Writing for MK11 Shang Tsung was tricky, but Shang Tsung in MK1 is quite different so I guess this one was easier.
Shang Tsung wasn't a kindred spirit, but you could understand what his deal was from time to time. It was just everything else. When a former classmate of yours won as prom queen instead of you it was a day when conquest was ignited within you, so you could understand where Shang was coming from in that department. Most of the time he just bewildered you in ways you could fathom.
"I can't believe you were able to get Sindel's trust dressed like that." you said to Shang Tsung.
"What do you mean?" his brows furrowed. He was a small town boy, and a poor orphan. Surely he didn't look like it.
"It isn't..." you waved your hand around trying to think of a word, "Slutty enough."
He didn't know what that word meant, but he didn't approve. "Slutty?"
"You need a titty window somewhere." you pulled open the top of his robe. "Like here, you just need to style things up a bit more. I should take you shopping." You feigned a careful look at his hair. "You need to fix that too."
Your hands went up and Shang did attempt to restrain them but you were quicker and stronger. You untied it and proceeded to braid it. He sulked but dropped his hands.
"You know if you weren't so fussy you could've been a model." you said to him, almost finished.
"Fussy isn't the word I would give myself."
"You tried to take over the world or something, I'm pretty sure that counts as fussy." you patted his head where there were nicely done braids. "There, now your hair looks nicer."
He narrowed his eyes before carefully touching the newly braided strands. "Thank you." he said, almost reluctant. Almost.
"Your titan self can shapeshift, right? Can you shapeshift too? If so, when you shapeshift into a woman do you have female organs or anything?"
While Shang could smell your promiscuity, he couldn't help his disbelief. "That's the only thing on your mind?"
"Yeah, I'm very curious." you looked down towards his lower region but quickly made eye contact.
He saw what you did, "Why does Liu Kang value you?"
You happily rubbed your chest, "My allure is my weapon, besides the fact that I can hold my own well enough."
He tilted his head to the side, "How can you be so confident?"
"Well, you didn't stop me, now did you." there was a playfulness in your eyes. "Go ahead, test my strength."
He seemed annoyed, but he wasn't saying no, nor did he walk away. You sighed and rolled your eyes.
"Fine then. Experiment on me, or whatever."
You've been with nerds before, so Shang wasn't bizarre on the list of men you held an attraction for. Not to say nerds were bizarre, sometimes they just didn't get it.
Shang looked you up and down for himself. You walked towards you, with confidence but a curiosity. Being a small town street boy stunted him from giving eyes at any body, but he still felt attraction towards people. He did feel something towards you, he just didn't think much of it.
He looked into your eyes, "I want to hurt you." he admitted.
BDSM? No pressure, you could handle this.
"How bad?" you asked.
He kissed you, it was sweet at first but then it turned bruising. There was something immature about it that made you thankful you were still young. He started sucking on your neck, but you felt a bit of teeth in there.
"Let's go somewhere private." you urged.
He chuckled, a smirk to his lips. His gaze wasn't one of admiration, which was new, but you appreciated his playfulness and honesty.
"Lead the way, princess."
I really wish MK1 expanded on the what if scenarios and timelines. We know of their existence, but we don't know them intimately like we've seen with Liu Kang's timeline, or even momentarily with Shang Tsung back in mk11.
I really wanna see more Good Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Kano-Sonya and Janet Cage. Hell, even Ninja Meme Johnny. We never hear most of the other versions speak, we only see glimpses of them or just have them on screen for like a minute.
The fact that there's a version of Johnny that showed up in the final battle dressed as Ninja Mime means that he is literally a ninja mime, and I kinda wanna see a story behind that. Maybe being talkative annoyed everyone so much that it made him feel bad and study the art of silent kung fu or something.
I want to see some Janet Cage in a story mode, I get a vibe from her that she feels more inclined to prove herself. Is she the only genderbent version in her universe or is everyone genderbent? Is she trans? She's an action star, but she didn't want to be the sexualised female heroin or sidekick, so acts cocky and obnoxious to prove that she's more than a sex symbol, her ego as some kind of defence mechanism against the sexism in Hollyweird. But that kind of takes away the point of Janet's character (because she's Johnny).
I would really like to see Shang Tsung interact with good Shang Tsung, see how many versions of himself he can hate. Is good Shang Tsung's Liu Kang evil too?
Why does Shang Tsung have clones of Kitana if he has an evil Kitana working for him? Why would evil titan versions of the heroes help Shang Tsung? Wouldn't it be a hassle to try over throweach other because of greed and stuff?
Why are evil versions to begin with? What is their backstory? Cross-over characters... I have so many questions (genderbent ninjas, character with another's aesthetic for example: Lizard Queen).
We have evil versions of the characters, but no evil Johnny (except John Khaner). Missed opportunity to have an evil Johnny, could've made it a Jill Roberts situation where there's a timeline of evil Johnny that only cares about the fame because of some deep rooted issue. In fact, I've already mentioned John Kahner, I want to know how he became Kahn.
Back to the Mileena clones of Titan Shang Tsung, re-watching the fight I saw that they were all colour coded (red, blue, yellow, pink), so they have a rank or Shang Tsung cares about differenciating them so that they're not so much mindless killers that just do his bidding. Do they have other names? Do they all secretly want Shang Tsung's approval? Do they conspire against one another? Is he their father figure now that Shao Kahn isn't in the picture? Do they have a sister bond with each other? Is Kitana their mean older sister?
Now that our timeline has Mileena and Kitana as actual sisters, is there a timeline where Mileena and Skarlet are sisters? A timeline where Shao Kahn is a good, loving father and husband? I have so many questions.
This is an edit I actually made, but due to computing issues, I ended up putting it on Youtube. It's also on my Tiktok.
You have been Warned!
I don't like him.
Get a guy that can do both.
(He plays Kung Lao in Mortal Kombat Conquest. I couldn't find any nice gifs)
Find yourself a dazzling boyfriend who can do supportive sparkling boyfriend things while you be a girly girl and can also throw hands when the time calls for it.
Welcome to the real world, Jackass!
Yukako Higashikata
Is the younger twin
Argues with Josuke a lot, but in a 'only I can insult you' way
Has the Joestar birthmark
Has Tomoko's rage, but Yukako takes it to the next level
Gets hit on. A lot.
When Yukako and Josuke get along you know that trouble is coming
Her and Josuke are hair and fashion pals but they argue over the bathroom mirror a lot
Yukako and Josuke bond over their hate for Rohan
Yukako and Jotaro bond over their hate on people flirting with them all the time
Great big sister to Shizuka
Great younger sister to Holly
(I need more Yukako as Josuke's twin content)