How I would change the rebooted Mortal Kombat timeline
The new timeline is good, but there have been some mistakes. So this is how I would change the new timeline if I could
Mortal Kombat 9
- Make it clear that Taven beat Blaze, but Shao Kahn killed Taven. Have Kahn include it to his rant to Raiden. “Not even the sons of Argus and their quest could stop me”
- Give Bi-Han personality as Sub-Zero. Show that he has complete distrust in Sektor and his father. Show that he had love for Kuai Liang. Show that Cyrax was Bi-Han’s only friend. Bi-Han who is feeling guilt from the Lin Kuei’s cowardly attack on the Shi-Ri Ryu, Bi-Han plans to leave the Lin Kuei feeling the organization has lost all sense of honor. To this he takes a contract from a mysterious party for the head of Shang Tsung. He joins the Mortal Kombat, using his cryomancer abilities intending to kill the sorcerer and run from the Lin Kuei.
- Mileena is seen at the beginning of the game with Kitana and Jade. Kitana and Mileena were raised together as children. They believe each other to be sisters. Mileena’s costume would look like Kitana’s, just in purple because her over-sexualization was just unnecessary. When Kitana discovers the truth of her sister, she confronts Shao Kahn and when the truth about Kitana’s own parentage is presented, Kitana is captured, but it’s not just Jade who wants to save Kitana, it’s Mileena. They grew up as sisters and despite being created in Shang Tsung’s flesh pits, her loyalty is not with her father or Shang Tsung, it’s with Kitana. They missed a grand opportunity in this timeline. “let’s just make them enemies again with no emotional attachments” and when saving Kitana with the forces of light, Kitana returns the love for her sister. Family doesn’t end in blood, it’s a bond and love. Both Mileena and Kitana promised after Shao Kahn is defeated, they would rule Edenia and Outworld together and bring both realms peace. So Mileena being good until Sindel kills everyone is something that is needed. Mileena survives Sindel’s attack and is devastated and snaps and blames Raiden. So in the events of Mortal Kombat X, Mileena has no choice but to choose to hunt for Outworld’s throne, Kitana was her world and now she’s dead. Rain, Tanya, and Skarlet are loyal to Mileena. She wants to use Shinnok’s amulet to save Kitana, but Rain manipulates her to use it against Kotal Kahn
- No Cyber Sub-Zero. Turning Kuai Liang into a Cyborg did nothing for him. Even his arcade ending was utterly pointless. SO what I’d change is along with Smoke, Sub-Zero would escape automation. He would unleash an ice storm that freezes all the robots holding him and as he is about to escape with Smoke, Sektor throws a blade at Smoke that gives Sub-Zero his iconic scar. Throughout the game he has his Mortal Kombat 3 outfit, an outcast from the Lin Kuei. We would see Sub-Zero fighting Sektor and finally his brother, Noob Saibot.
Mortal Kombat X
- The Kombat Kids are handled better
- We would be given the option as Kung Jin to free Kung Lao from his revenant state
- Mileena’s forces kill D’Vorah and Kotal Kahn. Mileena would confront her now revenant sister and fail trying to save her
- Frost does not stupidly attack Scorpion, instead Frost is sent with the Kombat kids. She is playable and has an arc. Does she betray her friends and Sub-Zero for power or does she fight for Earthrealm and Sub-Zero, we would see Frost choosing to fight for good and for her master