NO no no no no raiden is good he should not be evil he had a mental break down fujin should come him

If you blew yourself to bits with your god-like essence, you'd probably be pretty pissed too.

Raiden obviously blew a fuse when he lost his essence. Now he is the overzealous protector of Eartrealm. It does open a plot hole for Fujin to become the Protector of Earthrealm.

Just a couple of petty corrections- Raiden was enraged at Shujinko's *stupidity* which endangered Earthrealm, and also at the mortal's seeming lack of motivation to defend their home. He also didn't beat the crap out of 'Jinko, he *killed* him. With extreme prejudice.

I don't think we can say Raiden is evil; I can't ever see him *becoming* evil, at least not in the traditional sense. It's more likely that he'll get so mad at something (perhaps the endless soap-opera-like, trivial goings on) that he decides Earthrealm is too sick to save...and must be destroyed, in order to be reborn anew.

On a side note, anyone notice that the first time we *explicitly* know Raiden loses just one fight, he goes all psycho? That's an online-style bad loser...

Good topic, that man.

lol...Your idea of Raiden possibly wanting Earth to be destroyed sounds rather Ras Al Ghul-ish which is interesting. I guess releasing his god-like essence made him go nuts.

I think it's pretty universal that Raiden will turn evil, but through no fault of his own. He's most likely tainted by the One Being, who we all know is influencing Onaga, and that taint is driving him mad, twisting his morals to that of near-fanaticism. It would be interesting to see him as a sub-boss for Onaga/the One Being/whoever the hell's the next boss.