No, I am saying that having a character gay in Mortal Kombat just to have a gay character is unnecessary and irrelevant. Forcing your propaganda through a game is distasteful, no matter what that propaganda may be.

There are other and better ways to kick homophobes in the balls... like actually kicking them in the balls.

There's so little romance in MK it'd never come up. It'd just be a tacked on piece of information or something.

And lbr we all know Kano is bi.

I've seen a thread like this before and it didn't end very well. Just a warning.

There's been a few like these. And usually they didn't end well because the OP wanted a gay character just to have a gay character in the game. It's just a very idiotic premise for a character. A character can be gay without it being the focal point of its existence...

Oh, I'm all for my character being about more than being gay and a "fuck you" to Vladimir Putin and homophobes in general. I just don't see why he couldn't be both that and a compelling character.

Whether you like it or not, certain straight characters' sexuality are an important part of them. Johnny flirting with women, and Kano's sleazy attitude toward them, yet there aren't many accusations of them being all about their heterosexuality. A gay character should be handled the same way as these two, though it'd be better for the first openly gay MK character to be more like Johnny in the way he interacts with men than Kano.

But I do want to stick it to homophobes, and while it's one thing not to focus on a gay character's sexuality too much, it's another to downplay it to such an extent that only hardcore fans would know he's gay, while casual audiences would be caught off guard, in a usually negative way, because they just couldn't help but think, in their limited intelligence, that all characters are straight, unless a male one acts all flamboyant, and a female one all "manly" and butch. Just make it clear he's gay, don't be shy about it, but don't overdo it.

Just to attack homophobes is ridiculous and very radical. The majority of MK players are probably in the heterosexual demographic, I think your point is very moot to say the least. I'm not against a gay character I'm just against your reasoning.

No, I disagree with you. Johnny being straight isn't a focal point of his character, his flirting with Sonya is an added trait to his humouristic nature and to him being the joke character he is. That's it.

The same with Kano, him acting like that towards Sonya is just to show he is a bastard, not to show he is straight.

To be honest, these controversial threads of yours seem more like you wanting attention than to actually discuss anything serious.

How do you know that we don't already have a gay character in MK? Just because a character is gay doesn't mean that he'll come onto every male character. Did anyone know that Dumbledore from Harry Potter was gay before J.K. Rowling said anything about it? Nope. For all we know, Kung Lao could be gay.

THANK YOU! Someone who gets it. ^^

I'd say so. Human Smoke in MK9, dat hair....

We have our lesbian in MKX, her name is Cassie.

Troll thread is troll.
Mentioning sexual orientation is unnecessary in the fighting game, unless it somehow has direct impact on the story. I don't see how this could be displayed in the gameplay, unless you want to make a character like Ash from Streets of Rage and that would have been considered quite offensive nowadays.

Though, it would have been funny, just to see a shitstorm amongst russian MK fans. Oh, the prospect of seeing delicious idiocy...

I remember that one rumor back in 2011. Someone posted in one of the Russian social networks fake news about Boon confirming that there will be gay character in MK9. The amount of stupidity, hatred and insanity was OVER9000 and it was all about unconfirmed fake. I couldn't even phtahom what would happen if gay character become reality in MK.


Uh-uh.
Lowering yourself to the point of becoming hateful and spiteful idiot, who ready to kill everyone with another point of view, pretty much makes you equal to the homophobes / racists and other unpleasant creeps.
And yes, you are troll.

Why would straight people be offended by an attack on homophobes, if they aren't homophobic themselves? Some would say that merely portraying women as tough is alienating to men, even when said tough gals aren't being sexist. Obviously not true, as that would imply that all men are sexist and insecure losers. Heterosexuals aren't all homophobic.

You rarely say something sensible, but when you finally do, it's pretty spot on.

Mk's story is not the kind of story where the sexuality of a character has any relevance. Personally I'd rather have characters keeping their sexuality for themselves.


PS : I don't get why so many people think that Johnny Cage and Rain are gay. Not that there is something wrong with it, it simply doesn't make sense for a Guy who had a daughter from Sonya.
And Rain? Is he supposed to be gay just because he moves like a ballerina? If that was a joke it wasn't funny at all, and this comes from a guy who hates Rain and has a gay person as his best friend, the one who introduced my current Girlfriend to me.

I just don't get the point of a gay or straight character. Who cares who they sleep with- shouldn't the focus be on fighting and saving(or taking over) the world?

Anyway, for those saying Rain is gay- I don't see it. He comes off as a "metrosexual" guy. Reiko on the other hand seems very...very gay. His MKA outfit is something I'd wear to pride. Just poking fun of course

But as everyone said, it doesn't matter.

... Who thinks Johnny is gay?

I always thought of Johnny as a man-whore.

He's a celebrity actor... and a douchebag. It took a military woman to straighten him out and become a family man - unless Cassie was an accident. Which would just be hilarious, imo. XD

So yeah, I'd imagine he was quite the slut.

Calling homphoby a crime punishable by death is just a convenient excuse to parade around your anger and inpotence dressed in semi-polite self-righteousness.

Homophobia, as well as racism and pedophilia, isn't a crime by itself. It is those who act on it who becomes criminals.

And no, I do not say any of these things are alright, but as long they don't hurt others by acting on it, there is no crime.

People can be homophobic or racist or whatever they want, simply because it's their right. It stops being their right when it's used to harm others.

If an MK character was indeed gay, I wouldn't like them any less.

Or any more, for that matter. It could be a horrible character in design and/or gameplay, and being gay wouldn't affect any of those. Again, because being gay has no relevance for a fighting game character.

It seems like the thread has come to a certain agreement.

My only last word would be to DG10A that you obviously feel strongly on a lot of social issues, I think you should find a social forum to discuss these delicate topics.

MK forums just are not the place IMO to have these conversations. We are all here because we love a video game; that which (at least in my eyes) is meant to be a short escape from reality not a blinding reminder of social issues.

I mean this game has Sorcerers, and cryomancers, and Chosen Ones and shit. HELL YEAH awesome but not very realistic.. so lets keep politics out

Otherwise known as a thought-crime.

People think about killing others all the time... doesn't mean they will actually do it, and as long they don't, there's no crime. Doesnt mean they don't have issues that need to be dealt with though. Same with homophobes, racists and pedophiles. They have issues, but they're not criminals.