If blood magic requires sacrifice, I like the idea that Shao knows how to use it but had someone else created specifically to utilize it for him - as in someone else can make that sacrifice for him. I choose to believe the Skarlet retcon is a bullshit story fed to her to keep her feeling indebted, maintain her blind obedience and willingness to suffer for Shao's cause (so he doesn't have to). She gettin' gaslit.
I wish MK had a blood user that manipulated blood in all elemental forms like an R-rated avatar/Cetrion: -Manipulating Blood itself like a waterbender -Generating Iron and Marrow blades/constructs like an earthbender -Maybe a combination of releasing O2 and igniting by superheating plasma (Kind of a stretch, but it could be cool)
@@Designation6yeah, but kinda go beyond just shaping blood and hardening it. Focus on each component to show what someone with intimate knowledge of the body could do.
blood is definetly my fav element there is, also how about a video of characters potential to use other elements? like revenant liu kang learned soul element so he had to have some potential regarding it
@@CynicalWarlock I think so? it was stated that he studied it under shinnok or smth like that, but still to go from just fire (or also with force) to soul like that seems like pretty unlikely to me even with him being the earthrealms champion
-Before you drop that Kotal's Totems video like Hailey did the Talk Tuah podcast, let me say that the Earth portion of the totems' power is only limited to Kotal physically summoning them; the buffs that the totems give are where the compounds come into play (Shadow, Soul, any other compound that uses Earth, etc). Kotal seems like someone who would obsessively learn multiple areas of magic just to cover his bases, like Shao Kahn. -Antaeus was the figure in Greek Mythology who could draw strength from his bare feet touching the earth; Herakles eventually fatalitied him by picking him up and tearing him in half. -Unrelated: New 52 Noob's Shadow powers are just as meaningless as New 52 Scorpion's fire powers. He has them just because.
The Talk Tuah joke got me good. Yeah there's clearly some energy transfer goin on, through those totems. Maybe I'll refine the theory once I feature Kotal.. again.. in the Earth video. Herakles was an anime-level flexer. New 52 = mk9 reference? Same year of release?
@@MelloSav Not so much looking like a superhero, but the pretty art style, the slowmo poses, the Injustice sound effects - it's a weird pet peeve of mine.
Love your analysis on the power/elemental system. Everything seems to be able to interconnect and your idea of Earth or the world being a culmination of water, air, and blood is brilliant.
I might be glazing but man you are seriously underrated.. mk lore shouldnt be this interesting but yet you’ve managed to make it that way. Love the content
Lore Warlock is back , loved this video, this is type of stuff that made your channel one of my favourites and I will patiently wait for that totem video and also videos that you mentioned before about force, illusion and soul 😊😊
Considering blood contains the inner essence of life I think it does contain fire as well. I think blood magic is basically a purely physical version of soul manipulation. Just a thought
@@CynicalWarlock I meant it more metaphorically than literally. Spark of life and inner fire are expressions used in other media so I thought it could apply here. Sorry for the confusion. Keep up the great work 👍
*Excellent* video! I love how it's mostly a Skarlet and Kotal video lmao. On that note, fascinating idea about Kotal using earth manipulation, as it fits in with blood. Never thought of that. I always just assumed that he could simply summon these magical objects from afar, like you see other kharacters doing with teleportation and such. It could still be that, but the totems do seem to pop right out of the ground, plus it makes Kotal and his people seem that much more... godly. Can't wait for the next vid, man. *Well done!* P.S: that joke about one of Shao's main elements being trash talk cracked me up! I think a video on taunts and trash talk could be fun. Thinking about how, in Deadly Alliance, some fighters could power up or taunt for little boost to damage or health. I'd also mention how throwing someone's mental game off can give you an edge in kombat, and that may be one reason why Shao Kahn employs it. Other than the mere fact that he can, and he's a based Alpha. 😂
Yeah oscillated between 'trash talk' and 'fingering'. There's definitely potential for some kind of trash talk video. And yeah, the totems being teleported magical constructs is definitely the cleanest theory. But the variation being called "Blood God" really threw me off.
@@CynicalWarlock It is rather strange that Kotal's "Blood God" Variation only adds the Totem summons, and only one of them seems to have anything to do with blood explicitly. I forgot to mention how his one Brutality in that Variation lets him explode someone's entire torso with an uppercut, which will never not feel satisfying to do. Also a bit more unique than other Brutals.
@@CynicalWarlock Dude, it's Kotally Awesome! Well, it isn't, because that's a different Brutality, but y'know. 😂 I also love the one where he says "for my next trick, I'll saw this ni**a in half!" Audience:*Klaps for Kahn "Now put him back together again" Kotal: 🗿 Also, in War God Variation, you can do the Sun Disc Brutality with his sword, which looks sick affff. They got this huge weapon just impaled straight through they chest lmao. Good stuff. Also sun laser go *brrrrr.* Nice Brutals.
@@robertminnie782 Oh yeah, those I've seen. The sawing in half one is so funny.. like he's slicing off some ham for a customer on just another Tuesday. Only thing missing is him nibbling on some chewing gum, as he does it.
You'd think there would be some kind of plot between Skarlet and Nitara, whether they're rivals or lovers or who knows what. One's literally made of blood, and the other is a freaking vampire. How is that not a no-brainer?
You know i really do feel like kotal was one of the best concepts nrs has had in years, along with how triborg is a cool shujinko foil thats the peak of mkx's variation system. Not too relevant but kotal is neat.
Yeah it's funny how much I've changed my mind on Triborg, cause the thing disgusted me when I first saw it. But it turns out I mostly just hated the stupid name; the character idea itself is actually really cool, despite (of course) never being fleshed out.
Tried to count how many times you saidd blood in the video but when it got to 25 times in just 3 minutes, I knew I was gonna give up. Very funny description and video. Kotal in four videos now, with the totem one, 5. Also in mkx comics, cloudy weather affects them(the osh-tekk) in battle, I wouldn't have that, since the sun doesn't give them their strength it enchances it, so they are pretty formidable even without the sun, unless it's a pretty strong storm or an artificial one, like rain's which he might use to suck, the radiation reserve in their body(basically evaporate them). Nice male-female ninja symmetry, he discovers it again, beautiful, brilliant coincidences or are they ?
The most powerful as well costly. : Scarlett equals constant need : Kotal equals worship/sacrifice for greater power, but NRS really said to the man no and we'll eleven happened. : Nitara equals Immortality, but her issues are realm poverty cause everyone in her realm needs blood for longevity so well steal from other realms cause they don't want to talk about mortality at all. : Meat equals used, abused, and ridiculed as one of shang tsungs twisted experiments left behind in the flash pit along with everything else he kept stored away because he isn't known for house keeping. : me equals several things related to blood. Makes yearly donation to red cross because these guys paid me for it. Government has made it clear to leech off me til the day I die, and of course say high to cynical clog a few arteries cause hey why help clot The ever expanding self inflicting wounds NRS is doing to itself.
Excellent as always! Your explanation of Shao Kahn using Blood Magic to further his Kombat knowledge is well said... and I STILL think NRS is stupid for making such a decision. 🙄 At LEAST you make sense of it. And I love how you categorize every element and weapon potential everyone possesses.👍
Honestly, Kotal's powers make sense, as he's probably just using blood to feed more power to the land and thus grant himself more strength or vitality through these totems. Also, I could be wrong, but his blood magic abilities are something he acquired on his own using a Kamidogu (which in the second timeline is a dagger for some reason), his culture simply has the tradition of drinking the blood of slain enemies.
6:25 I never heard any of those theories. Well except the "Flesh Pits experiment" one, but that was said in Meat's MKA Arcade Ending, so it doesn't really count as a fan-theory. The one theory I did hear however, is that Meat is Kotal's OG timeline counterpart. I think it was MK11 that established that Kotal was imprisoned in the Flesh Pits to be experimented on, only getting out when Shang Tsung died (though that story clashes with MKX comic, but whatever).The idea is that in OG timeline, Shang Tsung had more time with Kotal, and Meat is the result of that... Of course, this theory still makes Meat a Blood Magik user, so it fits right in with the rest.
@@CynicalWarlock yeah, believe it or not thanks to your video I got back into mortal Kombat, I haven’t really played mk1 but I still watch videos keeping me up to date with every change for whenever I do wanna pick it up. That’s thanks to you man, ima sub now if I haven’t already
@@GaaraFPS Now *that's* awesome - I remember how other channels did the same for me, more or less, so this is quite a cool mindfuck. Appreciate the sub.
They should make Black, Grey & Brown female ninjas. (The 2 chameleons kinda balance eachother) & Cyrax, Sektor, Cyber Smoke are too much of a mess to touch. Especially after Sektor & Cyrax had sex reassignment surgery recently.
Well it's kinda implied that hemomancy causes Insanity in those who use it so it makes sense why shao Kahn wouldn't be stupid enough to use it himself and whatever way you look at it whether it's Scarlet was picked up the street or created by him he's just using her for her abilities with blood magic so he doesn't have to use it himself
Not much more than a "gorehouse" thrill-ride, with only a few plot points tossed in to keep things moving, MK 11 truly is a feast for the eyes -- provided your eyeballs aren't too squeamish.
The next game should set up Ko'atal as the next Kahn. I can't recall is hes dead but does or matter? Shao Kahn siezes throne. Characters scatter and "team changes" occur. Baraka and Mileena align themselves with Lin Kuei, more so than already (Ninja suit Baraka? Yes please). The Black Dragon have a huge role, supplying Lin Kuei tech, and behind the scenes aiding Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, and [insert story reason for return here] Shinnok. Other changes: Reptile joins Shirai Ryu on Earthrealm, as does Black Dragon traitor Kabal. This works like the "multiverse" thing without dipping back into it. New variations on existing characters. Anyways, i envision Shinnok sacrificing Shao to bring back Onaga in this timeline, and it takes the combined strength of the Lin Kuei, the Shirai Ryu, the White Lotus society, Special Forces, and the Black Dragon to defeat him. Boom.
@@CynicalWarlock I also figured out a way to bring back Hsu Hao, as a kinda joke, just to kill him. He is the top brass at special forces, and he's a double agent for black dragon. When found out he gets shot, stabbed, whatever, and he gets his heart-thing from the Midway timeline. Then killed off offscreen and his head delivered to kano. I had a stoned afternoon when my internet went out and I layer on my floor and wrote a whole game in my head because I had nothing to do lol
After your many explanations of the power system I came up with the corniest way to describe it, "all is soul and soul is all" just like the round planet everything loops, every element forms soul and soul is part of each element (or it's your own soul manipulation that allows you to use such elements as you see fit) at least that's how I see it correct me if I'm wrong. and yes that was a FMA reference.
You're more or less on the money. So is FMA. Soul is matter, so it is, indeed, the key to all things. Will add a couple more lore drops, in a future video.
@@CynicalWarlock What about Baraka does have any elements. I feel like he would have fire because when rubs his blades together it shoots that projectile which sounds like friction which creates fire. Let me know if this is right
@@simonszone2398 Yeah, that's a weird one, cause in half of the games, it looks blue and sparkly like a Force attack, and in the newer ones, it looks like heat and sparks and Fire. The latter one does make more sense, though.
Honestly, I want to hear your thoughts on the khaos Reigns because I'm perplexed on the state of this franchise. This franchise is cooked honestly I don't know how the new story felt so stagnant compared to the base game story. It's really strange it is that bad. It's probably the worst story mode I have ever viewed out of NRS
I could barely watch 2 scenes of it, on RUclips. The dialog looks like it was written by ChatGPT, the twists and turns are meh, the plot is extremely static - nothing really happens - and the way Havik gets taken down is nonsensical. Also, I continue to fail to understand what the fuck is the point of making Bi-Han such an utterly detestable character. M1K portrayed him as an asshole from day 1, right down to the comically evil voice acting. People thought Scorpion got dissed by way of Hanzo not being in the game. No, Sub-Zero got dissed, by turning one of them into Scorpion and the other into a pathetic version of Noob Saibot. The franchise is officially Sub-Zero-less.
Question, when you were thinking about the power system, did nen from HxH come to mind? It seems like a lot of habilities in mk could fit into nen categories
Actually, if you look back at that power system video, there's a quick shot of Hunter x Hunter in there, so I'm definitely aware of that system and consider it one of the best. Can't say that I actively thought of it while conceiving the power system, though. But HxH is one of the best, most underrated anime of our time, and its power system is one of the best in the business. Only thing confusing about it is the names - nen, ren, ten, en - it's hard to keep up with what all those mean, cause they sound so samey.
Basically the devouring mother archetype I reference is self-sabotaging: births and raises children, but then refuses to let them out into the world, keeping them too close to her and smothering them, so she sabotages the thing she labored to build, hence the snake eating its own tail. I loosely liken Skarlet to that, cause she has reverence for powerful people with strong bloodlines, and looks at said blood with 'love', yet all she can do is devour and destroy them, giving nothing in return. She's like an ever-growing tumor.
Man that Kotal explaination was something interesting and I agree hes a walking tragedy. Its interesting that he has access to Soul but doesnt use it. Perhaps he knows from people like Shang and Shao that being a Soul user can effect him in a negative way and so he keeps his people's ways and being balanced in all four elements. This couldve been his arc as ruler of outworld. One who bring balance between all the different factions to outworld. Bruh why nrs create a kharacter just to crap on him?
Well, to clarify, Kotal *kiinda* has access to all the building blocks of Soul, more or less, but that doesn't mean he's a Soul user. That requires its own practice and mastery that I don't see Kotal doing.
Of all the lore intruductions on the lore one the 2nd timelime bloodmagic is my favorite. The Titans and the less and the Jinsei is on the middle. The mkx comics ground on My with time. Love that Shao create or tech to Skarlet has he did the Ermac on the original i am the Quan And Tsang great fan, but on moder times Shao do nothing on his own. Less on liu kang timelime.
@@CynicalWarlock Is weird how in the MK lore sometimes change more the person who do something, more that the thing that happen. Sindel ressurection, and Ermac creation only change to Quan. Not like it, is take the merit of something to someone else. Is Amazing in this timelime Shao Is not relate to Magic. He teach Soul Magic to Shang, And Blood Magic to Skarlet, and Mileena Is piss Is Dad never teach her nothing of that. And Rain was not a Mage but a Ninja as well. But Is Liu Kang change Sektor gender, and Ship he/her with Bi Han, everything Is possible.
Scarlet being the literal embodiment of fallen champions/ warriors blood was so bad ass. The retcon wasnt too bad until NRS suggested Scarlet wants to be Shaos bride 🤢🤮🤢🤮
If blood magic requires sacrifice, I like the idea that Shao knows how to use it but had someone else created specifically to utilize it for him - as in someone else can make that sacrifice for him. I choose to believe the Skarlet retcon is a bullshit story fed to her to keep her feeling indebted, maintain her blind obedience and willingness to suffer for Shao's cause (so he doesn't have to). She gettin' gaslit.
That's brilliant. Combines both origin stories and provides an explanation as to why Shao himself doesn't use Blood. Dayum.
I wish MK had a blood user that manipulated blood in all elemental forms like an R-rated avatar/Cetrion:
-Manipulating Blood itself like a waterbender
-Generating Iron and Marrow blades/constructs like an earthbender
-Maybe a combination of releasing O2 and igniting by superheating plasma (Kind of a stretch, but it could be cool)
Oh, you might be on to something. That sounds pretty epic.
So if they brought back Skarlet
@@Designation6yeah, but kinda go beyond just shaping blood and hardening it. Focus on each component to show what someone with intimate knowledge of the body could do.
For a while I thought you were talking about Citron from pvz
Skarlet was done dirty in mk11 she deserves better she’s so badass
@@kybrid11 Yep, I like her voice acting, just not her retcons.
blood is definetly my fav element there is, also how about a video of characters potential to use other elements? like revenant liu kang learned soul element so he had to have some potential regarding it
But *did* he learn it?
@@CynicalWarlock I think so? it was stated that he studied it under shinnok or smth like that, but still to go from just fire (or also with force) to soul like that seems like pretty unlikely to me even with him being the earthrealms champion
I bet you have a Japanese snuff movie poster in your bedroom
@@dragonthedragon6566being close with others with the ability of soul magic may have something to do with it
-Before you drop that Kotal's Totems video like Hailey did the Talk Tuah podcast, let me say that the Earth portion of the totems' power is only limited to Kotal physically summoning them; the buffs that the totems give are where the compounds come into play (Shadow, Soul, any other compound that uses Earth, etc). Kotal seems like someone who would obsessively learn multiple areas of magic just to cover his bases, like Shao Kahn.
-Antaeus was the figure in Greek Mythology who could draw strength from his bare feet touching the earth; Herakles eventually fatalitied him by picking him up and tearing him in half.
-Unrelated: New 52 Noob's Shadow powers are just as meaningless as New 52 Scorpion's fire powers. He has them just because.
The Talk Tuah joke got me good.
Yeah there's clearly some energy transfer goin on, through those totems. Maybe I'll refine the theory once I feature Kotal.. again.. in the Earth video.
Herakles was an anime-level flexer.
New 52 = mk9 reference? Same year of release?
@@CynicalWarlock
Yes, how coincidental that both DC and MK had reboots in 2011 and they had an infamous crossover beforehand
@@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME Yeah..
I really think WB should sell MK. The superhero art style and mindset have run their course.
@@CynicalWarlock what MK character looks like a superhero right now?
@@MelloSav Not so much looking like a superhero, but the pretty art style, the slowmo poses, the Injustice sound effects - it's a weird pet peeve of mine.
Imagine if there was a fatality where someone makes an air guitar but with your blood. Each string of the guitar is a different bone snapping.
@@gimmeyourrights8292 Blood mage Peacemaker.
How much did you smoke for this idea?
@@CynicalWarlock You wanna know the crazy part? I don't smoke.
@@gimmeyourrights8292 You were born high.
@@CynicalWarlock I like MK, of course I was born high
@@gimmeyourrights8292 Good one. You and me both.
it seems more like with ferra/torr, the blood buff is just from ferra and she can cast it on others based on her kameo version of pain & gain
Yeah, the kameo thing complicates it,a tad.
Yesss
Bathe me in MK lore that was made like it should have been. Doin gods work mr Warlock
I bring the Rain.
For Kotal, iron is a large component in blood as well as a pretty substantial conduit to solar radiation.
Oh that's a good point, good radiative transfer.
Scarlet and Nitara blood magic I never put these characters in the same.…. Vein lol
Oooh, that pun caught me off-guard.
Love your analysis on the power/elemental system. Everything seems to be able to interconnect and your idea of Earth or the world being a culmination of water, air, and blood is brilliant.
Thanks. Adding some connective tissue to this mythos is one of my goals.
“If you prefer the gay version” caught me off guard hahaha
Well it is..
@@CynicalWarlock fym gay? do u know what gay means
@@neosdoll7954 Do you?
I might be glazing but man you are seriously underrated.. mk lore shouldnt be this interesting but yet you’ve managed to make it that way. Love the content
No please, glaze away, I can take it.
A long awaited video 🙏🏻
Aww, that's so cool. Glad I could deliver.
Thanks for another good one Mr. Warlock
Anytime, Stijn.
I love the MK11 Scarlet
She's not bad. I like her voice acting; she's just overly dressed (makes no sense for a Blood character) and her backstory got retconned to shit.
Lore Warlock is back , loved this video, this is type of stuff that made your channel one of my favourites and I will patiently wait for that totem video and also videos that you mentioned before about force, illusion and soul 😊😊
Good to be back. Thanks, Vishal.
Love your content keep up the great work
Thank you.
Considering blood contains the inner essence of life I think it does contain fire as well. I think blood magic is basically a purely physical version of soul manipulation. Just a thought
It's a nice way to interpret it; could be great for its own fiction.
Not sure blood plasma and sun plasma are the same, though.
@@CynicalWarlock I meant it more metaphorically than literally. Spark of life and inner fire are expressions used in other media so I thought it could apply here. Sorry for the confusion. Keep up the great work 👍
*Excellent* video!
I love how it's mostly a Skarlet and Kotal video lmao.
On that note, fascinating idea about Kotal using earth manipulation, as it fits in with blood. Never thought of that. I always just assumed that he could simply summon these magical objects from afar, like you see other kharacters doing with teleportation and such. It could still be that, but the totems do seem to pop right out of the ground, plus it makes Kotal and his people seem that much more... godly.
Can't wait for the next vid, man.
*Well done!*
P.S: that joke about one of Shao's main elements being trash talk cracked me up!
I think a video on taunts and trash talk could be fun. Thinking about how, in Deadly Alliance, some fighters could power up or taunt for little boost to damage or health. I'd also mention how throwing someone's mental game off can give you an edge in kombat, and that may be one reason why Shao Kahn employs it.
Other than the mere fact that he can, and he's a based Alpha. 😂
Yeah oscillated between 'trash talk' and 'fingering'. There's definitely potential for some kind of trash talk video.
And yeah, the totems being teleported magical constructs is definitely the cleanest theory. But the variation being called "Blood God" really threw me off.
@@CynicalWarlock It is rather strange that Kotal's "Blood God" Variation only adds the Totem summons, and only one of them seems to have anything to do with blood explicitly.
I forgot to mention how his one Brutality in that Variation lets him explode someone's entire torso with an uppercut, which will never not feel satisfying to do. Also a bit more unique than other Brutals.
@@robertminnie782 Damn, don't know if I've ever seen that one before. Worthy of a Kahn.
@@CynicalWarlock Dude, it's Kotally Awesome!
Well, it isn't, because that's a different Brutality, but y'know. 😂
I also love the one where he says "for my next trick, I'll saw this ni**a in half!"
Audience:*Klaps for Kahn
"Now put him back together again"
Kotal: 🗿
Also, in War God Variation, you can do the Sun Disc Brutality with his sword, which looks sick affff.
They got this huge weapon just impaled straight through they chest lmao. Good stuff.
Also sun laser go *brrrrr.*
Nice Brutals.
@@robertminnie782 Oh yeah, those I've seen. The sawing in half one is so funny.. like he's slicing off some ham for a customer on just another Tuesday. Only thing missing is him nibbling on some chewing gum, as he does it.
You'd think there would be some kind of plot between Skarlet and Nitara, whether they're rivals or lovers or who knows what. One's literally made of blood, and the other is a freaking vampire. How is that not a no-brainer?
It would've been neat if Skarlet was made from Vaeternean DNA somehow.
Not if you're no-brained.
You know i really do feel like kotal was one of the best concepts nrs has had in years, along with how triborg is a cool shujinko foil thats the peak of mkx's variation system. Not too relevant but kotal is neat.
Yeah it's funny how much I've changed my mind on Triborg, cause the thing disgusted me when I first saw it. But it turns out I mostly just hated the stupid name; the character idea itself is actually really cool, despite (of course) never being fleshed out.
Tried to count how many times you saidd blood in the video but when it got to 25 times in just 3 minutes, I knew I was gonna give up.
Very funny description and video.
Kotal in four videos now, with the totem one, 5.
Also in mkx comics, cloudy weather affects them(the osh-tekk) in battle, I wouldn't have that, since the sun doesn't give them their strength it enchances it, so they are pretty formidable even without the sun, unless it's a pretty strong storm or an artificial one, like rain's which he might use to suck, the radiation reserve in their body(basically evaporate them).
Nice male-female ninja symmetry, he discovers it again, beautiful, brilliant coincidences or are they ?
And also, to be a blood user you have to have non- suicidal self injury disorder
Fuck, that's so good. Totally would've put that in the video.
The most powerful as well costly.
: Scarlett equals constant need
: Kotal equals worship/sacrifice for greater power, but NRS really said to the man no and we'll eleven happened.
: Nitara equals Immortality, but her issues are realm poverty cause everyone in her realm needs blood for longevity so well steal from other realms cause they don't want to talk about mortality at all.
: Meat equals used, abused, and ridiculed as one of shang tsungs twisted experiments left behind in the flash pit along with everything else he kept stored away because he isn't known for house keeping.
: me equals several things related to blood. Makes yearly donation to red cross because these guys paid me for it. Government has made it clear to leech off me til the day I die, and of course say high to cynical clog a few arteries cause hey why help clot The ever expanding self inflicting wounds NRS is doing to itself.
That's actually some good symbolism, well done.
Also, donating blood occasionally is good, keeps iron levels in check.
@@CynicalWarlock... We are born by the blood, Made men by the blood, undone by the blood..
Our eyes have yet to open...
Fear the old blood..
Excellent as always! Your explanation of Shao Kahn using Blood Magic to further his Kombat knowledge is well said... and I STILL think NRS is stupid for making such a decision. 🙄 At LEAST you make sense of it. And I love how you categorize every element and weapon potential everyone possesses.👍
Thanks, Nick. I guess it would be interesting to see Shao using blood magic at least once, perhaps in a life-or-death cutscene.
@@CynicalWarlock Sounds good to me 👍
Honestly, Kotal's powers make sense, as he's probably just using blood to feed more power to the land and thus grant himself more strength or vitality through these totems.
Also, I could be wrong, but his blood magic abilities are something he acquired on his own using a Kamidogu (which in the second timeline is a dagger for some reason), his culture simply has the tradition of drinking the blood of slain enemies.
@@ilustraminacao9074 Yeah I don't see the MKX comic as canon.
@@CynicalWarlock Yeah, fair enough, I also try to pretend MK11 is not cannon too.
@@ilustraminacao9074 Only way I get through my day.
6:25 I never heard any of those theories. Well except the "Flesh Pits experiment" one, but that was said in Meat's MKA Arcade Ending, so it doesn't really count as a fan-theory. The one theory I did hear however, is that Meat is Kotal's OG timeline counterpart. I think it was MK11 that established that Kotal was imprisoned in the Flesh Pits to be experimented on, only getting out when Shang Tsung died (though that story clashes with MKX comic, but whatever).The idea is that in OG timeline, Shang Tsung had more time with Kotal, and Meat is the result of that... Of course, this theory still makes Meat a Blood Magik user, so it fits right in with the rest.
I think I heard that one. Pretty gruesome. It's actually the only thing worse than what NRS did to him.
It’s such a treat watching your videos, have you made one on your favourite mk character yet?
You're really curious, aren't you?
@@CynicalWarlock am I that transparent?😔
I just can’t wait to see if you dedicate a long video to a character of your preference
I found this video and instantly remember that amazing power system video you did a while back
Wow, good memory. Welcome back.
@@CynicalWarlock yeah, believe it or not thanks to your video I got back into mortal Kombat, I haven’t really played mk1 but I still watch videos keeping me up to date with every change for whenever I do wanna pick it up. That’s thanks to you man, ima sub now if I haven’t already
@@GaaraFPS Now *that's* awesome - I remember how other channels did the same for me, more or less, so this is quite a cool mindfuck.
Appreciate the sub.
They should make Black, Grey & Brown female ninjas. (The 2 chameleons kinda balance eachother) & Cyrax, Sektor, Cyber Smoke are too much of a mess to touch. Especially after Sektor & Cyrax had sex reassignment surgery recently.
Of all the characters you could've filled up with estrogen..
Well it's kinda implied that hemomancy causes Insanity in those who use it so it makes sense why shao Kahn wouldn't be stupid enough to use it himself and whatever way you look at it whether it's Scarlet was picked up the street or created by him he's just using her for her abilities with blood magic so he doesn't have to use it himself
Kotal's not insane though.. Just an idiot.
@@CynicalWarlock I did say shao as for kotal well... No comment
Ive always wondered what happens when Skarlet and Nitara come up on that time of the month for women. Or do their blood abilities somehow negate it
They become more powerful during that time lmfao
@@ernestcamboriii4809 As does Kotal.
1:58
Balls!!!
Might become a running gag.
Great video!
Thanks.
Man this must have taken a while... Everyones got blood...
And they use it to live
Everyone's a blood user, and an air, water, fire and earth user.
i like when kotal says "AMOCUALI"
"Not my curry!"
Not much more than a "gorehouse" thrill-ride, with only a few plot points tossed in to keep things moving, MK 11 truly is a feast for the eyes -- provided your eyeballs aren't too squeamish.
It's slowmo ketchup galore.
The next game should set up Ko'atal as the next Kahn. I can't recall is hes dead but does or matter?
Shao Kahn siezes throne. Characters scatter and "team changes" occur. Baraka and Mileena align themselves with Lin Kuei, more so than already (Ninja suit Baraka? Yes please). The Black Dragon have a huge role, supplying Lin Kuei tech, and behind the scenes aiding Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, and [insert story reason for return here] Shinnok.
Other changes: Reptile joins Shirai Ryu on Earthrealm, as does Black Dragon traitor Kabal. This works like the "multiverse" thing without dipping back into it. New variations on existing characters.
Anyways, i envision Shinnok sacrificing Shao to bring back Onaga in this timeline, and it takes the combined strength of the Lin Kuei, the Shirai Ryu, the White Lotus society, Special Forces, and the Black Dragon to defeat him. Boom.
Everyone wants Onaga to return - myself included - but at this point, NRS would just fuck him up, the way they fucked up Havik.
@@CynicalWarlock I also figured out a way to bring back Hsu Hao, as a kinda joke, just to kill him.
He is the top brass at special forces, and he's a double agent for black dragon. When found out he gets shot, stabbed, whatever, and he gets his heart-thing from the Midway timeline. Then killed off offscreen and his head delivered to kano.
I had a stoned afternoon when my internet went out and I layer on my floor and wrote a whole game in my head because I had nothing to do lol
It's in our blood
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First,lovely vids man. Keep up the good work🛐🛐
Interesting choice of emoji.
And I didn't even have to say "on your knees", like Kotal.
After your many explanations of the power system I came up with the corniest way to describe it, "all is soul and soul is all" just like the round planet everything loops, every element forms soul and soul is part of each element (or it's your own soul manipulation that allows you to use such elements as you see fit) at least that's how I see it correct me if I'm wrong.
and yes that was a FMA reference.
You're more or less on the money. So is FMA. Soul is matter, so it is, indeed, the key to all things. Will add a couple more lore drops, in a future video.
Can you do a video going more in depth into Reptile and his Poison attacks and Baraka because i am very confused on what his element would be?
@@simonszone2398 Reptile's acid is a racial trait, and the result of evolution. Not part of the power system.
@@CynicalWarlock What about Baraka does have any elements. I feel like he would have fire because when rubs his blades together it shoots that projectile which sounds like friction which creates fire. Let me know if this is right
@@simonszone2398 Yeah, that's a weird one, cause in half of the games, it looks blue and sparkly like a Force attack, and in the newer ones, it looks like heat and sparks and Fire. The latter one does make more sense, though.
YEEEESS, MEEEAAAT
Shh, not so loud.
Soul next?
Maybe.
Honestly, I want to hear your thoughts on the khaos Reigns because I'm perplexed on the state of this franchise. This franchise is cooked honestly I don't know how the new story felt so stagnant compared to the base game story. It's really strange it is that bad. It's probably the worst story mode I have ever viewed out of NRS
I could barely watch 2 scenes of it, on RUclips. The dialog looks like it was written by ChatGPT, the twists and turns are meh, the plot is extremely static - nothing really happens - and the way Havik gets taken down is nonsensical.
Also, I continue to fail to understand what the fuck is the point of making Bi-Han such an utterly detestable character. M1K portrayed him as an asshole from day 1, right down to the comically evil voice acting.
People thought Scorpion got dissed by way of Hanzo not being in the game. No, Sub-Zero got dissed, by turning one of them into Scorpion and the other into a pathetic version of Noob Saibot. The franchise is officially Sub-Zero-less.
4:29 "trash talk" superpower is missing on your chart bro 😂
Major oversight. It's more powerful than Soul.
Question, when you were thinking about the power system, did nen from HxH come to mind?
It seems like a lot of habilities in mk could fit into nen categories
Actually, if you look back at that power system video, there's a quick shot of Hunter x Hunter in there, so I'm definitely aware of that system and consider it one of the best.
Can't say that I actively thought of it while conceiving the power system, though.
But HxH is one of the best, most underrated anime of our time, and its power system is one of the best in the business. Only thing confusing about it is the names - nen, ren, ten, en - it's hard to keep up with what all those mean, cause they sound so samey.
@@CynicalWarlock Neat
Can you explain why noob’s shadow clones have a conscience
They don't.
This some gay shit from the new DLC?
I thought Noob's clones were always conscience since they're canonically named Saibot
@@CynicalWarlock lol. I thought that because they kinda act like they are sentient beings
Can you explain the ouroboros reference
Basically the devouring mother archetype I reference is self-sabotaging: births and raises children, but then refuses to let them out into the world, keeping them too close to her and smothering them, so she sabotages the thing she labored to build, hence the snake eating its own tail. I loosely liken Skarlet to that, cause she has reverence for powerful people with strong bloodlines, and looks at said blood with 'love', yet all she can do is devour and destroy them, giving nothing in return. She's like an ever-growing tumor.
Man that Kotal explaination was something interesting and I agree hes a walking tragedy. Its interesting that he has access to Soul but doesnt use it. Perhaps he knows from people like Shang and Shao that being a Soul user can effect him in a negative way and so he keeps his people's ways and being balanced in all four elements. This couldve been his arc as ruler of outworld. One who bring balance between all the different factions to outworld. Bruh why nrs create a kharacter just to crap on him?
Well, to clarify, Kotal *kiinda* has access to all the building blocks of Soul, more or less, but that doesn't mean he's a Soul user. That requires its own practice and mastery that I don't see Kotal doing.
@@CynicalWarlock right right I hear you
I main kotal Kahn. His gameplay is great
It's a thing of beauty.
In MKX, at least.
Kotal the blood god? Skarlet is the blood queen now lets be fr
Most definitely.
The last chapter also shows symbolism in all the differences between guys & ladies: most guys are empaths while most ladies are narcissists! :)
That's.. quite the conclusion you arrived at.
@@CynicalWarlock It makes sense though right?
tldr; Meat is a homunculus
In most theories, yes.
Of all the lore intruductions on the lore one the 2nd timelime bloodmagic is my favorite.
The Titans and the less and the Jinsei is on the middle.
The mkx comics ground on My with time.
Love that Shao create or tech to Skarlet has he did the Ermac on the original i am the Quan And Tsang great fan, but on moder times Shao do nothing on his own.
Less on liu kang timelime.
Yeah, Shao creating Skarlet and Ermac works well, since they're both red ninjas.
@@CynicalWarlock Is weird how in the MK lore sometimes change more the person who do something, more that the thing that happen.
Sindel ressurection, and Ermac creation only change to Quan.
Not like it, is take the merit of something to someone else.
Is Amazing in this timelime Shao Is not relate to Magic.
He teach Soul Magic to Shang, And Blood Magic to Skarlet, and Mileena Is piss Is Dad never teach her nothing of that.
And Rain was not a Mage but a Ninja as well.
But Is Liu Kang change Sektor gender, and Ship he/her with Bi Han, everything Is possible.
12:07 lol
Someone got the joooke.
Scarlet being the literal embodiment of fallen champions/ warriors blood was so bad ass. The retcon wasnt too bad until NRS suggested Scarlet wants to be Shaos bride 🤢🤮🤢🤮
I either didn't know that, or erased it from my mind.
With a hammer.
Cool MK players want to see ninjas fighting ancient swordsman and sorcerers.. sickos want to see blood inferno magic (and other human fluid)
There's a white blood mod, by the way.
Isn’t reiko a blood user?
No:
ruclips.net/video/M9QtzpF1qJw/видео.html
Who is that random Ai generated character next to Kotal in the thumbnail😂🤔
Nitara.
ayo bro, why you put me there lmao, I havent commented in ages lol
Oh hold on, lemme pull out my eraser.
Yeah, I need to update the list.
Although you did comment now.. to let me know that you don't comment.
@@CynicalWarlock
But I still kinda wanna be there on the list tho, can I stay?
I just joined your discord server :)
@@MagsTerrave If you keep commenting, you keep staying.
@@CynicalWarlock okie
I’ll take a Carolina Reaper Pepper in the bum for colored blood back. Fatalities look so boring
We have dozens of different species and everyone’s insides look the same, it’s stupid.
@@TransformersGeek14 Isn't Reptile's blood green in this one?
@@CynicalWarlock yeah but I like a lot of variety, full rainbow of blood
I guess you could say this was a cynical subject.
Nonsense. Nothing's more hopeful than lifeblood.
@@CynicalWarlock that depends on which of these characters you ask.
"say that again"
Sub Zero, Frost are Crips lol
Icy gang wars.
talk more about noob saibot
Did you see the Sub-Zero video?
Starlet is waifu
@@susanstorm7910 "Starlet", he says.
Second I guess
Nono, you were first, the second time.
What is the gay version?
MK11.