" Taven's original name before his current one was revealed? Is Cassie actually dating Taven?
@@ajxx9987 Knowing NRS: It isn't, but I'm going to pretend it is because I like living in a world where one of my favorite fight game series isn't run by gibbons.
For all we know none of these couples will be together in the next timeline. Seriously, I don’t know why I should get invested in any of these characters if they’re just gonna keep retconning and erasing shit. Never mind romance in MK, this franchise is suffering overall from the lack of visionary writers that are like John Tobias.
Shao Kahn: Why swoon for the blue-painted weakling? Jade: His open mind, strong spine, KK: *gets baned* Shao Kahn: Who knew Osh-Tekk were so fragile? My favorite part. It's too bad you never mentioned KK in a wheelchair.
Mileena was a relationship with Reiko in the comics. He complains about taking her to bed, she explicitly states he's the only person she trusts. Honestly, the comic made me feel sorry for her. I will take the bullet now and say I thought his storyline was the only thing the comic did that was even slightly interesting. At least as far as the story itself, the conclusion of Reiko just being a vessel for Shinnok's amulet (not even Shinnok himself, wtf) was idiotic.
I...had no idea how much shipping was going on in the NetherRealm trilogy. I suppose due to almost having her soul host one of Onaga's lost soldiers, Li Mei has a Deception ending in which she becomes Onaga's queen. Does that count?
As a random thought about the seven wives: What if it was a collective union of peacekeeping? "I'll marry this one and your clan and mine will no longer be hostile to one another." Stuff like that. This could still open the potential of a lot of wives from other species.
Tanya's back stabby nature and dialogue with Rain lead me to suspect that that affair was one sided. Since Tanya knew the amulet was evil and killing Mileena but encouraged her to use it anyways, it's likely she was just using Mileena to begin with. So I have no idea where that ending where she has a baby with Tanya even came from, especially since Mileena's sister issue has always been her defining trait in the old cannon and wanting to be Khanum in the new.
I, seriously, miss the subtlety of Erron Blacks character in MKX. He showed interest in the females but wasn't so brazen like MK11. He's basically Kano Jr there, like Jerrick. He didn't have grand motivation like everyone else but he was centered and didn't let it get in the way of actual business.
I continue to be amazed how easy it is now to see some "okay" stuff in MK9 and MKX, especially the former, when we know how much worse things can get. MK9 did justice to the essence of most of the characters (out-of-nowhere retcons, i.e. Kabal, notwithstanding), and MKX had a lot of interesting ideas, many legit great pre-fight dialogues and managed to follow the MK9's plot without the need to lie about what happened there. I remember Tobias saying that he regretted canonizing Liu/Kitana, but to me it never felt forced, even though the potential developments and dynamics were never really explored in either timeline. Also, I'm not at all a shipper, but Tanya and Mileena... damn. Just... *damn*
It was kind of done better in MK9, but outside of that it hasn't gotten anywhere. The relationship that should have a build up should be the likes of Kotal and Nitara.
So okay this might be insane, but wouldn’t Kotal and Sheeva have made an at least interesting couple in MK11? Like, imagine Sheeva WAS one of Goro’s wives, who despite her commitments was in love with Kotal. They could never be together because Goro was himself a powerful warrior, and had a good standing with Shao Kahn. But once they were both at least presumed dead in the aftermath of MK3/9, KK and Sheeva think they see a chance for their relationship, only for circumstances to drive them apart when they both take up leadership roles for two peoples who aren’t ready to trust one another again.
@@Hitherto90 why? Characters can't be fleshed out to have a relationship with another character, further strengthening their resolve to win Mortal Kombat? Honestly the best relationship development in MK is Johnny and Sonja by far. People would argue Kitana and Liu Kang but Kitana and Liu Kang barely have happy canonical endings til MK11, While Johnny and Sonja actually have a kid together. There's nothing wrong with having character ships as long as they work.
Well isn’t this one of the stupidest comments ever. Just because it’s called “Mortal Kombat” that doesn’t mean the characters aren’t allowed to be fleshed out or have relationships
johnny and sonya are the best things to come out of the new timeline. I absolutely love the whole kombat kids story but wish we had gotten more interesting characters out of it. Cassie is an absolutely great character though. I never liked Liu Kang too much so I love how much focus was on Johnny.
I really don't know why they didn't go the Jade and Kung Lao route because it's as obvious as the day is long, maybe that's why? It'd be too obvious that those two would've ended up together
@@derrickdill7615 tbh i don't see why jade should even be romantically involved with anybody. Her life was dedicated kitana's protection and no one else's
Not sure if it counts, or if someone else has already brought it up because i haven’t read the comments yet, but in MK11 Johnny Cage says his interest in blondes began with a girl named Suzie Donardo
All this talk of couples makes me lament poor old Reptile. Was never to be with his only Saurian kind, Khameleon.... That's if she wasn't having it off with Chameleon at that point. Using their abilities to just not be noticed throughout the years.
Sub-Zero: Defeated Kotal in MKX, Goro and Kintaro in a WEAKER Cyber form in MK9, and later proved to be wiser and can help in getting over loss considering what he had suffered. Kung Lao: Defeated Noob Saibot, Goro, Kintaro, Deadly Alliance and would have become the next MK Champion if Shao Kahn wasn't much of a coward and snapped his neck. Kotal: Got owned by Kung Jin who was considered a C-tier fighter, and became a jobber as MKX goes on while nearly dooming Earthrealm by betraying the Kombat kids and is prepared to drive a race to extinction. I just hope NRS shipping methods would improve overtime and is not just out of nowhere
In MKX, Cassie has an intro with Bo Rai Cho that implies he and Li Mei may have done it. It's probably Cassie just teasing him but there could of been a spark between them, especial after working together in Deception (I know that's a different timeline but still)
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Corrections and Clarifications:
-Li Mei fell in love with Onaga in her Deception ending, due to corruption from almost becoming one of hsi undead soldiers.
-And I forgot that in the MKX comic, Mileena is at least hinted to have fucked both Goro and either Reiko or Rain.
The4thSnake you forgot the REAL best couple of MK11: Kano X Beer
Did you know there was a movie that had Kung Lao and Kitana as a couple?
@@Prince-Shogun that was in the Malibu comics.
Damn, how did she not got split in half by Goro
@tyrone kinard no, I legitimately watched the movie years ago on TH-cam!
my favourite mortal kombat ship is the boat that always brings them to the tournament.
Carson Failla the best ship
the only ship
The greatest ship
Canon tho
Goddamn it 🤣🤣
Johnny and Sonya: *has a nice relationship*
Kano: I C A N E A T A P E A C H F O R H O U R S.
I don’t get it
Nvm
Goddamn Nic Cage reference
Damn Kano, you really do speak for all us MK fans-
They did Sonya x Johnny so dirty. In MKX, they are introduced as an already divorced couple, buy by the end, they fall in love again. Then, in MK11 they have like 30sec of actual romantic interaction before she dies for nothing. Kinda sad, since they are my favorite couple in MK
SupportGaming 2020, the Sonya X Jax relationship would only work after Johnny Cage being a fucking idiot and walking into the Revenant Chamber to turn back Scorpion, Subzero, and Jax back to their human forms, so that way the Jax x Sonya relationship could have Jacqui Briggs together, and Johnny being married to Vera would still make their daughter equally as powerful as Jax’s and Sonya’s daughter.
@@SupportGamin2024 I dont think it would be as good as Sonya x Johnny. With Johnny, we see a happier side of Sonya and with Sonya, Johnny became more mature. Also, the few interactions that they have like "She called me Johnny" and the one at the beginning of MK11 are actually great. The writers actually know how this couple is supposed to work, they just want to make stupid decisions for drama :/
Sonya and Jax would not work. They have been friends for so long to the point Jax comes across like a big brother. Not believable.
SuperIntendent Corey Thomas Palmer Ye that’d be awkward af with them
Buy by?
"His open mind, strong spine." - Jade on Kotal
"Filthy Tarkatan!"
"Kitana's Consort must be of Outworld!"
"All Democracies are doomed to failure."
"Teach my army Sub-Zero. You will meet my demand!"
"Honor your Outworld lineage, be serving your emperor."
"They will be gone from Outworld!" - Kotal to the Kollectors race
Yep...a racist imperialist, very open minded.
Especially dumb since she knows he's a genocidal racist and beats him up over it.
"Earthrealm is lost."
"I will appease to Shinnok, bring them your heads."
Kotal was lying out of his ass in 11 just to show how they aren't hiding the fact that everything is gonna get retconned because it's about time travel.
Kotal Khan sucks and is the worst character in the series. Boring ass blue Aztec bodybuilder and a fickle ruler who wanted to appease Shinnok.
@@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790 The only positive is that he has solar based powers which is something no character had.
Actually, looking back at this post, I really should have realized something. He said "Your Emperor." He already established that Kitana is in charge in one intro, but says Emperor in another.
Is this fucker planning a Coup?
I find it hilarious that Jade calls Kotal "open-minded" with a "strong spine".
Ironically, Shao portrays himself as the more tolerant (aka open-minded) of the two. Since his debut, Shao was very inclusive with his entourage (reptiles, bug people, Shokans, Centaurs, Edenians, Tarkatans, even Earthrealmers like Kano) and truly respects and loves Sindel in this game (and apparently only ever had eyes for her) while Kotal is extremely racist towards Tarkatans (driving them to literal extinction) and Earthrealmers, had concubines in Jade's absence and slept with fucking D'Vorah.
The fact that Kotal was going to execute a guy for stealing food even though he was starving and had no other choice proves he's not that different from Shao Kahn.
"Had concubines in jades absence" I mean… Jade died? Widows can remarry and stuff💀
@@macaroon2314 The point is Shao didn't remarry after Sindel died
@@Arcadopocalypse Shao had concubines though. You see one when he defeats the Player in the Arcade mode and he asks Cassie to join "his concubines" in one of his pre-fight dialogues
@@kommentier9884 while true, He still didn't remarry. Being a nameless concubine is not the same as being the Empress of Outworld.
Plus intros are not canon. Or they are in an open relationship, I dunno, I prefer the original timeline
Okay, that strong spine punchline got me.
Strong Spine? Not anymore!
Cant breath
I still can’t believe Kotal has a bug fetish
Tenkai San Clapping bug cheeks? Blegh 🤢🤮
“Strong spine”
- proceeds to show Shao Kahn breaking Kotal’s spine
Gonna be real here, I want Bi-Han x Sareena to be a thing.
...Don't judge me.
I agree, honestly
I'm down with that lol
That is a good ship tho 😁
Brah I'm just waiting for a current gen MK to drop best girl Sareena in a playable slot
@zl3m I want that too.
Can we just acknowledge that D'vorah is a walking corpse inhabited by a swarm and the real D'vorah is a giant Kytinn bug
HE LITERALLY SHAGGED A MUTANT WASP
Some men like freaky shiit I guess. Look how many people ship Mileena
@@Dan_Therapist Mileena might be a mutant clone but at least she's alive and not a shell full of insects.
No she's lying cuz she doesn't like kotals a goat
@@Dan_Therapist Literally the only thing about Mileena is her teeth. She's a normal living person otherwise.
@@LordVader1094 Normal? No
Like, part of the reason I like Kotal x Jade is probably 95% because of how the voice actors deliver their lines, particularly Phil LaMarr switching from his loud commanding tone to this incredibly earnest affection. That said, for MK11 it comes out of nowhere and MK11's interactions and storyline contradict Kotal's backstory information in MKX to make it happen.
Namely, Nightwolf asks where Kotal was during the tournament, and Kotal says he was being tortured in the flesh pits and didn't escape until Shang Tsung was killed like a bitch in the MK3 time period. This doesn't add up since Reptile becomes buds with Kotal all because Reptile failed to win in the MK1 tournament and Shao Kahn told Kotal that Reptile should be killed for his failure, but Kotal knew Reptile would be better as an assassin and not a head to head fighter and spared him... Which he couldn't do if he's in the flesh pits and doesn't get out of them until shortly before Shao Kahn is fought by elder god empowered Raiden.
Further MK11 interactions imply that Kotal was Shao Kahn's general easily as far back as 10,000 years ago being the personal body guard of Sindel until her death, which I find hard to believe that if she died on his watch that Shao Kahn wouldn't rain hell down on Kotal's head for that happening, which would mean he was in the flesh pits for 10,000 years? But if Kotal knew Jade 10,000 years ago, that would mean he was an adult general while, at best, Jade was a child who could have no real memory of the events of Jerrod's death and the conquering of the realm (just like Kitana) and he was imprisoned before they COULD know each other.
Apparently the time of Kotal's imprisonment is as much a mystery as "Who killed Jerrod?" which could be it's own murder mystery in this clusterfuck of writing.
As for that D'vorah line, it really comes out of nowhere. I'm tempted to believe it's more of D'vorah's lying to make her temporary servitude to Kotal sound deeper than it really was since in every other fucking situation, everything in regards to D'vorah puts her on fucking par with the Xenomorphs; from the fact that her blood is Toxic to SKARLET, to the fact that every inch of her body is containing hundreds of thousands of various flesh eating bugs, and so much as a little poke with one of her spines = enough venom to kill Scorpion, I don't think anyone but Geras could stick his dick in that and recover from it.
Thank you. I love this!
Kittleson has a weird thing for Devorah, they killed of Quan chi so I guess this is what they do now? "everyone hated how we focussed on quan chi, so i made this new character who is involved in everything and they're really cool. Is that the same as last time? no this one has tits obviously"
Agreed kotal would never fuck d'vorah
Almond 2 hey you never know
Kotal’s fucking full of surprises
@@dpooooo0 *Kotals fucking a walking corpse full of surprises
Happy valentines scorpion!
Scorpion: ‘crying in the corner’
Mileena: "Scorpy, I made you a Teddy Bear! Be my Valentine!"
Scorpion: *in hellish anger* "I HATE TEDDIES!!!"
This cry is not funny....
He is remembering Harumi and sadly can't get her back😢
😢😢😢😢true...
I like how in MK 2 endings Mileena gets to rule with Baraka while in Armageddon is Baraka's ending where he takes her as his queen I wished they did something more with it but at least is always hinted in most games
Also, MK deception they kill each other.
It's one step from love to hatred.
I prefer Mileena and Tanya as I feel like it would be the one person she doesn't betray and gives some character growth
@@dizzydarkrai9150 you can have both baraka was dead during MKX so her moving to Tanya makes sense
@@Doralga we can even make it that shes bi if we want to get some brownie points from certain groups
I can't believe you didn't include Kano's intro dialogue with Skarlet
"Want to taste Austalia's best blood sausage?"
"I'd rather taste your blood, Kano."
"Would you settle for me sausage? ;-)"
The way Kano delivers his last line is pure gold
I think Bihan x Sareene had good chemistry just like Lu Kang x Kitana. Don't get me wrong but this ship worked as Bi Han had motivated her to be a better person even in MKX Sareena admits about. If they were nothing like that than MK mythology we won't get the choice of sparing her.
I agree.
I have no actual proof of it, but I've heard more than a few times that Frost was going to be revealed as Sareena and Bi Han's daughter at some point before MIDWAY Games died. Not gonna lie, I actually wish it were canon.
@@kayokango that would be interesting
@@thiaguinhoo_3690 It would add more emotional impact to their relationship
kayokango I always assumed she was the sister his dad ditched in America with the mom
Kabal and Sareena being together confuses me the most.
I want him to have it since they did him dirty by suddenly making Kabal an asshole, despite once being a defender of earthrealm
BrydinThePunk I actually kinda like black dragon Kabal. But yes I wish he had some good guy kabal dialogue in his intros with certain people or something
@@sctkarter1111 Well before Aftermath, Villains rarely win, And I don't want anybody to become another Hsu Hao.
BrydinThePunk But... ... they never have met before though. Yet Sareena & Bi-Han were being set up as a couple in MK Lore before Midway shut down.
Maybe the artist got her mix up with Kira?
The chemistry between jade and kotal is actually good
Because of the voice actors
It is, but otherwise it's literally out of nowhere
It could’ve been done better and like someone already said it’s out of nowhere I would’ve preferred if Kotal never had the chance to tell jade how he felt about her and the story expanded on that
I agree
Yeah I surprisingly like it but I wished they made foundation upon it instead of bring it out of nowhere
They should of had Kabal get with Kira in his ending instead of Sareena. At least he actually knows Kira! XD
👍👍👍
But then what would we do with Kobra?
5:13 Jesus Christ Kotal, have some standards
Also that Sacred Seed joke, so good
TheBritishExo25 fan ship Kano & D’Vorah
AYO WHAT THE FUCK
We don't know what is considered attractive for Outworlders.
nujevad40 True, but i don’t think bugs would be at the top of the list
torbjorn-chan death penalty
The Shao Kahn's Sacred Seed bit killed me.
It feels so weird to hear that both Liu Kang-Kitana and Sonya-Johnny were firmly established in 2009. Those both feel like they've been around forever.
You're right!
Liu kang and kitana already established themselves as a couple before, Johnny and sonya was based on the first film
@@s-pidycatcher291_belle_reve8 no, both was created in base of the first filme
Liu Kang and Kitana felt forever, Sonya and Johnny were shipped for so long that it just became canon... also it wasn't 2009, it was 2015 for Sonya and Johnny.
You forgot Mileena also messed around with: Reptile (mk:shaolin monks), Reiko (comic),and Goro (comic).
@@SupportGamin2024 she called him her lover during a her boss fight.
@@SupportGamin2024 they also said them 2 were unseparable. They were definitely a thing in that game.
She is the streets
@Dylan Sharp Reptile.
She also slept with Rain according to the MKX comic
I don't mind Jade having a LOVE interest. Not sure I would choose Kotal personally, but having divided loyalties actually puts some conflict back into her motivations, something she hasn't had since the late 90s.
She had conflict in MK 2011 up until Shao Khan turned into a cartoon villain.
Jade having conflict with how Kotal rules things to how she sees things was probably the only compelling thing about their relationship, other than that it felt so forced.
You know, that double date kung lao suggested doesn't sound like the worst idea. That is, if you progress that plotline.
@@nebula5371 I guess you're right. Honestly, any ship would be fine as long as it made sence and was ACTUALLY DEVELOPED UPON AND BUILT UP!!!!!
I think it works... it just wasn't built correctly and viewing at all the facts, it wouldn't fit. Kotal was tortured for the entirety of MK9 and Jade dies in MK9... so they're relationship is already hard to believe to have existed prior, especially when Kitana is trying to set her up with Kung Lao.
Again, Kotal could work, they just really needed to make it a love at first sight type deal or say she visited him in the flesh pits or w/e.
Kung Lao and his hat.
The best relationship in all mk timelines is Reptile X being screwed over by his boss and never winning fights
6:48
Open mind - Hates Tarkatans with a burning passion.
Strong spine - We already knew how THAT went.
"Would you settle for me sausage?"
I have never even heard that flirty intro from D’vorah until now
Same and it's scary to think about
I still wish I never found it. It's actually made me sick to my stomach. Jesus Christ, Netherrealms
We're ignoring the most romantic line in all of Mortal Kombat:
*"wOuld Ya sEtTle for me SAusAge?"*
Seriously NRS needs to have some consistency before they hire some talent writers for romance and then give them time to write I believe that will fix everything we need more romance in the Mk universe more competent romance
I wish they had better writers in general. I haven't been a fan of the plotlines after MK9.
@@GeteMachinestarted in 2011
6:45
"His open mind, strong spine..."
*snap*
6:51
Noob and Jataaka being a thing is a literal joke to me. Not because it's inherently bad, but because I was trying to understand what the hell Noob was doing for 25 years in the Netherrealm when I saw the story for MK11. Guess he was laying pipe.
Piping demon nyash. With demons like Ashrah, Sareena in the netherealm do you really need to ask why he was happy in the netherealm for 25 years
@@Dan_Therapist Yeah. He's an ambitious dude who came up with a plan to kill his little brother in the original timeline and even laid siege to the Lin Kuei temple. Even with that good demon poontang, that only explains so much.
We all know that the best MK couple is Reptile and SonicHaXD
Lol
The use of the intros and cutscenes to mock some of their lines were spot on and hilarious! Kudos to you!
Mileena & Baraka i believe is first mentioned in Mileenas MK2 Ending, where Baraka is "her secret Companion" and they "rule together as King and Queen".
So you’re telling our boy Baraka got tooo SMAAASH?! I’m proud of him😂😂
Remember Mortal Kombat 2 comics smoke and Jade we're best friends.
"WoUlD yOu SeTtLe FoR mE sAuSaGe?"
5:09 Well I am not sleeping tonight. Also Happy Valentines Day
Happy Valentine's Day.
6:00 The only good part of that ending. the dog is adorable.
Liu should've been the first father of a kombat kid
Ikr
that was originally planned in mk vengeance
@@s-pidycatcher291_belle_reve8 MK5
Friendship, friendship? Again?
Jade: Kotals open mind and strong spine
Kotal: *back is broken, wants to genocide the Naknada and Tarkatans*
My valentine just uploaded. 😍
Lol same
6:49 how appropriate given Khan has become the Harley Quinn shows Bane expect Bane is actually funny
To all you single people on Valentines day this year. Don't give up and I believe in you that you and you will not be single next valentines day.
For a character who is supposed to be so important to Jax's story arc, it's troubling how neither X nor 11 has Vera appear on screen. Not even in a picture.
Wait, wasn't "Bob" Taven's original name before his current one was revealed? Is Cassie actually dating Taven?
How could they date if taven is still frozen in the pillar?
@@ajxx9987 Technically, he did unfreeze in I think Takeda's ending of MKX. So that might have happened.
@@flair541 we don't know if that ending is canon though
@@ajxx9987 Knowing NRS: It isn't, but I'm going to pretend it is because I like living in a world where one of my favorite fight game series isn't run by gibbons.
@@flair541 which sadly is :(
For all we know none of these couples will be together in the next timeline. Seriously, I don’t know why I should get invested in any of these characters if they’re just gonna keep retconning and erasing shit. Never mind romance in MK, this franchise is suffering overall from the lack of visionary writers that are like John Tobias.
Liu Kang and Kitana, as well as Johnny and Sonya are basically permanent in my eyes.
We need the official bromance storyline of Sub-Zero and Smoke
Shao Kahn: Why swoon for the blue-painted weakling?
Jade: His open mind, strong spine,
KK: *gets baned*
Shao Kahn: Who knew Osh-Tekk were so fragile?
My favorite part. It's too bad you never mentioned KK in a wheelchair.
Kitana and Liu Kang are the best, no competition.
Mileena was a relationship with Reiko in the comics. He complains about taking her to bed, she explicitly states he's the only person she trusts. Honestly, the comic made me feel sorry for her. I will take the bullet now and say I thought his storyline was the only thing the comic did that was even slightly interesting. At least as far as the story itself, the conclusion of Reiko just being a vessel for Shinnok's amulet (not even Shinnok himself, wtf) was idiotic.
I...had no idea how much shipping was going on in the NetherRealm trilogy.
I suppose due to almost having her soul host one of Onaga's lost soldiers, Li Mei has a Deception ending in which she becomes Onaga's queen. Does that count?
Damn. Yes, it does.
the editing was just perfect on this one I think I ended up laughing more then I expected
As a random thought about the seven wives: What if it was a collective union of peacekeeping? "I'll marry this one and your clan and mine will no longer be hostile to one another." Stuff like that. This could still open the potential of a lot of wives from other species.
Kotal's strong spine lmaoooo
I’m betting in the next MK game Cassie will get together with Kano’s son if the writers keep making weird pairings
Surprised they haven't done that at this point, I mean daughter falling for her mothers rivals child is so cliche and cheesy
Lets... hope not😒
Bruh! That strong spine cut!!!
Tanya's back stabby nature and dialogue with Rain lead me to suspect that that affair was one sided. Since Tanya knew the amulet was evil and killing Mileena but encouraged her to use it anyways, it's likely she was just using Mileena to begin with. So I have no idea where that ending where she has a baby with Tanya even came from, especially since Mileena's sister issue has always been her defining trait in the old cannon and wanting to be Khanum in the new.
I, seriously, miss the subtlety of Erron Blacks character in MKX. He showed interest in the females but wasn't so brazen like MK11. He's basically Kano Jr there, like Jerrick. He didn't have grand motivation like everyone else but he was centered and didn't let it get in the way of actual business.
I continue to be amazed how easy it is now to see some "okay" stuff in MK9 and MKX, especially the former, when we know how much worse things can get. MK9 did justice to the essence of most of the characters (out-of-nowhere retcons, i.e. Kabal, notwithstanding), and MKX had a lot of interesting ideas, many legit great pre-fight dialogues and managed to follow the MK9's plot without the need to lie about what happened there.
I remember Tobias saying that he regretted canonizing Liu/Kitana, but to me it never felt forced, even though the potential developments and dynamics were never really explored in either timeline.
Also, I'm not at all a shipper, but Tanya and Mileena... damn. Just... *damn*
Tanya and Mileena, a bit of a match made in heav-- hell
It was kind of done better in MK9, but outside of that it hasn't gotten anywhere. The relationship that should have a build up should be the likes of Kotal and Nitara.
your getting awfully cuddly with kitana
i dont know what you mean
just remember your earthrealms champion
Everyone's rubbing salt into the wound :(
Am I the only one laughing at Kitanas walking animations at 1:24?
5:05-5:23 got a laugh out of me.
Would you settle for me SaUsAgE?
That Kabal and Sareena thing made no sense to me either. At least make it the younger Sub-Zero since Bi-Han was dead/corrupted.
your editing is flawless
So okay this might be insane, but wouldn’t Kotal and Sheeva have made an at least interesting couple in MK11?
Like, imagine Sheeva WAS one of Goro’s wives, who despite her commitments was in love with Kotal. They could never be together because Goro was himself a powerful warrior, and had a good standing with Shao Kahn. But once they were both at least presumed dead in the aftermath of MK3/9, KK and Sheeva think they see a chance for their relationship, only for circumstances to drive them apart when they both take up leadership roles for two peoples who aren’t ready to trust one another again.
Bummed out Smoke and Jade weren't a thing.
The4thSnake is the MK Ricky Gervais
Can we speak about the absurdity of relationships in a game called MORTAL KOMBAT?!?!?!?
No
The Critical Ghost Yes.
@@Hitherto90 why? Characters can't be fleshed out to have a relationship with another character, further strengthening their resolve to win Mortal Kombat?
Honestly the best relationship development in MK is Johnny and Sonja by far. People would argue Kitana and Liu Kang but Kitana and Liu Kang barely have happy canonical endings til MK11, While Johnny and Sonja actually have a kid together.
There's nothing wrong with having character ships as long as they work.
Mortals tend to have relationships. :)
Well isn’t this one of the stupidest comments ever. Just because it’s called “Mortal Kombat” that doesn’t mean the characters aren’t allowed to be fleshed out or have relationships
I flipped my shit learning kotal smashed Dvorah. Never heard that dialogue till just now 🤮🤮🤮🤮
johnny and sonya are the best things to come out of the new timeline. I absolutely love the whole kombat kids story but wish we had gotten more interesting characters out of it. Cassie is an absolutely great character though. I never liked Liu Kang too much so I love how much focus was on Johnny.
6:56 just noticed Kane’s line here is a reference to a line said by Nicholas Cage in Face/Off
"Happy Valentines day, now piss off"
Lmao
I think sereena could've help Bi-Han become a better person....but Noob saibot is a complete lostcause. That man cannot be saved at all lmao
Come on snake, admit baraka x meleena ID The best ship already 😋
*Tanya
@The Critical Ghost
*baraka
TanyaXMilenna for life.
The one who have tanya and mileena as best ship. As the people who have a lesbian fetish
6:28 Those intros turned me into a fucking raisin.
6:58
Same, Kano. Same.
Are we forgetting the bromance that is SubZero and Smoke?
NRS did.
@@mdrstudios7067 I know :-(
“Sacred Seed Of Shao Kahn” Ayo what the FUCK
Johnny and Sonya are my favorite couple only because I love Johnny.
I really don't know why they didn't go the Jade and Kung Lao route because it's as obvious as the day is long, maybe that's why? It'd be too obvious that those two would've ended up together
Kung lao and jade is way too predictable and tbh kinda lame.... The two didn't even had a interaction during The two timeline.
I was just thinking about if Jade had to be romantically involved with anyone, Least it's more believable then her and Kotal Kahn
@@derrickdill7615 tbh i don't see why jade should even be romantically involved with anybody. Her life was dedicated kitana's protection and no one else's
Shang Tsung do be having a crush on Sonya
The strong spine is the best writing in the series. The new one at least
Not sure if it counts, or if someone else has already brought it up because i haven’t read the comments yet, but in MK11 Johnny Cage says his interest in blondes began with a girl named Suzie Donardo
"Strong spi- *immediately cuts to our true Outerworld Kahn *
"Sacred seed of Shao Kahn"
WHAT. THE FUCK
Sub-zero to sareena in mitologies: I can't live without you.
I think at least for that game it was something serious at least for sub-zero
All this talk of couples makes me lament poor old Reptile. Was never to be with his only Saurian kind, Khameleon....
That's if she wasn't having it off with Chameleon at that point. Using their abilities to just not be noticed throughout the years.
The MK11 writers were just extremely horny and also reading too much fanfic
the face off peach reference is so out of the blue that I laughed. hard.
Sub-Zero: Defeated Kotal in MKX, Goro and Kintaro in a WEAKER Cyber form in MK9, and later proved to be wiser and can help in getting over loss considering what he had suffered.
Kung Lao: Defeated Noob Saibot, Goro, Kintaro, Deadly Alliance and would have become the next MK Champion if Shao Kahn wasn't much of a coward and snapped his neck.
Kotal: Got owned by Kung Jin who was considered a C-tier fighter, and became a jobber as MKX goes on while nearly dooming Earthrealm by betraying the Kombat kids and is prepared to drive a race to extinction.
I just hope NRS shipping methods would improve overtime and is not just out of nowhere
Tanya let Mileena eat her tuna ?😱 Ouch!!!!!
I genuinely laughed hard so many times throughout this video
In MKX, Cassie has an intro with Bo Rai Cho that implies he and Li Mei may have done it. It's probably Cassie just teasing him but there could of been a spark between them, especial after working together in Deception (I know that's a different timeline but still)
Couldn’t you technically consider Ermac and Sindel a thing due to his mk 2011 ending, or would that be too much of a stretch?
LIKE! Keep them coming. I have a short list of favs and you made the cut!!
Frost and her Ego
I thought Johnny and Sonia started in MK movie.
Nice list!
They did.