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shaolinhunks · 3 months

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On Ashrah/Reptile and Kuai Liang/Harumi

I've noticed that most people feel like these two pairings need more backstory to make sense. As much as I enjoy the story overall... I agree. I feel like if they were fleshed out a bit more (What drew Reptile to Ashrah so soon after his family's death? We know how Kuai Liang felt, but what did Harumi find attractive about him?), more people would be open to them. The potential is there, but maybe the NRS writers weren't given the opportunity to spend much time developing these ships.

I actually have a Kuai Liang/Harumi fic that I've been working on, and eventually I'd like to write one for Ashrah/Reptile, too. Again, the potential is there. I feel like imagining the scope of what their motives could be will help me accept NRS's decisions more.

Anyways, I hope to start posting the first fanfic on here soon!

#mortal kombat #ashrah #reptile #kuai liang #harumi #mk1 #the writers took a decent amount of creative liberties with this game #but i genuinely enjoyed a lot of the changes #yes it's different from any mortal kombat game i've played #but i think that's what i love about it at the same time #i still don't blame anyone who doesn't care for it because the shift in tone for this one was especially drastic #maybe i'm too quick to accept it and need to be more critical/have better standards lmao #i'd just like to keep faith in these writers #i'm sure they knew the risks and decided to take the jump anyways #it's difficult to take an iconic video game precious to several generations and reinvent it without compromising something of its origin #ANYWAYS all this to say i'll be posting a fic on here soon lmao #sorry for the tangent #and again no hate to anyone who still isn't on board with these ships

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