Thread by @therealsaibot

Like Kitana/Mileena, #Scorpion & #SubZero also make a pretty good PB&J. One completes the other. But, if we dig deeper with each, we can uncover individual story arcs...

Let’s sit Scorpion on the couch for a psychoanalysis of his path thru early #MortalKombat games (thread)

https://twitter.com/Randyth1/status/1384950618352144384

Scorpion was never a very complex character. His archetype in MK1 was a hunter fueled by revenge. Man on a mission. That singular focus is why he has always worked so well as a character.

We all understand the visceral motivation of revenge... (1/10)

But, what happens after revenge is realized? That exploration is what defined Scorpion’s story arch post MK1. I don’t know that we conveyed it particularly well, but laying it out can help clarify what happened to Scorpion in the early games... (2/10)

Scorpion’s story can be distilled down to a single word description for each of the first four MK games...

MK1 = Revenge
MK2 = Guilt
MK3 = Disillusion
MK4 = Realization

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Scorpion’s Revenge: The fact that Hanzo Hasashi was sent to hell in the first place shows that he was no saint, which is why he sought revenge and not justice for his death and the slaughtering of his clan and family... (4/10)

Scorpion’s Guilt: after getting his revenge, he is left with a void of guilt that he tries to quell by vowing to protect the sibling of the man he killed. But, if I were a psychoanalyst I’d say his true guilt was over his failure to save his family... (5/10)

Scorpion’s Disillusion: pulled back and forth between Earth and Netherrealm, he loses any sense of purpose and holds no allegiances. At this point he is at his most dangerous... (6/10)

Scorpion’s Realization: manipulated by Quan Chi to serve under Shinnok, this is where Scorpion comes to the realization that his entire existence as a hell spawned specter was orchestrated by Quan Chi... (7/10)

The feud between the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu was genuine. It was set in motion generations ago when Takeda absconded w Lin Kuei secrets back to Japan where he formed the Shirai Ryu. (8/10)

One way or another, it was only a matter of time before the Lin Kuei got their payback. Whether it was the assassination of Takeda or the eventual ending of the Shirai Ryu, which unfortunately came at Hanzo Hasashi’s expense. (9/10)

The tragedy shared between Scorpion and Sub-Zero is that in the end they were both pawns played against each other for the benefit of others. (10/10)

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